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Dining Table Having Integral Dishwasher
A space-saving dishwasher, which may be installed within a counter top or table, having a dish-carrying rack that is vertically shiftable through the open top of the dishwasher for facilitating loading and unloading of the dishes.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8176807 | Control unit for automatic transmission An automatic transmission control unit includes a shift-by-wire control circuit that inputs an electrical signal based on a selected range selected by a driver, changes a range changeover member of an automatic transmission using the rotation of a motor to a predete... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8156839 | Vehicle gear box actuator A vehicle gear box shift actuator and apparatus including the same. The actuator includes a lead screw; a drive nut threaded on the lead screw; a plunger; a first spring disposed between the drive nut and a first end of the plunger; a second spring disposed between ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8061230 | Arrangement for the control of a gear box A device for operating a gearbox, which operating device comprises a operating rod, a shift finger connected to the operating rod, and at least two electric motors acting upon the operating rod, the rotors of the electric motors being arranged on the operating rod s... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7891266 | Gear position display device of transmission A gear position display device includes a transmission having a plurality of gear positions, a speed-changing control portion outputting a speed-changing instruction, a display portion displaying a gear position of the transmission, and a detection portion detecting... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7854180 | Bicycle control device A bicycle control device is provided with a brake bracket, a brake lever, a first gearshift operating part, a second gearshift operating part, a first electrical switch, and a second electrical switch. The brake bracket is mountable to a handlebar. The brake lever i... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7841255 | Electrical bicycle shift control device An electrical bicycle shift control device is provided that includes a handlebar mounting portion and an electrical shift control switch portion. The handlebar mounting portion is configured to be fixedly mounted in a free end of a handlebar. The electrical shift co... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7730803 | Switch designation apparatus for a bicycle control unit A switch designation apparatus for a bicycle control unit comprises a first switch structured to be mounted to a bicycle for providing signals to move a moving bicycle control device, a second switch structured to be mounted to the bicycle for providing signals to m... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7726215 | Movement converter for an isodistant shifting sensor system A device is provided for transmitting a biaxial pivoting movement of a gearshift lever (2) into a planar movement of a gearshift lever position transmitter with a guide element (20, 27, 31, 32) for limiting the movement of the gearshift lever position ... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7694602 | Automatic transmission apparatus and automatic transmission method for vehicle An automatic transmission apparatus (1) for a vehicle includes: a shift lever (11) for changing the range of an automatic transmission (50); a position gate (13) which restricts the position of the shift lever (11) and which releas... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7650811 | Shifting device A shifting device includes a housing, a shift lever, and a sensor unit. The shift lever is moved along frontward or rearward and leftward or rightward to select one of shift positions. The sensor unit is of a non-contact type and detects the selected shift position.... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7614319 | Device for symmetrical gear shift An arrangement for controlling gear positions in a car includes a console having a wall, and one or more sensors arranged in connection to the console wall. The arrangement additionally includes a gear lever and a code device constructed to interact with the one or ... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7574938 | Backup alignment system for an internal mode switch A gear selector assembly includes a selector shaft, an internal mode switch mounted on the selector shaft, and a detent lever mounted on the selector shaft and rotatable with the selector shaft. The detent lever is indexed relative to the internal mode switch. A spr... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7574937 | Control device for electronic multi-step gear shifting control in automatic transmissions A control device for electronic multi-step gear shifting control of an automatic transmission for motor vehicles functions to shift gears by means of the tip actuation of a selector lever with a shifting journal that can be pivoted from the automatic shift lane into... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7565848 | Bicycle control device A bicycle control device is provided that has a base member, an electrical shift control switch and a brake lever. The base member has a handlebar mounting portion configured to be fixedly mounted to a free end of a handlebar and an electrical switch housing portion... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7540213 | Gearshift lever A gearshift system for a vehicle, such as a motor vehicle includes a gearshift knob in which a plurality of functional and/or control elements are integrated. A gearshift rod is connectable to the gearshift knob. A plurality of functional and/or control elements are... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7441474 | Sensor system for the control of an automatic transmission A sensor system is provided for a control device of an automatically shiftable transmission and/or with automatic manually shifted transmission. The system includes a shift selector lever movable in at least one shift gate for setting at least the positions Forward,... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7430938 | Movement converter for an isodistant shifting sensor system A device is provided for transmitting a biaxial pivoting movement of a gearshift lever (2) into a planar movement of a gearshift lever position transmitter with a guide element (20, 27, 31, 32) for limiting the movement of the gearshift lever position ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7426881 | Operating position select device for automatic transmission An operating position select device has a select lever unit, a mode shift unit to shift operation modes of the automatic transmission, a mechanically connecting means connecting them, and an assist actuator to assist a select lever. A control unit that controls the ... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7421923 | Electronic gearshift structure for vehicle An electronic gear shifter structure for a vehicle shift-by-wire system includes a shift lever that is manipulated for gear changes and equipped at one side surface thereof with a park range switch. An indicator is equipped at one side thereof with a gear range disp... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7418884 | Switching device A shifting device for shifting a transmission with a shifting shaft upon which a plurality of shifting forks are located in an axial, slidable manner for carry out desired shifting procedures. The shifting device includes a selection apparatus for choosing the shift... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7395729 | Position detection of a shifting device A device and a method for determining the position of a gear shift element 1 in a claw clutch operated automated gear box of a vehicle. The gear shift element 1 has gear teeth that correspond to at least two gear wheels 5, 8 which have a differe... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7370551 | Gearshift operating device To provide a small-sized and lightweight gearshift operating device that is capable of performing a gearshift operation in a short time at low power consumption, a guide slit having a plurality of slits 41 parallel with the shift fork shafts and a plurality o... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367244 | Operating position select device for automatic transmission An operating position select device has a select lever unit, a mode shift unit to shift operation modes of the automatic transmission, a mechanically connecting means connecting them, and an assist actuator to assist a select lever. A control unit that controls the ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7360469 | Shift lever A shift lever includes: a knob having a opening, which is mounted on the distal end of the lever main body; a moving body, movably arranged in the interior of the lever main body with one end protruding from the opening thereof and is placed in the interior of the k... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7350436 | Electrical bicycle shift control device An electrical bicycle shift control device is provided that includes a handlebar mounting portion and an electrical shift control switch portion. The handlebar mounting portion is configured to be fixedly mounted in a free end of a handlebar. The electrical shift co... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7350435 | Motor, especially a gear motor or a selector motor of a transmission actuating system, and method for detecting the moving direction of a motor The invention relates to a method for determining the moving direction of a motor, especially an electric motor of a transmission actuating system for gear selection and/or shifting, whereby at least one signal of the motor is detected. The inventive method is chara... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347298 | Gear secure This automobile anti-theft device comprises a removable stick gear shifter, release mechanism, and possibly a second level safety release mechanism, steel ball bearing, an exclusive shaft key lock component, and electrical connections depending on the type of transm... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7334496 | Gearshift device for controlling the gear selection of a motor vehicle gearbox A shifting device is provided for controlling the gear selection of a motor vehicle transmission with a housing, with a gearshift lever, which is arranged within a recess of the housing and can be pivoted in at least one vertical plane. A cover plate follows the piv... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7334497 | Monostable shifting device with P position A shifting device for the preferably powerless transmission of shift commands to a fully automatic or semi-automatic transmission of a motor vehicle and a frame and/or housing and a gearshift lever mounted pivotably along a shift gate. A first shift stop and a secon... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7313980 | Operating position select device for automatic transmission An operating position select device has a select lever unit, a mode shift unit to shift operation modes of the automatic transmission, and an assist actuator controlled by a control unit. A first connecting member of the select lever and a second connecting member o... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7310943 | Hydrostatic transmission controls with alternative operating modes A hydrostatic transmission on a tractor is operated by a microcontroller providing current commands to the hydrostatic transmission pump, and manual controls that provide signals to the microcontroller so the current commands cause the hydrostatic transmission to op... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7308837 | Automated manual transmission control apparatus An automated manual transmission control apparatus includes: a clutch; a transmission including: an input shaft; an output shaft; at least one forward shift stage gear; at least one synchromesh mechanism; and at least one reserve shift stage gear; an input shaft rot... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7293480 | Shifting device A shifting device includes a housing, a shift lever, and a sensor unit. The shift lever is moved along frontward or rearward and leftward or rightward to select one of shift positions. The sensor unit is of a non-contact type and detects the selected shift position.... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7275457 | Control lever with partially enclosed rotary wheel A control lever assembly having a moveable lever and a knob mounted on an end of the lever. The knob has a hollow housing which is removably attached to a cylindrical base. The housing has a cylindrical side wall which forms an opening. A wheel is received in and pa... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7257476 | Select lever device for automatic transmission A select lever device for an automatic transmission includes: a torque sensor to detect an input torque to a drive shaft of a select lever; a select position sensor to detect the stroke angle of the select lever; a characteristic data storing unit in which a mechani... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7251087 | Lens driving apparatus and image pick-up apparatus including the same An image entering from the left side of the figure passes through a correcting lens unit, and forms an image on an image pickup device on the right side of the figure. The correcting lens unit includes a cylindrical outer frame and a lens arranged therein, and at co... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7246535 | Method for the recognition of the synchronization position and the end of the synchronization operation of an automated shiftable transmission A method for recognition of the synchronization position and the end of the synchronization operation in an automated shiftable transmission with an electromotive shift actuator is disclosed, which is characterized in that the rotational speed of the shift actuator ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7246538 | Centering device for longitudinal elements and a resetting device for motor vehicles A centering device for elongated elements consisting of a fixed position-retaining part (13) which includes a concave guiding surface (16), and a mobile position-retaining part (12) arranged on the elongated element, or vice versa. The mobile po... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7241244 | Actuator for shift-by-wire automatic transmission system An electric actuator for an automatic transmission includes an adapter to transmit rotary motion between the adapter and the transmission. An electric motor has an output shaft operably connected the adapter by a gear set which includes a ring gear. A release mechan... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7237450 | Vehicular automatic power transmission operating device A vehicular automatic power transmission operating device includes an operating lever, a lever case, a torque sensor, a mounting member and a power assist unit. The operating lever creates operational force to shift into a position of an automatic power transmission... | 07/03/2007 |
