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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8109168 | Converter gearing having eccentric bushes The invention relates to a converter gearing, comprising a gear rim (7), which is connected to the pivoting axis (6) of a converter box, said gear rim being engaged with at least one drive pinion (8) of the converter gearing (9) and at le... | 02/07/2012 |
| 7798034 | Apparatus and methods for retaining pins and bushings A retention assembly for a jack is disclosed. The retention assembly includes a housing, a bushing, a shaft, a gear, a pin, and a spring. The housing includes a housing aperture, into which the bushing is positioned. The shaft, which includes a shaft aperture, exten... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7467567 | Gear reduction apparatus for a bicycle component A gear reduction apparatus for a bicycle component comprises a gear support, a first gear coupled to the gear support for receiving rotational drive force from a drive component, and a second gear coupled to the gear support for communicating rotational drive force ... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7300377 | Power transmission lubrication system A planetary transmission includes a plurality of planetary gearsets. The planetary gearsets have a lubrication system comprised of pinion pins secured in side plates and central passages located within the pinion pins. The central passages or cavities have radially ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7281445 | Gear speed reducer When a rotational shaft of a gear speed reducer is rotated, a small-diameter gear of a first gear is held in mesh with first internal teeth of a fixed gear and a large-diameter gear of the first gear is held in mesh with second internal teeth of a second gear. The f... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7264085 | Hydraulic passage structure of automatic transmission friction element A hydraulic passage structure of an automatic transmission having at least one friction element for gearshift, the friction element being comprised of a drum. The hydraulic passage structure includes a housing formed integrally with a midway wall protruding inwardly... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7207233 | Mechanism for use in a power tool and a power tool including such a mechanism A mechanism comprises an input shaft (11) and an output shaft (32) which are co-planar. Between the input shaft and output shaft is an axis (20) orthogonal to both shafts about which mounting brackets (30) holding the input and output sha... | 04/24/2007 |
| 6846258 | Gas turbine power generation facility There is provided a planetary reduction gear 10 between a gas turbine 1 and a generator 5. The planetary reduction gear includes elastic deformation unit 12 on an output side, and for the elastic deformation unit, a strain energy within a... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6666103 | Torque transmission device A first helical gear (40) is supported by a first rotation shaft (4), and a second helical gear (13) is supported by a second rotation shaft (14). A rotation body (6, 7) comprising a third helical gear (7) which meshes with the first helical gear (40), an... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6550353 | Geared drive ring coupler The invention comprises a geared drive ring coupler. The geared drive ring coupler comprises two pairs of adjacent drive rings rotatably connected to each end of a frame. Each pair of drive rings is meshed together with the cooperating pair of drive rings... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6497162 | Power actuator arrangement A power actuator arrangement including a power drive assembly having a first powered position and a second powered position and an output device, the output device being unmoveable by the power drive assembly between a first detent position corresponding ... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6324929 | Toothed gearing group for coupling two concentric shafts to a solitary driving shaft A toothed gearing group comprising two concentric twin shafts, an inner one and an outer one, respectively, a main gear for each twin shaft which is rigid in rotation therewith, a solitary shaft which has a first coupling gear in in meshing engagement wit... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6272941 | Gear reducer having symmetrically disposed rotational shaft supports and method for making same A gear reducer includes rotating assemblies intermeshing with one another to transfer power. The assemblies are supported at one of four locations disposed in mirror image locations. Two of the locations are on a longitudinal centerline of the gear reduce... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6188857 | Imaging forming apparatus provided with photoreceptor unit with internal gear unit, the protector unit with internal gear, and internal gear unit An image forming apparatus provided with a photoreceptor with an internal gear includes the internal gear in a photoreceptor drum, a pinion gear in engagement with the internal gear, and a cleaning unit and a developer unit which apply contact pressure on... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6161446 | Image forming apparatus provided with photoreceptor unit with internal gear unit, the photoreceptor unit with internal gear, and internal gear unit An image forming apparatus provided with a photoreceptor with an internal gear includes the internal gear in a photoreceptor drum, a pinion gear in engagement with the internal gear, and a cleaning unit and a developer unit which apply contact pressure on... | 12/19/2000 |
| 5927148 | Image forming apparatus equipped with photoreceptor having an internal gear An image forming apparatus provided with a photoreceptor with an internal gear includes the internal gear in a photoreceptor drum, a pinion gear in engagement with the internal gear, and a cleaning unit and a developer unit which apply contact pressure on... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5816102 | Engine-generator set with integral gear reduction In an engine-generator set, the generator has a first shaft driving a generator armature and also has a second shaft in spaced relationship to the first shaft. The second shaft is coupled to the engine and there is a gear on each of the shafts which provi... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5759081 | Toy construction set featuring gears and radiant connectors A round wafer-shaped gear block is provided with beveled gear teeth along a side wall of the gear block. The gear block has posts on a top surface and has a hub integrally formed on a bottom surface thereof. The hub is rotationally receivable within orifi... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5222406 | Gear drive device for railway motor car In a gear drive device of a railway motor car having a larger gear fixed on an axle and a smaller gear fixed on a rotation shaft of a traction motor, tooth trace of the smaller gear or that of the larger gear is twisted in a manner that the teeth of the s... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5209134 | Synchronous bidirectional gearing mechanism A bidirectional synchronous gearing mechanism includes a first gear with a first and second gear profile and a second gear identical to the first gear and with identical first and second gear profiles. The teeth of the two gears are meshed together and th... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5178027 | Supporting structure for output shaft of automotive automatic power transmission A bearing structure for an output shaft of an automatic transaxle employs a ball bearing, radial needle bearing and a thrust needle bearing in combination. The ball bearing and the radial needle bearing radially support the output shaft. On the other hand... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5104360 | Apparatus for actuation of shift elements An apparatus provided with a planet transmission gear drive with which transmission gear drive stages are constructed built-up and including the hollow-gear or annular gear ring arrangement fixed on the housing and planet carrier support arranged rotatabl... | 04/14/1992 |
| 4773289 | Torque wrench device A screwing spindle (1) is mounted on a frame so as to be capable of rotating about its own axis, and also to be capable of up and down movement along its axis. The spindle is rotated by a drive gear (26) via an intermediate gear (24) which is mounted on a... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4261225 | Step-down transmission for driving a plurality of extrusion screws A step-down transmission for driving a plurality of extrusion screws from a common power source comprises a main shaft, directly connected with one screw and coupled with the source via a reduction gearing, and one or more pairs of corotating ancillary sh... | 04/14/1981 |
| 4214379 | Dryer rack using staggered rollers A dryer rack for automatic film developing machines, which is remarkably simple in construction and easy to maintain, which is highly efficient, and which dries the film quickly, thoroughly and with remarkable freedom from blemishes. Gear driven transport... | 07/29/1980 |
| 4165658 | Gear transmission for electrical operation means A gear transmission for an electrical operation means is disclosed wherein a reduction gear mechanism is provided to reduce valve opening and closing speed. The gear box has a cylindrical shape in which upper and lower plates support two gear shafts which... | 08/28/1979 |
| 4116084 | Movable toy having gear disengaging mechanism and gear changing mechanism A gear disengaging mechanism for use in a movable toy which mechanism disengages automatically the engagement between a first gear receiving the rotation from a driving section and a second gear being pushed by a spring. The bearing hole for the shaft of ... | 09/26/1978 |
