Endless belt power transmission systems or components inventions 08/08

20080207363 - Low cost torque vectoring system: A torque vectoring drive system is presented for use in a motor vehicle. The torque vectoring drive system includes a differential unit having an input shaft, a first axle shaft, a second axle shaft, and a carrier, the differential rotatably driving the axle shafts while permitting the axle shafts to... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080207364 - Driving pulley with vibration damping means: A driving pulley is provided having a pulley rim and a hub which are rotatably supported inside one another, and having spring means which are mounted between the pulley rim and the hub and whose one end is fixed relative to the pulley rim and whose other end is fixed... Agent: Wyatt, Gerber & O'rourke, LLP

20080207365 - Hydraulic tensioner: In the check valve of a hydraulic tensioner, a bell-shaped retainer is provided with plural, branched, leg portions which resiliently grip the outer surface of a ball seat. Oil induction slots are formed between adjacent branched leg portions of the retainer to provide oil flow paths that are unimpeded by... Agent: Howson And Howson

20080207366 - Tensioner: To reduce seizing in a tensioner having a plunger slidable in a plunger-accommodating hole of a tensioner housing and biased in the projecting direction, the tensioner housing is formed of a hyper-eutectic Al—Si series alloy containing Si in the range from 14 to 16 weight % and having a particle... Agent: Howson And Howson

20080207367 - Tensioning device for a belt drive: A tensioning device for a belt drive is provided, with a lever arm, which is rotatably supported on a base plate with a damping mechanism and on which a pulley and a spring element can be or are mounted. An arrangement is provided to prevent automatic loosening of the screw... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.c.

20080207368 - Plate-link chain: A toothed plate-link chain composed of a plurality of interconnected plates that form chain links. The chain links are hingedly interconnected to adjacent links by transversely-extending hinge pins. A least some of the links include outer guide plates having convexly-curved ends that are so configured that the ends of adjacent... Agent: Alfred J Mangels

20080207369 - Bicycle crankset with two chainrings: The bicycle crankset includes a bottom bracket axle, two cranks and a chainring carrier bearing first and second different toothed chainrings. The chainring carrier has the shape of a star, of which each arm is provided with a mounting hole aligned with a mounting hole in the first and second... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080207370 - Conveyor belt junction element: A junction for a conveyor belt that includes first and second half-junctions attachable to one end of the conveyor belt. Each of the half-junctions having substantially matching shapes that allow the half-junctions to be interlinked. The half-junctions include a flexible core, and being respectively equipped with cup inserts and bush... Agent: Blank Rome LLP

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20080200290 - Bicycle freecoaster hub: The present invention refers to a bicycle hub being part of the drive mechanism 1 of a BMX bicycle comprising: an axle 5, a first part 7 being seated on said axle 5 and being provided with or connected to a cog 6, a second part 8 being movable relative... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

20080200291 - Anti-backlash device: Anti-backlash device for an internal combustion engine, which has a timing chain, includes a body having a stop shoulder to provide a default tension for the chain; and a mounting feature with the body. The device can be part of a kit, and can be mounted in combination with the... Agent: Christopher John Rudy

20080200292 - Bicycle freecoaster hub: The present invention refers to a bicycle hub being part of the drive mechanism 1 of a BMX bicycle comprising: an axle 5, a first part 7 being seated on said axle 5 and being provided with or connected to a cog 6, a second part 8 being movable relative... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

20080200293 - Sprocket with 1.5 order, and multiples thereof, vibration canceling profile and synchronous drive employing such a sprocket: A vibration canceling rotor and a synchronous drive employing such rotors is provided wherein 1.5 order vibrations in the synchronous drive can be reduced by employing the vibration canceling rotor on a rotating member of the synchronous drive that rotates at one half the speed of another rotating member of... Agent: Magna International, Inc.

20080200294 - Double chain linear actuator: A linear actuator comprises a pair of chains. Each chain has a first link and a second link. The second link of each chain is adjacent to the first link of the chain. A pivotal connection pivotally connects the first and second links. The first link is pivotable about a... Agent: Norman M. Cameron

20080200295 - Connecting unit for loose ends of a traction device: A connecting unit for loose ends of a traction device includes a body having a traction device passage to receive the ends of the traction device and a clamping device positioned in the traction device passage. The traction device passage has a first opening into which the ends of the... Agent: Kevin J. Mcneely, Esq.

20080194363 - Bicycle rear derailleur: The chain guide of a bicycle rear derailleur is a chain guide which is connected to a movable member so that this guide is free to swing about a center pivot axis. The chain guide has a pair of plate members rotatably supporting a guide pulley and a tension pulley.... Agent: Global Ip Counselors, LLP

20080194364 - Low profile chain and belt tension adjuster: A low profile tension adjuster for use with a chain or belt driven power transmission system which has a slidable bar that sits inside of a yoke and over an axle and a base plate and set screw arrangement that abuts the slidable bar. The set screw and base plate... Agent: John K. Mccormick

20080194365 - Guide for transmission device: A synthetic resin guide (10) for a transmission device comprising (i) a slide rail (20), and (ii) a rail supporting body (30) comprising two flanges (32) and (34), two support elements, being a first support element (36) and a second support element (38), a web layer (40) and reinforcing ribs... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080194366 - Belt tensioner with wear compensation: A novel tensioner for use with flexible drives, such as serpentine accessory belts on automobiles includes a tensioner arm to spindle pivot design which employs a frustoconical bushing between an inner pivot surface of the tensioner arm and a spindle shaft. The frustoconical design of the bushing resists off axis... Agent: Magna International, Inc.

20080194367 - Shaved tooth plate: The present invention relates to a tooth plate for an inverted tooth chain with two hinge openings spaced apart in the longitudinal direction and a tooth plate contour with two teeth arranged on one side in the longitudinal direction, the teeth each being limited by an outer flank and an... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20080188335 - Rocker arm assembly for the rear derailleur of a bicycle: Rocker arm assembly for the rear derailleur of a bicycle, comprising an outer plate carrying a pivot pin, an inner plate and a pair of idle transmission wheels arranged between the outer plate and the inner plate. The inner plate is made of metallic material and the outer plate is... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20080188336 - Bicycle sprocket apparatus with a chain support structure: A bicycle sprocket apparatus comprises a sprocket mounting member, a first sprocket, and a second sprocket. The sprocket mounting member includes a hub mounting portion and a sprocket mounting portion, wherein the hub mounting portion is structured to be mounted to a rotating hub that rotates around a rotational axis.... Agent: Deland Law Office

20080188337 - Power transmission chain pin and manufacture method thereof: A manufacture method of a power transmission chain pin includes a work step of working a bar-like member of a predetermined length into a pin having a final sectional shape and a final end portion shape with a guide portion to facilitate a press-fitting operation by a cold forging work.... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC