Endless belt power transmission systems or components inventions 02/07

20070042845 - Rotating device: The invention relates to a rotating device. The rotating device comprises: a transmitting assembly, a plate and a plurality of binding elements. The transmitting assembly has at least one first transmitting element, a second transmitting element and at least one third transmitting element. Each transmitting element has a plurality of... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20070042846 - Floor treating machine with improved rotary drive: A floor treating machine, comprising a frame, a housing which is attached to the frame in such a manner that said housing is rotatable about a substantially vertical axis, at least three heads attached to the housing in such a manner that said heads are rotatable about corresponding substantially vertical... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070042847 - Chain guide device: A chain guide for guiding a chain includes a chain passage formed by an outer side wall and an inner side wall for surrounding the chain passage. A front end portion of the inner side wall is retracted to and is positioned at a rear side of a vehicle body... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070042848 - Anti back bend driving chain: An anti back bend driving chain comprising alternating first and second chain links interconnected via a respective chain hinge and pivotable relative to one another about a chairs hinge axis. The driving chain comprises a resiliently lockable and/or unlockable locking means for stiffening or arresting the chain hinges at least... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070042850 - Chain drive or return arrangement and chain assembly and sprocket enployed therein: Chain return arrangement and sprocket and chain assembly employed therein with the bow flanks of the horizontal chain links (1) of the chain assembly (10) exhibiting a concave trough at least below an equatorial line (7) and the chain link pockets (52) of the sprocket (50) that receive the horizontal... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP

20070042849 - Power transmission chain and power transmission device: A power transmission chain is provided with a plurality of connecting members that connect a plurality of links to each other so as to be bendable. Each connecting member includes a power transmission member opposed to a predetermined counterpart member. The counterpart member includes either a member interposed between the... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070042851 - Transfer belt: This invention relates to a machine for the production of a paper web, paperboard web or tissue web, having a roller with a circumferential surface and having an endless belt, in particular a transfer belt, which is wrapped around the circumferential surface of the roller in sections and has a... Agent: Taylor & Aust, P.C.

20070037643 - Variable circumference sprocket: The invention is a sprocket which is variable in circumference, in order to allow a large diameter sprocket to be driven by or to drive a chain. The sprocket is made up of a hub, a number of spokes, and rim sections. Adjustment brackets on the spokes allow some of... Agent: Robert L. Shaver Dykas, Shaver & Nipper, LLP

20070037644 - Crankshaft decoupler: A decoupler assembly (20) is provided for transferring rotational torque between a drive shaft (16) and a drive belt (18) of an automotive engine. The decoupler assembly includes a drive hub (40) configured to be fixedly secured to the drive shaft. A pulley (22) is rotatably coupled to the drive... Agent: Clark Hill, P.C.

20070037645 - Bicycle derailleur apparatus with a supported power supply: A bicycle derailleur apparatus comprises a derailleur including a mounting member adapted to be mounted to a bicycle frame and a chain guide coupled to the mounting member so that the chain guide moves relative to the mounting member. A power storing unit is supported by the derailleur.... Agent: Deland Law Office

20070037647 - Long mechanical tensioner with a compliant blade spring: A tensioner for imparting tension to a chain having a body, a resilient chain guide element a support member and at least one blade spring. The body contains at least one groove on its surface adjacent to the resilient chain guide for containing a blade spring in compression. The length... Agent: Borgwarner Inc.

20070037646 - Pivoting mechanical tensioner with cross strand damping: A closed loop chain tensioner system having a drive sprocket, one or more driven sprockets, a first mechanical tensioner located adjacent a slack strand and a second mechanical tensioner located adjacent a tight strand. Each tensioner is independently pivotally mounted to the engine block. The mounting point may be located... Agent: Borgwarner Inc.

