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Clutches and power-stop control September class, title,number 09/10

20100243403 - Electromagnetic inertia brake for a multiple-ratio power transmission: An electromagnetic inertia brake for a vehicle transmission in a vehicle powertrain has a non-rotatable armature and a brake reaction plate in which a friction brake retarding force is developed on both sides of the brake reaction plate, the brake reaction plate being secured to a transmission torque input shaft,... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20100243394 - Drive mechanism: A drive mechanism includes a housing, a stationary shaft, at least one acceleration gear assembly, a rotation plate, and at least two centrifugal blades. The acceleration gear assembly having a plurality of acceleration gears is disposed inside the housing and pivots on the stationary shaft, and skewed teeth of the... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20100243395 - Multiple clutch device: A multiple clutch device, particularly a double clutch device, that has a reduced axial installation space and/or inexpensive production. The multiple clutch device has at least two friction clutch arrangements, torque-transferring friction element carriers, each of which is rotationally fixedly connected to a frictional element of the frictional clutch arrangements,... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20100243396 - Clutch actuator structure: A clutch actuator structure provided for an internal combustion engine and a hydraulic clutch mechanism for transmitting a rotational driving force of a crankshaft of said engine includes a clutch actuator for controlling an oil pressure for engaging and disengaging the hydraulic clutch mechanism. The clutch actuator structure ensures that... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20100243397 - Electronically-controlled hydraulically-actuated coupling: A power transmission device includes a rotatable input member, a rotatable output member, a clutch assembly to selectively transfer torque between the input member and the output member, and a controller for controlling the clutch assembly. The controller controls the clutch assembly based at least partly on a torque request.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20100243398 - Gear mechanism with torque limiter: A gear mechanism with torque limiter includes a felt member 14 that is held between a first gear 13 and a second gear 15 coaxially arranged first gear 13 and second gear 15, for transmitting drive power between the gears, such that coupling of drive power between the gears is... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20100243400 - Torque fluctuation absorber: A torque fluctuation absorber includes a first plate member, ring-shaped second and third plate members, a fourth plate member, a resilient member and a predetermined member. The resilient member absorbs torque fluctuation between the second or third plate member and the fourth plate member. The predetermined member on a power... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20100243399 - Torque fluctuation absorbing apparatus: The torque fluctuation absorber includes a flywheel fixed on a first rotating shaft by a fixation member, a damper unit connected with a second rotating shaft and absorbs fluctuation of torque occurred between the first rotating shaft and the second rotating shaft by elastic force, and a limiter unit provided... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20100243401 - Shifting element of a gear box: A shifting element of an automatic transmission with a shifting element piston that can be hydraulically actuated via an engaging pressure space and with a way of pressure compensation which compensates for dynamic engagement forces that act on the shifting element piston and are produced in the engaging pressure space... Agent: Davis & Bujold, P.l.l.c.

20100243402 - Device for actuating a dual clutch transmission: A device is provided for actuating a dual clutch transmission (DCT). In order to provide a device for actuating a dual clutch transmission for controlling a double clutch transmission with 5 synchronizer actuators and 2 input clutch actuators, the device includes, but is not limited to two branches, one branch... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (gme)

20100243404 - Torque fluctuation absorber: A torque fluctuation absorber includes: a first plate member, a second plate member, arranged axially with a predetermined distance from the first plate member, a third plate member which rotates integrally with the first plate member, and is arranged axially with a predetermined distance from the second plate member; slide... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20100236887 - Hydraulic pressure control apparatus for hydraulic power transmission: A hydraulic pressure control apparatus for a hydraulic power transmission, which includes a pump impeller, a turbine runner, and a multi-plate impeller clutch, the multi-plate impeller clutch configured to engage the pump impeller to a power source by supplying a hydraulic pressure to a hydraulic pressure chamber. The apparatus further... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20100236888 - Lever applied solenoid clutch actuator: A electromagnetic clutch assembly for use in a vehicle is presented. More specifically, the clutch assembly comprises an input member; an output member; a friction clutch pack having a first plurality of clutch plates coupled for rotation with said input member and a second plurality of clutch plates interleaved with... Agent: Borgwarner/bhgl

20100236889 - Power tool: A friction clutch includes drive and follow members. The drive member rotates together with the driving section and has a drive-side contact surface. The follow member rotates together with the end-bit mounting section and has a follow-side contact surface contactable with the drive-side contact surface. The friction clutch is movable... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20100236890 - Mechanical clutch having polymer engagement: A polymer based clutch system for using as a centrifugal clutch. The clutch includes a clutch hub configured to rotationally adhere to an engine crankshaft and a polymer clutch configured to mate with the clutch hub and having a deformity property configured to correlate to a desired RPM of the... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson S.c.

