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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7213842 | Control housing for work vehicle An agricultural tractor or other work vehicle having an operator's station is described. A steering column assembly is mounted in the operator's station and has a steering shaft disposed in a steering shaft barrel. The steering column assembly is adapted to both til... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7000497 | Selectively positionable gearshift and method An adjustable gearshift assembly (10, 130) for connecting by a bracket (16) to a transmission of a motor vehicle, providing a shifter knob (12, 132) movable to a selected position relative to an elongate member (14, 144). The shifter knob... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6942223 | Dual layer roll boot A molded boot having an inner layer and an outer layer made from different elastomeric material. Each layer is compatible with the fluid environment to which it is exposed. The dual layer boot provides longer service life with less degradation caused by chemical and... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6883483 | Gasket with pushrod retainer In an engine having a rocker member adapted to rock about an axis intermediate the rocker member and a pushrod extending from a lower body to an upper body and engaging an end of the rocker member, a gasket for sealing the lower body to the upper body is provided. T... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6597163 | Contamination resistant probe attachment device A contamination resistant probe attachment device attaches over an opening in a top cover of a disc drive to couple a testing probe to the interior of the disc drive. The attachment device has a base for surrounding and attaching around the opening in the... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6581485 | Control lever knob rubber boot interface A control lever for a control console of a work vehicle comprises an arm and a knob. One end of the arm is coupled to the control valve linkage for positioning the control valve. The other end of the arm is mounted to the knob. The knob is provided with a... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6546738 | Stirling refrigerator A Stirling refrigerator, which prevents oil rising, makes oil seal bellows have long-life, and includes a housing, cylinder, piston, piston rod and an oil seal bellows. The oil seal bellows seals a space between the housing and the cylinder, wherein a tip... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6361286 | Fuel pump The drive part for converting the revolution movement to the wobble movement is composed of the shaft for transmitting the drive force from outside, the swash plate rotated by the shaft and the wobble plate for converting the revolution movement of the sw... | 03/26/2002 |
| 5941123 | Noise insulation arrangement for shift lever A noise insulation arrangement reduces transmission of noise through an opening of a partition having a margin with a perimeter defining the opening. A shift lever assembly extends through the opening. This arrangement uses a noise insulator including a f... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5917259 | Coupling of an electric motor to a load An improved connection coupling for providing rotary motion from an electric motor rotor to a load wherein a mechanical coupling element is attached to an end of the rotor and to the shaft of the load. The free end of the rotor includes a cavity which ext... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5749261 | Noise insulation arrangement for shift lever A noise insulation arrangement reduces transmission of noise through an opening of a partition having a margin with a perimeter defining the opening. A shift lever assembly extends through the opening. This arrangement uses a noise insulator including a f... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5615576 | Sealing structure for automatic transmission shift control device A sealing structure for an automatic transmission shift control device comprises a boot interposed between a vehicle floor and a support member, which is a single piece resinous molding, of the transmission shift control device for providing a seal thereb... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5549968 | Compressible fabric substrate A composite fabric structure comprising a plurality of warp and fill fibers or yarns forming a fabric substrate which is impregnated with a matrix material which contains a plurality of cells which impart compressibility to the fabric substrate. This fabr... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5435199 | Hand-brake lever A hand brake lever in a vehicle includes a stationary support mounted in a passenger compartment of the vehicle and having a mounting slot. A sound insulating material covers at least a portion of the stationary support, the sound insulating material defi... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5413008 | Adjustment mechanism for rigid boot of a vehicle transmission shifter A mechanism for adjusting the space or gap between a rigid, spherical boot and the periphery of an opening in a console trim plate through which the shift lever of the shifting mechanism extends. The mechanism provides both radial adjustment for providing... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5243867 | Mechanism for feedthrough of rotary motion to a sealed chamber A mechanism for feedthrough of rotary motion to a sealed chamber includes a shaft (220) rotatingly supported inside a hollow housing (200). The shaft (220) comprises a front portion (222), a middle portion (224), and a rear portion (226). The front portio... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5222746 | Protective bellows for universal joints allowing rapid installation Rapid-assembly sealing bellows for protecting jointed couplings such as transmissions, guiding and steering joints, in particular so-called cardan or universal joints of motor vehicles, said bellows being essentially a corrugated tubular body (with entry ... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5178024 | Metal bellows type sealed rotary transmission device A sealed transmission device for controlling a valve including a casing containing a transfer member coupled to a control shaft and to a receiver shaft. A bellows surrounds the receiver shaft and is fixed and sealed at its upper end to the transfer member... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5176390 | Flexible protective bellows optionally including serrated attachment groove A flexible protective bellows for enclosing a universal joint of a vehicle transmission is designed so that alternate folds are of different shape from the intervening ones. This reduces wear between the peaks of adjacent folds when the bellows is compres... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5145191 | Heat-resistant protective cover for a drive axle joint seal A drive axle joint seal sock for extending the operation of the joint seal and protecting the joint seal against high heat conditions. The sock comprises an elongate cylindrical housing having an aperture at each end and formed of a heat-resistant materia... | 09/08/1992 |
