Endless belt power transmission systems or components inventions 10/07

20070249441 - Powering system for vehicle carried paper shredder: A powering system for a paper shredder carried by a vehicle having a two speed rear differential provides a power takeoff driven by a drive pulley irrotatably carried on a medial drive line shaft inserted between the vehicle forward and rearward drive line shafts. The range selector of the differential... Agent: Bergman & Jeckle P.l.l.c.

20070249439 - Torque sensor for a belt-driven conical-pulley transmission: A torque sensor for a belt-driven conical-pulley transmission. A first ramp surface is rigidly connected to a shaft of a conical disk pair, and a second ramp surface is rigidly connected to a sensing piston surrounding the shaft and axially and rotatably movable relative to the shaft. Balls are positioned... Agent: Alfred J Mangels

20070249440 - Belt type continuously variable transmission: A belt type continuously variable transmission in which a pulley shaft is supported by bearings provided at two positions that are apart from each other in an axial direction of the pulley shaft and a supply oil passage for supplying hydraulic fluid to a pulley hydraulic chamber includes a radial... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070249442 - Belt pulley with integrated torsional oscillation damper and process for producing same: A belt pulley having an integrated torsional oscillation damper. The torsional oscillation damper comprises a hub ring that encloses a flywheel ring. A radial first space is formed between the hub ring and the flywheel ring, wherein a first spring body is arranged in a first gap formed by the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070249443 - Chain stabilizing device in hyperthermo-therapeutic apparatus and method of using the same: b

20070249444 - Deairing type hydraulic tensioner: In a hydraulic tensioner, a deairing valve unit, for releasing air mixed with oil in the high pressure oil chamber of the tensioner, comprises a check ball, a retainer, which envelops the check ball, but allows the check ball to move freely between an inflow end and an outflow end... Agent: Howson And Howson

20070249445 - Slippage prevention mechanism for toothed endless torque transmission member: A sprocket (3A, 3B) is fixed onto a crank shaft (2) projecting outward from a cylinder block (1) of an internal combustion engine (100). A timing chain (7A, 7B) is looped around the sprocket (3A, 3B). A slippage prevention mechanism (10) which prevents slippage of the timing chain (7A, 7B)... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070249446 - Tensioner: A tensioner comprising a base, a pivot arm pivotally connected to the base, a pulley journalled to the pivot arm, a first biasing member disposed between the base and the pivot arm, the first biasing member imparting a spring force to the pivot arm over a first operating range, a... Agent: Jeffrey Thurnau The Gates Corporation

20070249447 - Synchronous belt sprocket: A synchronous belt sprocket comprising a segment having a toothed profile, a member having an arcuate outer surface, the segment having a length substantially less than a total circumference of the outer surface, and at least two segments fixed to the outer surface oriented for the toothed profile to apply... Agent: Jeffrey Thurnau The Gates Corporation,IPLaw Dept. 10-a3

20070249449 - Chain plate with wings: A chain plate includes a plate body and a first wing. The plate body has a first side surface adapted to face an abutment plate, a second side surface opposite to the first side surface, and an annular peripheral surface interconnecting outer peripheries of the first and second side surfaces... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070249448 - Link plate for a chain: A link plate includes inner and outer side surfaces, and an inner surrounding surface defining a retaining hole engaging a retaining end portion of a link pin. The inner surrounding surface has a mounting portion disposed about a first central point, and a positioning portion disposed about a second central... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070249450 - Power transmission belt and process for production of the same: The invention provides a power transmission belt which comprises a compression rubber layer and an adhesion rubber layer both of which are formed of vulcanizate of an ethylene-α-olefin-diene rubber compound, and which has a plurality of load carrying cords formed of fiber cords adhered to and embedded in the adhesion... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20070249451 - Power transmission belt: A power transmission belt comprising a body comprising an elastomeric material and having tensile members running in a longitudinal direction, the body having a pulley engaging region having a profile; the pulley-engaging region comprising a fibrous nonwoven fabric material; characterized in that the fibers of the nonwoven material comprise acrylic... Agent: Curtis Castleman The Gates Corporation

20070249452 - Power transmission belt: A power transmission belt comprising a body comprising a first elastomeric material and having tensile members running in a longitudinal direction, the body having a pulley engaging region having a profile; characterized in that the pulley engaging region comprises a surface region and a subsurface region; the subsurface region comprising... Agent: Curtis Castleman The Gates Corporation

20070243960 - Outboard motor engine: An outboard motor engine and a protruding member for use therewith are provided. The outboard motor engine can have a crankshaft whose first end can be connected to a driven member. The protruding member can extend outwardly in the axial direction from a second end of the crankshaft and rotate... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070243961 - Ratcheting tensioner with override: Sustained over-tensioning of a power transmission device, such as a chain drive in an internal combustion engine, is prevented by overriding a tensioner ratchet mechanism to permit retraction of a tensioner. Tooth angle of the ratchet mechanism and pawl spring rate and preload are selected so that a sufficient axial... Agent: Bir Law, PLC/fgtl

20070243962 - Rolling bearing: When an outer diameter of an outer ring is D, a width of this outer ring in the axial direction is W, a minimum thickness of a part where the outer ring raceway is provided on a middle portion in the axial direction of the outer ring is h, and... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070243963 - Articulated chain for drive transmission in bicycles: The chain comprises a plurality of external links (2), each defined by a pair of parallel external plates (4, 5) and by two rotation pivots (6) interpositioned between the two external plates (4, 5). The chain also comprises a plurality of internal links (3), each defined by a pair of... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070243964 - Press belt: The invention relates to a press belt (1) made from an elastomer material and forming a closed loop, the belt having an inner surface (2) and an outer surface (3) and three layers of reinforcement yarns (7′, 5′, 6′) arranged inside the elastomer material. In the invention, an outermost yarn... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070238563 - Bicycle gear mechanism: A derailleur (10) is predisposed to translate a drive change (11) between at least two gears (12) rotating about a rotation axis (y). The derailleur (10) is mobile in one direction in rotation with respect to the bicycle frame by action of a cable (14) which by command is made... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070238564 - Plate-link chain, particularly for a motor vehicle drive system: A plate-link chain for a motor vehicle drive system. The chain includes a plurality of link plates articulatingly connected with each other by rocker members. The rocker members extend transversely to the longitudinal direction of the plate-link chain. The chain includes curved contact surfaces formed on the rocker members and... Agent: Alfred J Mangels

20070238565 - Draper belt having improved durability: A novel wide-aspect endless conveyor belt, known as a draper belt, is disclosed and claimed. The belt is provided with reinforcing plys extending spanwise inwardly from each belt edge. Cleats, oriented spanwise of the belt, are each provided with cleat bases of extended dimension to extend the region of the... Agent: Wildman Harrold Allen & Dixon

20070238566 - Power transmission chain and power transmission system: A pin and an opening in which the pin is fixed have in their cross section straight-line portions and circular arc portions which connect to upper and lower ends of the straight-line portion, respectively. The length LD of the straight-line portion of the pin and the length LL of the... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070232424 - Control device for continuously variable transmission: Safety as well as the minimum driving performance is secured by preventing abrupt down-shifting if a line pressure valve or a primary pressure control valve fails. A line pressure path connected to an oil pump is connected with a line pressure control valve. A first primary pressure path branched from... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20070232423 - Hydraulic control apparatus and method for belt-type continuously-variable transmission: A hydraulic control apparatus includes a continuously-variable transmission; a line-pressure control section configured to produce a line pressure by adjusting a discharge pressure of an oil pump; a first hydraulic-pressure control section configured to adjust a first hydraulic pressure based on the line pressure, the first hydraulic pressure being supplied... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070232425 - Method and apparatus for shifting a bicycle transmission: A control mechanism for controlling a bicycle transmission to set a speed stage of a bicycle comprises a shift command communication path for communicating electronic shift commands to select a speed stage of the bicycle, a transmission command communication path for communicating information for controlling the operation of the bicycle... Agent: Deland Law Office

20070232426 - Belt drive for an internal combustion engine: In order to ensure reliable balancing of the drive by elimination of oscillations and resonances, there is provision for at least one of the drive or output wheels (3, 5, 6) or a deflection wheel (9) to be of unround or eccentric configuration, and/or for at least two tensioning rollers... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20070232428 - Bearing device equipped with resin-made pulley: A bearing device equipped with a resin-made pulley has, at one axial end portion of an outer ring, cutout portions which are formed so as to be opened on their outward side of the axial direction and spaced from one another at a specified interval in a circumferential direction of... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070232427 - Pulley assembly and pulley usable therefor: In a pulley assembly, an annular joint member made of a high polymer material is disposed between an outer ring of a bearing and a light metal pulley. The joint member has a coefficient of thermal expansion larger than that of the pulley. The outer ring has a coefficient of... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070232429 - Toothed power transmission belt: A toothed belt includes a body, at least one tooth formed of the body, a jacket disposed along a peripheral surface of the at least one tooth and having a compressed thickness in the range from 0.5 mm to about 0.8 mm, and at least one cord embedded in the... Agent: Curtis Castleman The Gates Corporation

20070232431 - Power transmission chain, and power transmission system: At the peripheral edge of a through hole, in which one pin or strip in a link plate is fixed, a compressive residual stress is applied selectively to vicinities of the outer corners of two upper and lower sides confronting in the chain radial direction of said one pin or... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070232430 - Power transmission chain, and power transmission system having the same: A chain is provided with a plurality of links, and connecting members for connecting those links such that the links are relatively bendable to each other. A first pin of the connecting member is clamped between pulleys thereby to transmit the power between itself and said pulleys. The chain includes... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC