Endless belt power transmission systems or components inventions 03/06

20060068953 - Transmission controller for continuously variable transmission system: A transmission controller for a continuously variable transmission system steadily returns a gear ratio toward the low-ratio range, even after a driving pulley has stopped during sudden deceleration. A control unit is provided which drives an actuator to move a driving-pulley movable half part to a position in the low-ratio...

20060068954 - Bicycle transmission apparatus including a one-way clutch and a slide mechanism, and bicycle incorporating same: A transmission mechanism obtains reduced cost by facilitating a process for guide grooves formed on an inner cylinder of a ball spline mechanism and regulates a movement of a drive sprocket in an axial direction by means of a simple structure. A one-way clutch transmits torque only when a crankshaft...

20060068955 - Front derailleur mounting arrangement: A front derailleur mounting arrangement includes a bottom bracket tube having a plurality of slots and a front derailleur mounting bracket having a complementary mounting structure that is configured to mate with the slots. The slots and the complementary mounting structure are configured to retain the front derailleur mounting bracket...

20060068956 - Transmission system for a bicycle, and bicycle incorporating same: A transmission system includes transmission case having a case opening configured to avoid the necessity for enlarging a transmission case, to prevent an increase in weight and to prevent and inhibit a reduction in the rigidity of the transmission case due to the presence of the work opening. The work...

20060068957 - Eccentric pivot arm tensioner: An eccentric pivot arm tensioner capable of automatic belt tensioning and substantially simultaneous operating range indexing during installation. The tensioner comprises a stop plate and cooperating lock plate. The tensioner comprises a pivot arm having a pivot arm member that cooperatively engages a base plate member. In a first, or...

20060068958 - Wire reciprocating device: A reel drum is rotatably supported on a board, and a tensioner case is detachably mounted to the board in the vicinity of the reel drum. Wires are extended from the reel drum in directions opposite to each other. A pair of tension rollers pressed onto the respective wires and...

20060068959 - Inverted tooth chain system with inside flank engagement: An inverted tooth chain including a plurality of rows each pivotally connected to a preceding row and a following row. Each row includes a plurality of inside links aligned with each other and interleaved with the inside links of its preceding and following rows. Each row pivots relative to its...

20060058126 - Belt-driven conical-pulley transmission, method for producing it, and motor vehicle having such a transmission: An automatic transmission in the form of a belt-driven conical-pulley transmission having conical disk pairs on the power input and output sides and an endless torque-transmitting means for transmitting torque. The running surfaces of the conical disk pairs that contact the endless torque-transmitting means have a directed structure....

20060058127 - Belt-driven conical-pulley transmission, method for producing it, and motor vehicle having such a transmission: An automatic transmission in the form of a belt-driven conical-pulley transmission having pairs of conical disks on the power input side and the output side. Each conical disk pair includes an axially fixed disk and an axially movable disk. An endless torque-transmitting member passes between and around the pairs of...

20060058128 - Belt-driven conical-pulley transmission, method for producing it, and motor vehicle having such a transmission: An automatic transmission in the form of a belt-driven conical pulley transmission having input side and output side pairs of conical disks. An endless torque-transmitting member extends between the pairs of conical disks for transmitting torque between the input side disks and the output side disks. The strand natural frequency...

20060058125 - Continuously variable transmission: Continuously variable transmission provided with a primary pulley and a secondary pulley, around which a drive belt is arranged, clamped between two conical pulley discs of the respective pulley, a running surface of at least one pulley disc of the primary pulley and the secondary pulley, via which running surface...

20060058129 - Hydraulic pressure control apparatus of belt-drive continuously variable transmission for automotive vehicle: A hydraulic pressure control apparatus of a belt-drive continuously variable transmission (CVT) for an automotive vehicle, includes a vehicular information detector that detects engine-and-vehicle operating conditions and a hydraulic actuator that regulates primary and secondary pulley pressures. A CVT control unit calculates a primary-pulley slip-limit pulley thrust and a secondary-pulley...

20060058130 - Belt-driven conical-pulley transmission, method for producing it, and motor vehicle having such a transmission: A belt-driven conical-pulley transmission having a pair of conical disks on a power input side and carried on an input shaft, and a pair of conical disks on an output side of the transmission and carried on an output shaft, each pair of conical disks including an axially fixed disk...

20060058132 - Gear-shifting apparatus, and bicycle incorporating same: A gear-shifting apparatus is provided which does not require a position of a chain to be set with high precision, and which reduces a risk of the chain coming off an adjacent sprocket due to a quick gear shifting operation. The gear shifting system includes a derailer for changing the...

20060058131 - Transmission: A transmission including an input cog assembly mounted to an input shaft and an output cog assembly mounted to an output shaft. The input and output cog assemblies include a plurality of varying diameter input and output cogs, respectively, arranged sequentially. A chain links a pair of input and output...

20060058133 - Bicycle front derailleur: A bicycle front derailleur includes a chain guide that is provided with a pushing element that is movable relative to the chain guide to assist in shifting a bicycle chain from a smaller front sprocket to an adjacent larger sprocket. The chain guide is part of a movable member that...

20060058134 - Gearshift control apparatus for a bicycle and a bicycle equipped with such apparatus: An apparatus for controlling a bicycle transmission system with variable ratio, having at least one gearshift device, two control actuating devices, and a relay device for guiding the gearshift device(s) from the control actuating devices, and a bicycle equipped with such apparatus. Each control actuating device has an actuation member...

20060058135 - Bicycle rear derailleur: A bicycle rear derailleur is provided that includes a base member, a movable member with a chain guide and a linkage mechanism. The linkage mechanism is coupled between the base member and a movable member to move the chain guide laterally. The base member is configured to be coupled to...

20060058136 - Bi-directional tensioner: An assembly for maintaining tension in a drive belt features a housing mounted on a base. The housing contains a biasing element that exerts torque on the housing to bias the housing in a radial direction. A lever arm is connected to the housing and rotates with the housing in...

20060058137 - Ring saw drive device and cutter device with ring saw: This is related to a driver for driving into circulation a ring saw having a cutting edges in an outer periphery thereof, and to a cutter device having the ring saw to be fixed as an attachment to an arm tip of a shovel-based excavator. An endless strip (6), (46),...

20060058139 - Sprocket guard and guide ring for bicycle cranks: A bicycle sprocket guard that includes an inner ring and an outer ring. The guard is a pair of rings mounted together and attached to the sprocket, preferably by sandwiching the crank plate between the sprocket and the guard rings. The outer ring has low elongation, such as with a...

20060058138 - Utility vehicle and assembly of engine and transmission for utility vehicle: An assembly of an engine and a transmission is disclosed. An output shaft of the engine and an input shaft of the transmission extends in parallel to protrude from the assembly. The assembly typically comprises a first fitting portion that is formed in a crankcase of the engine and is...

20060058140 - A bicycle sprocket having a thickened spline: A sprocket comprises a sprocket body; a plurality of teeth extending radially outwardly from the sprocket body and dimensioned to engage a bicycle chain; and a spline extending radially inwardly from the sprocket body, wherein the spline includes a radially outer surface facing radially outwardly....

20060058141 - Inverted tooth chain sprocket with frequency modulated meshing: An inverted tooth chain drive system includes a sprocket supported for rotation about an axis of rotation and including a plurality of teeth defined relative to respective tooth centers. The tooth centers are spaced evenly in a circumferential arrangement about the axis of rotation, and each of the plurality of...

20060058143 - Belt-driven conical-pulley transmission, method for producing it, and motor vehicle having such a transmission: An automatic transmission in the form of a belt-driven conical-pulley transmission having pairs of conical disks at its input and output ends. An endless torque-transmitting member passes between and around the pairs of disks to transmit torque therebetween. The torque-transmitting member is a plate-link chain having links with acoustically optimized...

20060058142 - Endless belt for transmission: An endless transmission belt is provided with a link plate, and a pair of joint pins that are retained by the link plate. Through the rolling of mutually contacting faces of the joint pins, link plates are mutually and rotatably connected into an endless chain. One joint pin of the...

20060058144 - System for lubricating a rivetless chain: The pin and center link of the invention is used in a rivetless chain. It is manufactured to contain a reservoir to receive a lubricant. The reservoir may be in the form of a hole or a groove of various configurations. The lubricant is inserted into the pin or center...

20060052192 - Belt-driven conical-pulley transmission, method for producing it, and motor vehicle having such a transmission: An automatic transmission in the form of a belt-driven conical-pulley transmission having pairs of conical disks on the power input side and the output side and an endless torque-transmitting means for transmitting torque between the conical disk pairs. The disk pairs include an axially movable disk that has a slide...

20060052193 - Pivot assembly: A pivot assembly to permit relative pivotal motion of a sleeve of the pivot assembly about a pivot axis. The pivot assembly may contain a spherical bearing assembly therein. The spherical bearing assembly may include a spherical portion and a tubular portion, wherein the tubular portion is operable to form...

20060052194 - Torsional force linear tensioner: A linear tensioner driven by a torque input is provided having a base, a pinion rotatably mounted on the base, a rack operatively engaged with the pinion, an arm slideably mounted on the base and coupled to the rack for linear movement therewith, and a pulley rotatably mounted on the...

20060052195 - Process to improve carrier mobility of organic semiconductor: The invention related to a process for improving carrier mobility of organic semiconductor, comprising the steps of: forming a gate on a substrate; forming an insulator layer on the substrate and the gate; coating polyimide on the insulator layer to form an interlayer; forming an active layer on the interlayer;...

20060052196 - Chain storage unit for products and means to reduce chanin vibrations: A storage unit for temporary storage of products is described, including at least one flexible member (55), provided with supports (57) for said products, extending and moving along a path defined by a plurality of driving wheels (59, 63), including at least two substantially parallel branches. At least one guiding...

20060052197 - Transmission mechanism: A transmission mechanism comprises an idler-shaft, an idler, a belt-pulley, and a first gear. The idler comprises a belt-idler, a gear-idler and a through hole. The idler-shaft couples with the idler through the through hole. The belt-idler has a first face and a second face. The belt-idler is coaxially jointed...

20060046881 - Gear-shifting apparatus for a bicycle, and bicycle incorporating same: A gear-shifting apparatus is provided which easily returns a derailed chain to engagement with a tension and/or guide pulley when the chain comes off the respective pulley due to a gear-shifting operation, and enables a gear-shifting operation to be performed when a gear-shifting is halted or is rotating backward. A...

20060046882 - Tensioning device for a power-transmitting drive: A tensioning device for a power-transmitting drive, which can be blocked by a safety element is provided. The safety element (5, 11, 15, 18) can be deactivated automatically through the installation of the tensioning device (1) on a motor or through the installation of another component....

20060046883 - Bicycle power supply mounting apparatus: A bicycle power supply mounting apparatus comprises a power supply mounting unit and a chain drop inhibiting unit. The power supply mounting unit is structured to be attached to a frame of a bicycle. The chain drop inhibiting unit extends from the power supply mounting unit and is dimensioned to...

20060046884 - Drive train: A drive train comprising a plurality of drive wheels having an axis and for connecting to a bicycle frame, said wheel having a substantially enclosed channel about its periphery for housing a linkage skate, having an opening orientated radially outward; said channel and linkage skate cooperatively forming a clutching means;...

20060046885 - Method of making a power transmission belt/belt sleeve and a power transmission belt: A method of making a power transmission belt/belt sleeve by bias cutting sides thereof using a cutter. A belt/belt sleeve preform is trained around at least two spaced shafts and driven as the sides are reconfigured by the cutter. The cutter may reside within a cutting space bounded by an...