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A microwave oven adapted for use within a motor vehicle dashboard area. The microwave oven has a removable storage cassette, and slidable platforms for securing and serving containers of beverages and foods.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7357240 | Conveyor apparatus A conveyor apparatus comprises step chains which couple a plurality of steps such that the steps, and driving units which drive the chains. Each of the driving units comprises a power unit comprising a motor, and a driving machine including pulleys and belts that re... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7331889 | Apparatuses and methods for controlling a variable speed transmission Apparatuses and methods are disclosed for controlling a variable-speed transmission utilizing a pulley structure including first and second pulley members coupled for free rotation together about a shaft. The second pulley member can be axially movable relative to t... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7281603 | Engine An engine for an offroad vehicle including a crankcase, a transversely extending crankshaft, and a transmission connected to the crankshaft. The transmission includes a drive pulley, a driven pulley, and a drive belt connecting the drive pulley and the driven pulley... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7243564 | Power transmission system of engine The power transmission system of an engine is mounted on the all-terrain vehicle and has a crankshaft driven by the engine and the crankshaft is arranged in a direction of width of a vehicle body. A sub-shaft is arranged parallel to the crankshaft and the rotation o... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7220196 | Chain drive for an internal combustion engine In a chain drive for an internal combustion engine, said chain drive comprising a driving wheel (2), a driven wheel (3), an endlessly circulating chain (1) that connects the driving wheel (2) and the driven wheel (3), a chain tensi... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7090601 | Tractor hitch transmission The invention involves an agricultural machine with a drive train to be coupled onto the power take-off shaft of a tractor, with a transmission integrated into the drive train. In these types of agricultural machines it is frequently necessary, after starting at a h... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7056246 | Compliant chain guide with multiple joints A chain guide with Multiple Joints having a plurality of sections (62, 64, 66) with each section conjoined together via a link (68) is provided. Each of the plurality of sections (62, 64, 66) has a partial upper side (12i) which fo... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7037225 | Automatic V-belt transmission A V-belt type of automatic transmitting mechanism includes a drive pulley and a V-belt, and the drive pulley includes a fixed sheave which is fixed to a drive shaft and a movable sheave which is movable in a direction of the drive shaft. When the drive shaft rotates... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7017698 | Motorcycle with dual drive chains A motorcycle having two drive chains. The gearbox output includes a left front sprocket and a right front sprocket. The rear wheel includes a left rear sprocket and a right rear sprocket. Left and right chains connect the respective front and rear sprockets. Power i... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6962542 | Continuously variable transmission and pulley A transmission includes a set of pulleys, in which at least one disc is axially displaceable and provided with cylinder piston elements. The cylinder/piston elements include at least one pressure chamber with radial walls and concentric cylinder walls and at least o... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6958024 | Automotive V-belt nonstage transmission An automotive V-belt nonstage transmission includes a drive pulley having a fixed sheave fixedly mounted on a drive shaft, a movable sheave mounted on the drive shaft, a return coil spring, a flyweight mechanism, a collar being rotatable relative to the fixed and mo... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6733417 | Control apparatus for continuously variable transmission When an ignition switch is turned off to stop an engine, a control apparatus of a continuously variable transmission places a line pressure regulating valve in a fully draining condition to reduce a load of a hydraulic pump by maintaining an electric power supply to... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6637283 | Control apparatus for a continuously variable transmission An apparatus for extending the drive ratios and versatility of a continuously variable transmission (CVT) includes an enclosure which houses parallel input and output shafts journaled to front and rear walls of the enclosure. The input shaft receives rota... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6502479 | Adjustable ramp helix An adjustable ramp helix is disclosed for attachment to the clutch of a snowmobile or other vehicle. The adjustable ramp helix may include a base having a throat. Extending upwardly from the base opposite to the throat may be three equally sized ramp supp... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6485392 | Shift control system for belt-type continuously variable transmission A shift control system comprises a diameter-change calculation which calculates the difference between the diameters of the contact circles at present and after a shift to a target speed change ratio and a slip prevention thrust calculation which calculat... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6459978 | Method and apparatus to control continuously variable transmission of motor vehicle A method and apparatus for controlling a continuously variable transmission of a motor vehicle includes a controller that controls the speed ratio of the continuously variable transmission in accordance with a predetermined shift condition. The method and... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6317672 | Controller for infinite speed ratio transmission In an infinite speed ratio transmission comprising a continuously variable transmission (2), reduction gear unit (3) and planetary gear set (5), the speed ratio of the continuously variable transmission (2) is controlled by a step motor (36). A range sele... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6283893 | Transmission A method of controlling a friction-based torque-transmitting system in the drive train of a motor vehicle has the following steps: a) monitoring the respective rates of rotation of an input element and an output element of the torque-transmitting system, b) es... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6241635 | Transmission A continuously variable transmission wherein each of two parallel shafts carries a pulley having a fixed flange and a second flange movable axially of the shaft toward and away from the respective fixed flange. An endless torque transmitting chain or belt... | 06/05/2001 |
| 5871411 | Slip controller for a continuously variable transmission For an electro-hydraulically actuable continuously variable belt transmission, the selected contact pressure at the movable conical pulley discs must be of such a magnitude that the chain, the force transmitting belt or the like does not slip. On the othe... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5813933 | Continuously variable transmission with bias springs on the drive and driven pulleys for setting a predetermined speed ratio when the cut is in neutral A continuously variable transmission has springs, which urge the movable sheaves of primary-side and secondary-side pulleys, set to achieve a pulley ratio r1 approximate to or within a predetermined range of a neutral pulley ratio rN... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5725446 | Belt-type automatic transmission A belt-type automatic transmission wherein the engine brake can automatically work when a vehicle runs on a downward slope, comprising a pair of sheaves 21 provided on a driving shaft 20, the pair of sheaves 21 having a fixed sheave 22 and a movable sheav... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5683318 | Method for influencing the tension in a drive belt The invention relates to a method for influencing the tension in a drive belt in a continuously variable transmission. According to the invention, the tensions in the drive belt are determined as a function of the speed of the drive belt. For part, parts ... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5676026 | Hydraulic pressure control system A valve body assembly for an automatic transmission formed by superimposing and clamping a torque converter casing, a first separation plate, a main valve body, a second separation plate, a second valve body, a third separation plate and a servo body. Pai... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5662538 | Device for adjusting pitch diameter of sheave of variable speed mechanism A device for adjusting the sheave pitch diameter of a variable speed mechanism includes an output shaft, a linking member, an upper urging rod, a lower urging rod, and a motor. The device can be operated easily and safely such that the speed changing info... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5643116 | Device for determining belt rotational speed of continuously variable transmission A device is proposed to determine the rotational speed of a transfer element (3) arranged in variable-diameter pulleys (1, 2) of a continuously variable transmission system, the said device Consisting of a sliding stock (4, 15), with a sensor (10, 16) whi... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5529544 | Drive clutch with multi-staged displacement rate and a method for controlling a drive clutch A drive clutch assembly having a fixed sheave and a moveable sheave rotatable with the drive shaft of an engine comprising a multi-staged speed responsive or displacement system. The speed responsive system initially applies a first displacement rate to t... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5460575 | Drive clutch with variable rate biasing means and a method for controlling a drive clutch A drive clutch assembly having a fixed sheave and a movable sheave rotatable with the drive shaft of an engine comprising a variable rate biasing or resistance system for urging a movable sheave toward a retracted position, the biasing system initially ap... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5282400 | Controlling device for non-stage transmission for vehicle A controlling device for controlling the transmission ratio of a non-stage transmission in a vehicle. The transmission ratio is controlled according to a forecast output power of the vehicle. The output power is forecast based on an operating condition of... | 02/01/1994 |
| 5279523 | Cone disc transmission, particularly for motor vehicles An infinitely variable cone disc transmission is disclosed in which the contact pressure forces are generated fully hydraulically and in which the contact pressure level is set either solely by way of a torque sensor that is disposed on the drive shaft an... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5254043 | Variable transmission pulley A transmission system for vehicles. The transmission system has a pulley mounting a shaft extending from a mandrel of a power source, an automatic clutch for driving a wheel and a belt linking the pulley with the clutch. The pulley has a first section sec... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5236395 | Maintenance friendly variable speed drive and methods A variable speed belt drive of the type having a pair of shiftable discs received on respective input and output shafts with a drive belt entrained thereabout further includes a cooperating housing backbone and support bracket. The housing backbone suppor... | 08/17/1993 |
| 5182968 | Force ratio control of continuously variable transmissions A control arrangement for a continuously variable transmission utilizes a lationship between force ratio, speed ratio and the factor of safety to determine the force necessary on the secondary sheave to prevent belt slippage. The control system improves t... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5156572 | Speed shift control system of a continuous transmission According to a gear shift control system of a continuous transmission of the present invention, when the gear ratio is controlled to a target gear ratio, a deviation between an actual primary pulley speed and the target primary pulley speed is detected. W... | 10/20/1992 |
| 5098345 | Continuously variable transmission A continuously variable transmission including at least a primary pulley fixed to a primary shaft, a secondary pulley fixed to a secondary shaft and an endless transmission element located between the primary and secondary pulleys. A slip preventor is inc... | 03/24/1992 |
| 5094129 | Hydraulic control apparatus for vehicle continuously variable transmission, having means for limiting increase in input shaft speed after the speed rises to predetermined level with vehicle speed A hydraulic control control apparatus for controlling a speed ratio of a vehicle continuously variable transmission, which includes a device for producing a first pressure varying with the input shaft speed of the transmission, a device for producing a se... | 03/10/1992 |
| 5052980 | Hydraulic control apparatus for vehicle power transmitting system having continuously variable transmission A hydraulic control apparatus for a power transmitting system for an automotive vehicle having a continuously variable transmission which has a first and a second shaft, a pair of variable-diameter pulleys provided on the first and second shafts, a belt c... | 10/01/1991 |
| 5006092 | Continuously variable transmission power train configuration A power train configuration for a continuously variable transmission includes a slippable start clutch located upstream of a belt and sheave system and a pair of non-dynamic forward-reverse clutches located down stream of the continuously variable compone... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4969856 | Pulley type speed-shifting device In a pulley type speed-shifting device with a belt trained between a pair of variable speed pulleys, a movable sheave of each pulley is driven by a cam mechanism. Each cam mechanism has a cylindrical cam arranged concentrically with a rotary shaft and a c... | 11/13/1990 |
| 4967357 | Constant speed holding apparatus A constant speed holding apparatus which, once a vehicle speed is set, maintains the cruise of the vehicle at constant speed by both variable speed control and throttle control. The difference between the set speed and actual speed is detected during vehi... | 10/30/1990 |
