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Machine element or mechanism March list of patents 03/08

20080072697 - Bicycle control device: A bicycle control device is provided with a control lever, a lever bracket, a main electrical connector, an electrical switch and an auxiliary electrical connector. The lever bracket a bracket body with a bicycle mounting portion and a control lever mounting portion movably supporting the control lever. The main electrical... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20080072699 - Parallel spherical mechanism with two degrees of freedom: A parallel spherical mechanism with two degrees of freedom for connecting a body to a fixed base in such a manner as to enable it to be oriented in three dimensions by turning about a first axis that is fixed relative to said fixed base, and about a second axis... Agent: Clark & Brody

20080072701 - Grip for parking brake operating lever: A grip for a parking-brake operating lever includes a tubular-shaped grip main body which is press-fitted on a lever main body of the operating lever so as to be mounted on an outer circumferential periphery of the lever main body, a grip cover which is mounted on a part of... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080072702 - Bicycle handle-bar grip: A bicycle bar grip, particularly for touring bikes, mountain bikes and the like, comprising a sleeve for being slipped onto a bike handlebar. A grip element is joined to the sleeve and extends over a portion of the length of the sleeve. The sleeve also comprises a clamping area and... Agent: Paul D. Greeley Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20080066569 - Power train for a wind power plant: A power train for a wind power plant includes a rotor (1) for driving a gear (4), wherein the rotor blades (2) of the rotor are pivotally arranged around the longitudinal axis thereof on the hub of the rotor (1). A three-phase generator (5) is connected to the gear (4)... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080066574 - Actuator: A twisted string actuator as a light-weight and space saving actuator includes a small motor and a twisted string having a structure in which two strings are twisted with each other loosely. A first end of the twisted string is connected to a finger joint, and a second end of... Agent: Nidec Corporation C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20080060460 - Propulsion device employing conversion of rotary motion into a unidirectional linear force: A mechanism for inducing non-reactive linear motion of a body employs a motor acting through a drive mechanism to rotate a pair of radial arms in counter-rotating directions, synchronously, about a central axis. A gear is rotatably supported about an axis normal to the plane of rotation of the arms,... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20080060461 - Gear-changing device: A gear-changing device for a speed-changing transmission, in particular for motor vehicles, includes at least two pot-shaped gearwheels rotatably borne on a transmission shaft and a synchronizer clutch adapted to alternately couple the respective gearwheels with the transmission shaft. A sliding sleeve of the synchronizer clutch is displaceable over respective... Agent: Tucker Ellis & West LLP

20080060463 - Drive device: A drive device for a hatch of a motor vehicle, wherein a spindle drive is provided with a threaded spindle and a spindle nut mounted on the threaded spindle, by which drive the first fastening element and the housing tube can be driven axially relative to each other. The spindle... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20080060464 - Apparatus and method for driving a driven unit of a printing press: An apparatus and method for driving a driven unit of a printing press, specifically a printing couple or a folding unit of a rotary web press, is disclosed. A cylinder or roller to be driven is driven by a drive with an interposed transmission. An input element is mounted on... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080060465 - Vibration damping member for machine part and method of manufacturing the same: A damping material for mechanical parts includes a non-coupling interface that comes into contact without being metallically coupled. The non-coupling interface is formed from the surface to a predetermined internal depth, and may assume a non-penetrative structure. In such circumstances, it is preferable that a depth of the non-coupling interface... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080060466 - Wave gear drive having high ratcheting torque tooth profile: A wave gear drive (1), wherein a rigid internal gear (2) is formed in a conical gear and a flexible external gear (3) is formed in a spur gear with a module m. The number of the teeth of the external gear (3) is reduced by the quantity of 2n... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080060472 - Balancer: A weight 4 which is held by a weight holder 3 in a balancer has a pressing face 4b′ which is pressed against a guide face 12a provided along the circumferential direction of rotation of the weight holder 3 by centrifugal force generated by rotation of a rotary body. When... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20080060473 - Wave gear device: Provided is a wave gear device capable of transmitting a high torque. The silk hat type wave gear device comprises an annular circular spline having internal teeth formed thereon; a flexible flex spline having external teeth formed to mesh partially with the internal teeth and arranged on the inner side... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20080060476 - Adjustable gear position arrangement for synchronization of multiple generators: A method for synchronizing multiple generators includes positioning a pilot feature of a shaft of a first generator positioned at a first angular position that is substantially aligned with a first predetermined reference point located at a predetermined angular position relative to an axis, locking the shaft of the first... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080053258 - Motor vehicle gearbox with six forward gears for normal driving, and with a crawling gear or hill gear and a reverse gear: A vehicle transmission having seven forward gears and one reverse gear is described. A first forward gear is a crawling and/or hill gear having a large transmission ratio for low driving speeds, and the other forward gears are intended for normal driving. The transmission includes an input shaft, an output... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080053259 - Gear set for differential gear shafts of an internal combustion engine: A gear set for differential shafts of internal combustion engines. The gear set includes a toothed wheel which can be moved parallel to its axis for adjustment of backlash. A spacer is arranged removably between tooth faces of interacting teeth of engaging toothed wheels and serves to adjust the backlash... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080053261 - Gear shift mechanism: A power-assisted gearshift mechanism for a manual transmission, comprising a shift rail mounted for axial movement to select one or more gears, a control arm engageable with the shift rail to cause axial movement of the shift rail in response to operation of a operator control, and a fluid pressure... Agent: Greenlee Winner And Sullivan P C

20080053262 - Clamping or spreading tool: A clamping and/or spreading tool comprises a drive for displacement of a push or pull rod to which a movable jaw is fixed with respect to a support carrying a stationary jaw in longitudinal direction of the push and pull rod, said drive comprising a torsion spring and being adapted... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP