Lubricating, Insulating, Or Cooling Patents (Class 192/113.1)
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Patent number: 10890218Abstract: A hydraulic circuit includes a first shift valve and a second shift valve that are provided in series between a source oil path through which oil whose pressure has been regulated flows and a first clutch oil path and a second clutch oil path. The first shift valve is selectively switchable between a first switching state where a first communicating oil path and the first clutch oil path are communicated and a second switching state where a second communicating oil path and the second clutch oil path are communicated, and the second shift valve is selectively switchable between a third switching state where the source oil path and the first communicating oil path are communicated and a fourth switching state where the source oil path and the second communicating oil path are communicated.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2019Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Hisashi Ishikawa, Yuji Okazaki, Shigeji Nakano, Hideaki Iwashita, Yuya Shimota, Noriyuki Yagi, Yoshihiro Sato
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Patent number: 10738877Abstract: A selectable one-way clutch includes a pocket plate, a notch plate, and a selector plate, and the selector plate is configured to rotate so as to switch the clutch between an engaged state and a non-engaged state. A lubricant passage through which a lubricant is supplied to the selectable one-way clutch has a lubricant inlet and a lubricant outlet, and the lubricant outlet is located on the lower side of the lubricant inlet in a direction of gravitational force, and connected to an inside of the selectable one-way clutch. The lubricant passage includes an inclined surface that is inclined with respect to the direction of gravitational force, between the lubricant inlet and the lubricant outlet, and the inclined surface has an opening.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2017Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuki Kurosaki, Hiroyuki Shioiri, Mitsuaki Tomita, Shotaro Kato, Hiroyuki Shibata
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Patent number: 10242313Abstract: A technical solution is described for implementing a computer-executed system of association memory matrices to replace the proximal layers of a convolutional neural network (CNN). An example method includes configuring one Associative Memory Matrix (AMM) for each configured layer in the CNN. This one-to-one conversion method motivates the name to the product: the Joint Proximity Association Template (JPAT) for Neural Networks. The invention is a numerically stable soft-ware based implementation that (1) reduces the long training times, (2) reduces the execution time, and (3) produces bidirectional intra-layer connections and potentially, inter-layer connections as well. The method further includes, potentially, forming a single AMM, from the multiple AMMs corresponding to the multiple and proximal layers of the CNN, in anticipation of the well-known Universal Approximation Theorem.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2014Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Inventors: James LaRue, Denise LaRue
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Patent number: 10132362Abstract: A power generation device includes: a one-way clutch which is provided between an output shaft of a speed increaser and a drive shaft of a power generator, and which restricts relative rotation of the output shaft and the drive shaft in one direction and permits relative rotation thereof in another direction; and a plurality of elastic coupling members which are provided between the output shaft and the drive shaft, which are spaced in an axial direction, and which absorb misalignment between the output shaft and the drive shaft. The one-way clutch is disposed in a position axially outside an area between the plurality of elastic coupling members.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2015Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATIONInventor: Hideki Fujiwara
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Patent number: 10099336Abstract: A tool sharpener has a guide assembly to support a cutting tool adjacent an abrasive medium. A drive assembly advances the abrasive medium with respect to the guide assembly. A control mechanism provides a first control input value to move the medium and achieve a first material take off (MTO) rate during a coarse sharpening operation upon the tool. A second control input value from the control circuit moves the medium to achieve a lower, second MTO rate during a fine sharpening operation. The control mechanism transitions the medium from the first MTO rate to the second MTO rate responsive to a timer mechanism indicating a conclusion of a predetermined elapsed time interval.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2017Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: Darex, LLCInventor: Daniel T. Dovel
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Patent number: 9808902Abstract: Method and apparatus for sharpening a cutting tool. In some embodiments, a sharpener has a guide assembly adjacent a moveable abrasive medium. The medium is advanced at a first speed relative to the guide assembly during a coarse sharpening operation in which a user presents the cutting tool against the medium to shape a side of the cutting tool and generate distended material from the cutting edge (e.g., burrs). The medium is subsequently slowed to a lower, second speed for a fine sharpening operation in which the user presents the cutting tool against the medium to remove the distended material and provide a sharpened cutting edge.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2017Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: Darex, LLCInventor: Daniel T. Dovel
