Rotary shafts, gudgeons, housings, and flexible couplings for rotary shafts inventions 05/08

20080125231 - Telescopic shaft: The invention provides a telescopic shaft including a male shaft and a female shaft which are so fitted as to be capable of a sliding motion but incapable of a rotation and in which an external periphery of the male shaft and an internal periphery of the female shaft are... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080125232 - Boot for joint: A boot for a joint, wherein an equal-diameter part and thick-walled parts are formed on the inner peripheral wall of a large diameter tube part. A first tapered part extending from the equal-diameter part is continued with a second tapered part formed at the thick-walled parts in the circumferential direction.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080119292 - Bearing means for a hand held portable tool such as a brush cutter: This invention relates to a bearing means for a hand held portable tool such as a brush cutter, a trimmer or the like said means comprising an elongated bearing sleeve (13) that is provided with outwardly extending flanges (14) or the like. The bearing sleeve (13) has a non circular... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080119293 - Torsional vibration damper: In order to adapt the damping behavior at a wider range in a process for damping torsional vibrations and in a torsional vibration damper, the length of an elastic element can be changed in dependence on a relative angle between two rotational subassemblies, with the degree of change in length... Agent: Henry M. Feiereisen Henry M. Feiereisen, Llc

20080119294 - Oldham coupling with damping: An improved Oldham coupling that is a unitary object and in an embodiment comprises a first hub having a first projection and a second hub having a second projection. The two hubs are connected to each other by way of an intermediate disk having a first slot and a second... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.c.

20080119295 - Compact hub unit featuring assymmetrical bearings and constant velocity joint outer race: In a wheel hub module for motorized land vehicles, there is provided an arrangement comprising a hub module casing member, a hub subassembly composed of permanently joined pre-loaded co-rotating inboard and outboard members, inboard and outboard complements of bearing rolling elements and a constant velocity joint wherein the CV joint's... Agent: Frank Victor Csik

20080119296 - Composite structural member and method for making the same: Composite structural members are provided including a fitting and a tubular shaft. The fitting has a coupling region defining at least one recessed portion bounded by one or more non-recessed portions. The recessed portion may extend circumferentially around the fitting to form a neck. The tubular shaft has a mating... Agent: Alston & Bird, LLP

20080108441 - Torque release mechanism for all terrain vehicles: A torque release mechanism for all terrain vehicles which includes a driving disc fixedly mounted on a rear axle of the all terrain vehicle and having one side provided with a circular flange and a tubular portion, a friction plate put over the circular flange, a sprocket put over the... Agent: Leong C Lei

20080108442 - Spring travel limiter for overrunning alternator decoupler: A decoupler assembly for transferring rotary movement between an engine driven shaft and a serpentine belt. The decoupler includes a hub configured to be assembled to the shaft. The hub has a helical first slot formed therein. A pulley is rotatably coupled to the hub. A carrier is mounted on... Agent: Clark Hill, P.c.

20080108443 - Manipulator: A manipulator includes a working unit comprising an operation command unit, horizontal roller and vertical rollers mounted thereon, drive pulleys rotatable in response to operation of the horizontal roller and the vertical roller, a connector, a first rotational axis disposed on a distal end of the connector, a second rotational... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080108444 - Bearing arrangement for supporting a trunnion of an universal joint: A bearing arrangement for supporting a universal joint trunnion in an outer cup includes a radial bearing having cylindrical rolling elements disposed between the trunnion and the outer cup, and a resistance member made of a material to allow elastic deformation and bearing upon a confronting surface area of an... Agent: Henry M. Feiereisen Henry M. Feiereisen, Llc

20080108445 - Universal joint: In a universal joint of a block type or the like in which a bearing cup 3 for supporting a trunnion 11 of a joint cross 1 through needle-like rollers 2 is fixed to a yoke 4 by a bolt 5, by constituting the bolt 5 by a bolt subjected... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, Pllc

20080108446 - Universal joint: A universal joint includes a first joint fork having a joint axis and a second joint fork having a joint axis, the joint axes being borne by plain bearings and the joint forks each being formed by a base part and two fork elements. Each fork element has a closable... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20080108447 - Torque transmission apparatus: An apparatus for transmitting torque from a driving unit to a driven unit, comprising the first unit, the second unit and a plurality of torque transmission units. The first unit serves as the driving unit, which is rotatable around a central axis thereof. The second unit serving as the driven... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080102965 - Motor transmission/control assembly: A motor transmission/control assembly includes a housing, a motor, a transmission member having a first side engaged an output shaft of the motor and a second side with a first elongated protrusion, a coupling member including a first side with a second elongated protrusion and a second side with a... Agent: Dr. Banger Shia Int''l Patent Office Of Bang Shia

20080102966 - Spherical universal coupling: A pair of spherical gears connects the intersecting shafts of a CV-joint. One gear has internal teeth, and the other has external teeth. The gear design is based on pitch circles that are great circles on theoretical pitch spheres that are concentric and have identical radii. The gear teeth are... Agent: Morton A. Polster Brown & Michaels, P.C.

20080102967 - Spherical universal coupling: A pair of spherical gears connects the intersecting shafts of a CV-joint. One gear has internal teeth, and the other has external teeth. The gear design is based on pitch circles that are great circles on theoretical pitch spheres that are concentric and have identical radii. The internal teeth are... Agent: Morton A. Polster Brown & Michaels, P.C.