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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6957735 | Pneumatic spinner drive tensioning assembly An pneumatic tensioner apparatus is disclosed, the apparatus including: a main drive belt; a chuck assembly, suspended from the main drive belt, having a spinning member and a drive contact portion; a first frictional drive belt in a first track, the first frictiona... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6705963 | Belt Belt for use in a continuous variable transmission, including an endless carrier for taking up tensile forces within the belt, and a plurality of transverse elements provided moveable in the longitudinal direction along the carrier, the elements provided with at lea... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6651299 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing endless metallic belt, and the endless metallic belt manufactured by the method A method and apparatus of manufacturing an endless metallic belt adjusts a circumferential length of the belt by subjecting the endless metallic belt to a shot peening treatment. For example, by measuring the circumferential length prior to the shot peeni... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6497633 | Continuous manufacture of push type CVT belt bands utilizing spiral winding & welding to form tube and slitting tube to form band of predetermined width A method for the manufacture of a band for use in a CVT transmission. The band is formed by spiral winding a thin strip into a continuous tube and then welding the thin strip along the spiral winding. The individual bands are cut off of the continuous tub... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6090004 | Belt for a continuously variable transmission A belt for a continuously variable transmission in which an aggregate of metal rings formed by laminating a plurality of pieces of endless metal rings support a plurality of metal blocks. When the ratio .xi. of the coefficient of friction is set to be 2.0... | 07/18/2000 |
| 5555799 | Non-stick laminating endless belt press A laminating press for wood products includes at least one pair of heated drums rotating on parallel axes and an endless belt running around the drums, and a device for pressing a stack of materials to be laminated against the belt between the drums, wher... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5214472 | Metal belt drive for recording element in a copier/printer Apparatus for driving a recording element in a copier/printer, comprises a motor and a speed-reducing, metal belt drive system operatively connecting the motor's drive shaft and an axle used to advance the recording element. The metal belt(s) of such spee... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5152723 | Endless metal belt assembly with hardened belt surfaces In a multilayer endless metal belt assembly, adjacent opposing belt surfaces have different hardnesses so that they may be lubricous and less subject to galling.... | 10/06/1992 |
| 5127885 | Endless metal belt with strengthened edges Ductility of belt material is increased at least at one edge of an endless metal belt, thus reducing the likelihood of premature failure of the belt. The inner region of the belt maintains the inherent strength of the metal. The endless metal belt so form... | 07/07/1992 |
| 4883447 | Power transmission belt The present invention provides a power transmission belt for transferring power between two power transfer members. The belt includes a resilient binder and a plurality of traction blocks spaced apart from one another and formed integrally with the binder... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4824424 | Belt for a belt drive device A belt for a belt drive device is composed of a plurality of metal elements arranged on a pair of carriers. The elements consist of two or more kinds which are divided along thickness. The mixing ratio of the thinner element to the thickest element is les... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4820248 | Belt for use in a transmission system A belt for use in coupling the driving and driven pulleys of a continuously variable transmission includes a rubber-like resilient matrix in which are embedded longitudinal cables for carrying the torque and a metallic grid member for providing contact wi... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4787961 | Belt construction, tensile band set therefor and methods of making the same A belt construction, a tensile band set thereof and method of making the same are provided, the tensile band set comprises a plurality of separate looped endless bands disposed in superimposed relation with at least one band of the set having been electro... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4648857 | Armoured V-shaped belt with metal contacts Endless V-shaped belt, provided with longitudinal elements allowing the increase of the power transmitted with a conventional belt, comprises a rigid transverse part, integral with the longitudinal armature, used for the transmission of the motion by cont... | 03/10/1987 |
| 4645479 | Metal transmission belt A flexible power transmission means comprising an assembly of a pair of spaced, generally parallel chains, each constructed of a plurality of sets of interleaved links. Each set is joined to its next adjacent set by a pin, each pin serving both chains. Ge... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4553951 | Non-slip pulley and belt drive In a belt and pulley system wherein motion is transferred between the two members, the belt is a metal belt having a pulley engaging face made of a relatively soft material and the pulley is one having a regular pattern of small hard protuberances, such a... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4525160 | Endless belt member for a continuously variable transmission A continuously variable transmission means having block members, each block member having longitudinal projections causing the rotating radius of the block members to be the same as the rotating radius of an endless carrier, the block members and endless ... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4465469 | Drive block for a continuous metal band drive belt The drive belt has one or more continuous metal bands which slidably support a plurality of drive blocks. Each drive block has a transverse arcuate surface having a radius dimension substantially equal to or 1% less than a transverse radius formed in the ... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4433965 | Torque transmission belt means A torque transmission belt means comprises a ring having excellent bending and tensile strength which is extended around pulleys positioned in the driving side and the driven side and a series of blocks composed of main blocks made of non-compressive mate... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4424049 | Power transmission belt with drive blocks A power transmission belt especially adapted for use in variable pulley transmissions and comprising a continuous metal containing band with attached drive blocks. The drive blocks are formed from sheet metal stampings and formed by sheet metal bending pr... | 01/03/1984 |
| 4342561 | Power transmission belt A flexible power transmission belt, especially adapted for use with drive blocks and pulley transmissions comprising a composite structure of metal bands, cord-like tension members and elastomer material, the latter being cured and maintaining the integri... | 08/03/1982 |
| 4338081 | Torque transmission belt means A torque transmission belt means which is extended between a driving pulley and a driven pulley for transmitting a driving force from the driving pulley to the driven pulley. The torque transmission belt means comprises a plurality of ring-shaped metallic... | 07/06/1982 |
| 4332575 | Composite driving belt A composite driving belt in the form of an endless flexible carrier on which is mounted a plurality of plate-like elements disposed transverse to the carrier. The carrier is formed by a plurality of endless metal bands arranged in overlying concentric rel... | 06/01/1982 |
| 4295383 | Variable speed drive A variable speed drive of the type having opposed, and parallel-arranged, frusto-conical shaped rollers over which a flat endless belt is trained. The belt is shiftable axially along the length of the rollers to produce an infinitely variable drive betwee... | 10/20/1981 |
| 4273206 | Torque converter A torque converter comprises an input member and an output member that are interconnected by a planetary gear arrangement. A planet carrier of the planetary gear arrangement is driven by the input member and a sun wheel of the planetary gear arrangement i... | 06/16/1981 |
| 4080841 | Push element for transmission belt A push element for a transmission belt comprising an endless carrier packed with a plurality of such elements to run on Vee-pulleys with variably spaced side plates. The surface of the element which comes into contact with the inside surface of the carrie... | 03/28/1978 |
