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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7077778 | Bull gear of differential gear assembly A lower cost differential gear assembly capable of inputting driving force through a differential gear, whose teeth have sufficient strength is provided. To achieve the object, the differential gear is constructed by engaging a gear part provided with teeth at equal... | 07/18/2006 |
| 6955623 | Single planet steering position planetary differential A single planet planetary differential including a shaft mechanism, a planet gear, disposed so as to be meshingly communicated with the shaft mechanism, a carrier device, the carrier device defining a carrier cavity for rotatingly containing the planet gear, a worm ... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6926305 | Air, electric and hydraulic landing gear jack A trailer landing gear drive system in which pneumatic, hydraulic and electric motors, as well as the traditional hand crank, are easily interchangeable. The landing gear jack mechanism is disposed to easily connect to any one of these drive motors. The system can u... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6835154 | On-demand transfer case A torque transfer system is disclosed which is particularly well-suited for use in four-wheel drive transfer cases to establish distinct two-wheel and four-wheel drive modes as well as providing an automatic (“on-demand”) four-wheel drive mode. The torque throug... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6645112 | On-demand transfer case A torque transfer system is disclosed which is particularly well-suited for use in four-wheel drive transfer cases to establish distinct two-wheel and four-wheel drive modes as well as providing an automatic ("on-demand") four-wheel drive mode. The torque... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6537174 | Drive axle assembly with worm gearset and differential A differential and drive axle assembly is provided with a worm/worm gear input. The worm/worm gear input provides for a small differential and drive axle assembly while also reducing the noise and weight of the assembly.... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6099430 | Clutching actuator for clutch control system in a drive line apparatus A clutched actuator for use in a transfer case is disclosed which may be used in conjunction with electronic traction control systems and anti-lock braking systems where the clutched actuator system is required to quickly disengage the four-wheel drive of... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6093126 | Transmission device Transmission device utilizes a self-locking enveloping worm (1) and enveloping type worm gear (2) in combination with differentials. The worm gear has less than 24 teeth and enveloping angle one revolution of worm thread more than 15 degrees. Mechanical m... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6074322 | Apparatus for transmitting rotation utilizing an oscillating input A new type of apparatus for transmitting rotation utilizing an oscillating input utilizes a self-locking worm (1) and worm gear (3) combination with different types of means for rotating said worm about its axis of rotation relative to said worm gear desc... | 06/13/2000 |
| 5928101 | Differential gear mechanism A differential gear mechanism includes an input member (111) mounted for rotation with respect to output half-shafts (112, 113), each half-shaft fixedly carrying an output member (114, 115). A coupling member (117) mounted for rotation about an axis radia... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5704608 | Sheet feeder drive system An epicyclic drive train arrangement having a plurality of output drive members which may be selectively driven from a single input drive member. A frame equipped with two pawls is operated by a single solenoid and spring combination. During successive cy... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5431606 | Ball worm gear final rear axle differential drive An automotive final drive assembly which utilizes a worm gear system for speed reduction between a vehicle's engine and drive wheels. The final drive assembly is capable of reducing the high speed from the engine and delivering it to the vehicle's drive w... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5112284 | Rocker-mounting for differential gear The disclosure concerns an improvement for an automotive differential having helical-worm side gears operatively connected through one or more pairs of combination gears, each combination gear having a worm-wheel portion which meshes with one or the other... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5006101 | Locking-four-wheel drive locking-two-wheel drive A gear box for locking two or four-wheel drive mechanism consists of several planetary gearing systems having sun gears and a plurality of pinions connected to carriers. Sun gears and pinions are connected inside ring gears. Systems are connected to an in... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4651587 | Ring gear/pinion gear design A design for a series of ring gear and pinion gear right angle gear-sets (100) utilizing a single common ring gear (114) and a plurality of pinion gears (112A-D), each having different numbers of teeth, is provided.... | 03/24/1987 |
