Machine element or mechanism inventions 10/07

20070245841 - Drive transmission changer for a dog clutch of a vehicle: To provide a drive transmission changer for a dog clutch of a vehicle, which is effective to achieve change of the drive transmission assuredly without requiring any complicated control and which can be assembled compact in size. The drive transmission changer includes a drive motor 1, an output shaft 2... Agent: Joseph W. Price Snell & Wilmer LLP

20070245843 - Rolling element for ball screw unit: A dexterously designed rolling element for ball screw unit includes a keg-like body formed of an arcuate line revolved about an axis to form an olive shaped body and then intercepted by two parallel planes perpendicular to the axis. Twice of the radius of the curvature of the body is... Agent: Hdsl

20070245844 - Driving operation input device: A small and low-energy consuming operation input device enabling the adjustment of an operational reaction, comprising a rigidity adjusting mechanism for adjusting the relation of the displacement amount of an input part to the deformation amount of an elastic body by changing the position of the load acting point on... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070245845 - Steering column assembly for a vehicle: An adjustable steering column assembly for a vehicle has an integral rake pivot joint carried between a mounting structure generally attached to the vehicle chassis and a support bracket that pivots about a pivot axis. A preferably telescoping shaft extends along a centerline and connects to a steering wheel at... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070245846 - System for manipulating a continuously variable transmission: A shifter for use with a continuously variable transmission includes a grip portion and a hub portion. Specifically, the shifter is designed for use on a bicycle, but could also be used with any light vehicle. The grip portion is characterized by a rotatable adjuster that is coupled to a... Agent: Carstens & Cahoon, LLP

20070245848 - Mounting device for the cable end piece of a bowden control: The invention relates to a mounting device for a cable end piece of a bowden control, preferably for a shifting system of motor vehicles, with the mounting element being mounted to a spherical holder, comprising a damping ring (3), at which the cable end piece (2) is mounted, a housing... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20070245849 - Structure for fixing seat of auxiliary handlebar of bicycle: An improved structure for fixing seat of auxiliary handlebar of bicycle, which is comprised by auxiliary handlebar and fixing seat combined with end of auxiliary handlebar; wherein fixing seat is composed of upper fixing seat and lower fixing seat, bottom of upper fixing seat is set as arc groove and... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070245850 - Disposable handle bar grip arrangement: A disposable handle bar gripping arrangement for a handle bar includes an elongated gripping sheet, and an adhesive film. The elongated gripping sheet has a first longitudinal edge defining a first longitudinal portion and an opposed second longitudinal edge defining a second longitudinal portion, wherein the gripping sheet has a... Agent: Raymond Y. Chan Suite 128

20070240529 - Planetary gyroscopic drive system: This invention relates to a universal drive system employing gyroscopic principals of operation. Central to the system is maintenance of rotor inertia through forced precession. It preferred use is for the generation of electric power. Other uses, such as an auxiliary automotive drive system, fan or mobile display are within... Agent: Craig H. Zeyher

20070240532 - Spindle nut for a ball screw: A spindle nut for a ball screw is provided, having a continuous ball track (1) for balls (2), a ball groove (3,14) for the balls (2) extending on an inner periphery of the spindle nut about the rotational axis thereof and along a helical line, the ball groove extending across... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20070240535 - Handlebar extension: A handlebar extension includes a handlebar connector including a compressible locking portion and a grip portion rotatably connected to the handlebar connector; wherein the compressible locking portion is inserted within an opening in the handlebar, and wherein the connector is rotated to compress the compressible locking portion within the handlebar... Agent: Cardinal Law Group Suite 2000

20070240538 - Axle assembly with threaded cover pan attachment and method of assembly: A power transfer device includes an input, a gear set for transferring power from the input to at least one output, a housing and a cover. The housing includes an access aperture sized for receiving the gear set. The access aperture includes a threaded wall. The cover closes the aperture... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070240537 - Axle vent: A vent for a machinery enclosure such as an automotive axle comprises a vent body having passageway between the interior of the enclosure and the exterior of the enclosure and an ePTFE membrane covering the passageway. The membrane and a fibrous sorbent are disposed within the passageway between the interior... Agent: Gore Enterprise Holdings, Inc.

20070234830 - Engine starter: An engine starter includes a unidirectional rotation clutch system with a clutch outer having an outer-diameter side cylinder portion, a clutch inner having an inner-diameter side cylinder portion, long shaft-shaped clutch rollers that are long in a drive shaft direction and are installed in wedge spaces formed between the inner... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070234831 - Rotary button device: A rotary button device comprises a panel having a receiving room; the receiving room having a flange; the flange being installed with a stop; a rotary shaft protruding from a center portion of the receiving room; a positioning rod transversally passing through the rotary shaft; a button installed in the... Agent: Ching-hsiang Wang

20070234834 - Automated motor vehicle transmission and method of operating the same: In a transmission for a motor vehicle of a reduction gearing design with power branching including a main shaft and a counter shaft, a first component transmission and a planetary gear unit, power is branched to the countershaft by the first component transmission in certain gears and recombined via the... Agent: Klaus J. Bach

20070234835 - Implicitly timed gear bearings: The disclosed gear bearing systems generally include first and second gear bearings having gear teeth, wherein the gear bearings are coupled together axially and the alignment and position of the gear bearings may be set substantially independently of the alignment and position of their gear teeth.... Agent: Noblitt & Gilmore, LLC.

20070234837 - Automotive shift lever: A shifter mechanism includes, a base, a shifter lever pivotable relative to the base along a shift path, and a detent assembly. The detent assembly includes a plurality of grooves defining a plurality of gear positions along the shift path, an electric linear actuator having a pin selectively movable along... Agent: Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP

20070234839 - Bearing assemblies: A process is provided which includes the steps of providing a rigid strip of material, forming projections along a side of the rigid strip, and shaping the rigid strip with a mandrel to form a shaped piece. The process also includes shaping the projections to form a substantially closed end... Agent: Larson Newman Abel Polansky & White, LLP

20070234838 - Impact absorbing steering column device and electrically driven power steering device: To realize a structure which can obtain at low cost, a structure with a high level of freedom of design, a collapse load which can be stabilized, and which can maintain flexural rigidity, engaging portions 14 having interference are provided at two location around the circumferential direction in an overlap... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20070234840 - Push-to-release foot brake with eccentric pawl-and-sector self adjust mechanism: A parking brake actuator includes a support bracket, a lever supported by the support bracket and pivotable between a brake-released position and a brake-applied position, a push-to-release lock mechanism operably connecting the lever and the support bracket to selectively lock the lever in the brake-applied position, and a self adjust... Agent: Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur, LLP

20070234845 - Roller thrust assembly: A cam thrust assembly that includes at least one rotatable cam plate and at least one roller retaining recess defined in the cam plate. The roller retaining recess has an inner radius and an outer radius and defines a ramp surface having a shallow portion and a deep portion. The... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20070234846 - Variable geared bicycle pedal: A pedal propulsion mechanism has a first crank arm mechanically connecting to a first gear set and a drive wheel. A second crank arm mechanically connects to a second gear set and the drive wheel. On a first crank arm power stroke the first crank arm drives the drive wheel... Agent: Law Offices Of Clement Cheng

20070234848 - Gearbox device for a motor vehicle: A gearbox device for a motor vehicle includes a box housing formed with a window, and an ultimate drive shaft extending through the box housing. A speed change gearing is disposed within the box housing, and includes a bevel gear set disposed in proximity to the window. The bevel gear... Agent: Allston L. Jones Peters, Verny, Jones, Schmitt & Aston, L.L.P.