| 5101471 | Water heater control system utilizing flexible thermostat cover plate A system including apparatus and method for retrofitting and controlling the temperature of a water heater. The system allows manual adjustment of a thermostat control setscrew from a location exterior of the water heater housing and includes a tool maint... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5099709 | Stepless variable speed drive The variable speed drive comprises a driving shaft and a driven shaft coupled by a friction disk assembly, and is accommodated by a fixed case affording passage and support to the driven shaft, and a cover, adjustable for position in relation to the fixed... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5077000 | Method of preparing a reactor coolant pump for vacuum degasification of a reactor coolant system An auxiliary flexible vacuum seal for preparing a reactor coolant pump for vacuum degasification of the reactor coolant system employs a flexible boot member having a pair of longitudinally-displaced opposite open end portions and a pair of side-by-side l... | 12/31/1991 |
| 5009122 | Sealed cable control system A sealed cable control system having an integral, internal air transfer system constructed and arranged to provide a continuous passage comprising a series of integral, internal unrestricted passages within and through the control system to maintain a rel... | 04/23/1991 |
| 5006376 | Joint boot molded of a thermoplastic polyester elastomer A molded joint boot obtained by using a highly hard and highly elastic thermoplastic polyester elastomer as the molding material. The molded boot is formed into the shape of a conical bellows having a major-diameter portion connected to a minor-diameter p... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4991457 | Shift boot support and bezel arrangement An inner seal boot, outer support boot cover, and bezel frame arrangement for enclosing the gap between the movable shift lever and an opening through which the lever of a vehicle transmission passes. The one-piece rubber boot cover has an upper conical-s... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4981304 | Reactor coolant pump auxiliary flexible vacuum seal for reactor coolant system vacuum degasification An auxiliary flexible vacuum seal for preparing a reactor coolant pump for vacuum degasification of the reactor coolant system employs a flexible boot member having a pair of longitudinally-displaced opposite open end portions and a pair of side-by-side l... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4967609 | Flexible boot A flexible boot having a bellows and mount portions on both axial ends of the bellows portion at which the boot is mounted on parts of a mechanism such as an automotive constant velocity joint. The flexible boot has an anti-degradation agent make-up eleme... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4936593 | Shaft seal A seal assembly for providing a seal between the hull of a powered water craft and a drive shaft which passes through the hull includes a flexible tubular boot which is attached to a through-hull fitting which is affixed to the hull and is attached at its... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4927678 | Protective bellows particularly for a motor vehicle front wheel drive Disclosed is a protective bellows of polymer material of the thermoplastic, silicon, etc. type, particularly for a motor vehicle front wheel drive. It has a profile which includes a conical part (5) fastened to the bowl (3) of the transmission, extended o... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4927203 | Boot sealing and attachment means for automotive door lock actuators and the like An improved sealing and attachment means between a rubber boot (20) for a powdered door lock (4) and its actuator rod (10), which allows, not only radial, linear movement of the rod with respect to its power motor, but also rotational movement of the rod ... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4902545 | Boot for automobile A boot for an automobile comprises two terminal annular parts and a barrel part intervening between the two terminal annular parts. This boot is obtained by injection molding a flexible PVC material. The flexible PVC material of one type (I) is composed o... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4899612 | Cover sleeve arrangement for a vehicle steering column A cover sleeve for the protective covering of a clearance for the passage of a steering column of a motor vehicle through a dashboard is disclosed. To accommodate adjustment of the steering column as to its inclination and length, the cover sleeve is fast... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4894045 | Universal joint having driving pins parallel to one of coupled shafts and swingably and radially slidable to the other shaft A universal joint comprising, first and second rotating members each having a rotating axis, and arranged end to end with a distance therebetween. A guide pin is providing having a spherical portion at one end thereof and rotatably and swingably held by t... | 01/16/1990 |
| 4805921 | Mechanical shaft joint boot A mechanical shaft joint boot integrally made up of a large-diameter ring portion and a small-diameter ring portion with a bellows portion interposed therebetween, and a straight portion connecting the bellows portion with the large-diameter ring portion.... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4732398 | Bellows-type bearing seal and method of use A rubber dirt-excluding and grease-retaining seal for use in machine assemblies such as furrow forming disc assemblies in grain drills, marker disc assemblies and the like comprises a generally cylindrical, accordian-like body formed of interconnected poc... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4721175 | Rack and pinion steering gear assembly A rack and pinion steering gear assembly has a rack bar 5 displaceable through a cylindrical bush 7 secured by a pin 38 in a rack bar housing 11. A flexible concertina-type bellows 21 is provided between the housing 11 and a tie rod on the end of the rack... | 01/26/1988 |
| 4676513 | One-piece split boot for universal joint A split boot formed from a unitary, flexible body shaped to be helically wrapped around a universal joint or the like. Once the flexible body is wrapped around the joint with the mating edges engaged a main body is formed having a generally hollow truncat... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4607852 | Accordian-folded boot shield for flexible swivel connection A flexible swivel boot connector for connecting a first boot shield section to a second boot shield section, both first and second boot sections having openings therethrough, the second boot section having at least two adjacent accordian folds at the end ... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4606702 | Reversible fan with cylindrical resilient rubber spring A fan having reversible blades supported on a ring. The blades have means for holding the blades against rotation around thin central axis so that they can be selectively set to either blow cooling air forward away from the driver or rearward to add to th... | 08/19/1986 |
