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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6378388 | Control panel with double rotary control for a motor vehicle The invention concerns a control panel for a motor vehicle system comprising a housing supporting at least a double control unit formed by two rotating knobs arranged projecting relative to the housing and respectively coupled with two shafts, which are c... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6076266 | Theodolite with a disengageable adjustment mechanism A theodolite that includes a stand, a telescope, a friction gear and a worm gear. The telescope is pivotally secured to the stand. The clutch plate is secured to the telescope for at least limited rotational movement upon pivoting of the telescope. The fr... | 06/20/2000 |
| 4515024 | Clutch mechanism of a push-button tuner Clutch means for changing inductance of a push-button tuner which is compact in size and adapted for use with a tape recorder. The mechanism includes flat slidable cam plates provided with cam portions at the front portions thereof, which are arranged hor... | 05/07/1985 |
| 4467671 | Release mechanism for a push-button tuner A release mechanism of a push-button tuner for use in car radios etc., comprising a manual tuning shaft which has a threaded portion, a release plate which is movably and turnably installed on a guide rod disposed in parallel with the manual tuning shaft ... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4439749 | Electronic tuning block An electronic tuning block including a plurality of screw drive type variable resistors are juxtaposed parallel to one another obliquely on an insulating substrate, and holes for receiving pointers fitted to the screws of the variable resistors and holes ... | 03/27/1984 |
| 4429291 | Rotary pre-setting fine tuning device for a turret type television tuner The present television fine tuning is constructed so that an initial rotation establishes the fine tuning state and that a continued rotation of the fine tuning shaft performs the fine tuning. For this purpose the present tuner comprises a fine tuning dri... | 01/31/1984 |
| 4311056 | Pre-setting fine tuning device for a turret type television tuner The present television fine tuning is so constructed that an initial rotation establishes the fine tuning state and that a continued rotation of the fine tuning shaft performs the fine tuning. For this purpose the present tuner comprises a fine tuning dri... | 01/19/1982 |
| 4267739 | Pushbutton tuner A flat pushbutton tuner wherein button slide assemblies provided with pushbuttons are disposed in parallel with a base plate of the tuner and mounted directly on said plate without providing a housing or base for the button slide assemblies. The base plat... | 05/19/1981 |
| 4265128 | Turret type frequency selector A frequency selector (tuner) employs a turret to select the position of a slide member that is coupled to a variable reactance. The slide member is moved away from the turret by depressing an operating member and returns to the turret when the operating m... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4262547 | Pushbutton tuner A pushbutton tuner suitable for its thinner formation wherein a memory slide member is provided on a base plate of a tuner housing which is shiftable in a direction perpendicular to the sliding direction of a button slide, a gear mechanism is disposed for... | 04/21/1981 |
| 4152682 | Fine tuning mechanism in a tuner A tuner for use in a telecommunication receiver having a rotary drum carrying a plurality of oscillation coils and a fine tuning member for each coil supported for movement inside of the coil for fine tuning and having a geared head, and a main shaft on w... | 05/01/1979 |
| 4128821 | Turret type television tuner The present turret type television tuner comprises a U-shaped chassis having first and second end walls joined by a side wall. A main channel selecting shaft is supported in said end walls. A toothed index wheel is mounted on the selector shaft adjacent t... | 12/05/1978 |
| 4118992 | Clutch mechanism for push-button tuner A clutch mechanism for a push-button type tuner is adapted for use in a tuner having cores shiftable with respect to coil bodies, the tuner being devised to maintain the varied position of the core. The mechanism includes a disc unitarily connected to a r... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4097828 | Tuning unit with bandswitch for high frequency receivers A tuning unit with a bandswitch for high frequency receivers having a potentiometer system for the control of capacity diodes is disclosed. The potentiometer system includes a plurality of parallelly disposed resistance paths on which wipers can be moved ... | 06/27/1978 |
| 3990315 | Detent UHF tuner with preset memory A detent type tuning mechanism for a UHF tuner having a continuously variable tuning shaft includes a detented selector shaft, a gear train interconnecting the tuner shaft and the selector shaft, and a memory type fine tuning mechanism including a rotatab... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3965699 | Spring compensated radially flexible power takeoff shaft A single shaft gas turbine engine of the type having a shaft assembly including, in axial alignment, a radial turbine element, a central slinger ring element, a radial compressor element, and a geared power takeoff element. The elements of the shaft assem... | 06/29/1976 |
