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Endless belt power transmission systems or components January recently filed with US Patent Office 01/10

20100022335 - Chain guider of a front derailleur: A chain guider of a front derailleur includes an inner plate having an inverted L-shaped connecting structure integrally extending therefrom and an outer plate mounted on the connecting structure. The inner plate is made of metal and the outer plate is made of carbon fiber. The connecting structure includes a... Agent: Chien-hui Su

20100022336 - Chain drive tensioner system with translating pivot point: A chain drive tensioner system with translating pivot point is disclosed. The chain drive tensioner system with translating pivot point includes a chain drive tensioner assembly and a tensioner arm in operable communication with a chain. The chain drive tensioner assembly is in operable communication with the tensioner arm, and... Agent: Quinn Law Group, PLLC

20100022338 - Pivot type tensioner for timing chain systems: The tensioning device has a base element and a tension shoe which are connected using fork arms to the pivot axle. Retention surfaces on the base element and the tension shoe and a locking rib and locking channel provide a locking mechanism between the base element and tension shoe.... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20100022339 - Sliding rack ratchet tensioner: The high-performance sliding rack ratchet tensioner is inexpensively manufactured. A rack having rack teeth is slidingly received in a rack slot on the side of the piston. The rack slot is preferably open-ended on the end facing the tensioner arm. The rack and piston are both received in a piston... Agent: Borgwarner Inc. C/o Brown & Michaels, PC

20100022337 - Variable leakdown chain drive tensioner: A variable leakdown chain drive tensioner system includes a chain drive tensioner in operable communication with a chain. The chain drive tensioner includes a tensioner body with at least one leakage hole defining a first leakdown path and a tensioner piston assembly in operable engagement with the tensioner body. As... Agent: Quinn Law Group, PLLC

20100022340 - Tensioning device for a traction mechanism, particularly a belt or a chain: A tensioning device for a traction mechanism, particularly a belt or a chain, including a tensioning lever over which the traction mechanism is guided and on which a tensioning spring is disposed with one end thereof, the other end thereof being provided on a spring holder by which the tensioning... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20100022341 - Chain with lubricant sealing gaskets: A chain has links formed by pairs of internal and external plates respectively connected by means of pins and inserts fitted onto the pins and projecting through the internal plates. Rollers are fitted onto the inserts between the internal plates and a lubricated interface is identified between each roller and... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20100016105 - Chain tensioner: A chain tensioner has a plunger (14) slidably fitted in a bottomed cylinder (12) formed in a housing (11), and configured to resiliently urge the plunger (14) by a return spring (13) in the direction along which the plunger (14) is projected out from the cylinder (12), wherein the chain... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20100016106 - Belt driving apparatus and recording apparatus: A belt driving apparatus includes: a drive pulley that is attached to an output shaft of a drive motor and has teeth formed on the outer peripheral surface thereof; a driven pulley that is spaced apart from the drive pulley; an endless belt that is wound between the drive pulley... Agent: Workman Nydegger 1000 Eagle Gate Tower

20100016107 - Sprocket for chain drives: The invention relates to a sprocket for chain drives, with an axis of rotation and with two groups, arranged next to and offset with respect to one another on the circumference of the sprocket, of pockets for chain links passing the sprocket in an oblique position. Each pocket is delimited... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20100016108 - Transmission system particularly useful as a continuously variable transmission: A transmission system includes: first and second transmission members to be selectively coupled to each other or decoupled from each other. The first transmission member includes at least one gripping device having a plurality of spaced gripping elements, and the said second transmission member includes a plurality of coupling elements... Agent: Martin D. Moynihan D/b/a Prtsi, Inc.

20100016109 - Sheave method and sheave system: A sheave system comprising: a sheave body, the sheave body comprising: a groove; a sheave body outer diameter; a sheave body inner diameter; one sheave sleeve selected from at least four sheave sleeves fixedly attachable to the sheave body inner diameter, each of the at least four of the sheave... Agent: Law Office Of Michael A. Blake, LLC

20100016110 - Silent chain: A silent chain that can reduce friction loss during travel of a chain. A silent chain 1 is configured by stacking a large number of link plates 2 comprising a pair of tooth parts 22 and pin holes 21 in the thickness direction and the lengthwise direction, and also arranging... Agent: John A Artz

20100016111 - Reinforced belt having reduced electrical resistivity and method for producing same: A method for producing the conveyor assembly is also provided. A plurality of layers of reinforcing material are arranged in overlapping relation. A binding material such as thermoset urethane is deposited on the reinforcing material to bind the reinforcing materials together, thereby forming a composite material. An electrically conductive layer... Agent: Dann, Dorfman, Herrell & Skillman

20100016112 - Driving belt and method for assembling same: A driving belt and method of assembling the same, which can fit rings with elements easily even at a final phase of fitting work. In a driving belt, two rows of endless rings are accommodated and held parallel to each other in a recess of a plurality of elements interlinked... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20100016113 - Driving belt, and device and method for assembling same: A method and device of assembling a driving belt, which can fit a ring into a recess of an element easily, and which can prevent the ring from being damaged when fitting the ring into the recess of the element. A driving belt, in which two rows of endless rings... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20100009793 - Tensioning device: A tensioning apparatus includes a first C-shaped beam frame spaced apart from a second C-shaped beam frame. A first air cylinder is suspended from the first beam frame and a second air cylinder is mounted on the second beam frame. A carriage assembly is situated adjacent to the first and... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20100009794 - Sprocket assembly: A sprocket assembly includes a first sprocket set having multiple first bores defined therein. A second sprocket has multiple second bores defined therein. A supporter has multiple first fastening bores defined therein and multiple second fastening bores defined therein. The first sprocket and the second sprocket are respectively fixed on... Agent: Chien-hui Su

20100009795 - Pulley for continuously variable transmission: The pulley is a pulley of the continuously variable transmission for effecting power transmission between an element and the pulley, being composed of a steel stock containing a predetermined amount of Mn, wherein the surface of the steel stock has a surface-hardened layer of either a nitriding layer or a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20100009796 - Cam damped pulley for rotary devices: A drive system for a rotary device, such as an automotive alternator compensates for and dampens the effect of sudden bidirectional rotational velocity variations of the pulley caused by sudden acceleration and deceleration of an internal combustion engine without using a one-way clutch. The drive system in one aspect comprises... Agent: Law Offices Of Barry N. Young

20100004079 - Bicycle rear derailleur: A bicycle component (e.g., a rear derailleur) is basically provided with a base member and an axle. The axle includes a base supporting part supporting the base member for pivoting about a center axis of the axle and a base attaching part projecting outwardly of the base member for fixedly... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20100004080 - Pressure relief valve for a hydraulic tensioner: The relief valve uses a slotted Belleville spring preloaded in a cage. The center area of the spring is closed and presses a hole in the bottom wall of the cage. The top wall of the cage is open and has a ledge against which the radial end of the... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20100004081 - Multiple sprocket assembly: A multiple sprocket assembly for receiving a chain and transferring torque therefrom to a bicycle rear wheel hub rotatable about a hub axis. The chain has alternating pairs of inner and outer link plates connected by chain rollers. The multiple sprocket assembly includes a plurality of different-sized sprockets arranged coaxially... Agent: Sram, LLC

20100004082 - Toothed belt and timing control system: Toothed belt comprising a body, a plurality of resistant inserts or cords and a plurality of teeth extending from at least one surface of the body; the teeth are coated with a coating fabric. The body is made of a first elastomeric material formed. The fabric is treated with a... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20100004083 - Toothed chain with optimized chain joint and enlarged external flank angle: The invention is related to a toothed chain with alternating inner and outer chain links each joined by means of a chain joint, wherein the inner chain links comprise at least one inner plate and at least two joint bushes running perpendicularly through the same, the outer chain links comprise... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20100004084 - Variable speed belt: A variable speed belt comprising an elastomeric body, a tensile cord disposed within the elastomeric body and extending in an endless direction, a cog extending from the body, the cog comprising opposing flanks, each flank comprises a first planar surface describing an included angle (α), the first planar surface engageable... Agent: The Gates Corporation