Endless belt power transmission systems or components inventions 07/07

20070173361 - Traction-mechanism drive: A traction-mechanism drive is provided including a drive crankshaft and a traction-mechanism wheel, especially a belt or chain wheel, located on the crankshaft. At least one other shaft is integrated into the drive via a traction-mechanism wheel, especially a belt or chain wheel, and also a traction mechanism, especially a... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20070173360 - Bicycle rear derailleur: A bicycle rear derailleur includes a base member, a movable member and a linkage assembly. The base member is configured to be attached to a bicycle frame. The movable member has a chain guide portion. The linkage assembly is coupled between the base member and the movable member to move... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070173362 - Chain or synchronous belt drive and tensioning or guiding element for integrating into a chain or synchronous belt drive: A chain or synchronous belt drive having at least one chain or synchronous belt wheel (3) is provided which is integrated into the drive, whereon the chain or synchronous belt (2) is guided. The chain or synchronous belt includes an over-jump protection element which overlaps, at least partially, the chain... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20070173363 - Electromotive actuating drive: An electromotive actuating device for swivellable actuators includes a housing having driving parts of a transmission train mounted therein. The transmission train is configured to be driven by a driving motor. An output member is assigned to the housing. A centering tensioning device is assigned to the output member. The... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20070173364 - Sprocket: An annular plate, which is of a first material and has a toothed external periphery, is shrink fitted onto the perimeter of a disc of a second material so that there is no play between the annular plate and the disc. The perimeter of the disc includes at least one... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070161441 - Belt-driven conical-pulley transmission with improved towing suitability: An input-side drive arrangement for a belt-driven conical-pulley transmission includes an input shaft that is rigidly connected to an axially fixed disk, and an axially movable disk that can be shifted axially on the shaft and is rotationally fixed to the shaft. A torque-sensing device has a first shaped surface... Agent: Alfred J Mangels

20070161442 - Conical disk pair for a belt-driven conical-pulley transmission: A conical disk pair for a belt-driven conical-pulley transmission includes a fixed disk, and a movable disk that is axially movable and rotationally fixed to an input shaft. A torque sensor is associated with the movable disk on a side opposite from the axially fixed disk and includes a sensing... Agent: Alfred J Mangels

20070161443 - Wear resistant split sprocket for modular link belt systems: A split sprocket assembly with a pair of sprocket body members constructed of a first material and a plurality of tooth insert members constructed of a stronger wear resistant material. The sprocket body members capable of aligning around a shaft and being connected together by attachment of the tooth insert... Agent: Hodgson Russ LLP The Guaranty Building

20070161444 - Traction mechanism drive, in particular for an internal combustion engine: Traction mechanism drive, in particular for an internal combustion engine, having a wraparound means, having a tensioning device which acts on the wraparound means, having at least one driving wheel and at least one driven wheel, at least one of which is non-circular and/or is mounted eccentrically, wherein the tensioning... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20070161445 - Silent chain: In a silent chain, back surfaces of the link plates of a guide link row, a non-guide link row, or both, are formed with concave, arc-shaped portions having radii of curvature shorter than the minimum radius of curvature of the chain-contacting region of a chain guide shoe. The minimum height... Agent: Howson And Howson

20070161446 - Plate-link chain: A plate-link chain for a motor vehicle drive system. The chain includes a number of link plates articulatingly connected to each other by rocker members that extend transversely to the longitudinal direction of the chain and are positioned in openings in the link plates. Forces are transmitted through opposed, curved... Agent: Alfred J Mangels

20070161447 - Belt for continuously variable transmission (cvt) and cvt including the same: A belt for a continuously variable transmission, and a continuously variable transmission including the same, includes a plurality of clips, each defining a space which defines a groove to which a ring is inserted, thereby reducing slip.... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20070155550 - Belt-driven conical-pulley transmission and vehicle with such a transmission: A conical disk pair of a belt-driven conical-pulley transmission includes an axially fixed disk and an axially movable disk, which each are positioned on respective shafts on the input side and the take-off side of the transmission. The disk pairs are connectable by an endless torque-transmitting member for transmitting torque.... Agent: Alfred J Mangels

20070155551 - Variable speed transmission: A variable speed transmission is provided that includes a first variable speed drive pulley and a second variable speed drive pulley. A pitch diameter of the first variable speed drive pulley and the second variable speed drive pulley are configured in an opposed arrangement to form a transmission stage.... Agent: The Small Patent Law Group

20070155552 - Road vehicle with auxiliary installation: A drive installation includes a drive source (1), an electrically driven auxiliary installation (7), a generator (6) and a transmission (25) for driving the generator (6) by the drive source (1), which transmission (25) includes a continuously variable transmission (3) with an input shaft (4) that is connected to the... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070155553 - Process for controlling gear shifting in a cycle, and corresponding systems and components: A system for controlling gear shifting in a transmission of a cycle, includes at least one gear wheel or sprocket on which a transmission element is engaged to perform transmission of motion as a result of movement in a predetermined direction. The gear shifting is carried out by changing the... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20070155554 - Auto-tensioner for engine accessory: A seal member 13 is mounted to a cylinder 11 at its top open end. A rod 16 slidably extends through the seal member 13. A return spring 21 biases the rod 16 outwardly. A plunger 24 is slidably received in a sleeve 12 having a bottom and received in... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070155555 - Movable guide for transmission device: A movable guide for a flexible, endless, traveling transmission medium such as a timing chain is formed by sandwich molding and incudes a boss for receiving a shaft on which the guide is pivotable. The boss is composed of a plurality of concentric circular ribs and a plurality of radial... Agent: Howson And Howson

20070155556 - Tensioning arrangement: The tensioning arrangement according to the invention is intended for tensioning a chain (6) in a control assembly (2) and comprises at least one tensioning rail (10) and at least one other slide rail (8), the minimum of one other slide rail (8) being constructed so as to deform, depending... Agent: Shlesinger, Arkwright & Garvey LLP

20070155557 - Deflector assembly: A technique for deflecting an actuator belt includes applying a variable deflection force to the actuator belt. The technique may be used to construct actuators for active orthotics, robotics or other applications. Versions with passive clutches may also be used to construct variable-ratio motor gearheads, or may be scaled up... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20070155558 - Continuously variable transmission: A technique for providing a variable-ratio coupling between output shaft and input motor involves driving an output shaft with drivers that are out of phase with each other. Advantageously, the technique provides a gear reduction via a simple, high-efficiency mechanism; continuous output torque is provided by alternating the load between... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20070155560 - Linear actuator: A linear actuator is driven by an internal motor and delivers force to an output shaft. Advantageously, the technique provides speed/force tradeoffs via a simple, high-efficiency mechanism; continuous output force is provided by alternating the load between two belts deflected by, by way of example but not limitation, cam devices.... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20070155559 - Rotary actuator: A technique for providing a variable-ratio coupling between output shaft and input motor involves driving an output shaft with drivers that are out of phase with each other. Advantageously, the technique provides a gear reduction via a simple, high-efficiency mechanism; continuous output torque is provided by alternating the load between... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20070155561 - Pulley holder and a drive transmission mechanism and an image recording apparatus using the pulley holder: A pulley holder for rotatably supporting a pulley around which a belt is wound, in which the pulley holder includes a shaft having a shaft body for supporting the pulley and a projection at least one end of the shaft body in its axial direction, and a holder body having... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070155562 - Antifriction bearing mounting: In a mounting of a pulley on antifriction bearings for driving an accessory assembly, the pulley is designed to be driven by a belt or a chain and the mounting on antifriction bearings is made as a double-row tapered roller bearing which for the two rows of tapered rollers has... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070155563 - Solid lubrication oil-free chain: An oil-free chain that includes excellent lubricating properties, and satisfactorily maintains the lubricating properties even in high temperature atmosphere and dust particle atmosphere so that a stable lubrication effect can be maintained for a long period of time. The chain is a bush chain having a pair of inner plates... Agent: Dann, Dorfman, Herrell & Skillman

20070155564 - High strength and stiffness silent chain improved noise: An improved link for a chain for use with a sprocket, the link comprising a body having a pair of apertures for receiving connecting pins and a pair of teeth having outside flanks, and inside flanks between the teeth defining a crotch. The improvement includes an effective outer flank angle... Agent: Borgwarner Inc. C/o Brown & Michaels, PC

20070155565 - Elastic silicone rubber belt: A rubber belt comprising at least one layer of a plurality of tightly packed elastic yarns or fibers and at least one layer of silicone rubber. A method of manufacturing a rubber belt is also disclosed. The method comprises the steps of wrapping one or more elastic yarns or fibers... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20070155566 - Power transmission belt: An endless power transmission belt having a load carrier cord formed from a plurality of strands, wherein the strands include fibers of para-aramid and polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP); and a method for increasing the flexural fatigue resistance and durability of an endless belt, including the step of selecting for the belt's load... Agent: Curtis Castleman The Gates Corporation