Endless belt power transmission systems or components inventions 02/09

20090054181 - Clutch, continuously variable transmission, engine unit including them, and straddle-type vehicle including them: A clutch includes a clutch inner and a clutch outer that houses the clutch inner and that transmits or interrupts torque between itself and the clutch inner. The clutch outer has a thick portion that has a larger thickness than the other portions of the clutch outer. A position-of-center-of-gravity adjusting... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20090054182 - Bicycle component with position sensing: A bicycle component is basically provided with a base member, a movable portion, a magnetic element and a position sensing device. The base member is configured to be attached to a bicycle. The movable portion is movably coupled to the base member, the movable portion including a plurality of predetermined... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20090054183 - Bicycle rear derailleur with a motion resisting structure: A bicycle derailleur comprises a base member adapted to be mounted to a bicycle, a movable member movably coupled to the base member, and a chain guide coupled to the movable member. The chain guide is coupled for rotation around a rotational axis (X), and a biasing element biases the... Agent: Deland Law Office

20090054184 - Transmission device of walking type self-traveling lawn mower: A transmission device (1) of a walking type self-traveling lawn mower (4) in which the reliable transmission of a rotating power is achieved as in the case of a shaft drive system by solving the problem of the durability of the transmission belt of conventional transmission devices while basically adopting... Agent: Quinn Emanuel Koda & Androlia

20090054185 - Belt tensioner and belt exhanging method of belt tensioner: A tensioner arm comprises a tool-engagement portion for engaging with a tensioner-arm rotation tool, and a jig-holding portion which has a through hole for accepting a tensioner-arm fixation bar jig being inserted thereinto from above at a portion of the tensioner arm extending upward from the base end portion. A... Agent: Studebaker & Brackett PC

20090054186 - Tensioner: A tensioner comprising a base, a pivot arm rotationally connected to the base, a pulley journalled to the pivot arm, a torsion spring engaged between the base and the pivot arm for biasing the pivot arm, a damping member non-rotatingly engaged with the base, a thrust plate rotationally moveable in... Agent: The Gates Corporation

20090054187 - Chain drive and use of a chain in a chain drive: A chain drive is provided including a plurality of shafts (2, 4, 5), which are connected to the drive, each having one sprocket (3, 6, 7), and a chain (8) which is guided over the sprockets (3, 6, 7). At least one sprocket (3) is non-circular in order to reduce... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20090054188 - Continuous variable transmission belt: A continuous variable transmission belt, comprising an annular continuous band comprising a body reinforced by a longitudinal armature and a plurality of friction plugs connected by coupling of shape with at least one of either an outer spine of the continuous band or an inner surface opposite to the outer... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090054189 - Endless belt for power transmission: [Means for Solving the Problems] This endless belt (40) for power transmission includes the elements (42) and an annular band-like member (46) for supporting the elements (42). The endless belt is winched between a pair of variable pulleys (20, 30). Groove parts (60) extending from the front surface of the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090048046 - Driven pulley for a continuously variable transmission: The driven pulley (10) comprises a first sheave (12) and a second sheave (40) coaxially mounted around a main shaft. The first sheave (12) is fixed with reference to the main shaft while the other sheave (40) is allowed to slide and rotate with reference to the main shaft. The... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20090048047 - Silent chain and manufacturing method of the same: In an inner link rank 9 of a silent chain before pre-stress is applied, hole pitches of outer link plates 37 are shortened as compared to those of inner link plates 38 and 39 (P 17<P18<P19), so that the hole pitches of the respective link plates are plastically deformed and... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090048048 - V-ribbed belt and automotive accessory drive belt drive system using the same: A V-ribbed belt B includes a plurality of V-ribs 13 each formed to extend in a lengthwise direction of the belt, the plurality of V-ribs 13 are disposed in juxtaposition in a widthwise direction of the belt on the belt inner face, and the V-ribbed belt B is wrapped around... Agent: Roberts Mlotkowski Safran & Cole, P.C. Intellectual Property Department

20090048049 - Driving belt: The present invention pertains to a power transmission belt in which an adhesive rubber layer in which core wires are embedded along the longitudinal direction of the belt is bonded by vulcanization to a compressed rubber layer laminated on the inner surface of the above-mentioned adhesive rubber layer, wherein the... Agent: The Plevy Law Firm

20090042678 - Reversible driven pulley for a continuously variable transmission: The driven pulley (10) comprises a first sheave (12) and a second sheave (40) coaxially mounted around a main shaft. The driven pulley (10) comprises an inverted cam plate (100) connected to the first sheave (12). The inverted cam plate (100) comprises ramps (104), each having a notch (108) to... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20090042679 - Assembly of toothed wheels for a bicycle: An assembly of toothed wheels of a bicycle has at least two toothed wheels of different diameter and at least one support member of at least one toothed wheel of the at least two toothed wheels on a component of a bicycle, like for example a free body of a... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20090042680 - Motion transmission system of a bicycle: A sprocket assembly mounted to a hub has at least eleven sprockets. The hub is able to rotate about a rotation axis and has a plurality of spoke attachment seats and a fastening portion to a frame of the bicycle. On the hub a predetermined axial distance is defined between... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20090042681 - Set of sprockets for a bicycle rear wheel and sprocket assembly comprising such a set: A set of sprockets has a first sprocket with a greater diameter, at least one second sprocket with a smaller diameter and one or more spacer elements operatively arranged between, and in abutment with the sprockets. At least one of the aforementioned sprockets and spacer elements has engagement portions with... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20090042682 - Sprocket module for a bicycle and sprocket assembly comprising such a module: A sprocket module for a bicycle has at least two sprockets fixedly coupled one another. At least one first sprocket of the at least two sprockets comprises engagement portion to a freewheel body of a hub for a bicycle rear wheel. A second sprocket of the module lacks the engagement... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20090042683 - Silent chain: In a silent chain, link plates having two different back heights are arranged so that V-shaped oil guiding walls, opening in the direction of chain travel, are formed on the back of the chain that comes into sliding contact with the shoe of a chain guide.... Agent: Howson And Howson

20090042684 - Flat belt and method for production thereof: The flat belt (1) consists of an upper rubber layer (2), a core layer (3), and an under rubber layer (4) which are laminated in order. The core layer (3) consists of adhesive rubber (3a) and a core cord (3b) which is wound spirally in the rubber. The upper belt... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090036240 - Belt transmission device: A belt drive system including an assembly of a heavy-duty drive V-belt 5 and pulleys 2 and 4 reduces noise generating owing to belt travel while ensuring the durability of the pulleys 2 and 4. The surfaces of belt grooves 6 in the V-pulleys 2 and 4 are micro-blasted or... Agent: Roberts Mlotkowski Safran & Cole, P.C. Intellectual Property Department

20090036243 - Blade tensioner with opposing spans: A tensioner for tensioning a strand of chain between two sprockets including a tensioner body and a ramp fixed to ground. The tensioner body has an oval shape defined by first and second arcuately curved sides. Each side has a distal end, a proximal end, and a blade spring. The... Agent: Borgwarner Inc. C/o Brown & Michaels, PC

20090036242 - Chain guide for use in engine: A chain guide is composed of a resin shoe engageable with an aluminum base frame. The shoe has a hook formed at a chain entry end for engagement with a chain entry end of the base frame, and a C-shaped hook at the chain exit end engageable with a side... Agent: Howson And Howson

20090036241 - Tensioner lever: In a pivoted tensioner lever extending upward from a pivot axis, both ends of boss through which a pivot shaft extends are provided with funnel-shaped grooves that guide oil adhering to the lever body into a region between the shaft and the inside of the boss. Oil guiding walls, continuous... Agent: Howson And Howson

20090036244 - Mechanical speed reducer by chain: The present invention refers to a mechanism for mechanical speed reducer or in some cases for speed increase, in which for each reducing stage there are two sprockets disposed laterally and in parallel position between themselves, moreover one of them in orbital motion provided by a eccentric cam reciprocal to... Agent: Valmor Da Cunha Gravio

20090036245 - Double-sided engagement type silent chain: In a double-sided engagement type silent chain in the form of an endless loop, the outermost link plates of the link rows whose outermost plates are not fixed to the chain's connecting pins, have teeth protruding toward the outside of the loon, and are paired in side-by-side relationship with adjacent... Agent: Howson And Howson