Endless belt power transmission systems or components inventions 09/08

20080234080 - Motorcycle wheel isolator: A motorcycle wheel isolator comprising a first sprocket member, the first sprocket member having a first projecting member, a second hub member, the second hub member having a second projecting member, at least one first projecting member disposed between two second projecting members, whereby a receiving portion is defined, at... Agent: The Gates Corporation

20080234081 - Pretension loading method for power transmission chain and pretension loading apparatus: There is provided a pretension loading method for a power transmission chain, in which a chain with an endless loop shape having a plurality of laminated link plates bendably connected to each other by pin members is wound around a plurality of rollers and the chain is endlessly rotated while... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080234082 - Bicycle multi-gear cassette: A bicycle multi-gear cassette mountable to a wheel hub that generally includes a truncated conical shell and a plurality of toothed sprockets having different numbers of teeth. The shell includes a plurality of coaxial annular cylinders of variable diameter extending along an axis of the shell and a plurality of... Agent: Sram Corporation

20080234083 - Tensioner: A tensioner comprising a shaft (10) having a shaft portion (12) engagable with a mounting surface, a pivot arm (50) pivotally engaged with the shaft about an axis A-A, a plate (70) fixedly attached to the shaft, the plate disposed on an end of the shaft opposite the shaft portion,... Agent: The Gates Corporation

20080234084 - Wheel with floating sleeve: A wheel, such as a pulley or a sprocket, includes a hub and a sleeve. The hub has an outer surface with a plurality of substantially axially aligned teeth. The sleeve has: (a) an inner surface with a plurality of substantially axially aligned grooves that engage the teeth of the... Agent: Mark Ackerman

20080234085 - Belt, belt guide and image forming apparatus having the same: A belt guide and an image forming apparatus having the same are disclosed. The image forming apparatus includes a belt supported by supporting rollers and circulates endlessly. A belt guide is disposed on contact portions between the belt and each of the supporting rollers to prevent a separation of the... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080234086 - Cylindrical roller-incorporated roller chain: A cylindrical roller-incorporated roller chain, which can reduce wear of the side plates and also can reduce radial wear. A roller chain for a conveyor in which a plurality of cylindrical rollers are composed of either a casehardened steel cylindrical roller 4 or an oil-impregnated sintered alloy cylindrical roller 5.... Agent: Dann, Dorfman, Herrell & Skillman

20080227572 - Electrically operated derailleur with force overload protection: A derailleur comprises a base member, a movable member; a linkage mechanism including a link member coupled to the base member and to the movable member so that the movable member moves relative to the base member, a motor including a drive member, and a driven member driven by the... Agent: Deland Law Office

20080227573 - Derailleur shield: A device for protecting the derailleur of a bicycle which includes a shield member attached to a clamp member wherein the shield member covers and protects the derailleur of the bicycle and the clamp member is attached to the frame of a bicycle.... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (main)

20080227574 - Hub for power transmission device and manufacturing method therefor: A hub 57 for a power transmission device consists of: an inner hub 59 consisting of a rigid body; a cylindrical section 61 consisting of an elastic body that is formed annularly around an outer circumference of the inner hub 59; an outer ring 63 consisting of a rigid body... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20080227575 - Chain: Disclosed is a chain which includes a plurality of link plates 2, each of which has a pair of pin holes 4 and a plurality of connecting pins 5, each of which extends through a plurality of the pin hole 4 for connecting a plurality of adjacent link plates 2,... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080220917 - Belt-driven conical-pulley transmission with hydraulic system and auxiliary oil source: A belt-driven conical-pulley transmission contained in the power train of a motor vehicle and having two conical disk pairs encircled by an endless torque-transmitting element. A hydraulic system is provided for pressing the conical surfaces of the conical disks against the endless torque-transmitting means and for opposite adjustment of the... Agent: Alfred J Mangels

20080220918 - Downward angle settable hydraulic tensioner: The hollow plunger of a hydraulic tensioner for an engine timing chain protrudes from a tensioner housing in an oblique downward direction. An inner sleeve fixed to the housing slidably protrudes into the interior of the plunger, and has a ball check valve at its protruding end. Oil is supplied... Agent: Howson And Howson

20080220919 - Low profile tensioner with arcuate spring: A tensioner operable to substantially maintain a specified tension in a flexible drive, such as a belt or chain, includes a spring, mounted laterally to the pivot shaft of the tensioner, which biases the tensioner arm towards the flexible drive. The spring is arcuate in shape and is maintained in... Agent: Magna International, Inc.

20080220920 - Vacuum generating dynamic transmission system, and associated methods: A vacuum-generating dynamic transmission system includes a first pulley fixed for rotation about a first axle and a second pulley fixed for rotation about a second axle. A chain rotates around the axles and the pulleys. The chain has a plurality of links, one or more of the links having... Agent: Lathrop & Gage Lc

20080220921 - Resin wound component: A resin wound component is configured such that a ring-shaped resin portion is integrally formed with the outer circumference of a ring-shaped metal member. At this time, stoppers formed of thermoplastic resin are disposed in the outer circumferential surface of the metal member so as to prevent a relative rotation... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, Pllc

20080214340 - Belt type continuously variable transmission, control device for belt type continuously variable transmission, and vehicle: A belt type continuously variable transmission for a vehicle such as a motorcycle includes a primary sheave and a secondary sheave each having a pair of flanges axially movable relative to each other. A belt is wound around the sheaves. An actuator controlled by a control device moves the flanges.... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080214341 - Belt drive: A belt drive is provided which includes a circulating belt (8) which is driven by at least one drive element (9) and which drives at least one driven element (10). At least one first tensioning device (20) acts upon the belt (8) in the slack strand and at least one... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20080214342 - Two-armed tensioner for the drive belt of a motor vehicle: Described herein is a tensioner for a belt of a drive of a motor vehicle, comprising: at least two idle pulleys designed to co-operate with respective belt runs of the belt; two arms bearing the pulleys; and elastic means acting at least indirectly on the arms for tensioning the belt,... Agent: Mitchell P. Brook Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP

20080214343 - Supporting installation, conveyor chain for such supporting installation and chain link for such conveyor chain: A chain link for a conveyor chain included in a sup-porting installation, comprising an upper flange (17) and a lower flange (18), a first connecting element (21) and a second connecting element (22). The first and second connecting elements (21, 22) are arranged so that the chain link is laterally... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20080214344 - Transmission chain monitoring system: A transmission chain comprises has a data collection device mounted on at least one of the links. A strain gauge sensor is mounted on the inwardly facing surface of an outer link plate symmetrically about a centre link thereof and measures the strain on the link plate. The measurements are... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080214345 - Fixed pitch continuously variable transmission (fpcvt): A Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT) for use in applications where a transmission is desired to change the speed of the motor relative to the speed of the final drive. The CVT has a set of chains or belts that are mounted around a set of pins set in radially cut... Agent: Ayub S. Khan

20080214346 - Woven belt for a machine for producing web material and method for manufacturing such a woven belt: A woven belt for a machine for producing web material, in particular forming mesh, including at least two woven layers with warp threads extending in a belt longitudinal direction and weft threads extending in a belt transverse direction, wherein a first of the woven layers provides a web material contact... Agent: Taylor & Aust, P.C.