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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8172709 | Tensioning rail or guide rail with securing means for retaining bolts The present invention relates to a tensioning rail or a guide rail for tensioning and/or guiding a drive chain, comprising an opening for receiving a retaining bolt and a retaining bolt which can be inserted into the opening, wherein a lock device working between th... | 05/08/2012 |
| 7951031 | Chain guide of straddle type all terrain vehicle A straddle type all terrain vehicle is provided with a chain guide for covering an outer peripheral edge of at least an engaged portion of a driven sprocket with a drive chain from outside in a radial direction inside a chain cover. A rear axle housing is formed wit... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7946939 | Slippage prevention mechanism for toothed endless torque transmission member A sprocket (3A, 3B) is fixed onto a crank shaft (2) projecting outward from a cylinder block (1) of an internal combustion engine (100). A timing chain (7A, 7B) is looped around the sprocket (3A, 3B). A ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7922613 | Electric actuator A hollow yoke is inserted into a bore section of a frame. The yoke is connected to a slider via a slit in the frame. A timing belt is inserted into a belt hole of the yoke. Further, a pair of guide members are provided on both side surfaces of the yoke, which engage... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7695384 | Belt device and image forming apparatus A belt device that is provided with an endless belt having a projection on an inner surface of the endless belt, the projection extending parallel to a running direction of the endless belt; and a support roller having a guide member that contacts the projection, th... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7691019 | Chain guide A chain guide, including a chain guide member and a guide holder, in which deformation and/or scarring of the guide holder can be controlled, and which is easy to assemble and disassemble, is described. The position of a front end of the guide holder is brought in c... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7476169 | Guide for transmission device A guide for an engine timing chain comprises a metal supporting base and a resin shoe, the shoe having integrally formed hooks for attachment to the supporting base, and integrally formed side walls for limiting lateral movement of the chain on the sliding contact s... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7390276 | Belt assembly with a tensioning device A belt assembly, particularly for driving camshafts of an internal combustion engine, includes a driving gear, at least one driven gear, a belt, and a first and a second tensioner blade that are joined to one another for transmitting a defined force and motion. One ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7354364 | Apparatus for detecting the speed of an endless torque-transmitting member of a continuously variable transmission A device for detecting the speed of an endless torque-transmitting member that passes around a pair of spaced conical pulley pairs of a continuously variable transmission. The device includes a sensor that is positioned adjacent the endless torque-transmitting membe... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7338399 | Chain power-transmission system with mechanical tightener A mechanical power-transmission system with chain including a mechanical tightener acting on a branch of the chain and having in turn a base, a tightening shoe in dragging contact with the chain and a sliding wedge under the thrust of a first spring in an irreversib... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7329196 | Guide for transmission device In a guide for a transmission chain, a slide rail elongated in the direction of travel of the chain, and having a front surface for sliding engagement with the chain, is supported by a rail support which extends perpendicularly from the back side of the slide rail. ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7326138 | Guide for transmission device In a guide for a timing chain, a slide rail and a rail support are formed by sandwich molding. The rail support includes a core formed of a glass fiber reinforced polyamide 66 resin and a skin layer formed of a polyamide 66 resin. The slide rail is com... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7290421 | Variable curvature tube and draw die therefor A tube is bent having a curved portion with a variable radius extending between first and second ends. The curved portion includes a circular arc portion with a constant radius and a clothoid transition portion with a variable radius. The circular arc portion extend... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7264565 | Transfer guide for high-speed power transmission A transfer guide for a high-speed power transmission, which can cancel a change in a transmission chain speed so that smooth transmission timing can be realized and a driving power and vibration noises of the transmission chain can be significantly reduced. A curve ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7258638 | Sprocket of a chain transmission for a bicycle A sprocket of a chain transmission for a bicycle is described, intended to be coupled with a further sprocket with a smaller diameter in a group of sprockets integral in rotation. The sprocket comprises a plurality of teeth which follow each other on the sprocket se... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7241240 | Flexible chain guide A flexible chain guide guides the slack side of a length of chain that extends between a drive sprocket and a driven sprocket. The chain guide has a flexible, resilient spring leaf with a fixed end and an unattached free end. The spring leaf bears against the slack ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7207914 | Bicycle rear derailleur guard A bicycle rear derailleur guard assembly for use with a bicycle having a derailleur mounted to a frame of the bicycle by a derailleur mounting bolt. The derailleur guard assembly preferably includes a body supportable by an axle assembly of the bicycle. The body is ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7204773 | Tensioning device for an internal combustion engine A tensioning device for a chain drive of an internal combustion engine, having a support member (1) which is pivotally mounted thereupon and is axially snapped onto and retained on a bearing journal (4) of the support member (1) via a bearing lu... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7167739 | Assembly of medical examination device and a combination of a frame and a patient table as well as such a combination A medical examination device (1) comprising an examination space (3), a combination of a frame (5) and a patient table (4), and rack (8) which can be driven by a drive (9, 10) to displace a patient on the patient table into ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7163479 | Snap-fit chain guide with locking connector arrangement A chain guide, such as a fixed chain guide or a tensioner arm, includes a bracket adapted for being secured to an associated engine. The bracket includes a support surface, a leading end and a trailing end spaced from the leading end in a chain movement direction. A... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7153229 | Chain alignment structure of bicycle transmission The present invention provides a chain alignment mechanism of a transmission for a bicycle which includes a drive sprocket wheel which is rotatably driven by a crankshaft, a driven sprocket wheel which is drivably connected with an output shaft which is rotated in a... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7137916 | Movable guide for transmission device In a pivoting guide for a traveling transmission chain, composed of a synthetic resin body having a shoe and a slotted reinforcement, and a plate fitting into the slot, the plate has a mounting hole received on a boss formed on the guide body and coaxial with a moun... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7118503 | Creep locking retention mechanism (Clip) A device having an allowance for creeping is provided. The device includes: a base member having a receiving element; and an overlaying member, subject to creeping, overlaying on top of the base member, the overlaying member having a region at one end thereof, where... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7097579 | Pivoting chain guide and tensioner assembly A pivoting chain guide and tensioner assembly for use with an endless chain loop comprising: at least one bracket plate, a tensioner attached to the at least one bracket plate, and a guide attached to the bracket plates. The bracket plate surrounds the chain at leas... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7090070 | Feeder chain wear strip A wear strip easily mountable on an outer surface of a support member or structure of a feeder of an agricultural combine, for preventing wear of the support member and a feeder chain movable thereover. The wear strip includes an elongate body of a molded plastics m... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7074145 | Sliding contact guide for transmission device In a sliding contact guide for a flexible power transmission medium such as a chain or belt, the guide body includes a shoe and a plate-receiving portion integrally molded as a unit from a synthetic resin. A reinforcing plate is inserted into a slot in the plate-rec... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7063635 | Compliant chain guide with blade spring A chain guide has an elastic member and a wear face. The wear face has the elastic member captured therein. The wear face has an inside surface and an outside surface. The first surface is disposed to contact a chain. The other surface is in contact with the elastic... | 06/20/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7055913 | Chain guide arrangement on a mining machine Chain guide arrangement for a mining machine, in particular for an extraction plough. The chain guide arrangement comprises a first chain passage for a load strand and a second chain passage for a return strand of a drive chain of the mining machine. At the end area... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7018312 | Chain tensioner To enable the simultaneous achievement of the enhancement of an oscillation absorption function of a tensioner arm for a transmission chain and the enhancement of wear resistance in a chain tensioner. A tensioner arm is composed of an elastic band tensioner arm body... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7014585 | Blade-type chain tensioner system The present invention provides a blade-type tensioner system for a chain that can easily improve spring properties. A blade-type tensioner includes a blade shoe and a blade spring positioned on the back side of chain sliding surface of the blade shoe so as to impart... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7011207 | Conveying chain guide A conveying chain guide, in which the stick slip phenomenon of a conveying chain, which meshes with a driving sprocket, and a seasickness phenomenon are removed whereby stable conveying of articles can be smoothly realized and the driving force and vibration noise o... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6988971 | Tensioner lever A slide rail and a rail support are integrally formed from a high-strength first polymer resin. A wear-resistant second polymer resin, applied to the slide rail and rail support in the process of sandwich molding, entirely covers the slide rail and rail support, inc... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6968942 | Feeder chain wear strip A wear strip easily mountable on an outer surface of a support member or structure of a feeder of an agricultural combine, for preventing wear of the support member and a feeder chain movable thereover. The wear strip includes an elongate body of a molded plastics m... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6969331 | Synthetic resin guide for transmission device A synthetic resin guide for a chain, or other flexible transmission medium comprises a synthetic resin guide body having a shoe on which the transmission medium slides, and a slotted, plate-receiving portion integrally molded on the back side of the shoe for receivi... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6955622 | Preassembled drive means unit including a mounting aid A preassembled drive means unit provided with a support body comprising at least one wheel receiver, which is adapted to receive therein a respective drive means wheel, and an endless drive means, which is adapted to be put around said drive means wheels. This drive... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6938544 | Belt drive A belt drive for a machine for printing images on a flat printing material, having a continuous belt revolving during operation, includes a belt guide having stops for two protruding edges of the belt, the edges being oriented in a longitudinal direction of the belt... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6939259 | Two-shot unified chain tensioner arm or guide A device such as a chain tensioner arm and the method of forming the same are provided. The device includes a top wearing member and a bottom structural member, in which the device is produced by forming the top wearing member and the bottom structural member in a s... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6923741 | Top sprocket for a rear sprocket assembly and rear sprocket assembly for a bicycle A rear sprocket assembly has a plurality of sprockets with the smallest sprocket being a top or first sprocket. At least one of the teeth is a down shift tooth that has a recessed side surface to assist in shifting the chain to the next larger sprocket. Preferably, ... | 08/02/2005 |
