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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7270619 | Linear belt actuator a linear actuator capable of transmitting tractive forces as well as thrust forces and operating then as a rigid single-piece rod. The linear actuator has two identical actuating belts (1, 1′) with notches on each of their sides (10, 10′; 11, 11′... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7007990 | Reinforced impact beam with layered matrix An impact beam having a polymer matrix and a metal reinforcing structure, the metal reinforcing structure including metal cords that can be made from metal elements having a diameter of 100 μm or more. The polymer matrix can include a thermoplastic material and/or ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6997790 | Method of fabricating pliant workpieces, tools for performing the method and methods for making those tools An improved method of manufacturing automotive accessory drive belts or other workpieces of pliant material which have a grooved operative face, a tool having an abrasive ramp configuration for performing said improved method and a method of manufacturing said tool ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6919122 | Flexible composites with integral flights for use in high-temperature food processing equipment and methods for producing the same A flexible composite with integral flights is provided and methods for making the same. The composite is made from, for example, silicone rubber, urethane rubber, polytetrafluoroethylene or other polymer. The composites are useful for making articles of manufacture,... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6637286 | Drive device for motor vehicle sliding sunroofs A quiet drive device for motor vehicle sliding sunroofs is proposed capable of withstanding even strong drive forces and permitting an equal, that is to say, smooth displacement of a cover of the motor vehicle sliding sunroofs. The drive device comprises ... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6620068 | Power transmission belt A power transmission belt having an endless body with a length, an inside, and an outside. The body has cogs on at least one of the inside and outside of the body and spaced along the length of the body so as to define alternating cog crests and cog troug... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6616114 | Flexible bearing bar for accommodating a sheet pile in a sheet-processing machine A flexible bearing bar includes a flexurally soft tensile member carrying, on one side thereof, a multiplicity of compressive elements disposed successively in series and formed with respective contact surfaces, said tensile member being supportable on tw... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6419603 | Device for transmitting a force, in particular a compression force, along a substantially straight path In a device for transmitting a compressive force along essentially a straight path utilizing an articulated transfer element that can bend in one direction. The transfer element has a toothed side and a back side which is turned away from the toothed side... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6361462 | V-ribbed power transmission belt A power transmission belt having a body with a length, an inside, an outside, and laterally spaced sides. The body has a bonding rubber layer in which elongate load carrying cords are embedded to extend lengthwise of the body. The body has a first layer o... | 03/26/2002 |
| 5768986 | Crop baler belt system A baler belt system for use primarily in round crop baling machines, includes an elongated elastomeric belt that is adapted for rolling engagement with one or more drive, idler, and tensioner rollers of the type normally used in a round crop baling machin... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5334107 | Belt construction, the combination of the belt construction and a pulley and methods of making the same The combination of an endless power transmission belt construction and a pulley therefor, the belt construction and methods of making the same are provided, the belt construction having opposed inner and outer surfaces with each surface defining a plurali... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5030174 | Driving mechanism and image forming apparatus comprising the same A driving mechanism includes a timing belt stretched over a plurality of belt pulleys. The timing belt has a first surface provided with a group of teeth and a second surface provided with another group of teeth arranged with a pitch different from that o... | 07/09/1991 |
| 4706800 | Device for conveyor tracks A device for use with conveyor tracks, comprising a continuous drive element (2), arranges so as to be moved by drive device (30) on a track with steering mechanisms for the drive element and load-carrying elements moving along the track, they being equip... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4702729 | Timing belt with controlled friction backside ribs A timing belt having an outer section defined by cogged ribs defining a preselected controlled coefficient of friction obtained by providing controlled size grooves extending transversely through the ribs. The ratio of the effective side area of the groov... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4662863 | Double-acting power transmission belt A double-acting power transmission belt having a plurality of elastomeric teeth positioned along both its inner and its outer peripheral surfaces, each such tooth possessing a certain spring rate, and inner and outer jackets, respectively, formed over the... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4655733 | Arrangement for transmitting torque between conical pulleys in a transmission mechanism The invention relates to an arrangement for transmitting torque between conical pulleys in a transmission mechanism. The invention is characterized in that the arrangement includes a first endless, flexible element (v-belt, chain or flat belt) for taking-... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4559029 | Endless power transmission V-belt constructions An endless power transmission V-belt construction and method of making the same are provided, the belt construction being formed mainly of polymeric material and having rounded top and bottom teeth respectively extending along the length of the top and bo... | 12/17/1985 |
| 4494947 | Endless power transmission V-belt construction and method of making the same An endless power transmission V-belt construction and method of making the same are provided, the belt construction being formed mainly of polymeric material and having rounded top and bottom teeth respectively extending along the length of the top and bo... | 01/22/1985 |
| 4459125 | Endless power transmission belt construction and method of making the same An endless power transmission belt construction having power transmitting contact faces and method of making the same are provided, the belt construction comprising an axial tensioning unit, a plurality of lateral stiffening units carried by the tensionin... | 07/10/1984 |
| 4414047 | Method of making an endless power transmission belt A method of making an endless power transmission belt and belt made employing such method are provided wherein the belt has a set of driving teeth on each of pair of opposite surfaces thereof and the belt is adapted to be operated to provide a precision d... | 11/08/1983 |
| 4410314 | Endless power transmission V-belt construction and method of making the same An endless power transmission V-belt construction and method of making the same are provided, the belt construction being formed mainly of polymeric material and having rounded top and bottom teeth respectively extending along the length of the top and bo... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4315788 | Method of producing endless drive belts A method of producing endless drive belts of natural or synthetic rubber with thread-shaped embedded strength carriers which preferably extend in the longitudinal direction. This method relates especially to multiple V-belts and similar belts having longi... | 02/16/1982 |
| 4255146 | Endless power transmission belt and method of making same An endless power transmission belt and method of making same are provided wherein such belt (which may be a toothed belt) is made primarily of polymeric material comprising a compression section having opposed sides and means for stress relief of the belt... | 03/10/1981 |
| 4228692 | Endless power transmission belt and method of manufacture An endless power transmission belt having a compression section, a load-carrying section and a tension section, comprising a plurality of layers of rubber-impregnated fabric having transverse corrugations molded therein to provide a belt having increased ... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4177686 | Endless power transmission belt An endless power transmission belt having a compression section, a load-carrying section and a tension section comprising a plurality of transverse corrugations molded therein to provide a cool running belt.... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4106966 | Method of making toothed endless power transmission belts A method of making endless power transmission belts each having at least a toothed outside surface is provided by building a belt sleeve on a drum and providing a reusable tubular polymeric curing jacket having a toothed inside surface around the sleeve w... | 08/15/1978 |
| 3988941 | Drive belt A double sided V-belt includes back-to-back V-belt shaped portions with each V-belt portion having recesses extending across the width of the belt and equally spaced along the length of the belt in staggered relationship to each other to form a smooth uni... | 11/02/1976 |
| 3965764 | Piggyback belt drive assembly There is disclosed a belt drive system in which a first belt is trained over a drive pulley and a driven pulley. A second belt is mounted over the first belt on the drive pulley and is trained over two other driven pulleys. The first belt has an outer sur... | 06/29/1976 |
