Rotary shafts, gudgeons, housings, and flexible couplings for rotary shafts inventions 01/08

20080026855 - System and method for maintaining relative axial positioning between two rotating assemblies: According to one embodiment of the invention, a system for maintaining relative axial positioning between two rotating assemblies comprises a first rotatable assembly and a second rotatable assembly. The first rotatable assembly has captor plates. The captor plates form a cavity between a first of the captors plates and a... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20080026856 - Tripod-roller: Tripod roller for a constant velocity joint in a tripod construction having an interior ring, an exterior ring, and roller bodies arranged therebetween, whereby provided on the interior and on the exterior ring are two mutually opposing annular shoulders that limit the axial movement of the roller bodies in one... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20080026857 - Gearmotor and method for making it: A method for making gearmotors comprising a casing, a pinion and a gear, meshed with the pinion, both supported by the casing, comprises the steps of: preparing a mould for the casing; making the casing by casting in the mould; the step of making the casing consisting of a step... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080020851 - Magnetic encoder apparatus: A magnetic encoder apparatus comprising a housing is disclosed in the present invention. The housing includes a base portion and a cover plate portion. The housing also comprises a magnet that is contained in the base portion of the housing, a sensor chip having a major surface located adjacent to... Agent: HowardIPLaw Group

20080015033 - Coupling mechanism: An agricultural harvesting machine comprises a coupling for connecting a shaft 50 to a driving element 14 mounted for rotation about the shaft 50. The coupling provides a torque path between the shaft 50 and the driving element 14 which passes through both a lost motion connection (52,54,58) and a... Agent: Cnh America LLC

20080015034 - Torque limiter for a harvester row unit: A torque limiter for a row unit of a harvester has a shell that is threaded on to a limiter base to compress the limiter's spring.... Agent: Deere & Company

20080015035 - Flexible couplings: A flexible coupling including a first hub having an inner face, a flexible insert having a plurality of exterior lobes and a plurality of interior lobes, a retainer ring having an interior which engages the exterior lobes of the flexible insert, and a second hub having an exterior surface contoured... Agent: Greenberg Traurig LLP (la)

20080015036 - Yoke for universal joint: A yoke for universal joint includes a base portion and a pair of opposed side walls and is connected to one end of a rotating shaft having two planes parallel to each other. One end of the rotating shaft is inserted between the opposed side walls such that both planes... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080009354 - Sleeve-type flexible shaft coupling: A coupling sleeve for use in a sleeve-type, flexible, shaft-coupling device, comprising: a generally annular body portion having an inner periphery and an outer periphery; and one or more axially extending, polymeric or elastomeric teeth on at least one of said periphery of said body portion; wherein said body portion... Agent: The Gates Corporation