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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7219578 | Flywheel In a flywheel 2, a central part of a thin plate portion 3 having a flywheel mass provided on an outer peripheral side of the plate portion is joined to an end surface of a crankshaft 1 through a plurality of bolts 7 disposed annularly at ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 5207112 | Ductile iron gear and casting process for the production thereof Cast iron gears, such as those used as cam gears on engines and as used for fuel injection gear pumps, which have a hub and a rim that are thick in comparison to the relatively thin web used to interconnect the hub with the rim and a process by which such... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5144862 | Rotating shaft mounted actuating mechanism An actuating mechanism installed intermediate the ends of a shaft without access to an end of the shaft is operative to perform a function requiring motion while the shaft is rotating. It includes a split hub mounted on and around the shaft, a pinion moun... | 09/08/1992 |
| 4867006 | Rotating shaft mounted actuating mechanism An actuating mechanism installed intermediate the ends of a shaft without access to an end of the shaft is operative to perform a function requiring motion while the shaft is rotating. It includes a split hub mounted on and around the shaft, split ring ge... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4676121 | Device for varying an equivalent inertia moment of a flywheel A device for varying an equivalent inertia moment of a flywheel comprises a flywheel, a manual transmission including an input shaft and an output shaft, a ring gear coupled to the flywheel, a sun gear coupled to the output shaft and a pinion engaging wit... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4643035 | Energy transfer and conservation apparatus Apparatus for mechanically transferring energy from a source to some form of energy converter that includes a series of gear sets placed in meshing contact between the source and the converter. Each gear set includes a liftoff wheel that is coupled to a t... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4635776 | Clutch having a starter ring gear and an ignition timing mark An automotive clutch comprises a single support ring for carrying a starter ring gear and an ignition timing mark. The support ring comprises a radial portion and an axial portion the latter of which carries both the starter ring gear and the ignition tim... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4635501 | Gears with damped vibration Gear made of magnetic material is attached with permanent magnet on the web thereof for damping vibration and noise caused when gears are in operation.... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4462269 | Flywheel This disclosure relates to a flywheel for use with an automotive engine or the like. The flywheel of the present invention is basically a one-piece structure comprised of a disc portion and an integrally formed ring portion having gear teeth on its outer ... | 07/31/1984 |
| 4270410 | Gearbox with high speed flywheel A speed reducer gearbox includes input, intermediate and output shafts rotatably mounted therein and a flywheel mounted for independent rotation about the intermediate shaft. The flywheel includes a toothed gear portion in mesh with an additional gear on ... | 06/02/1981 |
| 4174643 | Silent gear wheel A gear wheel having a rim with a plurality of teeth around the periphery thereof, a hub within the rim, spokes connected between the rim and the hub, sound absorbing material filling the spaces between the spokes for silencing the noise caused by vibratio... | 11/20/1979 |