20070037648 - Two-arm belt tensioner: In a belt drive of an internal combustion engine, a two-arm belt tensioner has a fixed tubular supporting portion; a first and a second arm fitted to the tubular supporting portion to rotate about a common hinge axis, and supporting respective idle wheels cooperating with respective branches of the drive... Agent: Berenato, White & Stavish, LLC

20070037649 - Belt drive: A belt drive (1) with belt means (4), with at least one driving traction pulley (2), and one driven traction pulley (3) is provided by the invention, with at least one of the traction pulleys (2, 3) having a non-circular shape. It has been found that an especially advantageous effect... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20070032321 - Plastic hydraulic tensioner: In a plastic hydraulic tensioner having an oil reservoir formed as a recess in a portion of a synthetic resin tensioner body adapted to engage a tensioner mounting surface on an engine block, metal bushings are insert-molded in the synthetic resin tensioner body for receiving mounting bolts by which the... Agent: Howson And Howson

20070032322 - Hydraulic chain tensioner assembly: A hydraulic chain tensioner assembly includes a plunger slider received within an opening in a tensioner body to define a controlled clearance and a substantially fluid-tight chamber. Pressure in a supply reservoir that is in fluid communication with the fluid-tight chamber is controlled to a relatively low level by appropriate... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070032323 - Plastic hydraulic tensioner: A plastic hydraulic tensioner comprises a metal liner insert-molded in a hole in a synthetic resin tensioner body. A protruding plunger, slidable in the liner of the tensioner body is urged in the protruding direction by a compression spring, and the plunger, the liner and the bottom of the lined... Agent: Howson And Howson

20070032324 - Chain guide device: A chain guide device which can be easily mounted with a reduced number of parts. The chain guide device for guiding a chain in a vehicle includes a main frame and a rear swing arm extending rearward from the main frame. The chain guide device also includes a stay extending... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20070032325 - Silent chain: Link plates of a silent chain are produced by first shaving the inner surfaces of the connecting pin holes, the sprocket tooth-engaging surfaces, and the backs of the link plates, and then forming dimples on those surfaces by shot-peening.... Agent: Howson And Howson

20070032326 - Papermachine belt: The invention relates to an endless belt having a top side for the transport of a fibrous web in a paper, board or tissue machine, and having an underside opposite the top side, the endless belt having a carrier structure and a polymer layer structure, and the polymer layer structure... Agent: Voith Fabrics

20070026981 - Variable-speed belt drive and variable-speed drive device equipped with such a variable-speed drive unit: A variable-speed drive unit, in particular for a variable-speed drive device, such as a riding mower, includes at least one belt transmission between two pulleys, each mounted on a shaft, each pulley including variably-spaced flanges. In this variable-speed drive unit, each pulley has a flange that equipped with a loading... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070026982 - Power unit and saddle-ride type vehicle provided with the power unit: A power unit, provided in a saddle-ride type vehicle, makes a vertical dimension of an engine body compact and achieves reduction in loss horsepower. A cylinder body is formed so that a virtual plane including a cylinder axis and being in parallel to a crank axis passes through a position... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070026983 - Transaxle with brake: A transaxle has an axle, an input shaft drivingly connected to a prime mover and a brake disposed around the input shaft so as to brake the input shaft. A reduction drive train is drivingly interposed between the input shaft and the axle. The transaxle also has a reduction casing... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox PLLC

20070026984 - Torque sensing assembly having dual stage spring compression for an agricultural machine: A torque sensing assembly includes an axially fixed sheave having an axis of rotation, and an axially movable sheave movable along the axis in relation to the axially fixed sheave. A compression spring has a first end and a second end, with the first end being positioned to engage the... Agent: Taylor & Aust, P.C.

20070026985 - Bicycle rear derailleur: A bicycle rear derailleur includes a stationary member, a base member, a linkage mechanism, a movable member, a chain guide and an inner cable fixing portion. The stationary member non-movably attached to a bicycle frame and includes an outer cable receiving portion configured to receive an outer sheath of a... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070026986 - Tensioning device: A tensioning device (10) is provided. The tensioning device (10) includes a housing (15) and a first pulley (16) removably coupled to the housing for selective positioning of the first pulley (16) relative to a second pulley (16) to adjust tension associated with a drive element (18) extending between the... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070026987 - Power transmission chain and power transmission device: A power transmission chain includes a plurality of links, a plurality of pins, and a plurality of interpieces. Each of the plurality of links is formed of a link with a column of which stretch is suppressed by having front and back insertion parts made to be respectively independent through... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070026988 - Power transmission chain and power transmission device: A power transmission chain includes a plurality of links, a plurality of pins, and a plurality of interpieces. By pressing upper and lower edges of the pin into upper and lower edges of a through hole, the pin is connected to the link. The end of the pin which is... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.