Machine element or mechanism inventions 09/07

20070220997 - Linear motion device: A linear motion device has: a linear motion body externally fitted onto a shaft and making a relative linear motion along the shaft; a plurality of balls retained in a rolling element groove formed in an inner surface of the linear motion body, and rolling between the rolling element groove... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070221000 - Automatic transmission for a motorcycle: An automatic transmission for a motorcycle includes a torque converter and a geartrain. The torque converter includes a torque converter housing, a torque converter input pulley arranged to receive rotary power from the motorcycle engine and a torque converter output shaft for transmitting rotary power. The torque converter includes fluid... Agent: The Law Office Of Randall T. Erickson, P.C.

20070221001 - Gear drive system and method: The disclosed system, device and method for providing a low aspect rack and pinion assembly includes a rack engaged with a ball screw and a pinion. The rack is generally responsive to the rotation of the ball screw and the pinion is generally responsive to the movement of the rack.... Agent: Noblitt & Gilmore, LLC.

20070221002 - Roller screw mechanism: A roller screw mechanism, the return path includes a linear section and two curved return sections. Set the requirement angle of the rollers return path separately into two return path of the return pieces. The circulation components made by injection molding or casting. The linear section is made by composing... Agent: Banger Shia

20070221003 - Circulation passage structure for a ball screw: A circulation passage structure for a ball screw, the circulation passage structure is used to connect the helical groove and the circulation hole of the nut, so as to form a circulation path for a plurality of balls and spacers. Due to the spacers move in a manner of being... Agent: Banger Shia

20070221005 - Composite powder metal variable boundary gear and method: A forged composite gear and a method of making a forged composite powder metal gear. The forged composite gear includes a plurality of teeth extending from a core, a first section having a first powder metal material, a second section having a second powder metal material and a variable boundary... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20070221006 - Variable case depth powder metal gear and method thereof: A gear and a method of making a forged powder metal gear having a plurality of teeth and a variable case depth profile forged in the plurality of teeth. Each tooth of the plurality of teeth has a first surface and a tooth root. A variable case depth profile is... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20070221007 - Steering handle and steering system: The present invention provides a steering handle for a vehicle, in which no burden is imposed on a driver's arms and wrists during operation of the steering handle. In the steering handle (23) grasped and rotated by both hands of a driver, an axis (Ls) of a steering shaft included... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20070221008 - Bicycle shifter: A bicycle shifter for pulling and releasing a control cable connected to a gear change mechanism mountable at or near an end of the handlebar that returns to a neutral position after each shift operation to decrease aerodynamic drag encountered by the rider. The shifter includes a takeup member, a... Agent: Sram Corporation

20070221009 - Lever-ratio switching type brake pedal apparatus: A brake pedal apparatus including: an operating pedal; and first and second working levers which are pivotable according to respective different lever-ratio characteristics in response to a depressing operation effected on the operating pedal and which are connectable to a pivot member via a clutch member. When a reaction force... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070221010 - Control lever mechanism adapted to be mounted to a cowl of a materials handling vehicle: A control lever mechanism is provided for being mounted to a cowl of a main body of a materials handling vehicle. The control lever mechanism may comprise at least one lever structure including a control lever having a section which falls within or is approximately parallel with a lowermost view... Agent: Stevens & Showalter LLP

20070214902 - Nut structure for linear transmission device: A nut structure is used for being screwed to a guiding screw and includes a main nut, a safety nut, a resilient body and a position-restricting piece. The main nut is made of plastic material and provided in its interior with inner threads and an accommodating chamber formed on one... Agent: Hdsl

20070214904 - Double-clutch transmission: A double-clutch transmission for vehicles is described. The device has a driveshaft and an output shaft, a first transmission input shaft coaxial with a second transmission input shaft, which may be hollow. A first clutch is provided, used to coupled the driveshaft to the first transmission input shaft, and a... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070214906 - Transmission configuration and method for controlling a transmission: A transmission configuration includes an automated dual-clutch transmission having two transmission sections with respective input shafts, respective output shafts and respective motor clutches. The motor clutches are connected, on a motor side thereof, to a drive shaft and to a respective one of the input shafts on a transmission side... Agent: Manfred Beck, P.A.

20070214907 - Shift lever device: A shift lever device for operating a vehicle mounted transmission by pivoting operation of a shift lever about a predetermined axis is disclosed, and in this shift lever device, a housing is configured by a first housing member that is disposed on one side of the shift lever in a... Agent: Roberts, Mlotkowski & Hobbes

20070214909 - Escutcheon for making a steering wheel spoke appear symmetic about a vertical plane through the steering wheel axis when a vehicle is being steered in a straight line: A steering shaft (12) has an end toward a driver of the vehicle and is arranged to turn about an axis (27) to steer a vehicle. A hub (14) of a steering wheel assembly (13) is fastened to that end of the shaft. A spoke pattern of one or more... Agent: International Truck Intellectual Property Company,

20070209457 - Power transmission apparatus for working vehicle: A power transmission apparatus for a working vehicle according to the present invention comprises: substantially symmetrically disposed first and second transaxles each of which includes an input shaft and a housing supporting a single axle; and a working apparatus driving power take-off device including an input member. A gear casing... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070209458 - Device for movement of articles: A device for moving articles between positions at time intervals, wherein the device includes at least two gates disposed sequentially in the direction of travel of the article which can controllably be opened and closed, and wherein upstream of each gate there is formed a temporary holding area for the... Agent: Rodman Rodman

20070209460 - Actuator mechanism for shift motors of a transmission: A system for actuating couplers to produce gear changes in a motor vehicle transmission includes first and second actuator drums supported for rotation, and first and second shift forks. Each first shift fork is driveably connected to a first actuator drum, secured to a first coupler, and displaced in response... Agent: Macmillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20070209461 - Actuator mechanism for shift motors of a transmission: A system for actuating gear changes in a motor vehicle transmission includes an electric motor including a motor shaft supported for rotation about an axis, first and second actuator drums supported for rotation substantially parallel to the axis, and a drive mechanism including a first power path driveably connecting the... Agent: Macmillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20070209462 - Four-wheel-drive-vehicle driving force distribution apparatus: A four-wheel-drive-vehicle driving force distribution apparatus has an auxiliary transmission mechanism for switching motive power transmitted to an input shaft at least between two levels, a high speed and a low speed, and transmitting the motive power to a main output shaft; a friction clutch for selectively transmitting the motive... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070209464 - Damped yoke bearing for a power steering system: A steering assembly for use in turning wheels of a vehicle includes a rack and a pinion. A yoke is continuously pressed against the rack by a yoke spring. A damper, preferably arranged in series with the spring, produces damped resistance to displacement of the yoke away from the rack.... Agent: Macmillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20070209465 - Screw device and method of manufacturing the same: A screw device is provided with a screw shaft 5 formed, on an outer peripheral surface thereof, with a ball member rolling groove 6 in form of spiral, a nut 1 formed, on an inner peripheral surface thereof, with at least single one-turn of groove 4 constituted by a loaded... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070209467 - Soundproof geared cable: The soundproof geared cable 10 comprises a geared cable 13 having a core 11 composed of metal wires and gear teeth 12 provided around the periphery of the core and the tubular resin coat 14 provided around the geared cable 13. The tubular resin coat 14 has a concave part... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20070209470 - Device for mounting a module carrier on the steering wheel of a motor vehicle: A device is provided for mounting a module carrier on a rotatable steering wheel of a motor vehicle in such a manner that the angular position of the module carrier remains constant during a rotation of the steering wheel, with a first toothed ring connected in a rotationally fixed manner... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20070209471 - Engine noise baffle for tractor brake shaft: An engine noise engine noise baffle for a tractor brake shaft that extends laterally through openings in an engine compartment wall. The engine noise engine noise baffle has a cup-shaped portion pressed against the interior surface of the engine compartment wall, and a sleeve portion around the tractor brake shaft.... Agent: Deere & Company

20070209472 - Viscous damper having a sheet metal housing: A viscous damper having a sheet metal housing and cover for closing the housing is described. A flywheel ring is mounted in a fluid in a floating manner inside the housing, and the viscous damper includes a bearing borehole. An additional centering capability for the viscous damper is provided on... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070209473 - Piston rod assembly: A piston rod assembly for coupling between a power end and a fluid end of a high pressure reciprocating pump. Part cylindrical members are clamped together via pistons arranged orthogonally to the rod axis. The members grip the power and fluid o end components in a knuckle joint or ball... Agent: Lundeen & Dickinson, LLP

20070209474 - Folding pedal: A folding pedal is disclosed to include a pedal body, which has a center spindle pivotally connectable to a crank of a bicycle, and two pedal blocks that are respectively pivotally coupled to top and bottom sides of the pedal body and turnable relative to each other between a first... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esq.

20070204706 - Electro-static floating type gyro device: The present invention provides an electro-static floating type gyro device comprising: a gyro mechanism having a gyro rotor and plural adjacent pairs of electro static support electrodes for supporting said gyro rotor; a posture control circuit for generating complementary posture control voltages for controlling a posture of the gyro rotor,... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20070204711 - Ball screw mechanism for an electromechanical steering system and nut for a ball screw mechanism: A ball bearing helical gearing for an electromechanical steering system of a vehicle includes a threaded spindle and a nut. The threaded spindle and nut are provided with ball bearing raceways for jointly accommodating load-transferring ball bearings inside the nut, and the nut has ball bearing routing parts for guiding... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20070204713 - Ball screw assembly: A ball screw assembly, wherein the circulate component is positioned in the nut by inserting a protrusion in a notch, so that the circulate component is positioned easily, and the problem of assembly difficulty is solved. The method of fixing the circulate components in the nut is that: the circulate... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esq.

20070204714 - Securement device with an at least height-adjustable steering column: The invention relates to a device for fixing an at least height-adjustable steering column, said device comprising a clamping device provided with a clamping element (1) having an open position in which the height adjustment is released. When the clamping element passes from the opening position thereof to the closed... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070204715 - Linear tracking of steering assemblies: A rack and pinion centre-steer steering assembly (10) is provided with an auxiliary drag bar (58) that attaches to the steering rack (12) and a linear bearing (66) that attaches between the drag bar (58) and the steering tube (14), so as to provide an additional point of location for... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070204716 - Bicycle brake control device: The invention relates to a bicycle brake control device, comprising a support body to be fixed to a handle bar and suitable to receive an end length of a traction cable according to a line, and a brake lever pivoted on the support body for actuating the brake through the... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20070204717 - Adjustable pedal assembly: Four embodiments of an adjustable pedal assembly are disclosed wherein a pedal lever is adjustable along a rod. Each assembly is characterized by the rod (116, 216, 316 and 416) being arcuate or curved, e.g., in an arc, between its connection to a support (112, 212, 312 and 412) and... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.

20070204718 - Self presenting electronic shifter: A shifter assembly includes an electronic shifter mechanism having a shift lever movable between a plurality of gear positions and an electrically powered drive system operatively connected to the shifter mechanism to selectively move the shifter mechanism between a first location wherein the shifter lever is located substantially within a... Agent: Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP Attorneys & Counselors At Law

20070204719 - Highway safety scoop: The Highway Safety Scoop is made of thin steel or aluminum, it has a flat bottom, two sides, a back and a grapple holding setup. With its deep, thin, flat bottom this scoop is designed for one thing, to scrape up debris on the road. At first glance this scoop... Agent: Timothy P Tamplin

20070204720 - Bicycle pedal: A bicycle pedal assembly, one of a matching pair, with a rotating body around a centre axis, which has a top and bottom surface, one or both of which are provided with a means of shock absorption, such that the surface in question moves in a controlled and decelerating manner... Agent: Michael James Poyzer

20070204722 - Bicycle bottom bracket assembly: A bicycle bottom bracket assembly has a shaft having a longitudinal axis extending along a predetermined direction and a first and second end portion. A first bearing has an inner ring inserted on the shaft in a position adjacent to the first end portion and an outer ring is coupled... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20070204721 - Bottom bracket assembly of a bicycle: A bottom bracket assembly of a bicycle comprises two cranks, an axle integral in rotation with the cranks, and two bearings for the rotatable support of the assembly with respect to a box of the frame of the bicycle; each of the bearings is arranged inside the thickness of one... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.