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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6974011 | Directional clutch A bi-directional clutch permits the unidirectional transfer of torque between inner and outer races in either direction of rotation, depending on how the clutch is set. The outer race has a cylindrical raceway presented inwardly toward the inner race, whereas the in... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6952152 | Winding fixing structure of a rotary transformer-type resolver A spacer 2 is provided between an inner core 62 and a resolver rotor 63, which are respectively attached to a rotary shaft 68. A cutout groove 42 is formed at a flange 41 of the inner core 62. A fixing groove 3 | 10/04/2005 |
| 6894309 | Spatial regions of a second material in a first material A surface-transformation method of forming regions of a second material in a first solid material to control the properties of the first solid material is disclosed. The regions of the second material are formed in the first solid material by drilling holes to a pre... | 05/17/2005 |
| 5860333 | Index drive In the indexing mechanism, for producing rotary indexing of a primary sprocket or pulley, a locking bracket is operable to alternately lock or unlock the primary sprocket or pulley. At the same time, the locking bracket alternately unlocks or locks an end... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5765441 | Mechanism for translating between reciprocating and rotational movement A motion translation machine for converting reciprocating movement to rotational movement includes a frame that has drive pulleys, a drive belt connected to the drive pulleys, at least two perimeter pulleys and a perimeter belt which is supported by the d... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5396031 | Mechanical device ensuring irreversibility in a limiter assembly for actuators coupled through a reversible kinematic chain A mechanical device forms part of a limiter assembly associated with reversible electric actuators. Typically, such an actuator is for controlling pipeline valves. The limiter assembly comprises a mechanism by which one or more limiters can be held in the... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5303603 | Method for imparting cyclic vertical motion to carousel animals An arrangement of cables, pulleys and cams has been invented which provides a simple, reliable, flexible and inexpensive method of converting rotary carousel motion in the horizontal plane into vertical motion of animals on the carousel. A cam is attached... | 04/19/1994 |
| 4912996 | Motion converting means The invention relates to an assembly for converting the reciprocating motion of at least one piston of a combustion engine into an oscillating rotary motion of at least one shaft, the piston being coupled with the shaft via a flexible band connected with ... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4277224 | Fan attachment for rocking chairs A fan constructed according to the present invention has a base supporting a vertical tube having a movable vertical rod inside. The lower end of the rod is hingedly connected to a means for attaching the device to a moving part of a rocking chair, such a... | 07/07/1981 |
| 4242050 | Windmill power generator A windmill powered generator having one or a plurality of wind operated motor units, each being operably connected to a single power drive shaft to effect rotation of said drive shaft regardless of the rotational direction of the wind operated rotary unit... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4059021 | Apparatus for converting oscillatory motion to reciprocating motion Apparatus for converting oscillatory motion to reciprocating motion featuring the use of thin, non-permanently deformable band-like members confined to a linear track so as to be reciprocable when one end of the band-like member is engaged by an oscillato... | 11/22/1977 |