20100236891 - Spring-loaded brake for an actuator for driving a household screen and actuator equipped with such a brake: This spring-loaded brake (105) for an actuator for driving a household screen comprises a helical spring (30) each end of which forms a lug (32a, 32b) extending radially, a friction piece (40) comprising a friction surface (41) against which the helical spring (30) presses radially, an input piece (10) able... Agent: Dowell & Dowell P.C.

20100230225 - Fluid coupling and coupling method thereof: In a fluid coupling wherein a turbine shell is welded to a turbine hub, it is necessary to take care of the strength of the welded portion because the turbine shell is displaced toward the pump blade as the torque thereof is transmitted. A fluid coupling (10) according to the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20100230226 - Overrunning one-way clutch or coupling assembly: An overrunning one-way clutch or coupling assembly includes a first outer coupling member and an inner coupling member which together have a first pair of annular coupling faces therebetween and a second outer coupling member which together with the inner coupling member have a second pair of annular coupling faces... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20100230227 - Driven accessory with low-power clutch for activating or de-activating same: A driven accessory having a clutch that permits selective operation of an accessory portion. The clutch employs rotational inertia to control driving engagement of a wrap spring to an interior clutch surface on a drive member and/or driving disengagement of the wrap spring from the interior clutch surface.... Agent: Magna International, Inc.

20100230228 - Device for frictionally coupling two coaxial components: The invention relates to a device (1) for frictionally coupling two coaxial components (4, 5, 41, 42), especially two shafts (41, 42) or a shaft (4) and a hub (5). Said device comprises a first, inner coupling element (2) having a conical, peripheral surface (22) and a second, outer coupling... Agent: Fleit Gibbons Gutman Bongini & Bianco Pl

20100230229 - Starting clutch, particularly for racing and sports vehicles: A starting clutch, particularly for racing and sports vehicles, has clutch plates, of which at least one is non-rotatably coupled with a clutch cage of the starting clutch and at least one is non-rotatably coupled with a clutch hub of the starting clutch. A set of springs composed of at... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20100224461 - Clutch unit: Provided is a clutch unit in which the strength of a lever side outer ring or a brake side outer ring is increased and in which an elastic deformation amount is reduced to help to easily achieve an improvement in terms of breaking torque. The clutch unit has a lever... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20100224458 - Bicycle coasting mechanism: The present invention is directed to a torque transmitting bicycle freewheel coasting mechanism comprising a drive body, a driven body and rolling bearing elements supporting and spacing these bodies during coasting. The rolling element bearings are elastically deformable and, during the application of a sufficiently large driving force to the... Agent: Purdue Law Offices 2735 N. Holland-sylvania Road

20100224459 - Torque fluctuation absorber: A torque fluctuation absorber includes a first plate member, a second plate member biased towards the first plate member and rotatable relative to the first plate member, and a friction material arranged between the first and second plate members and pressed on the second plate member slidably along a direction... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20100224460 - Clutch cover assembly: A clutch cover assembly (1) is a clutch cover assembly for pressing and releasing a friction member of a clutch disk assembly against and from the flywheel of an engine, and includes a clutch cover (2), a pressure plate (3), a diaphragm spring (4), a cone spring (14), and a... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20100219033 - Method and device for torque transmission: The present invention relates to a method for moment transmission, preferably torque transmission, between a first object (4) and a second object (5) that are separated by a gap (g), the method comprising the arranging in said gap (g) of a force-transmitting device (1) that comprises at least one flexible... Agent: Manelli Denison & Selter

20100219038 - Freewheel bearing device with torque limiter: The invention concerns a freewheel bearing device including an outer element and inner element arranged inside the outer element, and a free wheel provided with at least a wedging element, arranged between the inner element and the outer element to allow a free rotational movement in one direction between the... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20100219034 - Control assembly: A control assembly (10) for controlling the actuation of two clutch packs (50, 52) includes a motor (12) for driving an annular gear wheel (24). Radial pins (30) project from the gear wheel to engage concentric pistons (34, 36) arranged for linear movement relative to one another along the axis... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20100219035 - Torque transmission device: The invention relates to a torque transmission device, especially for the drive train of a motor vehicle, said device comprising a pump comprising a first pump part, a second pump part, a suction chamber and a pressure chamber, the first pump part and the second pump part being mutually rotatable.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20100219036 - Driving force transmitting device: A driving force transmitting device is comprised of a first rotary member, a second rotary member securely fit around the first rotary member, a third rotary member rotatably supported in the first and second rotary members for being engaged with a shaft, an anti-rotated solenoid slidably fit in a solenoid... Agent: Morrison & Foerster, LLP

20100219037 - Bidirectional self-locking device: Disclosed is a bidirectional self-locking device including a housing (10) and a gear shaft (20). A first locking device and a second locking device are disposed in the housing (10). When a first locking came (30) is driven to rotate in a first direction, protuberances on both sides of the... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC