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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7303451 | Drive unit, particularly for boats A drive unit comprising a transmission with two coaxial bevel gears (11, 12) fitted opposite one another on the same engine shaft (10), which engage a bevel gear (13) fitted to a shaft (14) perpendicular to the preceding one, a device des... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7290964 | Drilling/tapping/unscrewing apparatus A drilling/tapping/unscrewing apparatus including a transmission shaft of a power source on which a drilling ratio gear, a tapping ratio gear and an unscrewing ratio gear are mounted for transmitting the power of the power source to a bit. The apparatus further incl... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7290459 | Transmission for a dune buggy A transmission for a dune buggy has a transaxle, a transmission gear assembly, a forward bevel gear, a reverse bevel gear, a counterrotation bevel gear, a sleeve and a gear shifting lever assembly. The transmission gear assembly is mounted around the transaxle and i... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7010994 | Drive unit designed particularly for boats A drive unit for boats includes a transmission with two coaxial bevel gears, mounted opposite one another on the same engine shaft, which engage a bevel gear fitted to a shaft orthogonal to the preceding shaft, and elements to mesh the engine shaft with one of the b... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7007340 | Water-diverting windshield wiper blades A wiper (22) has a length (L) which is divided into a distal segment (D), a middle segment (M) and a proximal segment (P). Wiper (22) has first and second wiper blades (26, 28), each having wiping faces (26c, 28c) in ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6960107 | Marine transmission with a cone clutch used for direct transfer of torque A transmission for a marine propulsion system uses a cone clutch in such a way that, when in a forward gear position, torque is transmitted from an input shaft, or driving shaft, to an output shaft, or driven shaft, solely through the cone clutch. When in forward ge... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6644139 | Gear structure for a figurine A gear structure for a figurine. The structure includes coaxial gears provided on a shaft, each of the coaxial gears is provided with toothed portions at a periphery thereof at suitable positions, with a smooth portion between adjacent toothed portions. A... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6463820 | Transmission assembly for beach vehicle A transmission assembly for a beach vehicle includes a driving member which has pawls extending therefrom and a shaft extends through the driving member. A ring has recesses defined in an outer periphery thereof and a plurality of teeth are defined in an ... | 10/15/2002 |
| 5709128 | Reversing gear for boats Reversing gear for boats, comprising a displaceable engaging sleeve (10) with a V-shaped groove (22), into which there extends a gear selector in the form of a dog (21) on a pin (29) movable in the axial direction of the engaging sleeve. The pin is excent... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5494271 | Transmission system for a document feeder An improved transmission system for a document feeder, in which a constant one-way-rotating gear train is mounted in an output zone so as to cause a transmission shaft in the output zone to rotate in one direction only to send out a sheet of document no m... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5411423 | Marine propulsion device with releasably coupled drive shaft assembly Disclosed herein is a shaft assembly including a vertically extending axis and comprising a lower shaft having an upper end portion including an upper end, and an axial bore extending downwardly from the upper end, an upper shaft including a lower end por... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5006084 | Shift device for marine propulsion A marine propulsion forward, neutral, reverse transmission incorporating a single spring for yieldably cushioning the shifting into either forward or reverse. Various embodiments of detent mechanisms and spring locations are illustrated as is an arrangeme... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4869121 | Marine propulsion unit with improved drive shaft arrangement A marine propulsion unit (1) is provided wherein the main drive shaft (42) includes an integrally formed annular portion (46) of enlarged diameter at the location of a previously utilized lower groove and keepers (38, 37). The enlarged diameter portion in... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4510816 | Apparatus for changing the direction of rotation of a rotating shaft The present invention provides apparatus for changing the direction of rotation of a rotating shaft without changing the direction of rotation of the motor driving the shaft. The present invention includes a drive gear which causes two driven bevel gears ... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4133498 | Drive device for a tape recorder A drive device for a tape recorder by which the recording tape is drawn off one spool by means of a capstan, and is wound-up on another spool, which is driven over a friction coupling by a motor with a speed not substantially above the highest required wi... | 01/09/1979 |
