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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8141449 | Drive unit and method for accessing a drive unit The invention relates to a drive unit comprising an internal combustion engine and a gearbox for motor vehicles, wherein for transmitting a torque to the transmission a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine is connected to a transmission-side element via a ca... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8141450 | Gear wheel The invention relates to a toothed wheel (1) comprising a toothed rim (2) and a toothed wheel hub (3) provided with an axial toothed wheel hub channel (19) equipped with at least one opening (20, 21) and connecting elements (11,... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8136420 | Gear and gear drive unit Provided are a gear in which oil film formation between the tooth surfaces of gears rotating at high speed can be effected to a sufficient degree, in which generation of pitting, abrasion, and scoring is prevented, and which helps to prevent an increase in temperatu... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8113079 | Driving device and image forming apparatus A driving device includes a shaft member and a driven gear rotatably disposed to the shaft member that is formed to be fixed to a surface plate member inside the driving device. The shaft member is provided with a flow passage for air penetrating along a shaft line ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8100026 | Plastic injection-molded gear A plastic injection-molded gear that can prevent the occurrence of noise during meshing attributed to molten-liquid-induced creases, suppress deformations on a rim and a web, and suppress displacement of a meshing position is provided. A rim, on which teeth a... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8037777 | Structurally compliant microbearing devices and methods thereof A microbearing device includes at least one inner bearing structure, at least one outer bearing structure, and one or more fasteners. Each of the one or more fasteners is connected between the inner bearing structure and the outer bearing structure and the inner bea... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8006582 | Gear, and image forming apparatus provided with the same A gear is made of resin and includes: a support cylindrical portion; a teeth-formed cylindrical portion arranged coaxially with the support cylindrical portion on a radially outer side of the support cylindrical portion and formed with a plurality of teeth in its ou... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7971500 | Sheet metal cylinder with a synchronization profile A sheet metal cylinder (1) with an axis of rotation (a) and a synchronization profile extending in axial direction (a), which can be manufactured by sheet metal shaping. The synchronization profile (4, 5) has a circumferential supporting element (6 | 07/05/2011 |
| 7685901 | Device for movable support of an input/output unit A device for movable support for an input/output unit, especially a flat screen, which is electromotively pivotable from a lying non-use position into an upright position of use and vice versa and which in the non-use position is covered by a cover. The movement of ... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7677127 | Rotation transmission member, rotation transmission assembly, and gear mechanism There is provided a rotation transmission assembly that can be produced in large quantities and at low cost and has an anti-rotation function and an anti-release function. This rotation transmission assembly has a rotation transmission member formed in a substantial... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7540212 | Clutch housing A method of manufacturing a clutch housing which accommodates therein a plurality of clutch plates adapted to be engaged together so as to transmit a torque, wherein a drum portion and a boss portion can be integrally formed from a plate material so as to form a thi... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7530284 | Multiplate clutch outer part A multiplate clutch outer part is formed by pressing a steel plate. The multiplate clutch outer part includes: an end wall portion; and a cylindrical portion having its one end formed continuously with the outer peripheral end of the end wall portion, and opened at ... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7490529 | Gear for transmission and method for manufacturing the same A method for manufacturing a gear and a gear for a transmission, in which an outer peripheral gear part formed on an outer peripheral wall surface of a main body of a gear, an annularly-shaped concave portion annularly formed at a radial inner part on at least one a... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7366058 | Gear for watch movement Gear for day of the month display mechanism in a watch movement, including: a driving organ (1), a driven organ (50), characterized in that said driving organ (1) is provided w... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7354212 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a chassis, a motor, a drive transmission gear that receives rotational force from the motor, a feed roller rotatably supported by the chassis, an intermediate gear that has a circular bearing, receives rotational force from the dr... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7284634 | Electric power steering apparatus An electric power steering apparatus comprises a rotary shaft member connected to a steering wheel, an elongate member, a rack-and-pinion mechanism, a ball screw mechanism constructed of a screw member, a nut member and a multiplicity of balls interposed between the... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7247114 | Automatic transmission A forward/reverse change-over mechanism (3) of an automatic transmission comprises a forward clutch (5) inside a drum (7) with the base (7c) which rotates together with an input shaft (1). The forward clutch (5) engag... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7241117 | Motor shaft assembly and method A method for assembling a motor shaft with a bearing, a motor housing, and an impeller is disclosed. A motor shaft extension is used to retain the impeller axially on the motor shaft and allows the motor shaft to drive an additional component, such as an impeller, l... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7231856 | Apparatus and method for detecting dangerous conditions in power equipment A machine such as a saw, jointer, planer, etc. is disclosed. The machine has cutting tool, a direct drive mechanism configured to move the cutting tool, a detection system adapted to detect the occurrence of an unsafe condition between a person and the cutting tool,... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7207110 | Differential housing with integrated ring gear A method is disclosed for making a differential housing having a ring gear integrally formed therein. The method includes the steps of forging a conical frustum from a steel rod; deforming the frustum between upper and lower die halves of a tool to produce a differe... