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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7806771 | Torque transmitting belt for flexible couplings A flexible solid plastic torque transmitting insert component having a plurality of exterior lobes and a plurality of interior lobes, each exterior lobe having a selected first width and first and second flat sides, the distance between the respective ends of the fl... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7625290 | Sleeve-type flexible shaft coupling A coupling sleeve for use in a sleeve-type, flexible, shaft-coupling device, having a generally annular body portion with one or more axially extending, polymeric or elastomeric teeth on at least one of its inner and outer periphery and having a rigid support band w... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7338078 | Extensible shaft for steering of vehicle In a telescopic shaft for vehicle steering which is installed in a steering shaft of a vehicle and in which a male shaft (1) and a female shaft (2) are fitted to each other to be incapable of mutual rotation and capable of sliding, at least one set of ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7303481 | Electrically isolated actuator output shaft An actuator for use in a fuel system. The actuator has a first metallic section adapted to be coupled to a motor, a second metallic section adapted to be coupled to a valve, and a nonmetallic section coupled to the first and second metallic sections for transmitting... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7244186 | Flexible couplings A flexible coupling including a first hub having an inner face, a flexible insert having a plurality of exterior lobes and a plurality of interior lobes, a retainer ring having an interior which engages the exterior lobes of the flexible insert, and a second hub hav... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7244185 | Decoupling element of deformable material in a power transmission system The invention seeks to improve the transfer function of drive devices such as pulleys and other coupling means, and it proposes creating zones of shear in the inserted deformable material forming a decoupling element. In an embodiment, the decoupling element is made... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7056218 | Elastic shaft coupling and method of manufacturing coupling element An elastic shaft coupling and a manufacturing method of an element of the coupling, which realize reduction of the manufacturing cost while maintaining a sufficient strength of the coupling. The elastic shaft coupling has a coupling element which is formed by interp... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6976921 | Coupling The invention relates to a rotationally symmetrical coupling comprising an annular hub made of a rigid material, which is surrounded by an outer ring made of a rubber-elastic material. The coupling also comprises an outer contouring, which is located on the outer di... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6949026 | Axially compliant isolator A housing has a longitudinally extending aperture and at least one internal, longitudinally extending groove. At least one longitudinally extending blade is mountable on the shaft and positioned within the housing such that the blade extends radially outwardly into ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6806595 | Low backlash linear actuator A high-precision, low backlash linear actuator drive mechanism characterized by minimal positional repeatability error irrespective of the direction from which a selected or target position is approached may comprise a bellows coupling operative to transmit rotation... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6669568 | Torque converter coupling A driving coupling for the torque transmission in the transmission line of a motor vehicle includes a shaft-hub coupling provided with longitudinal toothings for the releasable coupling of a crankshaft with a coaxially arranged hydrodynamic torque convert... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6533666 | Intermediate steering shaft for motor vehicle An intermediate steering shaft including a tubular shaft element, a solid shaft element telescoped into the tubular shaft element, a pair of universal couplings for connecting the tubular and solid elements to respective ones of a steering shaft and a ste... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6283867 | Elastic shaft joint An elastic shaft joint includes: a tube shaft; a shaft coaxially inserted in the tube shaft so that a predetermined axial region of the shaft overlaps with a predetermined axial region of the tube shaft; and a damper inserted between the predetermined axi... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6280339 | Driving shaft with male and female shaft members A driving shaft includes yokes at both its ends and an intermediate slidable portion composed of a male shaft member and a female shaft member fitted with each other by means of splines. The male shaft member includes a hollow shaft member having an inner... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6234905 | Elastomeric coupling and method of improving durability thereof An elastomer coupling (20) including an outer member (40) including a leading contact face (38), and an elastomer component (30) including a driving elastomer contact face (41) opposing and adapted for operable unbonded contact with said leading contact f... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6059662 | Torsion predamping device A torsional pre-damping device for damping the impact between a hub and a hub disc. A crown insert (20) made of absorbent material is arranged between the engaging teeth (18) and the engaged teeth (19) of the loose meshing portions (16) defined between th... | 05/09/2000 |
