Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8171817 | Control shift assembly for manual transmission A control shaft assembly for a manual transmission may include a control shaft that is reciprocated in a rectilinear direction and is rotated by a shift lever, a control finger unit that is mounted on one side of the control shaft and moves together with the control... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8151664 | Transmission unit provided with a control device for a motor vehicle A transmission unit for a motor vehicle is provided with a fixed supporting structure, a driving transmission shaft and at least one driven transmission shaft that are parallel to one another, and a control device, which has a control member that is movable with res... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151665 | Shift device for a speed change transmission in motor vehicles A shift device for a speed change transmission in motor vehicles having at least one selector rod which is movably supported in the gear housing in cross walls, by means of which rod the transmission steps in the gear housing can be shifted. The selector rod on one ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8141451 | Shift drive device A shift drive device with a shift arm having one end secured to a shift spindle with a guide hole for receiving a pin, provide to project therefrom, inserted therethrough and engaged therewith. A turn-restriction hole receives a restriction pin provided on a transmi... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8091447 | Sequential control device with rotating drum for engaging gears in a mechanical gearbox of a motor vehicle A sequential control device having a rotatable drum and having a plurality of guide grooves and a corresponding plurality of engagement forks, each including a supporting portion on the outer surface of the drum, a drive portion to drive a corresponding synchronizin... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8037779 | Speed change control device of vehicular transmission A speed change control device for a transmission of an internal combustion engine includes a driving means having an electric motor for rotatably driving a shift drum. The electric motor has a rotation axis orthogonal to an axis of a shift drum. A barrel cam having ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8015895 | Gear shift device This gear shift device is used in a transmission of an engine, and is provided with: a shift drum that changes a speed change stage of the transmission according to a rotational position about an axis; an actuator having a driving shaft substantially orthogonal to t... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8015896 | Arrangement for operating at least one shift fork in a transmission An arrangement for actuating at least one shift fork (1) in a transmission of a vehicle. The arrangement has at least one actuating device (3), which is mounted on a shift rail (8), that actuates the shift fork (1) to undergo an at least ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7788989 | Selector fork arrangement for a manual transmission in a motor vehicle A selector fork arrangement for a manual transmission in a motor vehicle is suggested that largely comprises a fork body (1) and carrying element (2,3) that connect the fork body (1) to the control rod (9). Fork body (1) and carryi... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7694605 | Gear change control system of automatic transmission A gear change control system of an automatic transmission, include: a shift member, including a shaft portion which is disposed in such a manner that a selection axis thereof is oriented in a selecting direction and including an arm portion; shift fork portions, ope... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7610829 | Transmission A transmission, includes: a plurality of shift members, adapted to be moved in a shifting direction and a selecting direction; a shift lug, having a pair of claw portions spaced apart from each other in the shifting direction; and a shift fork, connected to the shif... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7597024 | Gear-shift device of manual transmission A gear-shifting device for a manual transmission, in which the operational force applied at the change-lever L in the shift operation is transmitted selectively to actuate a synchro-sleeve for a gear shift, comprises a shift arm 53, which is rotatable in corr... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7487693 | Shifting device A shifting device including at least one shifting element secured axially on the shaft longitudinally in at least one direction of extension of the longitudinal axis of the shaft by a bearing element on the shaft. The shifting element has transversely projecting fin... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7441476 | Shifting device for a change-speed transmission with a simplified shifting gate A shifting device for a change-speed transmission, in particular for a motor vehicle, having a shifting gate which has at least one recess, and having a first guide pin which is arranged in such a manner that it engages in the recess of the shifting gate in order to... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7426882 | Gear-shifting device for manual transmission A gear-shifting device 50 for a manual transmission comprises a shift arm 53, which is rotatable in correspondence to the shift operation of a change-lever L, and shift pieces 41, 43 and 45, each of which shifts in correspondence to the r... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7409887 | Shift device for a transmission and power divider of a motor vehicle having such a shift device A shift device for a transmission, which comprises a sliding sleeve, a shift fork engaging in the sliding sleeve, and an actuator that can rotate on a shaft that is disposed at an angle to the transmission shaft. In order to provide a simple and reliable control tha... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7398706 | Gearbox actuator comprising a bearing for the gearshift rails A gearbox actuator comprising a selector shaft 2 which is arranged in a housing and is driven by a drive. A shift finger 3 and disengaging shaped elements 4 used to actuate gearshift rails are arranged on the selector shaft, and jibs for 12 | 07/15/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7387042 | Transmission A transmission is provided for changing gears by performing rotation control of a shift drum transmission between an internal combustion engine and a drive wheel by use of an actuator provided on one side of the shift drum and an intermittent feed mechanism driven b... | 06/17/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7353726 | Shifting device for a transmission A shifting device for a transmission, in which at least one gearshift package is allocated to two non-successive gears and each of these gearshift packages is coupled with a gearshift lever. An H- or a multiple H-shifting diagram is allocated to the gearshift lever,... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7237451 | Gear-changing device for a motor-vehicle gearbox A gear-changing device for a motor-vehicle gearbox, including a gear-changing lever which is pivotable arranged with respect to a support part about a bolt. The bolt is held in an axially nondisplaceable manner with respect to the support part. In order to provide a... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7228753 | Shift control apparatus for a transmission A shift control apparatus for a transmission wherein the gear shift lever is configured to undergo movement in a first and a second direction. A plurality of shift lugs are disposed within the transmission and configured to realize a specific speed ratio according t... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7225700 | Single-rod gear shifting system for a manual gearbox for a motor vehicle The invention relates to a gear shifting device (2) comprising a single-rod gear shifting system in a housing of a motor vehicle manual gearbox. Said device comprises a central gearshift shaft (32) and fork-type gear shifting elements in the form of ge... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7195103 | Oil supplying device An oil supplying device (34, 36, 38) for a vehicle transmission (2) having one transmission housing (4, 6) with gears (10, 12, 16, 18, 22) situated upon shafts (8, 14, 20) and having teeth, bearings in which gears (10, 12, 16, 1... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7195095 | Floating PRNDL face plate assembly and method to accommodate floor build variations A shifter face plate assembly and method for an automatic transmission having a shifter rod in an opening of a floor console which includes an intermediary plate and top face plate. The intermediary plate supports the top plate and floats horizontally laterally to o... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7131928 | Differential transmission apparatus A differential transmission apparatus. The differential transmission apparatus includes a base, a fixed gear, a rotating member, an output shaft, a reduction gear, an acceleration gear, a shifting device, at least one transmission shaft, at least one first gear, at ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7086305 | Gearshift device A gearshift device for a multiple-gear change box of a vehicle includes at least two gearshift rods with a rectangular cross-section. A roller bearing and a locking device are provided for guiding and locking the gearshift rods, with each gearshift rod having its ow... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7070535 | Shift mechanism for a manual planetary transmission A plurality of shift rails are manipulated by a manual control rod to selectively actuate one or more synchronizer mechanisms. The control rod is moved angularly and linearly during ratio selection. Each synchronizer mechanism may control two or more drive ratios in... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7017436 | Boot assembly for a vehicle A boot assembly for a vehicle includes a retainer adapted to be connected to vehicle structure of a vehicle and a boot for surrounding either one of a shifter and parkbrake of the vehicle. The boot assembly also includes a seal connected to the boot and to the retai... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7014387 | Shaft drive coupling A single piece coupling device for connecting a load component to a rotatable shaft. The device comprises a sleeve having a bore for containing a rotatable shaft, an externally threaded portion and a tapered engagement face on the outer surface of the sleeve. Radial... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7007566 | Actuator for a motor vehicle transmission An actuator for an automated transmission in a motor vehicle drive train has a central actuating shaft with a shift finger. Two sleeves are supported concentrically on the actuating shaft and can be driven in mutually independent rotation. Two grooves of opposite he... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7007567 | Shift lever apparatus and method of constructing thereof A shift lever apparatus is provided in which, after a slider has been assembled at a case, a link is assembled to the case while an intrusion shaft is inserted into a hole. For assembly of the link to the case, an assembly pawl provided at the link is resiliently de... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6941833 | Shift assembly for a single fork shift assembly A shift assembly for a transfer cases, manual and semi-automatic transmissions comprises a drive motor having a worm gear output which engages and drives a gear having an eccentric drive pin disposed parallel to and offset from the axis of a rotation of the gear. Th... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6942435 | Machine tool A machine tool, particularly a hand machine tool, including an indexing mechanism which is switchable by an actuating element via at least one coupling element, and including at least one spring element arranged in the flux of force between the actuating element and... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6938513 | Locking device A locking device is provided with a locking finger (12), the locking finger (12) being provided with a clearance space (12a). ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6925906 | Vehicular shift lever The vehicular shift lever has rubber bushes tightly fastened to the external surface of a lever axle and a cover pressed over the external side of the rubber bush. The shift lever includes: first and second rubber bushes fastened to the top and bottom of the lever a... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6854353 | Gear shift mechanism A gear shift mechanism has a displacement device, which can be operated by an actuator, for the axial displacing of a sliding sleeve. The actuator is connected with the displacement device by way of at least one joint. Such an articulated connection between the actu... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6845685 | Control mechanism In a control mechanism with a switchable transmission path comprised of mechanism links mounted on a frame, and with a switching pinion gear, through which at least two mechanism links can be optionally incorporated in the transmission path for switching purposes, w... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6766710 | Hydraulic control device for operating a sliding selector shaft A hydraulic control device operates a sliding selector shaft, in particular a gearbox for motor vehicles, with a bore made in a wall of a gearbox housing for accommodating a plastic piston. The piston is actively connected to the sliding selector shaft and delimits ... | 07/27/2004 |
