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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7464619 | Operator assembly An operator suitable for opening and closing casement windows includes a housing (e.g., a base and a cover), and an operator arm subassembly driven by a worm. The operator arm subassembly may include at least one operator arm pivotally disposed in the housing via a ... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7296492 | Animated toy with geneva mechanism An animated children's toy including a gear system for providing intermittent and reciprocal motion. The gear system includes a drive gear and a driven gear. The gear system is adapted to have a non-rotating configuration and an engaged configuration. In the non-rot... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7284458 | Adjusting element device A device to be used with an adjusting element comprising a rod piston (3) displaceable with the aid of a motor (4) in a piston tube (2). The motor (4) is rotatably arranged at the adjusting element (1) through a worm gear (6... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7275872 | Adjustable bearing A bearing that can be reoriented to move its center is disclosed. The center of the bearing is offset from the center of its outer housing. Should the shaft extending through the bearing need to be raised or lowered the outer housing is simply rotated in its recepta... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7249760 | Paper pickup mechanism A paper pickup mechanism mounted in a feeder includes several driving gears, connecting rods, a pickup roller and a twist restricting gear. By means of the twist restricting gear, the paper pickup mechanism provides an equal pickup force under different paper loads.... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7225697 | Power transmission arrangement A power transmission arrangement includes a shaft, a first gear mounted on the shaft, a plate supported by the shaft and rotatable between a first position and a second position, a second gear supported by the plate and engaged with the first gear, and a third gear ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7198243 | Longitudinal seat adjustment device The invention relates to a longitudinal seat adjustment device comprising an upper rail (40) and a lower rail (10). The upper rail (40) sits in the lower rail (10). Between the two rails (10, 40) a spindle (14) is fixedly co... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7191677 | Adjustable angle drive for a rotary power tool The present invention provides an adjustable angle drive for a rotary power tool such as a drill. The adjustable angle drive includes input and output shafts journalled for rotation in input and output housings. The input and output shafts are rotatably coupled thro... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7172051 | Steering apparatus for vehicle A nut member which is rotated by power transmission from a motor in a rack housing is supported by a thrust bearing fitted and fixed in a first housing having an integrally formed fixing section for fastening to a vehicle body so that the nut member cannot move in b... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7150339 | Electrically powered bicycle An electrically powered bicycle is disclosed including a rear fork assembly having a pair of structures extending from a frame, a wheel attached between the structures of the rear fork assembly, an electric motor mounted adjacent to the wheel, and a drive mechanism ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7051986 | Spindle and worm drive for adjusting devices in motor vehicles A spindle and worm drive for adjusting devices, especially seat adjustment devices, window lifters and sliding roofs, in motor vehicles. The drive includes a fixed spindle or relatively fixed toothed rack which is secured to one of relatively two moving parts and ge... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6785943 | Indexing tool turret An indexing tool turret assembly is disclosed including a rotatable indexable turret tooling plate having mounted thereon stationary as well as live tooling. A single drive motor is utilized in order to perform indexing as well as to drive the live tooling. A plural... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6626058 | C-axis driving system for machine tools A C-axis driving system for machine tools is disclosed that comprises a worm wheel mounted on a spindle that is rotatably supported by a headstock. The C-axis driving system also includes a worm shaft with a worm formed therein directed perpendicular to a... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6569053 | Eccentric pinion cage A drive axle assembly is provided that includes an axle housing having a cavity. A differential case is disposed within the cavity. The ring gear is supported on the differential case such as by fastening the ring gear to a flange extending from the diffe... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6418808 | Power steering apparatus A power steering apparatus having a rack shaft supported by a gear housing via a rack adapter, where the rack adapter has an outer peripheral supporting portion supportable by the gear housing, and an inner peripheral supporting portion supporting the rac... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6393931 | Decluthable manual override gearbox A declutchable manual override gearbox, comprising a casing, and a drive shaft mounted for rotation within the casing. The drive shaft has an input end and an output end, the input end of the drive shaft adapted to engage the output of a rotary actuator a... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6364803 | Differential axle assembly with adjustable gear offset An adjustable pinion offset in a differential axle assembly. The offset between a pinion gear and shaft relative to a ring gear in the differential axle assembly is adjustable due to an eccentric mounting of the pinion assembly relative to the differentia... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6343436 | Sliding sash drive assembly This sliding sash drive assembly includes a rack gear for the sash and a drive unit adapted to be mounted on the window frame and having a driven spur gear. An L-shaped engagement lever is mounted at its vertex on the housing and carries on its short leg ... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6164407 | Electric power steering apparatus A vehicle steering apparatus (10) for turning steerable wheels (44) of a vehicle comprises a manually rotatable input member (12) to which steering torque is applied, an output member (34) rotatable to effect turning of the steerable wheels (44) of the ve... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6155376 | Electric power steering assembly A steering assembly (10) for turning steerable wheels of a vehicle in response to rotation of a vehicle steering wheel (11) comprises a housing (30) and a member (32) which is movable axially within the housing to effect turning movement of the steerable ... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6076628 | Power assist apparatus for motor vehicle steering A power assist apparatus for a motor vehicle steering shaft including a speed reducer housing mounted on a steering column, an electric motor on the speed reducer housing, and a speed reducer consisting of a worm gear and a worm wheel. The worm gear is su... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6041670 | Gear transmission Gear transmission between an input shaft and an output shaft, comprising a first and second face gear which are rotatable about a first axis of rotation and have identical toothing as regards number of teeth and module, which face gears are mounted at an ... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5924330 | Industrial robot wrist unit A wrist unit for an industrial robot comprises a wrist housing detachably mounted to a distal end of a robot arm, the wrist housing containing rotatably mounted first and second, parallel, secondary drive shafts on the input ends of which are mounted cyli... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5823055 | Worm gear drive locking apparatus A worm gear is connected to a machine tool component and has teeth mating with teeth on a power driven worm rotatably supported by a housing enclosing the worm. A clamping shoe is supported for sliding movement within a slot in the housing and has a compo... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5718652 | Coronel effect positively infinitely variable rotary motion transmission The principle of the Coronel Effect resulting from an individual gear simultaneously producing two individually controllable driving functions motivating a second engaged driven gear is described. This principle is incorporated within the Coronel Effect P... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5373753 | Power transmission device A driving force transmission device includes a worm meshing with a worm wheel. The worm has an outer casing defining a first helical groove on the outer peripheral surface thereof, and an inner cylinder mounted in the outer casing and provided on the oute... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5365890 | Open beam sootblower A retractable sootblower having a substantially open frame. The frame includes an inboard end wall, an outboard end wall and a pair of opposingly positioned side panels. The side panels are seamless and mounted to interconnect the inboard end and outboard... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5273497 | Mechanical transmission with infinite-ratio gearing A transmission (26) of continuously-engaged gear teeth of standard gear design is provided for infinitely or steplessly varying the ratio of output angular velocity to torque across a range which can include zero output angular velocity. In one embodiment... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5214978 | Steering column for motor vehicles The present invention pertains to a steering column for motor vehicles with an angle-adjustable steering wheel, in which a steering shaft has a lower shaft 1 and an upper shaft 2. These shafts are connected to one another by a universal joint 5 rotatably ... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5097718 | Input shaft mounting structure in intermittent driving apparatus An intermittent driving apparatus having input and output shafts disposed in perpendicular but nonintersecting relationship, and joined together by an intermittent drive coupling for transmitting rotation of the input shaft intermittently to the output sh... | 03/24/1992 |
| 4976658 | Variable speed transmissions A transmission wheel (12) is shiftable in position radially relative to a driven member such as a bicycle wheel. A driving force is imposed to the transmission wheel (12). This driving force rotates the transmission wheel (12) and the rotational force is ... | 12/11/1990 |
| 4843904 | Work positioner A work piece positioning device which has a table upon which the work piece is supported is disclosed. The table is rotatably mounted on a sub-assembly which is tiltably mounted on a frame such that the work piece can be positioned in any desired predeter... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4796479 | Clutch mechanism A clutch mechanism for engaging and disengaging the thread (14) of a worm (13) from the teeth (17) of a worm gear (16). The worm (13) is mounted in a carrier block (47), disposed in a cavity (39) of a housing (12), from translatory movement towards and aw... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4793200 | Reverse idler gear noise-reduction arrangement A reverse idler gear shaft noise dampening arrangement for an automotive manual transmission. The reverse gear idler shaft has its free end resiliently centered in axially spaced aligned transmission housing bores by a pair of elastomeric O-rings. The bor... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4790202 | Drive apparatus for power seats An apparatus for driving a power seat in an automotive vehicle includes a worm threadedly engaged with a worm wheel accommodated in a housing and receiving driving power, a plug supporting one end of the worm, a screw threadedly engaged with the housing f... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4724714 | Rack-and-pinion steering gear device A rack-and-pinion steering gear device has a mechanism for adjusting backlash and eliminating lost motion or play between a rack and a pinion. The pinion is formed on a pinion shaft angularly movably supported by a pinion holder, the pinion shaft having a... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4704913 | Rack drive A rack-type drive for displacing a movable part longitudinally and horizontally relative to a stationary part has a longitudinally extending rack fixed on one of the parts which is formed above the rack with a longitudinal slot through which the rack is e... | 11/10/1987 |
| 4699016 | Translatable drive apparatus A drive apparatus having a drive shaft, at least one driven element fixedly secured to the drive shaft for rotation therewith, and at least one driven shaft operatively connected to the drive shaft. The driven shaft is oriented perpendicular to the drive ... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4621405 | Drive mechanism for the main spindle of a rotating tool turret machine A drive mechanism for the main spindle of a rotating tool turret machine, including a drive motor driving a worm carried in an eccentric mounting, rotation of the mounting effecting movement of the worm in an arcuate path into or out of engagement with a ... | 11/11/1986 |
| 4614127 | Steering gear A rack and pinion gearing in a steering housing is provided, with eccentric bushing bearings at each end of the pinion shaft. The bushings are outer races of roller bearings which carry the shaft and which bushings are carried in the housing rotatively su... | 09/30/1986 |