| 5956998 | Stress reduction gear and apparatus using same A rotatable apparatus includes a pair of rotatable members joined by a stress dissipating structure. The stress dissipating structure can be employed in a gear, sprocket, clutch or the like. In one embodiment of the present invention, anti-buckling plates... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5957740 | Damper for a personal watercraft A damper which can be easily fitted to the engine E of a personal watercraft W having little space, said damper damping the torsional vibration caused by the torsional stress acting on the crankshaft 1 of the engine E mounted in a personal watercraft W. A... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5672111 | Motor vehicle steering spindle with plug-in connection A steering spindle for a motor vehicle has a plug-in connection in which a splined shaft profile extends axially and is arranged at the end of a shaft, and a receiving tube which receives the splined shaft profile and is provided along its inner circumfer... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5653144 | Stress dissipation apparatus A rotatable apparatus includes a pair of rotatable members joined by a stress dissipating structure. The stress dissipating structure can be employed in a gear, sprocket, clutch or the like. In one embodiment of the present invention, antibuckling plates ... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5452622 | Stress dissipation gear A gear is comprised of a central radial hub, a radial gear-toothed rim and a stress dissipating structure.... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5234390 | Gear transmission with undulating surface clutch and brake element connections An improved gear transmission (10) includes a one-way clutch (52) for connecting together selectively two drive elements to establish a plural torque flow path through the transmission (10) and the clutch (52) includes at least one inner race (52B) and on... | 08/10/1993 |
| 5050446 | Vibration and torsional damping coupling for a power transmission Several embodiments of combined torsional and elastic couplings for transmitting power from an engine output shaft that experiences torque fluctuations and a driveshaft. In each embodiment, the flexible coupling includes an inertial member that is coupled... | 09/24/1991 |
| 4701151 | Propeller damping arrangement for marine propulsion device A number of embodiments of coupling arrangements for coupling a propeller to a driving shaft that permit a higher degree of resilience in a circumferential direction than in an axial direction. As a result, the coupling may be designed so as to offer high... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4624354 | Electromagnetic clutch An electromagnetic clutch is disclosed. The electromagnetic clutch includes a pulley and an electromagnetic mechanism. A hub is secured on a drive shaft and has a radially extending flange portion. An armature plate is concentrically disposed on the hub a... | 11/25/1986 |
| 4530674 | Coupling arrangement for driving and driven members A coupling shaft couples driving and driven shafts which are subject to relative misalignment. The coupling shaft has crowned male polygonal profiles on both of its ends, and which ends mate directly with corresponding female polygonal profiles carried by... | 07/23/1985 |
| 4493407 | Armature assembly for an electromagnetic clutch An armature of an electromagnetic clutch is connected by a mounting plate to a toothed driven hub of the clutch through the intermediary of an annular elastomeric spider. When the parts are assembled, the spider is precompressed around its entire peripher... | 01/15/1985 |
| 4464141 | Shaft coupling A shaft coupling system for accommodating axial displacement and angular misalignment between two shafts. A hollow bushing is force fit into the hollow end of a first shaft. The bushing is provided with a plurality of part-circular recesses on its inner s... | 08/07/1984 |
| 4445606 | Armature assembly for electromagnetic coupling An armature of an electromagnetic clutch is connected to a mounting plate which is coupled to the toothed driven hub of the clutch through the intermediary of an elastomeric spider. If the spider is melted by heat, the mounting plate wedges against the ti... | 05/01/1984 |
| 4357137 | Shaft coupling A long wearing shaft coupling is comprised of metallic male and female members, and a plastic insert. The plastic insert is interference fitted into the female member, and the male member is slip fitted into the insert. The male member is provided with a ... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4327562 | Flexible coupling A flexible coupling device for accommodating both parallel misalignment and axial misalignment employs an elastomeric sleeve between the driving member and driven member. One of the members has radially projecting axially extending fins received within in... | 05/04/1982 |
| 4240763 | Resilient couplings In a resilient coupling of the kind comprising an inner shaft nested concentrically within an outer shaft by means of a sleeve unit of elastomeric material for transmission of torque between the shafts there is provided a buffer unit mounted within the ou... | 12/23/1980 |
| 4162619 | Drill string shock sub A shock sub for a well drilling string comprises a tubular housing adapted to be connected to one part of a drill string and a mandrel extending longitudinally into the housing and having an end portion adapted for connection to another part of the drill ... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4075870 | Radially shiftable gear for speed-changing mechanism Two coaxial main shafts are the output and the input of a variable-speed-ratio transmission wherein a transfer gear on one of these shafts is in permanent mesh with a plurality of coacting gears on respective ancillary shafts paralleling the main shafts, ... | 02/28/1978 |
| 4047395 | Torsionally resilient gear coupling Coaxially spaced externally toothed gears are bridged and interconnected by a resilient annular gear formed from a coil of flexible material having corrugations shaped to engage the gear teeth. The external peripheral of the annular gear is enclosed by a ... | 09/13/1977 |
