Rotary shafts, gudgeons, housings, and flexible couplings for rotary shafts inventions 03/08

20080070704 - Releasable connection arrangement for two rotationally symmetrical components: A releasable connection arrangement includes a first component, which has a collar projecting radially outwards with a first clamping surface and a first bearing surface and a socket disposed at an open end of a second component for retaining the collar by gripping round it axially. A second bearing surface... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP

20080070705 - Universal joint assembly for an automotive driveline system: A driveline system for an automotive driveline system includes a transmission device, a differential device, and a universal joint having a drive shaft presenting terminal ends and interconnecting the transmission and differential devices. A yoke is connected to each of the terminal ends of the drive shaft and presents an... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.

20080070706 - Dual channel vented boot: A constant velocity joint and a boot for a constant velocity joint are disclosed. The boot generally includes a first channel and a second channel. The first channel is in fluid communication with a joint chamber of the constant velocity joint. The first channel is also in communication with the... Agent: Gkn Driveline North America, Inc

20080070707 - Rotor shaft and motor with rotor shaft: A rotor shaft may include a base shaft member for structuring the rotor shaft, a lead screw formed on an outer peripheral face of the base shaft member, and a resin film which covers the lead screw. Further, a motor may include a rotor shaft that is formed with a... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080070708 - Assembled camshaft having indentations extending underneath the slid-on components: An assembled camshaft comprising a tubular shaft and a plurality of components each provided with a through-aperture, more particularly cams which have been slid on to the tubular shaft and are fixed thereon at a distance from one another, wherein, between the components, the tubular shaft comprises inwardly formed side... Agent: Wyatt, Gerber & O'rourke

20080064505 - Electromotive actuator for deflecting a mechanical part: An electromotive actuator for deflecting a mechanical part, comprising a rotatable component and a non-rotatable component of a deflection gear, whereby the rotatable component can be driven by an electric motor in such a way that it can be moved linearly relative to the non-rotatable component between a first position... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080064506 - Connector structure for a gearbox linked to a motor: a connector structure for a gearbox comprises a transmission rod, a bearing, two connecting members, a buffer, a clamping bush and a rod rack. The buffer is disposed between the two connecting members, the connecting members are received in the clamping bush, and then the clamping bush is installed in... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esq.

20080064507 - Flexible shaft coupling system and method: A coupling system is disclosed for coupling rotating elements such as a pairs of shafts, flywheel and a shaft, and so forth. A first hub assembly is attached to a shaft via a tapered sleeve mechanism. A flexible element is captured by the hub assembly and is used to couple... Agent: Thompson Coburn, LLP

20080064508 - Method for assembling a universal joint: A universal joint includes a spider, first and second yokes drivingly interconnected by the spider, a plurality of bearing cups and a plurality of retaining members. The first yoke includes spaced apart arms with apertures extending through each arm. The apertures are coaxially aligned with one another and include a... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080064509 - Fixed type constant velocity universal joint: The present invention provides a fixed type constant velocity universal joint capable of realizing high operating angles compared to the prior art by allowing balls to protrude outside of an outer joint member without dropping out therefrom. The present invention is arranged in that in a Rzeppa type constant velocity... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080064510 - Membrane compensating coupling and hole anchor connection: A membrane compensating coupling comprises a first compensating element made of fibre composite material with two membranes located opposite one another, a second compensating element and an intermediate tube inserted between these. The first and second compensating element in each case have on their side pointing towards the intermediate tube... Agent: Myers Wolin, LLC

20080064511 - Flange design for filament wound composite shaft: A composite shaft assembly may include a shaft body and a flange. The shaft body may include a filament and the flange may include an external surface having a plurality of lugs extending therefrom. A first and second of the plurality of lugs may have an axial spacing therebetween. The... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080058107 - Tripod type constant velocity joint: A tripod type constant velocity joint comprises a housing having three track grooves which are defined at trisected positions of the housing along a circumferential direction and extend in a radial direction; a spider having three polyhedral trunnions which are projectedly formed at trisected positions of the spider along the... Agent: Hyun Jong Park Tuchman & Park LLC

20080058108 - Hybrid yoke for a vehicle driveshaft: A hybrid yoke for a vehicle driveshaft assembly includes a cast iron portion having a pair of opposed yoke arms at a first end. The hybrid yoke also includes a steel portion having a yoke end and a shaft end, the shaft end for coupling to the driveshaft assembly and... Agent: Automotive Components Holdings LLC C/o Macmillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20080058109 - Device for vibration-free mounting of a spindle in a stand of a surgical microscope: A device for mounting a drive shaft driven by a drive motor is described, in which device a carriage is driven via the drive shaft. The drive motor is embodied as a stepper motor (1), and the drive shaft (6) is joined to the carriage (8; 9) via an elastomeric... Agent: Hodgson Russ LLP The Guaranty Building