Rotary shafts, gudgeons, housings, and flexible couplings for rotary shafts inventions 01/09

20090029781 - Greasable cv-joint wheel hub: A greasable wheel hub (20) using a constant-velocity (CV) joint (22) as a hub spindle is taught. The wheel hub (20) includes a hub cover (28) attached to a hub body (24), which in turn is attached to a CV housing (32) and a CV bearing (34), both of which... Agent: Meschkow & Gresham, P.L.C

20090029782 - Flexible disk, a flexible coupling provided with such a flexible disk, a mounting flange provided with such a flexible coupling, and a transmission shaft fitted with such a mounting flange: )... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090029783 - Axially adjustable driveshaft assembly and method of installing same: An axially adjustable driveshaft assembly includes a first section and a second section that engages the first section for relative axial movement. The first and second sections cooperating to define an internal chamber. A valve is provided on one of the first and second sections and provides fluid communication with... Agent: Macmillan Sobanski & Todd, Llc

20090023502 - Downhole shock absorber for torsional and axial loads: A shock-absorber subassembly for a subsurface drilling assembly is disclosed. The shock-absorber subassembly comprises a mandrel, a body assembly, and at least one torsional spring assembly. The mandrel has a bore extending therethrough and has one end connectable to a portion of the subsurface drilling assembly. The body assembly has... Agent: Dunlap Codding, P.c.

20090023503 - Production series of adapter devices and an adapter device: An adapter device and a production series of adapter devices for connecting an input shaft, e.g., a motor shaft of a motor, e.g., an electric motor, to a device to be driven, e.g., to a pinion of a gear unit, including an adapter shaft for the rotatably-fixed connection to the... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090023504 - Universal joint with wider working angle range: A universal joint includes a pair of yoke members each having a pair of spaced arms. A coupler is pivotably coupled with the arms of the yoke members to allow the yoke members to respectively pivot about two pivot axes perpendicular to each other. Each arm includes two mutually facing... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.a.

20090023505 - Adapter ring for transmission pump assembly to engine connection: A transmission pump adapter ring is provided that enables a transmission pump assembly to be operatively connected to an engine, thus enabling a common transmission pump assembly to be used in a given type or types of transmissions while enabling different engines to be used with the transmission simply by... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20090023506 - Induction hardened hollow driving shaft: The present invention provides an induction-hardened hollow driving shaft that comprises, as a raw material, a steel pipe that contains, by mass %, 0.30 to 0.47% C, 0.5% or less Si, 0.3 to 2.0% Mn, 0.018% or less P, 0.015% or less S, 0.15 to 1.0% Cr, 0.001 to 0.05%... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20090017920 - Front cover for a vane-type cam phaser: A die cast aluminum front cover plate for application in a vane-type camshaft phaser includes a plurality of bores and a plurality of steel threaded inserts press fitted into the bores. Steel threaded inserts add the required strength to the stator bolt threads to enable a shorter thread engagement, which... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20090017922 - Fixed-center constant velocity joint: A fixed-center constant velocity joint has a race located concentrically to a rotational first axis, and a ring-shaped cage located concentrically to a rotational second axis. Both the race and the cage are centered to a common center point lying on the first and second axes regardless of the angular... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.

20090017921 - Self-retained constant velocity joint: A self-retained constant velocity joint has a ring-shaped cage disposed substantially concentrically to and spaced radially from a race of the joint. A plurality of grooves in and distributed circumferentially about the race preferably includes longitudinal, clockwise and counter-clockwise grooves that extend substantially axially and communicate radially through the arcuate... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.

20090017923 - Rotation drive force transmission mechanism, constant velocity universal joint and resin joint boot constructing the mechanism, and method of tightening clamp band for constant velocity universal joint: A rotation drive force transmission mechanism has tripod constant-velocity joints coupled to respective ends of a shaft in opposite phase. Outer members of the tripod constant-velocity joints and portions of the shaft are covered with boots. When the large-diameter tube of each of the boots is fastened to the corresponding... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20090011840 - Structure of anti-vibrating rotation shaft: The present invention provides a supporting rack one lateral end thereof is provided with a connecting section and the base thereof is provided with an extending section at least one clamping ring is formed at the free end of the extending section and an opening is provided between the clamping... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20090011841 - Thrust washer for universal joint cross: A cross for a universal joint includes a body including an outwardly extending trunnion and a bearing cup mounted on the trunnion. A thrust washer is disposed between the trunnion and the bearing cup. The thrust washer includes an outer edge portion, a spacer portion that extends from the outer... Agent: Macmillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20090011842 - Wheel isolator coupling: A wheel isolator coupling comprising a sprocket for engaging a drive member, the sprocket fixedly connected to a first adaptor, the sprocket rotationally engaged with a shaft through a first bearing, a wheel portion fixedly connected to a second adaptor, the wheel portion rotationally engaged with the shaft through a... Agent: The Gates Corporation

20090011843 - Constant velocity joint of tripod type: A constant velocity joint for a drive system of a vehicle comprises: a spider trunnion for transmitting torque between first and second shaft of the drive system, the spider trunnion including a spherical outer surface; and a roller assembly operatively attached on the spider trunnion, the roller assembly including an... Agent: Hyun Jong Park Tuchman & Park LLC

20090005181 - Compensator assembly for a motorcycle primary drive: A compensator assembly for transmitting torque from a crankshaft of an engine to a clutch in a motorcycle drive train. The compensator assembly includes a cam slider, a sprocket, and a spring pack biasing the cam slider into engagement with the sprocket. The spring pack includes multiple springs having different... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20090005182 - Mounting structure of constant velocity joint and bearing: In a CV joint-bearing mounting structure, a steering unit, including a CV joint and a bearing, is engaged with a knuckle via tapered portions, a first nut is mounted to the outer end of the bearing, a disk is engaged with an engagement part of the CV joint via toothed... Agent: Mh2 Technology Law Group, LLP

20090005183 - Damping device for a shaft of a turbomachine: The present invention relates to a hollow shaft of a turbomachine comprising a cylindrical wall with an inner surface portion and at one end a member for attachment to a rotor disk of the turbomachine. The shaft also comprises a damping device wherein at least one vibration-damping laminate is attached... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090005184 - Shaft for transmitting rotational movements and/or forces: This shaft comprises firstly a tube made of a composite material having a plastic matrix and secondly a metallic tubular insert arranged fixedly around a longitudinal portion of the tube and designed to link the tube mechanically to a functional mechanical assembly which is supported by the insert and is... Agent: Ralph A. Dowell Of Dowell & Dowell P.C.