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A resilient headband in a shape for being mounted on the head of the user. The headband is equipped with a longitudinal slotted member for holding a placard.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8182385 | Electromechanical differential lock assembly A differential lock assembly includes a shift collar (36) that is moved in response to an electronic input signal between locked and unlocked positions. A coil housing (40) is supported on the shift collar and includes a recess (42) that receive... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182386 | Transmission device comprising at least two output shafts A transmission device with at least two output shafts and at least two multi-shaft planetary gearsets that are actively connected with one another. A shaft of a planetary gearset can be actively connected with an output shaft. In addition, a shifting mechanism, loca... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8123643 | Control device for vehicular drive system A control device for a vehicular drive system including a differential portion having a differential mechanism operable to distribute an output of an engine to a first electric motor and a power transmitting member, and a second electric motor disposed in a power tr... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8109853 | Control of a locking differential A method for controlling a locking differential for a vehicle includes using a coil to unlock the differential, if the vehicle stops for a period whose length is equal to or greater than a reference length, and using the coil to lock the differential, if the vehicle... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8100805 | Electronically controlled locking differential having logic-control wire harness An electronically controlled locking differential includes an electromagnetic coil and a wire harness adapted to logically control operation of the differential and having a circuit. The circuit has a latching switch that is electrically connected to a first source ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8062160 | Travel assembly A travel assembly, for example, suited for arrangement on a vehicle such as a mining dump truck, is provided with a travel motor, a planetary speed reduction mechanism for transmitting rotation of the travel motor at a lower rotational speed, a spindle forming an ax... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8057345 | Linear actuator with position sensing system An electromagnetic actuator assembly with a frame, a movable element, first and second sensor targets that are coupled to the movable element for movement therewith, first and second sensors that are coupled to the frame and a controller. The first sensor is configu... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8029399 | Compound planet steer differential A drive configuration for a skid steered vehicle incorporates a controlled differential for use in exercising steering control of the vehicle, comprising a compound planetary gear set (8) coupling two shafts (7a, 7b). Respective su... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7955208 | Torque distributing apparatus A torque distributing apparatus 8 comprises a differential gear unit 14, a planetary gear set 31 arranged between first and second output shafts 12L and 12R, a motor 32 driving the planetary gear set 31, and a speed c... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7887450 | Clutch device and differential device therewith A clutch device is combinable with a rotating device rotating about an axis. The clutch device is provided with a clutch rotatable with the rotating device, a plunger for disengageably engage the clutch, a solenoid for generating a magnetic flux for driving the plun... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7867125 | Rear wheel drive apparatus for four wheel drive (4WD) hybrid electric vehicle In one aspect, a real wheel drive apparatus is provided for a four wheel drive hybrid electric vehicle includes: a motor generator for driving rear wheels; a reduction gear set for reducing an output speed of the motor generator and transmitting the reduced output s... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7837585 | Linear actuator with position sensing system An electromagnetic actuator assembly with a frame, a movable plunger, first and second sensor targets that are coupled to a plunger for movement therewith, first and second sensors that are coupled to the frame and a controller. The first sensor is configured to sen... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7753817 | Arrangement in a planetery gearing An arrangement in a planetary gearing includes a rotatable shaft connected to the planet wheel carrier of planet wheels, an internal gear and a sun wheel, wherein the planet wheels operatively engage by their coggings, i.e. mesh, with the outermost fixed-position co... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7717818 | Power transmission apparatus A power transmission apparatus is provided with a housing, which rotates together with an input shaft, a differential mechanism, and a main clutch. The main clutch links the input shaft and the first output shaft. The differential mechanism distributes drive force t... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7686726 | Electric drive transmission An electric drive transmission for a skid steered vehicle has a central casing housing a pair of propulsion motors comprising respective stators and rotors, each rotor being coupled to drive a respective through shaft via a respective epicyclic gear change mechanism... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7618340 | Electric damp controlled three-end shaft differential transmission An electric damp controlled three-end shaft differential transmission including a revolving electro-mechanical installation disposed between both differential output ends to create vortex power generation effects or generator effects in differential operation to out... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7588511 | Differential gear unit with controllable torque and rotational speed distribution A differential gearing unit with controllable torque and rotational speed distribution, composed of a housing (1), a differential gearing (6), a superposition gearing (7) and an auxiliary drive (8), with the differential gearing (6... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7544143 | Drive unit of an adjuster in a vehicle In a drive unit (10) of an adjuster (80) in a vehicle, having at least one particularly electronically commutated motor (12) and at least one gear stage (14) provided on the output side of the motor (12), the gear stage (14)... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7507177 | Transmission arrangement, use of said transmission arrangement and a vehicle provided with said transmission arrangement Transmission method and arrangement for distributing tractive force in a vehicle between a first transmission branch (28a) and a second transmission branch (30). The transmission branches are connected to one another by way of a fork (28 | 03/24/2009 |
| 7507176 | Two wire dual sensor differential locking state detection system An axle assembly includes a housing, a first shaft rotatably positioned in the housing, and a second shaft rotatably positioned in the housing. A power transfer mechanism is also positioned in the housing and operable to selectively transmit rotary power between the... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7494438 | Starting apparatus for differential planetary gear apparatus A differential planetary gear apparatus has a single-pinion-type structure in which one planetary gear (3) is arranged in a radial direction and one or more planetary gears (3) are arranged in a circumferential direction in a region between a sun gear ... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7452299 | Coupling apparatus The invention can reduce a number of parts, make an assembly and a part management easy and make a setting of an interval in an axial direction easy. A coupling apparatus is constructed by a lock ring which is rotationally engaged with a side gear corresponding to o... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7410017 | Electric drive axle An electric drive axle, which is located between and powers the left and right drive wheels of an automotive vehicle, includes an electric motor and left and right torque couplings. Torque developed by the motor transfers through the torque couplings to axle shafts ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7407458 | In-line drivetrain and four wheel drive work machine using same A four wheel drive articulated mine loader is powered by a fuel cell and propelled by a single electric motor. The drivetrain has the first axle, second axle, and motor arranged in series on the work machine chassis. Torque is carried from the electric motor to the ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7399248 | Moving coil electronic locking differential A differential mechanism for transmitting power from an input to an output includes a case containing a side gear, a locking member rotatably secured to the case and axially displaceable relative to the case. The locking member alternately engages the side gear to l... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7390278 | Torque-coupling device for front-wheel-drive transaxle unit A front-wheel-drive transaxle unit for a motor vehicle comprises a differential assembly having a differential mechanism disposed in a differential case and two opposite output shafts outwardly extending from the differential case and a torque-coupling device for se... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7384357 | Speed reduction gear train with planetary differential for electric motor axle drive An electric drive unit for a vehicle includes an electric motor, two output shafts, a first speed reduction planetary gearset driven by the motor, a second speed reduction gearset driven by an output of the first gearset, and a compound planetary differential gearse... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7384359 | Method and apparatus for transmitting axle sensor data An axle assembly includes a housing having first and second shafts rotatably positioned in the housing. A power transfer mechanism is also positioned in the housing and selectively operable to transmit rotary power between the first and second shafts. An actuator is... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7367633 | Braking system Disclosed is a redundant braking system for a vehicle. A controller may monitor a status of a hydraulic braking system, and during vehicle travel, automatically switch to a modulated electric braking system which is separate from the hydraulic braking system when th... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7364524 | Driveline coupling for electric module A module with an axle assembly, which has a housing, a differential, an input shaft, a pair of shafts and a pair of wheel hubs, and an auxiliary drive unit that includes an electric motor and an overrunning clutch. The differential and the input shaft are disposed i... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7361114 | Vehicle differential including pump with variable-engagement clutch A vehicle differential assembly is provided that includes a differential driven by an input and adapted to allow differing rotational speed between a pair of outputs. The differential includes a gear assembly connected to the outputs and a hydraulically-actuated clu... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357748 | Limited slip differential A limited slip differential comprises a housing having an input, a first output, and a second output rotatably mounted in the housing. A friction clutch in the housing limits slip between the first output and the second output, and a mechanism in the housing applies... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7357203 | Self-contained axle module A self-contained axle module for a vehicle. The vehicle includes a support structure, a source for electric power, a source of cooling medium, and a vehicle control device. The self-contained axle includes a first side plate removably coupled to the support structur... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7354374 | Differential unit A differential unit which can be arranged in compact as a whole, while a differential limit and a differential lock are appropriately executed. The differential unit is provided with a differential mechanism transmitting from a differential case (45) to a pai... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7351178 | Directly driven drive axle with a gear train comprising an axially-fixed sun pinion A driving axle for a vehicle driven by an electric motor disposed on a driven motor shaft. Drive shafts are coupled to the motor shaft via the interposition of a reduction transmission stage and a following differential transmission. As part of the transmission stag... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7337053 | Stability-enhanced traction control with electrically controlled center coupler A control system for a vehicle having first and second axles is provided that includes a coupling apparatus adapted to distribute torque between the first and second axles and a traction controller for controlling operation of the differential apparatus from vehicle... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7331894 | Dog clutch and method for overdrive A hydraulically-actuatable clutch and method is operable as an overdrive clutch in a transmission system having a transmission main shaft portion. The clutch is engageable between a transmission housing and a sun gear and rotor hub to provide for grounding of the su... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7329200 | Drive unit of an adjuster of a vehicle seat In a drive unit (10) of an adjuster (80) of a vehicle seat, in particular of a motor vehicle seat, having at least one particularly electronically commutated motor (12) and at least one gear stage (14) provided on the output side of the m... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7326141 | Compact fault tolerant variable cross-drive electromechanical transmission A transmission drive system (TDS) has two AC induction traction motors, each operatively coupled to two semi-independent coaxial traction shafts, and two AC induction steer motors coaxially mounted on a common steer axis parallel to the coaxial traction shafts. A st... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7325664 | Electromagnetic actuator, and electromagnetic clutch and differential using the same The electromagnetic actuator includes an electromagnetic coil configured to provide actuation force in accordance with a solenoid current to be supplied, to a clutch and configured to actuate the clutch to control relative rotation between first and second members. ... | 02/05/2008 |