20070234849 - Clamping device and rotary table apparatus: A clamping device for clamping a rotatably supported shaft, is provided with a thin-walled sleeve arranged such that a gap is provided along a circumferential direction of the shaft. The clamping device clamps the shaft by deforming the thin-walled sleeve towards the shaft.... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070227277 - Device for hand-driven operation of a guided wheel: The invention relates to a device for hand-driven operation of a guided wheel (R) which is arranged on a steering gear (1) and which can be pivoted about a steering axis (L) which is oriented in a perpendicular manner in relation to the axis of rotation (D) of the guided... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070227278 - Clearance adjustable wiper: A wiper is disposed in the annular groove at either end of the nut, and the wiper is in the form of a flexible ring slightly larger than the annular groove of the nut. An annular conical surface inclined toward the annular groove is formed on the wiper for mating... Agent: Banger Shia

20070227280 - Fixed torque preload piece: A fixed torque preload piece is positioned between two nuts of a ball screw, the preload piece is formed with through hole located in an axial direction of the two nuts for receiving at least two steel balls. Two terminal openings of each of the through holes are defined in... Agent: Banger Shia

20070227281 - Self-lubricating ball screw: A self-lubricating ball screw comprises a nut, a screw shaft, at least one lubricating unit and at least one external oil tank. The lubricating unit is disposed in the nut, an end of the lubricating unit protrudes out of the nut and contacts the screw shaft, and another end of... Agent: Banger Shia

20070227285 - Gear transmission mechanism with a layshaft: A gear transmission mechanism (2) for motor vehicles having a main shaft (10, 12) and a countershaft (14) parallel to one another, on which different gears for different gear ratios are arranged. The countershaft (14) is arranged above a horizontal plane (X-Y axis) containing a main shaft axis (16) with... Agent: Davis & Bujold, P.l.l.c.

20070227286 - Paper tool drive linkage: A paper tool includes a power transmission linkage. The linkage includes a base, a drive link, an input member, and at least three pivots connecting members of the linkage. At least one of the pivots provides for both rotational and translational movement between two members connected by the at least... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20070227287 - Command device for a bicycle gear change: A command device for a bicycle gear change, comprising: a rotating drum (2) provided with a rotation axis (x) and being predisposed to rotate in opposite directions in order to wind at least a portion of a change-activating cable (3) on a lateral surface of the rotating drum (2); means... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070227288 - Push-to-release foot brake with eccentric torsion-lock self adjust mechanism: A parking brake actuator includes a support bracket, a foot pedal pivotable between a brake-released position and a brake-applied position, a push-to-release lock mechanism to selectively lock the foot pedal in the brake-applied position, and a torsion lock self adjust mechanism to automatically establish a predetermined slack tension in a... Agent: Richard M. Mescher Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur, LLP

20070227290 - Pull-to-release hand brake: A hand-operated parking brake actuator includes a support bracket, a hand lever supported by the support bracket and pivotable between a brake-released position and a brake-applied position, and a pull-to-release lock mechanism operably connecting the hand lever to the support bracket. The hand lever is locked against movement towards the... Agent: Richard M. Mescher Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur, LLP

20070227292 - Custom steering wheels: The custom steering wheel for motor vehicles has a hub, a steering wheel rim and 72-100 spokes connecting the steering wheel rim with the hub. The hub comprises a hub core for fastening to the steering wheel shaft and a body which surrounds the hub core and is mae of... Agent: Ramelle O. Rollins

20070227291 - Steering wheel and a method for manufacturing a steering wheel: A steering wheel (1) has spokes (5) extending outwardly from a boss (3) to a rim (6). The rim has an inner frame (6) with an integrally moulded plastics coating (9) which has an internal cavity (11). The presence of the cavity minimises the overall weight of the steering wheel.... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070227295 - Structural connection of a motor and gear unit: A structural connector for providing a structural interconnection between the housing of a gear unit and the housing of an electric motor, the structural connector being of a modular type including a base member adapted for connection to at least one of the housing of an electric motor and the... Agent: Young & Thompson