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7203998 | Composite knob with light pipe leakage barrier A composite knob including an injection molded translucent core having a side wall and a top wall with light pipe window or a light pipe opening formed in these walls. A trim ring is positioned on the core and has an opening therethrough to align with the light pipe... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7191521 | Advanced geometry of skew and straight bevel gears produced by forging The present invention provides for bevel gears having a localized and stable bearing contact. The localization of bearing contact is achieved by substitution of flat tooth surfaces with parabolic tooth surfaces. This is accomplished by either modifying line-contact ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7169351 | Method of production of surface densified powder metal components A method for densification of the surface layer of an optionally sintered powder metal component comprising the steps of decarburizing the surface layer for softening the surface layer of the component, and densifying the surface layer of the component. ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7137312 | Gear wheels roll formed from powder metal blanks A method is disclosed for the manufacture of gear wheels having two axially adjacent gears (4,6) thereon. A blank is prepared with the two gears crudely formed thereon by compressing and sintering a shaped mass of substantially metal powder. The blank is then... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7128672 | Cluster sprockets for bicycle transmissions and other prime movers This invention concerns a sprocket gear for facilitating the derailing of the chain of a bicycle transmission and other prime movers. The sprocket gear includes at least two sprockets axially and concentrically positioned relative to one another. Each sprocket inclu... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7097580 | Sprocket for a silent chain and method of manufacturing the same A sprocket for preventing the partial wear on the teeth of the sprocket. The teeth of the sprocket comprised of a pair of side portions located on opposite sides of a tooth and a central portion located between the pair of sides. The pair of side portions has a hard... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7036393 | Gear made of resin, image-forming device, and rotation-transmitting means made of resin A gear 1 made of a resin includes webs 5 (5a and 5b) formed so that the rigidity of the web is increased by a first circumferential rib 8, a second circumferential rib 10, first diametrical ribs 11 and s... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7024751 | Housing and method of manufacturing said housing A housing for a vehicle component and a method for making the same. The housing comprises a housing body having an interior surface and an exterior surface. The outer wall of the housing is formed with a plurality of longitudinal splines and a plurality of longitudi... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7025929 | Method and apparatus for densifying powder metal gears The invention provides a method and apparatus for densifying the teeth of a powder metal preform gear. The die includes an aperture for receiving a body of the gear and a plurality of grooves for receiving the teeth of the gear. The grooves have a length and a varia... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7007783 | Axially fixed and adjustable drive plate A disk carrier assembly for a multi-disk clutch includes a drive plate having a plurality of radially extending load teeth and a plurality of radially extending bearing teeth alternately disposed about the circumference of the drive plate. A disk carrier is included... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6976921 | Coupling The invention relates to a rotationally symmetrical coupling comprising an annular hub made of a rigid material, which is surrounded by an outer ring made of a rubber-elastic material. The coupling also comprises an outer contouring, which is located on the outer di... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6941832 | Injection molded resin gear, injection molded resin rotating body, and injection molded article An injection molded resin gear 1 includes a rim 4, a hub 3 and a web 5 which connects the rim 4 to the hub 3. A plurality of ribs 7 for guiding a molten resin, which is injected from pin point gates 8, to the h... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6910451 | Valve timing control system and method of producing valve timing control system A valve timing control system has a tubular housing; a cam shaft having an external periphery formed with a drive cam; a phase variation mechanism disposed in the tubular housing, and varying a rotational phase of the sprocket portion relative to the cam shaft in ac... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6907764 | Methods and apparatus for manufacturing flanged articles Methods for manufacturing a flanged article (21) that comprises a central depressed body (27) and a peripheral flange (23) may include press forming a material (10) in order to form an intermediate flanged article (20) that compris... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6905432 | Chain drive arrangement A chain drive for pivot chains (7) or round link chains (8) having spur gears (2) and a polygonal chain wheel (10) reduces variations in velocity and acceleration transferred to the chains (7), (8). The driven gear wheel ( | 06/14/2005 |
| 6868950 | Splined annular member and automatic transmission A splined annular member has spline teeth formed in its cylindrical wall. The teeth are formed as an arrangement of alternating ridges which protrude inwardly and troughs formed between the ridges. Each ridge has a transverse (circumferential) groove that extends ou... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6820514 | Synchronizer body comprising an integrated detent element A synchronizer body (1) of a synchronizing device for manual transmissions comprising a base body (2) made out of sheet metal by shaping, an inner toothing (11), and an outer toothing (10) and at least one reception (5) formed in t... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6776274 | Assembly for vehicle driveline components An assembly for use in a vehicle driveline comprises a housing with an inner surface and an outer surface for a vehicle driveline component, a retention element disposed in the housing, and at least one deformation formed on the inner surface operatively in contact ... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6729199 | Ring for transmitting torque and for axially securing two rotating components The invention concerns an apparatus for torque transmission and axial securing of a first (24) and a second (26) torque conducting component. The apparatus has the form of a ring shaped component (20), which possesses along its circumference pro... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6716907 | Phenolic molding composition A phenolic molding composition containing 40 to 100 parts by weight of inorganic fiber, 30 to 90 parts by weight of natural silica powder with a mean particle size of from 20 to 150 μm, and 1 to 15 parts by weight of a rubber component, as main components, in 100 p... | 04/06/2004 |
