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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7607365 | Drive mechanism for an extendable member A drive mechanism having a first and second side plate opposite each other that rotatably hold an engagement shaft and a gear shaft. A rack passes between the gear shaft and engagement shaft. The first and second side plates are allowed to float vertically in a fram... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7441475 | Rack-and-pinion steering system, in particular for light commercial vehicles A rack-and-pinion steering system, in particular for lighter commercial vehicles, has a housing, a toothed rack, a driven element and a servo unit. The driven element is arranged between the toothed rack and the servo unit. ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7281444 | Rack and pinion gear yoke assembly This invention relates to a yoke assembly (156) adapted for use in a rack and pinion steering gear assembly (10) for a vehicle. The yoke assembly (156) includes a yoke housing (302) having a bore (304). The bore (304) define... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7210365 | Guide section with toothed rack A guide section (1) for guiding a slide for a power tool along a longitudinal axis (A) with a separate axial toothed rack (3) for longitudinal advance of the slide having the toothed rack (3) arranged in an outwardly open receiving groove (4 | 05/01/2007 |
| 7069695 | Automatically opening/closing apparatus for vehicle An automatically opening/closing apparatus for vehicle of rack-and-pinion type is reduced in size and weight. The automatically opening/closing apparatus for vehicle is automatically opened/closed, by transmitting rotation of an electric motor to a back door through... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6891344 | Automatic opening and closing apparatus for vehicle The invention provides to make an automatic opening and closing apparatus for a vehicle to be thin. An outer rack is attached to an outer side of a stay fixed to a vehicle in such a manner as to freely move in an axial direction along the stay. A thickness of the st... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6810767 | Floating roller lock A lock comprising a roller stop having a forward end; at least a first roller receiving concavity mounted for movement across the forward end of the roller stop; a roller mounted for movement between forward and rearward positions, the roller, while at its forward p... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6378392 | Non binding power actuator drive assembly A drive assembly for a toothed rack and channel track type of power liftgate attaches the liftgate lift rod to the toothed rack indirectly, through a shoe-yoke assembly that transfers axial loads, but isolates the rack from non axial reactive loads transf... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6179527 | Apparatus for inserting flexible members into the earth Apparatus for inserting flexible members such as tie-back anchors for slope stabilization or prefabricated vertical drains into underlying earth which includes an articulatable mast to be arranged with a generally upright extent above the underlying earth... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6142031 | Yoke apparatus for rack and pinion A yoke assembly for a rack and pinion steering system includes a bearing disc member having a pair of bearing surfaces for slidingly supporting and urging the rack toward the pinion. The bearing disc member is kinematically supported by elastomeric member... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6089589 | Steering apparatus A steering apparatus in which an elastic member is held to a limited part of a rack shaft at the side fitting a joint member to limit a scratched area on periphery of the rack shaft to a specified area, such that sealing effects to a hydraulic cylinder fo... | 07/18/2000 |
| 5845532 | Yoke apparatus for rack and pinion A yoke assembly for a rack and pinion steering system includes a bearing disc member having a pair of bearing surfaces for slidingly supporting and urging the rack toward the pinion. The bearing disc member is kinematically supported by an elastomeric mem... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5802919 | Yoke apparatus for rack and pinion A yoke assembly for a rack and pinion steering system includes a bearing disc member having a pair of bearing surfaces for slidingly supporting and urging the rack toward the pinion. The bearing disc member is kinematically supported by an elastomeric mem... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5791204 | Device for detecting the position of a moving member A position detecting device includes a ring gear that is disposed on an outer side of an output shaft of a motor and rotates with the rotation of the output shaft, fixed contact terminals fixed to a cover plate, and a rotary contact terminal provided on a... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5698959 | Robot with two dimensional driving mechanism An object of the present invention is to provide a robot, which is capable of moving a multi-joint arm unit in a broad area with high positioning accuracy and high speed. In the robot of the present invention, first guides are arranged in a first directio... | 12/16/1997 |
| 4116221 | Solar energy collecting and concentrating apparatus Apparatus for collecting and concentrating solar energy, having parabolic-cylindrical reflector elements driven at both ends and caused to follow up the changing position of the sun, whereby the reflector elements can be of light construction and yet poss... | 09/26/1978 |
