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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7360468 | Electric power steering device and resin gear used for the same An electric power steering device having a resin gear used in a speed reduction gear mechanism and the resin gear used for the device are provided. The speed reduction gear mechanism includes a driven gear that is the resin gear integrally formed by fitting a resin ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7263909 | Drive device The present invention is electronically driven locking device for a locking element of a motor vehicle. The device has a motor, a gear wheel including a gear ring, a hub, and an elastic intermediate element, and a control disk. The motor is linked to the gear ring v... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7228799 | Moving member fixing apparatus A moving member fixing apparatus includes a stationary gear, rotary gear, press member, and first and second flat inclined surfaces. The rotary gear is movably provided to the stationary gear. The press member presses the rotary gear to fix the rotary gear to the st... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7150225 | Moving member fixing apparatus A moving member fixing apparatus includes a stationary cam, moving cam, printing press motor, drive connecting/disconnecting mechanism, fixing/releasing device, and air cylinder. The moving cam is movable with respect to the stationary cam. The printing press motor ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7096754 | Nested sector gears A sector gear is formed as one of a pair of mirror image gears (12, 14). Each of the sector gears has an arcuate portion (16) having a series of teeth (18) on an outer periphery thereof, and a V-shaped base portion (20) having a first leg... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7090113 | Inertia welded shaft and method therefor A method is provided for assembling a shaft having a metal matrix composite mid shaft and monolithic high strength alloy forward and aft shafts. The forward and aft shafts are each inertia friction welded to separate annular transition pieces which include a barrier... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7032877 | Actuator for reversibly displacing a valve flap of a valve An actuator has a drive shaft connected to a valve flap. A toothed quadrant is mounted to be rotatable about the first axis of rotation of the drive shaft. A further quadrant is arranged in parallel with the toothed quadrant and is fixedly connected to the drive sha... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7021171 | Annulus gear and drive shell A method of producing a torque transmission between a driving member and a driven member including the steps of capturing an annular gear within the interior of a hollow cylindrical shell formed of a formable material which is caused to be flow formed around a porti... | 04/04/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6964332 | Molded sprocket A two-material plastic sprocket for modular plastic conveyor belts and an associated method for molding such a sprocket. The sprocket is made of a first plastic material forming the exterior skin and a second plastic material forming the interior core. The sprocket ... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6957761 | Inertia or friction welding of conical components into elliptically-shaped holes in a pipe or tube A method of joining tubular structures using friction welding is disclosed. The invention provides a method of joining a first tubular structure having a conical contact surface to a second tubular member with an elliptical contact orifice by placing the conical sur... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6951150 | Gearwheel intended to be press-fitted onto a shaft and a shaft carrying a press-fitted gearwheel Gearwheel, intended to be connected through press fitting to a shaft, the gearwheel exhibiting a hub and a cog path connected to the hub, the hub exhibiting at least one flank extending axially outside the cog path and a through-hole with a first area situated axial... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6910616 | Preforms for forming machined structural assemblies A method of constructing a preform for use in forming a machined structural assembly is provided. The method includes determining the dimensions of the machined structural assembly. First and second structural members are selected based on the predetermined dimensio... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6736022 | Vibration reduction gear structure of an image input and output device A vibration reduction gear structure of an image input and output device includes a first gear supporting a second gear, and a vibration reduction portion made of vibration reduction material mounted on at least one of the first gear and the second gear. The other g... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6615683 | Gear drive A gear drive, including a first shaft, a first gear wheel on the first shaft, a second shaft a certain distance away from the first shaft, and a second gear on the second shaft. The second gear wheel engaged with the first gear wheel by way of helical gea... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6607465 | Bicycle hub transmission with a guiding member for a sun gear A sun gear apparatus includes an axle, a sun gear rotatably supported around the axle, and a sun gear guide ring disposed between an inner peripheral surface of the sun gear and the axle. The sun gear guide ring minimizes or eliminates looseness in the co... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6591708 | Gear made of fiber reinforced resin and method for manufacturing same A gear made of fiber reinforced resin which is capable of being increased in durability and mechanical strength, as well as gear cutting characteristics. The gear is manufactured by arranging ring-like reinforcing fiber substrates and a metal bushing in a... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6354422 | Parking apparatus of an automatic transmission and method for controlling the same A parking apparatus of an automatic transmission is provided to enable movement of the select lever from P range to another range to be realized more smoothly. A parking apparatus of an automatic transmission includes a parking gear assembly comprising an... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6058794 | Composite sector gear and method for manufacturing same A cast composite sector gear including a hub made of a first material and an outer gear section made of a second material that is cast onto the hub. The hub is configured such that a secure mechanical bond can be created between the hub and the gear secti... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6025062 | Cogged component for the mechanical transmission of force A cogged component, especially a wheel, rack, pinion, spline, or similar structure, intended for the mechanical transmission of force. The body is of a composite reinforced with carbon fibers. The body is, in accordance with the invention, of fiber-reinfo... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5802920 | Double gear wheel of a turning device on printing presses A double gear wheel of a turning device on printing presses comprises an adjustment gear wheel (4). On the adjustment gear wheel a conical seat (7) is formed, which conical seat (7) is engaged in a conical recess (9) formed on the corresponding stationary... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5666854 | Gear wheel support A support for a gear wheel, used in a toothed gear change transmission having a shaft and a gear wheel, where the support provides both sufficient axial fixing and radial play between the gear wheel and the shaft, necessary to compensate for working loads... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5406863 | Toothed wheel with a variable number of teeth A toothed wheel with a variable number of teeth has a toothed ring formed by a driving chain or belt. The referenced diameter of the toothed wheel can be modified by adding or removing individual links by means of an auxiliary toothed wheel; so as to modi... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5279173 | Apparatus and method for repairing a gear The invention relates to a machine having a driven gear, service access to which is partially obstructed. An aspect of the invention involves an aperture permitting access to the driven gear through a spatial area away from the obstructed region. The driv... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5271287 | Multi-metal composite gear/shaft The invention is directed to a method and a product produced by the method where in there is created a multi-metal composite object that takes on the configuration of a shaft which would include in combination an outer annular element having an outer cyli... | 12/21/1993 |
| 5194031 | Toy gear assembly A toy gear assembly includes a base, a ring gear assembly, a drive gear, a tripod-like support frame assembly and a plurality of secondary gears. The ring gear assembly includes a rotatable gear ring portion and the ring gear assembly and the drive gear a... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5106355 | Planetary gear unit In an planetary gear unit comprising a sum gear, an internal gear, and planetary gears which are supported through a carrier and engaged with the sun gear and the internal gear, at least a cut is formed in the internal gear in such a manner that the posit... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5086660 | Gearwheel attached to an expanded tube A gearwheel attached to an expanded tube portion in a force-locking way, and including at least one plate metal disc member having a cylindrical hub portion on which a supporting ring is slid which has a yield strength higher than that of the tube portion... | 02/11/1992 |
| 5048362 | Device for tensionally connecting a fixed gearwheel and an adjustable gearwheel on a cylinder of a turning apparatus in a sheet-fed rotary printing press and, more particularly, to such a device which is electrically safeguarded In a sheet-fed rotary printing press, a device for tensionally connecting a fixed gearwheel and a gearwheel coaxial with and adjustable in rotational position thereof relative to the fixed gearwheel on a cylinder of a turning device in the printing press,... | 09/17/1991 |
| 4974814 | Multispeed winch A multispeed winch or gear box wherein an axially-movable gear located on a shaft parallel to the drive shaft is movable by operation of a lift mechanism to be in a first position in engagement with a specific gear train or in a second position out of eng... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4892432 | Clip for securing rotating parts A clip to clip independently rotatable parts that must be axially held relative to each other, but not be constrained from sliding axially together. Each part (9, 10) has a bore and an internal annular groove (28) and the clip has transverse flanges (23, ... | 01/09/1990 |
| 4890989 | Positive displacement machine with a plastic gate pinton In a positive displacement machine, a rotor has screw grooves in which pressure chambers are variably limited, at one end, by teeth of a plastic pinion which is the front element of a composite pinion meshing with the grooves. A metal backing pinion suppo... | 01/02/1990 |
| 4793781 | External and internal rotor machine having internal axes and circumferential reinforcement web The engagement parts of the external rotor of a single-rotation machine are interconnected in circumferential direction of the rotor by a ring-like web. This allows high rotational speeds around the single axis of rotation of the external rotor without an... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4787261 | Device for setting a relative rotational position of a gearwheel and a ring gear which are coaxially mounted A device for setting a relative rotational position of a gearwheel and a ring gear disposed coaxially mounted and turnable on an annular extension of the gearwheel includes a plurality of radially extending pressure levers actuatable in common by an axial... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4782717 | Device for adjusting a relative rotational position of a gearwheel and a ring gear which are coaxially mounted Device for adjusting a relative rotational position of a gearwheel and a ring gear which are coaxially mounted, comprising a device for applying a spring force to at least one of the gear wheel and the ring gear so as to form a positive connection between... | 11/08/1988 |
| 4711605 | Key apparatus A key for transferring rotating driving force between a driven and driving member. The key has a leg portion and a cross portion wider than and integral with the leg portion. The leg portion is positioned in a keyway of a first rotatable member and the cr... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4696200 | Composite gearwheel structure for the control of gripper-carrying straps in weaving looms A composite gearwheel structure for reciprocating the gripper-carrying straps in weaving looms, comprises a gearwheel body of synthetic plastic material. Its teeth are partially covered with sheet metal associated with the body and forming an integral par... | 09/29/1987 |
| 4690009 | Method and apparatus for producing pseudo - herringbone-type gears and gear produced thereby A method and apparatus for creating a matched set of pseudo herringbone-type gears from ordinary helical gears. Two cooperating shafts are provided with two helical gears on each which, when placed on the shaft, are oppositely angled with respect to one a... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4665766 | Shaft member A shaft-end constituent member (14) of a material which is different from that of a shaft (12) is firmly attached to one end of the shaft (12). The shaft-end constituent member (14) is provided with an axial projection (15) corresponding to a recess (13) ... | 05/19/1987 |