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Patent number: 9606492Abstract: A sheet folding device includes two rollers, a blade, two parallel pins, and two gears. The first and second parallel pins are passed through first and second pin through-holes penetrating through first and second shaft portions in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the shaft portions. The first and second gears have first and second shaft through-holes through which the first and second shaft portions are passed, and first and second grooves in which the first and second parallel pins are inserted, respectively. Projection portions formed on inner side wall of the second groove and projecting from both sides of the second shaft portion cause the second parallel pin to closely contact a side wall that is, in the second groove, opposite to the projection portions, and cause the second parallel pin to closely contact a portion of the second pin through-hole.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2016Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Seiichi Shirasaki, Yasunori Ueno
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Patent number: 9489618Abstract: An electronic comparison system includes input stages that successively provide bits of code words. One-shots connected to respective stages successively provide a first bit value until receiving a bit having a non-preferred value concurrently with an enable signal, and then provide a second, different bit value. An enable circuit provides the enable signal if at least one of the one-shots is providing the first bit value. A neural network system includes a crossbar with row and column electrodes and resistive memory elements at their intersections. A writing circuit stores weights in the elements. A signal source applies signals to the row electrodes. Comparators compare signals on the column electrodes to corresponding references using domain-wall neurons and store bit values in CMOS latches by comparison with a threshold.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2014Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Assignee: Purdue Research FoudationInventors: Kaushik Roy, Mrigank Sharad
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Patent number: 9371815Abstract: The present invention relates to a turbine which can absorb energy from bi-directional reversing flows, as is the case of ocean wave energy converters. In the periphery of the bladed rotor (2) of the turbine there are two openings (5, 6) through which the fluid alternately enters, or exits from, the rotor, the outward flow being radially centrifugal and the inward flow being radially centripetal. The turbine stator comprises two sets of guide vanes (7, 8) for alternately directing the bi-directional reversing flow to, and from, the rotor, and two ducts (9, 12) disposed between the rotor and the guide vanes and extending radially beyond the guide vanes. Two stator arrangements are considered. In both arrangements, the inlet guide vanes deflect the inward flow and impart a circumferential swirl component in the same direction as the normal rotational direction of the rotor.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2011Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TECNICOInventors: António Franco de Oliveira Falcão, Luis Manuel de Carvalho Gato
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Patent number: 9151336Abstract: Power takeoff lubrication devices and methods are disclosed. Embodiments include an accumulator connected to a power takeoff fluid supply line and storing fluid (which may be under pressure) for selective use independent of the fluid being supplied by the fluid supply line. In some embodiments, the fluid in the accumulator is supplied to various components within the power takeoff, including the clutch plates (which may have fluid supplied prior to and/or during engagement), which can decrease wear and/or clutch temperature. In some embodiments, the fluid in the accumulator is supplied to the clutch piston to actuate the clutch piston when the pressure in the supply line is less than optimal and/or to stabilize the pressures in the hydraulic lines connected to the clutch piston. In still further embodiments, the fluid in the accumulator is supplied to the clutch when the fluid supply line pressure is less than optimal.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2013Date of Patent: October 6, 2015Assignee: MUNCIE POWER PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: Larry Wesley, Brian Young
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Patent number: 8844697Abstract: A clutch assembly is disclosed having a driving plate arranged in communication with a thermal transfer medium for use in cooling the driving plate. The disclosed thermal transfer medium can include at least one conductive brush that is mounted with the driving plate and arranged between the driving plate and a separate cooled part of the clutch assembly for cooling the driving plate. The brush may also be resiliently biased for contact with the cooled part of the clutch assembly so that it brushes against it.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2012Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Ricardo UK LtdInventors: Jonathan Charles Wheals, Lee Sykes
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Publication number: 20140231211Abstract: The invention relates to a clutch assembly of a motor vehicle, in particular a clutch-controlled differential unit, comprising a switchable clutch apparatus that is able to transmit driving power from a drive element on the input side with regard to the clutch device to a drive element on the output side with regard to the clutch device, wherein an oil conveying apparatus is provided for the clutch oiling, which oil conveying apparatus conveys oil of an oil circuit serving the clutch device depending on the operating state. In order to ensure that the lubrication of components arranged on the output side with regard to the clutch device is ensured in operating states in which the oil conveying apparatus does not convey any oil, an oil accumulating device is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2012Publication date: August 21, 2014Inventors: Hans-Peter Nett, Christoph Göttert
