Planetary gear transmission systems or components inventions 07/07

20070173365 - Device for driving accessory machines of a gas turbine engine: The present invention relates to a device for driving auxiliary machines of a multi-shaft gas turbine engine with an LP shaft and an HP shaft, the said machines being installed in a gearbox and the device comprising a first mechanical transmission between the shaft of the HP shaft and the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070173366 - Continually variable transmission: Continuously variable gear ratio containing five shafts: input, core input, core output, countershaft and output; comprised of three modules: high range, low range and inverter connected between the countershaft and the output. The high range module consists of core and four multiplicities of gear ratios that extend the range of... Agent: Notaro And Michalos

20070173367 - Electronic connector assembly for power transmitting devices: A power transmitting device, such as a differential, having a housing, input and output shafts, which are rotatably disposed in the housing, a gear set, one or more actuators and/or one or more sensors disposed within the housing, and a connector having a fitting, a seal member and a locking... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070173368 - Reversible transmission mechanism: A reversible transmission mechanism includes an input member rotatable about a fixed shaft and having a bevel gear, a first shaft member rotatable about the fixed shaft and having a shaft portion extending perpendicular to the fixed shaft, and a second shaft member rotatable about the fixed shaft and rotationally... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070173369 - Electromechanical gear clutch: A clutch includes a housing, an input shaft and an output shaft rotatably supported with respect to the housing, a drive gear set and a control gear set each comprising a first gear, a number of pinion gears, a carrier onto which the pinion gears are mounted, and a second... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070167267 - Pressure regulator valve with boost feature: A pressure regulator valve is provided having a valve spool slidably disposed within a stepped bore defined by a valve body. A first pressure responsive surface area is defined on the valve spool and is subject to pressurized fluid from a main pressure source. A second pressure responsive surface area... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070167268 - Eccentrically oscillating gear device: The eccentrically oscillating gear device is equipped with an internal gear (15) having internal gear pins (15a), a carrier (11) rotating relative to the internal gear, a pair of bearings (19, 20) that have a rolling element and a ring body for supporting the rolling element, a crank shaft supported... Agent: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld L.L.P.

20070167269 - Differential housing: A differential housing includes: a housing main body having an opening and a breather hole, in which a ring gear is accommodated so that a part of the ring gear projects from the opening; and a housing cover closing the opening of the housing main body and having a recessed... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070167270 - Infinitely variable gear transmission with microprocessor control: d

20070167271 - Differential carrier with an increased strength: A differential carrier (11) containing sideshaft gears (18, 19) which are supported in the differential carrier so as to be coaxially rotatable around the longitudinal axis (A), differential gears (20, 21) which are supported in the carrier (11) on axes of rotation (R) positioned radially relative to the longitudinal axis... Agent: Artz & Artz, P.C.

20070167272 - Differential device for vehicle: A differential device is equipped with differential gears 3 and a pair of output gears 5, 7 that mesh with the differential gears 3 in different meshing pitch-circle radii R1, R2. The output gears 5, 7 are formed by contrate gears, while the differential gears 3 are formed by spur... Agent: Morrison & Foerster, LLP

20070167273 - Reverse spinning wheel cover: A wheel cover assembly adapted to be attached to a motor vehicle wheel. The wheel cover assembly includes a wheel cover and a mechanism operative in response to rotation of the wheel to rotate the wheel cover in a direction opposite to the direction of wheel rotation.... Agent: Young & Basile, P.C.

20070161448 - Hydraulic control apparatus for an automatic transmission: A hydraulic control apparatus for an automatic transmission is provided with a solenoid valve that outputs a signal pressure during a failure and does not output a signal pressure during normal operation and a first clutch apply relay valve that switches between a normal position (the right half position) and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070161449 - Hydraulic control apparatus for a multi-stage automatic transmission: A hydraulic control apparatus for a multi-stage automatic transmission includes solenoid valves such as the linear solenoid valves that are formed as normally closed valves. A first clutch apply relay valves that outputs a forward range pressure as a reverse input pressure during an all-solenoid-off mode, and a second clutch... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070161450 - Clutch device for automatic transmission: A clutch device for an automatic transmission, including a clutch drum supporting frictional coupling elements, a clutch piston disposed radially outwardly of the clutch drum, and a rotary speed sensor disposed radially outwardly of the clutch piston to detect a rotating speed of the clutch piston. The clutch piston has... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070161451 - Eccentric gear mechanism: Eccentric gearing (10) for displacing two parts positioned in a manner that enables them to move relative to one another. The eccentric gearing includes a gearing housing (12), an eccentric element (20), which is driven by a rotary drive (28) and on which an eccentric gear (30) is rotationally mounted,... Agent: Striker Striker & Stenby

