Endless belt power transmission systems or components inventions

20080108463 - V-belt continuously variable transmission for small vehicle, and straddle-type vehicle: A primary sheave 113 and a secondary sheave 123 each forming a V-groove with a variable width for receiving a belt are provided. A case 105 for housing the primary sheave 113 and the secondary sheave 123 is formed with an opening 110 for sucking and exhausting air into and... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.l.p.

20080108464 - Vibration compensating pulley: A pulley has a hub and a rim. The hub is configured to be mountable on a driving shaft. A driving connection between the hub and rim is provided. In a first embodiment, a drive mechanism is operable to configure the rim between a circular profile and a non-circular profile.... Agent: Clark Hill, P.c.

20080108465 - 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

20080108466 - Power transmission belt: A power transmission belt. The power transmission belt includes the following: a backing layer; a body having a top surface and a bottom surface, the bottom surface joined with the backing layer, the top surface including a plurality of teeth, and the body including a plurality of reinforcing cords positioned... Agent: Dayco Products, Llc

20080102997 - Vehicle transmission: A vehicle transmission includes a crankshaft extending through a seal cover and into an oil-storing end portion of a driven shaft. The oil-storing end portion of the driven shaft defines a lubricating space filled with lubricating oil, and extends into the seal cover. A unidirectional clutch is disposed in the... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20080102998 - Nonrotational torque sensing belt drive: A belt drive includes first and second sheave halves disposed on a pinion that slide axially with respect to each other when a load on the v-belt increases or decreases but do not rotate with respect to each other.... Agent: Deere & Company

20080102999 - Belt tension adjustment apparatus and robot arm having the same: A belt tension adjustment apparatus and a robot arm having the belt tension adjustment apparatus are disclosed. The belt tension adjustment apparatus includes a tension measurement part for measuring tension of a belt running on an endless track, a tension adjustment part for pressing the belt in a direction inclined... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20080103000 - Low profile rear derailleur: A bicycle rear derailleur comprises a base member, a movable member that supports a chain guide including a pulley that rotates around a pulley axis, and a linking member coupled between the base member and the movable member so that the chain guide moves laterally relative to the base member... Agent: Deland Law Office

20080103001 - Power transmission belt: A power transmission belt has a compression section, a tension section, and a load carrying section. The load carrying section has a plurality of reinforcing cords. The reinforcing cords are formed from poly(p-phenylene-2,6-benzobisoxazole) (PBO). In each reinforcing cord, the cords have a yam twist greater than the cord twist, and... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20080096705 - Structure of mechanical arm transmission structure: A mechanical arm transmission structure includes a tubular horizontal base, a drive belt wheel and a driven belt wheel mounted inside the horizontal base, a transmission belt mounted on the drive belt wheel and the driven belt wheel with the upper part thereof suspending above the horizontal base, a motor... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080096706 - Low profile rear derailleur with a chain receiving space: A bicycle rear derailleur comprises a base member; a movable member that supports a chain guide including a pulley that rotates around a pulley axis, wherein the pulley has a pulley plane; and a linking member coupled between the base member and the movable member so that the chain guide... Agent: Deland Law Office

20080096703 - Noise damper for a driven pulley of a continuously variable transmission: The driven pulley (10) comprises two conical sheaves (12, 14), both mounted to a shaft, and at least two symmetrically-disposed cam surfaces (30), each corresponding to cam followers (32) provided for engaging the respective cam surfaces (30). The cam followers (32) are maintained in position by respective supports (38). A... Agent: Wildman Harrold Allen & Dixon LLP

20080096704 - Apparatuses and methods for controlling a variable speed transmission: Apparatuses and methods are disclosed for controlling a variable-speed transmission utilizing a pulley structure including first and second pulley members coupled for free rotation together about a shaft. The second pulley member can be axially movable relative to the first pulley member, and can include a pulley contact surface disposed... Agent: Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P. A.

20080096707 - Chain tensioner: A chain tensioner is provided which can prevent separation of the plunger. In a cylinder chamber 12 of the housing 11, a plunger 13 and a spring 15 that biases the plunger 13 outwardly are mounted. The housing 11 is provided with an oil supply passage 17 communicating with a... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080096708 - Drive apparatus: A drive apparatus for converting a substantially linear driving force to a rotary propulsive force where in apparatus comprises a pedal assembly for accepting a substantially linear drive force and a drive assembly for transferring the substantially linear drive force to a rotary motion through a power transference assembly linked... Agent: Italia Ip

20080096709 - Chain transmission device: A chain transmission comprises a composite chain having a set of sprocket-engaging rollers disposed between sets of link plates having sprocket-engaging teeth, and a sprocket having three sets of sprocket teeth. As the chain approaches the sprocket, a rear flank of a link plate tooth first comes into contact with... Agent: Howson And Howson

20080096710 - Plate-link chain with convex-concave contact of the rocker members: A chain made from a number of links that are connected to each other by a hinge joint including at least one rocker member that includes a rolling surface that rolls against a rolling surface on a corresponding chain link. The rocker member is in contact with the corresponding link... Agent: Alfred J Mangels

20080090685 - Deairing type hydraulic tensioner: In a hydraulic tensioner comprising a tensioner body and a hollow plunger slidable in a plunger-receiving hole, a deairing check ball assembly comprises a check ball, a ball seat, a ball retainer and a check ball biasing spring arranged to bias the check ball away from the seat and toward... Agent: Howson And Howson

20080090686 - Disengageable pulley device: The disengageable pulley device includes a pulley mounted on an inner transmission element, and a freewheel provided with a plurality of lock-up elements mounted between a sliding track of the pulley and a sliding track of the inner transmission element. The device is provided with a cage for the lock-up... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20080090687 - Idler pulley with integral bearing carrier insert and method: An idler pulley with an integral bearing carrier insert comprising: a pulley body having a peripheral surface for accepting and retaining an endless belt; and a tubular bearing carrier insert forming a central hub along a perpendicular axis of the idler pulley body, the hub having an inner circumferential surface... Agent: Joseph V. Tassone, Esq. Dayco Products, LLC