Rotary shafts, gudgeons, housings, and flexible couplings for rotary shafts inventions 06/09

20090163284 - Developments in or relating to the balancing of a rotating assembly: P

20090156317 - Automotive drive train having a four-cylinder engine: The invention relates to an automotive drive train having an internal combustion engine that is configured as a four cylinder engine and a hydrodynamic torque converter device. The device has torsional vibration damper consisting of two energy accumulating devices and a converter lockup clutch. Turbine is interposed between the two... Agent: Simpson & Simpson, PLLC

20090156318 - Shaft coupling and in-wheel motor system using the same: Guide grooves 5 and 6 are formed in opposed surfaces of two plates 1 and 2 such that each adjacent pair of guide grooves formed in each of the plates extend in a direction that forms an angle of 45 degrees with a reference line X connecting the midpoint between... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090156319 - Universal joint: A universal joint includes an outer member defining an interior opening and a plurality of grooves within the opening extending along a longitudinal axis. An inner member is disposed within the opening and includes a plurality of pockets opposing the grooves. A drive ball is disposed within each pocket and... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20090149263 - Fixed center constant velocity joint: A constant velocity joint includes an outer member defining a plurality of outer member ball tracks and an inner member defining a plurality of inner member ball tracks. The outer member ball tracks and the inner member ball tracks cooperate to define a plurality of uniform funnels having a uniform... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20090149264 - Accommodation housing for homokinetic joints: An accommodation housing for homokinetic joints, which are configured as fixed joints or displacement joints, for use in motor vehicles, to transfer torque. The tied-in homokinetic joints are connected with the accommodation housing by way of their outer rings. The accommodation housing consists of an accommodation housing part having a... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20090143146 - Clutch and mammography device: A clutch with a first clutch disk and a second clutch disk is provided. The first clutch disk includes at least one cylindrical shaft, in which a sphere is mounted in a displaceable fashion in each instance so as to press against a spring. The second clutch disk, which, for... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090143147 - Shaft coupling mechanism for electric power steering apparatus: A shaft coupling mechanism 1 for an electric power steering apparatus includes a coupling base body 3 coupled to a rotating shaft 2; a coupling base body 5 coupled to a steering shaft 4 serving as a rotating shaft; and a pair of rotation transmitting members 6 and 7 which... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090143148 - 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)

20090143149 - Constant velocity joint of tripod type: A constant velocity joint for a drive system with a first rotating shaft and a second rotating shaft, comprises: a hollow housing having a plurality of guide grooves therein, the guide grooves extending in an axial direction of the housing and spaced equally apart in a circumferential direction of the... Agent: Hyun Jong Park Tuchman & Park LLC

20090143152 - Counter track joint with ball cage: A constant velocity joint in the form of a counter-track joint. The circumferential length (L1) of the first cage windows for the balls in the first pairs of tracks is greater than the circumferential length (L2) of the second cage windows for the balls in the second pairs of tracks.... Agent: Gkn Driveline/ttg

20090143150 - Fixed center constant velocity joint with different funnel offsets: A fixed center constant velocity joint includes a first group of funnels and a second group of funnels arranged radially about a longitudinal axis in alternating relationship. The first group of funnels diverges in a first direction and the second group of funnels diverges in a second direction opposite the... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20090143151 - Slip joint of steering apparatus for vehicle: Disclosed is a slip joint of a steering apparatus for a vehicle, the slip joint including: an outer member having a plurality of first assembling recesses; an inner member being inserted within the outer member and having a plurality of second assembling recesses; and a slip bush, which is inserted... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C