20070161452 - Limited slip differential with friction using a pressure generating device: The present invention relates to a limited slip differential with friction using a pressure generating device for performing a slip differential function of a vehicle and simultaneously, by limiting a portion of the slip differential function for movement of the vehicle when a big slip differential occurs, for rotating both... Agent: Roberts, Mlotkowski & Hobbes

20070161453 - Automatic transmission for automotive vehicles: An automatic transmission is provided comprising a transmission case, a first shaft housed in and rotationally supported by said transmission case, and capable of receiving torque from an engine, a first shifting gear mechanism arranged coaxially with the first shaft, and a second shifting gear mechanism including a second planetary... Agent: Mazda North American Operations

20070161454 - Thrust bearing: A thrust bearing (16) for transmitting axial thrust forces between at least two gear parts (1, 5) rotating relative to each other in a gear arrangement is provided, with two coaxial, opposing race disks (17, 18) holding a cage (6) with a plurality of roller bodies (7) with radial play.... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20070155567 - Continuously variable transmission: Traction planets and traction rings can be operationally coupled to a planetary gearset to provide a continuously variable transmission (CVT). The CVT can be used in a bicycle. In one embodiment, the CVT is mounted on the frame of the bicycle at a location forward of the rear wheel hub... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070155568 - Automatic transmission: The present invention provides an automatic transmission having a main bearing disposed between the inner surface of a boss portion of a first drum and the outer surface of a cylindrical support, for rotatably supporting the first drum. An auxiliary bearing is press-fit into one end of the interior of... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070155569 - Drive device used in image forming device: A drive device 1 includes a motor 2, a planetary roller type power transmission unit and a drive control unit. The planetary roller type power transmission unit includes a plurality of planetary rollers 4, a ring 6, a fixed body 9 covering the ring 6 and having an aperture 9a... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070155570 - Differential planetary gear apparatus and starting apparatus and method for differential planetary gear apparatus: A differential planetary gear apparatus has a single-pinion-type structure in which one planetary gear (3) is arranged in a radial direction and one or more planetary gears (3) are arranged in a circumferential direction in a region between a sun gear (1) and a ring gear (2), a drive source... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070155571 - Drive train for a motor vehicle and power divider therefor: A drive train for a motor vehicle, which has a front axle and a rear axle, of which one is driven constantly and the other is driven as required, with a drive unit which is installed in the motor vehicle transversely at the front and provides drive torque via an... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070155573 - Friction coupling with actuator and plate spring: A friction coupling assembly includes: a ball ramp assembly (2) with two coaxial discs (6, 7), wherein the faces (8, 9) of the two discs (6, 7) each have ball grooves (12, 13) of increasing depth, wherein pairs of opposed ball grooves hold balls to axially support the two discs... Agent: Artz & Artz, P.C.

20070155572 - Transmission housing structure for four wheel drive system: A four wheel drive transmission housing includes a transmission housing member, and a converter housing member including an engine mount portion on a first side of the converter housing; a transfer mount portion defining a first side joint surface on the first side; and a transmission housing mount portion defining... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070155574 - Continuously variable transimission system for automatic: A continuously variable transmission system for an automatic includes a gear shifting transmission device, a continuously variable transmission device, and a reduction device. The continuously variable transmission device comprises a drive wheel, a driven wheel, and a transmission wheel. The drive wheel and the driven wheel together form an annular... Agent: Pro-techtor International Services

20070155575 - Apparatus for differential power distribution: A steering drive mechanism utilizes a pair of planetary gear arrangements between the input (or engine drive shaft) and the output shafts driving each wheel of a vehicle. The input is supplied to each sun gear in equal magnitude but opposite direction to account for driving the left or right... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck, LLP Chase Tower

20070155576 - Differential transmission system: A differential transmission system including: a first-differential; and a second-differential, wherein the first and second differentials are coupled in series such that the output of the first-differential serves as input to the second-differential. In a first embodiment, power is transmitted from the first-differential to the second-differential by means of a... Agent: Wood And Eisenberg, PLLC

20070155577 - Power divider: A power divider for a motor vehicle with a first and a second driven axle, with an input member which is connectable to the output of a drive unit, with a transverse differential for the first driven axle and an output member which is connectable to the second driven axle,... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070155578 - Power transmission device with thermally compensating bearing preload mechanism: A power transmission device includes a housing, a differential assembly having a case and a bearing assembly rotatably supporting the case within the housing. A preload is applied to the bearing assembly along a load path. A shim is positioned in the load path with the bearing assembly. The shim... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070155579 - Gear change mechanism: A gear change mechanism coupling a pair of shafts employs a planetary gear set comprising a sun gear fast with a first of the shafts, planet gears in a planet carrier, and an annulus or ring gear, the latter being fixed. A selector hub slidable on the other of the... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP