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Rotary shafts, gudgeons, housings, and flexible couplings for rotary shafts May archived by USPTO category 05/10

20100130289 - Damper mechanism: A damper mechanism 4 has an input rotary body 2, a hub flange 6, a splined hub 3, a third friction washer 60, a bushing 70, and an output plate 90. The third friction washer 60 is non-rotatably mounted on the hub flange 6 with respect to the hub flange... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20100130290 - Double-offset constant velocity universal joint: The outer peripheral surface (32) and the inner spherical peripheral surface (34) of a cage (30) of a double-offset constant velocity universal joint are cut after quenched. More specifically, to finish the outer peripheral surface (32) of the cage (30) made up of a spherical portion (32a) and tapered portions... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20100130292 - Multi-part longidinal shaft for moto vehicles: A multi-part longitudinal drive shaft of a motor vehicle consists of two shaft sections that are each formed by a shaft tube connected with each other by a homokinetic displacement joint. The outer diameter of the shaft tube in the second shaft section is smaller than the inner diameter of... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20100130291 - Spline shaft: A spline shaft that can suppress occurrence of stick slip by measures other than just simply making the surface roughness smaller. The spline shaft includes a first shaft with an outer-peripheral spline formed, and a second shaft with an inner-peripheral spline, which engages with the outer-peripheral spline peripherally and that... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20100130293 - Telescopic shaft: The invention relates to a telescopic shaft for vehicles comprising an inner shaft (14) axially movable in an outer shaft (16), where the telescopic shaft (4) comprises at least two rows (35, 37) of balls (36, 38) with at least one ball (36, 38) a row (35, 37) between the... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20100130294 - Method of fixing boot: A method for fixing a boot includes mounting a tubular anchoring areas (12, 13), defined in opposite ends of a resinous boot (11), on an outer periphery of a counterpart member (1), and applying a clamping force to boot bands (15, 16) mounted around respective outer peripheries of the tubular... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20100124995 - Rolling-sliding unit and jointed shaft comprising the same: A rolling-sliding unit, particularly for a jointed shaft, including a profiled sleeve (4) having outer raceways on an interior surface thereof; a journal (5) which is displaceable in the profiled sleeve (4) and which has inner raceways on an exterior surface thereof, and balls (9) in the raceways between the... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20100120542 - Shuttle vent valve: A vent valve for a constant velocity joint is disclosed. The vent valve may generally include a body disposed in a bore of the cover which is axially movable in the bore and allows fluid flow through the bore, a first umbrella portion associated with a side of the body... Agent: Gkn Driveline North America, Inc

20100120543 - Combination mounting ring: A combination mounting ring of resilient material, for connecting a shaft within a bore of a housing, has a hollow cylindrical part having radially extending projections. This part is for locating between the outer surface of the shaft and the inner surface of the bore, the radially extending projections being... Agent: Larson Newman & Abel, LLP

20100120544 - Torsionally elastic shaft coupling comprising a bridgeable elastomer member: The invention relates to a torsionally elastic shaft coupling comprising an input flange (1) and an output flange (2) which are each used for connecting the shaft coupling to adjacent machine elements, two serially connected, elastic elastomer members (7, 13), and an intermediate member (8) that is connected to the... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20100120545 - Push button quick disconnect yoke: A quick disconnect yoke assembly is provided that includes a yoke having a cylindrical hub and a splined bore passing through the hub. A disconnect lever may be pivotably secured to the hub and may include an first arm and a second arm. The disconnect lever may be biased in... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20100120546 - Boot for constant-velocity universal joint and cross-grooved constant-velocity universal joint: A boot for constant-velocity universal joint comprises a major-diameter cylindrical portion 2, a minor-diameter cylindrical portion 3 being separated away from and being put in place concentrically with the major-diameter cylinder portion 2, and having a smaller diameter than that of the major-diameter cylindrical portion 2, and an intermediate portion... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20100113164 - Torque transmission device for the low vibration transmission of torque via at least one shaft: a drive element 912 and a driven element 914 connected to the drive element 912, there being formed between the drive element 912 and the driven element 914 at least one damping arrangement which connects the drive element 912 to the driven element 914 such that they can rotate relative... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20100113165 - Propshaft assembly with universal joint having non-conductive sleeve between yoke and bearing cup: A propshaft having first and second universal joints. The first universal joint has a first joint member, which is fixedly coupled to a first end of the shaft member, and a second joint member that is pivotally coupled to the first joint member. The second universal joint has a third... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20100113166 - Propshaft assembly with universal joint having non-conductive sleeve between yoke and bearing cup: A propshaft having first and second universal joints. The first universal joint has a first joint member, which is fixedly coupled to a first end of the shaft member, and a second joint member that is pivotally coupled to the first joint member. The second universal joint has a third... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20100113167 - Constant velocity ball joint in the form of a counter track joint: An exemplary constant velocity ball joint in the nature of a counter track joint, includes first and second track pairs that form an opposite opening angle (W1, W2), wherein the first track pairs are provided with a track inflection point (P1) and the second track pairs each form a second... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20100113168 - Constant velocity universal joint: Provided is a constant velocity universal joint capable of being smoothly rotated even when a high operating angle is formed and large torque is born and of reducing excessive load applied to the cage so as to strengthen the cage. The constant velocity universal joint includes an outer joint member... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20100113170 - Engine shaft for a gas-turbine engine: A low-pressure turbine shaft (11) for a gas-turbine engine includes a fiber-composite plastic tube (13) with fiber layers provided in an inner wall area for taking up and transmitting torsional forces, and, in an outer wall area, with fiber layers suitably oriented for influencing stiffness and damping characteristics. The fiber... Agent: Shuttleworth & Ingersoll, P.L.C

20100113169 - Mold for manufacturing composite drive shaft and composite drive shaft manufactured using the mold: A mold for manufacturing a composite drive shaft, most of which, except for opposite ends functioning as power transmission parts, has a tubular shape with a circular cross-section similar to that of a general shaft, and the shape of each end of which is changed so as to realize easy... Agent: Christopher Paul Mitchell

20100113171 - Engine shaft in the form of a fiber-composite plastic tube with metallic driving and driven protrusions: On a low-pressure turbine shaft made of fiber-composite material, the connection to the metallic driven protrusion or the driving protrusion (1), respectively, is made via an adapter (3) formed onto the latter, with pylons (6) extending beyond the circumferential area of the latter and on which the fibers (4) are... Agent: Shuttleworth & Ingersoll, P.L.C