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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7462128 | Rolling element and a process for producing the rolling element A rolling element including a base metal, and a nickel coat formed on a surface of the base metal and cooperating with the base metal to constitute a rolling contact surface satisfying condition that a mean value of ratios of L1 to L2 as measured in at... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7461720 | Automatic transmission oil leak prevention device An oil leak prevention device of an automatic transmission can minimize oil leaks by reducing scatter of ATF in an upward direction during revolution of a differential gear. The device includes an oil plate installed on the scattering path of automatic transmission ... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7461571 | Vehicle steering apparatus A vehicle steering apparatus comprises a rack shaft, a joint provided at an end of the rack shaft, a stopper for regulating a stroke amount of the rack shaft, and a spacer. The spacer comprises an annular elastic member and an annular metal member. The elastic membe... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7458914 | Method and apparatus for a low cost and high force transmission using elastically deformable driving element for friction drive An elastically deformable transmission member for use in a friction drive system. The elastically deformable transmission member imparts a thrust to a moveable member at an area of contact between the elastically deformable transmission member and the moveable membe... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7458291 | Self-sealing yoke assembly for a steering apparatus A rack and pinion steering system including a rack slidably supported within a housing that engages in a pinion gear wherein the housing includes a cylindrical sleeve having an outer seal surface with a slight medial taper at one end thereof. A yoke assembly, which ... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7458292 | Catch nut A threaded drive has a threaded spindle having a longitudinal axis, a supporting nut which is in a screw engagement with the threaded spindle with a first clearance and which is rotatable relative to the threaded spindle about the longitudinal axis, a catch nut whic... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7455150 | Rotating shaft scavenging scoop A bearing scavenge system comprises a scavenging passage extending axially through a rotating shaft supported by the bearing assembly. Oil and air are drawn from an oil cavity of the bearing assembly and evacuated through the rotating shaft as the shaft rotates.... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7451670 | Manually controlled shifting conversion apparatus for a multi-stage transmission A manually controlled shifting conversion apparatus for a multistage transmission having multiple shifting packets wherein gears for successive, non-adjacent gear ratios are located in each shifting packet and gears for successive, adjacent gear ratios are located i... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7444897 | Control panel unit having control lever for utility vehicle A control panel unit has a control lever operable by a driver seated at a driver's seat of a utility vehicle. The panel unit includes a base panel which covers the control lever except for its control grip area and a guide slot defined in the base panel along an ope... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7444894 | Linear actuator with wear-resistant ceramic bushing An actuator including a threaded shaft and a carriage having a shaft engaging portion coupled to the threaded shaft. The carriage is moveable in a direction parallel to an axis of the threaded shaft upon a relative rotation between the threaded shaft and the shaft e... | 11/04/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7437967 | Gear having window holes, and method and apparatus for manufacturing the same A gear having window holes, and method and apparatus for mafufacturing the same in which by depressing partially one end surface of a primary formed article, a plurality of concaves for the window holes is formed at the one end surface in an axial direction of the p... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7437968 | Steering column device A steering column device (1), comprising a column body (2) having a swelled shell part (23) in deformed section swelled in the side direction of a steering shaft (3) beyond the portion of thereof where an upper bearing (31) is inst... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7434490 | Turning drive apparatus for model, and slip gear apparatus In a turning drive apparatus (10) for turning a movable portion (3) of a model (1) by transmitting power from a drive source to the movable portion (3) through a gear train (11), a pair of gears (16, 17) included in the gear... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7434491 | Flexible tooling interface for headstock/tailstock positioner A workpiece positioner assembly comprises a headstock apparatus that is configured to rotate a workpiece A headstock interface assembly is configured to secure the workpiece to the headstock apparatus and comprises a bearing configured to enable pitch, yaw and roll ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7421922 | Device for linearly moving a useful mass A device for linearly moving a useful mass is described. Typically, when a large useful mass is moved, relatively large forces are transferred by a spindle or a toothed rack to the corresponding machine or machine frame. These forces can be compensated by moving a c... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421925 | Steering column tilt adjusting system A steering column tilt adjusting system for releasably locking a steering column assembly. The pawl is pivotally coupled to the rack and may be pivotally and slidably moved between fully compressed and fully extended positions. The system includes a pawl, a rack, an... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421917 | Tractor with a PTO apparatus A tractor with a PTO apparatus, comprises: a plurality of wheels; a vehicle body supported by the plurality of wheels; an engine supported on the vehicle body; a rear PTO shaft disposed at a rear of the vehicle body for transmitting power from the engine; a mid-PTO ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7415907 | Resin double helical gear and gear train using same A gear train for an ink jet printer includes an output gear of a motor, a first idle gear meshing with the output gear, a second idle gear rotatable with the first idle gear, and a driven gear which is mounted on a roller shaft so as to be rotatable therewith and wh... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7415906 | Manually actuated positioning device with high resolution and large range of motion A linear stage having a screw-nut assembly is actuated by the rotational motion of the screw. A mechanism, which is an integral part of the nut, quickly disconnects the screw and the nut, allowing rapid positioning of the linear stage in both the forward and reverse... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7413054 | Oil circulation retention system and method A bearing lubrication (oil circulation) system having a check valve configuration for preventing overflow of an oil reservoir or tank. The pressurized oil circulation system may comprise a pump that pressurizes oil from the tank and circulates the oil through a supp... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7412910 | Mechanism for transforming a rotational movement into a linear movement A mechanism for transforming a rotational movement into a linear movement, comprising a non-deformable nut, that is prevented from rotating but not from axially moving, a radially deformable tubular screw, having freedom of rotation but not of axial movement and hav... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7412911 | Steering column apparatus A steering column apparatus includes: a stationary column member; a movable column member whose one end is supported on the stationary column member nonrotatably about a center axis and movably along the center axis; a column head disposed on the other end of the mo... | 08/19/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7406890 | Steering controller of vehicle There is provided a steering control device for a vehicle of a new structure utilizing a ball screw mechanism for compacting the structure. The steering control device for a vehicle includes a first input shaft 1 connected to a handle, a second input shaft | 08/05/2008 |
| 7406887 | Pumping unit with variable work stroke and return stroke torque factor characteristics A pumping unit system having vertical sampson post, a walking beam pivotally supported at the upper end of the sampson post and a horsehead affixed at a forward end thereof that supports a reciprocated sucker rod string, including a gear reducer mounted at selectabl... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7406892 | Plastic molded gear, and intermittent rotation transmission device and gear train using same A plastic molded gear capable of reducing teeth knocking noises due to backlash during engagement. A protruding portion 5 for eliminating backlash is formed so as to protrude from both end portions in facewidth directions on one tooth flank 6 of each t... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7395732 | Shifter rod assemblies for automotive transmissions A shifter rod assembly used in automotive vehicles extends between a manual shifter assembly having a manual shift lever and a transmission spaced from the manual shift lever. Large tolerance universal joints with play between the components thereof connect the shif... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7392722 | Control unit with three parallel branches This controller, between a fixed base (1) and a control handle (4), comprises three similar arms (2) of which each comprises three links (5,6,7) jointed between the base and the handle platform by a pivot (8), two rotation joints (... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7392882 | Lubricant gun A lubricant gun includes a housing, a lubricant reservoir, a motor, a final driver, an elongate eccentric seat, a guiding shroud, and a plunger. The elongate eccentric seat is mounted within the housing, and has a first portion connected eccentrically to the final d... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7389707 | Starter with one-way clutch for cranking internal combustion engine A starter for cranking an internal combustion engine includes an electric motor, an output shaft, and a one-way clutch for transmitting a rotational torque of the electric motor to the output shaft. The one-way clutch is composed of a clutch-outer driven by the elec... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389708 | Starter for an engine A starter for an engine includes a motor, a cylindrical tube, a one-way clutch, an output shaft, and a pinion gear. The motor generates a rotational force. A first bearing rotatably supports the tube. The tube includes a female helical spline on its inner surface. T... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389709 | Reverse transfer system ball-screw, and electro-mechanical actuator employing same An electro-mechanical actuator (21) includes a reverse transfer system ball-screw (20). The actuator broadly includes a frame (22), a nut (43) mounted on the frame, at least one magnet (59) mounted on the nut, at least one coil ( | 06/24/2008 |
| 7384368 | Toroidal-type continuously variable transmission A toroidal-type continuously variable transmission includes an input shaft, an input disk and an output disk, plural power rollers, a power roller bearing, an oil passage, and a mesh filter. The input and output disks are supported mutually concentrically with the i... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7374019 | Method of and device for lubricating rolling bearings There is provided a lubricating method for a rolling bearing assembly capable of achieving a reliable lubrication and exhibiting a stable temperature rise. The method is for supplying a lubricant oil to the rolling bearing assembly during the operation thereof, in w... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7370554 | Moveable control pedal assembly A moveable control pedal assembly includes a pedal carriage to which a pedal arm is mounted. The pedal carriage can be moved forward and backward via threaded extender rods which engage the pedal carriage to move it along the extender rods when they are rotated. A t... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370552 | Mechanism for controlling toe angle of vehicle wheels A power transfer system is constituted under a simple construction (a worm gear, transfer rod integrally installed with a worm sector gear, and lower control arm), thereby improving the efficiency of the power transfer of the toe-angle controlling mechanism for vehi... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370546 | Windshield for motorcycles and drive means for a motor vehicle component A windshield for motorbikes which can be variably positioned at various angles of inclination on the motorbike by a holding device (6) and a drive device (8). The drive device (8) has a cable or a cable pull connection (22, 23, 24, 25) be... | 05/13/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7367428 | Device for supplying a plurality of service points, such as lubricating points An apparatus for supplying a viscous material to locations, comprises: a pump; a supply line in fluid communication with the pump; a first main line having a first compression chamber; ... | 05/06/2008 |
