Patents Examined by Thy M. Bui
  • Patent number: 5293932
    Abstract: An apparatus easily movable inside pipes for cutting off projections in the interior of the pipe along the inner surface of the pipe. The apparatus includes a carrier movable inside the pipe. The carrier is provided with a shaft reciprocatingly movable axially of the pipe and rockingly rotatable circumferentially of the pipe, a rocking block movable with the shaft and a drive device for the shaft. The rocking block has a cutter blade reciprocatingly movable axially and radially of the pipe as projected forward from the block axially of the pipe, and drive devices for the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 15, 1994
    Assignee: Osaka Bousui Construction Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuo Miyazaki, Akira Kamide, Shigeki Watari
  • Patent number: 4758208
    Abstract: A belt tensioner assembly for a vehicle combined starter generator uses the shifting reaction torque incident to a change from generating to cranking mode or back to automatically select one of a pair of tensioner arms to tension the shifting slack side of a belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1988
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew L. Bartos, Lubomyr O. Hewko