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Publication number: 20130341153Abstract: A dual clutch device for a vehicle may include a drive motor provided in a motor housing, a clutch housing connected to the motor housing wherein a clutch may be provided in the clutch housing, and a cooling oil flowing unit forming a hydraulic line fluid-connecting the motor housing and the clutch housing and supplying a cooling oil to the drive motor and the clutch through the hydraulic line.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2013Publication date: December 26, 2013Applicant: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventors: Min Sung Kim, Sungik Bae, Kyungha Kim, Hee Ra Lee, Yeonho Kim
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Patent number: 8613351Abstract: A centrifugal clutch including a drive hub having a rotational axis, a drum coaxial with the driver, a plurality of shoes engaging the drive hub so as to rotate with the driver, each shoe having an aperture therethrough in the axial direction, the shoes being radially movable between a radially outward position in which the shoes contact a surface of the drum and a radially inward position in which the shoes are spaced apart from the drum, and a plurality of springs urging the shoes toward the radially inward position, each spring being located in the aperture of a corresponding shoe, each spring having a radially inward end engaging one of the shoes and an opposite radially outward end engaging the driver.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2011Date of Patent: December 24, 2013Assignee: The Hilliard CorporationInventors: David C. Ochab, Scott C. Schneider, Steven M. Averill
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Patent number: 8579098Abstract: A parking lock device (1) for an automatic transmission of a motor vehicle. The parking lock device (1) comprises a locking pawl (3) that is fixed to the transmission housing and mounted so that the locking pawl (3) can pivot. The parking lock device (1) has a guiding element (3b) and a guide plate (5) fixed to and supported by the housing in which the guide element (3b) of the locking pawl (3) is guided laterally. One of a low-friction supporting element (7, 8) and an electrically insulating supporting element in a form of an insulating body (107) laterally guides the locking pawl (3).Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2011Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AGInventors: Hagen Dopfert, Matthias List
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Publication number: 20130281251Abstract: A power transmitting component includes a housing having an interior cavity with a sump, a lubricant disposed in the sump, and a component mounted in the housing assembly for rotation about a first axis. The component rotates through the lubricant in the sump to generate a stream of lubricant that is slung from the component as it rotates at a speed in excess of a predetermined speed. The housing includes a deflector that extends into the interior cavity and has a first face having an impingement portion and a first edge adjacent the impingement portion. The impingement portion extends into the stream and deflects a portion of the stream towards the first edge. The first edge disperses the portion of the stream toward selected areas in the interior cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2013Publication date: October 24, 2013Inventors: Daniel G. Corless, Mark A. Harnden, Mark S. Waack
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Patent number: 8527161Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a control circuit for a vehicle transmission cooling system having a controller configured to control an air compressor to selectively pressurize a transmission clutch housing and provide air to an alternative vehicle subsystem (or subsystems).Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2011Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Reid Alan Baldwin, John Edward Brevick
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Patent number: 8483922Abstract: The work vehicle includes a braking device, a lubricant feeding section, and a controlling section. The controlling section configured to execute a first control in which an amount of the lubricant fed to the braking device is controlled based on a temperature of a rotating member of the braking device. The controlling section sets the amount of the lubricant to a predetermined first feed amount when the braking device is in a braking state, calculates the temperature of the rotating member, and makes a decision in the first control, based on the calculated temperature of the rotating member, to change the amount of the lubricant from the first feed amount to a second feed amount, which is smaller than the first feed amount, when the braking device is switched from the braking state to a non-braking state.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2008Date of Patent: July 9, 2013Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Kazuki Kure, Kazuyuki Suzuki, Shigeru Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20130146416Abstract: A dual clutch transmission has a driving plate defining concentric engagement surfaces, concentric friction plates, concentric pressure plates, and first and second clutch springs for operation of the pressure plates in clamping the friction plates against their respective engagement surface on the driving plate. The driving plate has a top hat type configuration, whereby the engagement surfaces are axially off set from one another. Cooling passages may be provided in the driving plate. The dct is preferably nested, wherein the outer pressure plate is in axial alignment with the radially inner portion of the driving plate, the inner pressure plate is in axial alignment with the radially outer portion of the driving plate, and the friction plates are arranged in axial alignment with one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2012Publication date: June 13, 2013Applicant: RICARDO UK LTDInventor: Ricardo UK Ltd
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Patent number: 8365889Abstract: An automatic transmission includes a starting apparatus having a housing that rotates based on torque of a driving source, and a clutch mechanism portion positioned in the housing; an oil pump that is positioned on a side opposite to the driving source with respect to the starting apparatus in a rotational axis direction of the housing, and is driven by transmission of rotation of the housing; an oil pump housing in which the oil pump is accommodated; and a speed change mechanism that is positioned on a side opposite to the starting apparatus with respect to the oil pump housing in the rotational axis direction, and has an input shaft, which extends through the oil pump and the oil pump housing and is connected to the clutch mechanism portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2009Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: Aisin AW Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuito Abe, Hiroshi Kato, Masashi Kito, Tomoko Nishida
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Patent number: 8215439Abstract: In some preferred embodiments, the dry clutch is capable of suppressing transmission of engine rotational fluctuations from the engine to a rider via a vehicle body. In the dry clutch including a driving member (clutch shoe) 66 and a driven member (clutch drum) 62 configured to be engaged with each other and disengaged from each other in a non-lubricating atmosphere to transmit/intercept the motive power of the engine to a drive wheel, a solid lubricant 70 is interposed between the driving member 66 and the driven member 62.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2009Date of Patent: July 10, 2012Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tsuyoshi Sugitani, Mitsukazu Takebe, Fumio Takeda, Atsushi Aoyama, Kotaro Katsuno
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Publication number: 20120031727Abstract: The invention relates to an oiling concept of an equalizing unit of a drive train of a motor vehicle with a clutch device to be oiled in driving mode. In order to stop drag torques which act on the clutch device from the outside and result in increased dissipation when said clutch device is not required due to the operating state, measures are provided which promote the dry running of the clutch device. The measures include the spatial-functional separation of the oil delivery device from the clutch device and the provision of a braking or decoupling device by means of which the oil delivery device can be deactivated if there is no oil requirement.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2011Publication date: February 9, 2012Inventors: Hans-Peter NETT, Christoph Göttert, Michael Müllers, Jan Haupt
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Publication number: 20120024656Abstract: A method of lubricating a clutch disposed on a driven-side of a flywheel that is connected to a crankshaft includes rotating the flywheel and providing a flow of lubrication fluid spilling onto a driver-side of the flywheel. At least a portion of the flow of lubrication fluid is received through at least one passageway extending through the flywheel and expelled from the passageway on a driven-side of the flywheel. A clutch disposed on the driven-side of the flywheel is lubricated with the expelled lubrication fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2011Publication date: February 2, 2012Applicant: CATERPILLAR INC.Inventors: SATISH SAVANT, DAVID FEE, BRADFORD KOUGH, JONATHAN BAUMANN, PERRY CRUCE, MATTHEW DAMES
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Publication number: 20110242756Abstract: A hinge assembly having a hollow clutch is arranged to pivotally couple a portable computer base portion to a portable computer lid portion. The hinge assembly includes at least a hollow cylindrical portion that includes an annular outer region and a central bore region, the central bore region suitably arranged to provide support for electrical conductors between the base and lid portions. The hinge assembly also includes a plurality of fastening components that couple the hollow clutch to the base portion and the lid portion of the portable computer, with at least one of the fastening regions being integrally formed with the hollow cylindrical portion such that space, size and part count are minimized. The integrally formed fastening region(s) can be flat with holes dispersed therethrough for screws, bolts or the like. The central bore can also support a heat transfer element and can also serve as a lubricant reservoir.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2010Publication date: October 6, 2011Applicant: APPLE INC.Inventors: Brett William DEGNER, John M. BROCK, Bradley Joseph HAMEL
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Publication number: 20110100779Abstract: In clutch or brake cooling, a conductive brush (104) is arranged between a plate (102) and a separate cooled component (106), in order to reduce the temperature of the plate. The applied pressure from said conductive element may be responsive to the temperature of the plate. For example, the brush may be operable to move to an active, rubbing position from a non-rubbing position under predetermined temperature conditions. Similar brushes can be incorporated into bearing assemblies for clutches and brakes.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2008Publication date: May 5, 2011Inventor: Jonathan Charles Wheals
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Publication number: 20110083903Abstract: A drilling machine includes a compressor coupled to a prime mover through a hydraulic clutch, wherein the hydraulic clutch is repeatably moveable between engaged and disengaged conditions. The compressor is allowed to provide air and is restricted from providing air in response to the hydraulic clutch being in the engaged and disengaged conditions, respectively. The hydraulic clutch is moveable between the engaged and disengaged conditions during operation of the prime mover.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2009Publication date: April 14, 2011Applicant: ATLAS COPCO DRILLING SOLUTIONS LLCInventors: Timothy W. Ledbetter, Iain A. Peebles
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Publication number: 20090084652Abstract: A clutch apparatus includes a first clutch pack having a plurality of first friction disks. The first clutch pack will selectively transfer torque from a torque supplying member to a first torque receiving member. The apparatus also includes a second clutch pack having a plurality of second friction disks. The second clutch pack will selectively transfer torque from a torque supplying member to a second torque receiving member. The apparatus also includes a first rotating manifold having a first cooling inlet for directing a cooling fluid to the first clutch pack. At least a portion of the first rotating manifold is coupled for rotation with at least a portion of the first friction disks. The apparatus also includes a second rotating manifold having a second cooling inlet for directing a cooling fluid to the second clutch pack. At least a portion of the second rotating manifold is coupled for rotation with at least a portion of the second friction disks.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2008Publication date: April 2, 2009Inventors: Martin E. Kummer, Graeme A. Jackson, Jeffrey P. Hawarden
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Patent number: 7243767Abstract: A hydraulic system of a transmission, for an automatic transmission of a motor vehicle, having several pressure circuits which can be loaded with hydraulic fluid from a pressure source and in relation to the supply of different areas of the transmission are differently prioritized. The pressure in the pressure circuits is adjustable according to a system valve and one of the pressure circuits comprises a cooling device for the hydraulic fluid and a lubrication circuit located downstream of the cooling device. Between the cooling device and the lubrication circuit is provided a bypass pipe, blockable via a valve unit, which can be controlled via the valve unit so that the hydraulic fluid flow rate to be passed via the cooling device can be adjusted without changing the hydraulic fluid flow rate to be fed to the lubrication circuit.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2005Date of Patent: July 17, 2007Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AGInventors: Georg Gierer, Thilo Schmidt
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Patent number: 6637539Abstract: An all terrain vehicle includes an engine located under a hingably mounted seat, the seat providing ready access to the engine for maintenance and repair. The vehicle includes an engine having a clutch housing and a clutch cover sealably connected to the clutch housing. At least one of the clutch housing and the clutch cover include a bottom wall having at least one coolant-fillable cooling channel within the thickness of the bottom wall provided to cool oil above the clutch housing and the clutch cover. The vehicle also includes a frame having a plurality of engine mounting points. The engine is supportable by the frame and includes a crankcase and a plurality of mounting points adapted to engage the plurality of engine mounting points on the frame. The plurality of mounting points include at least one uppermost mounting point, wherein the at least one uppermost mounting point is positioned on the crankcase.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2001Date of Patent: October 28, 2003Assignee: Bombardier Inc.Inventors: Roger Rioux, Claude Gagnon, Johann Holzleitner
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Patent number: 6637957Abstract: A ribbon mechanism mounted in the lid of a printer includes a ribbon carriage pivotally coupled to the lid for folding out of the lid by virtue of its mass when the lid is open and for folding in the lid as the lid is closed. The invention comprises a clutch disk made of plastic, which may be used in a printer mechanism. The design utilizes two different injection molded plastic clutch disks that run face to face to produce relatively high dynamic and low static frictional forces. The clutch assembly uses raised areas on one of the pair of clutch disks. The raised areas allow a better overall contact between the disks so as to achieve more desirable coefficients of friction. The materials chosen for the clutch disks not only have the desirable coefficients of friction, but also have good wear characteristics against each other.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2001Date of Patent: October 28, 2003Assignee: ZIH Corp.Inventors: Philip Mastinick, Lawrence E. Smolenski
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Patent number: 6343682Abstract: A one-way clutch has an annular space through which an outer ring and an inner ring face each other, the outer ring and the inner ring being disposed inside and outside each other in a diameter direction and concentrically with each other. A lubricant for lubricating an inner peripheral face of the outer ring and an outer peripheral face of the inner ring on which rollers roll is prepared by mixing a urea-based consistency increasing agent into ester-based or synthetic oil-based base oil with a pressure viscosity coefficient (at a temperature of 25° C.) set at 12 GPa−1 or more. The lubricant provides for movement of state switching components to be stabilized even at a low temperature and wear of the state switching components and operating faces can be suppressed even at a high temperature.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2000Date of Patent: February 5, 2002Assignee: Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tadahiro Terada, Hajime Tazumi, Yoshitaka Nakagawa, Hideki Fujiwara
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Patent number: 6220024Abstract: A drive unit for a conveyor, in particular for a belt conveyor with a driving motor, includes a hydrodynamic clutch having a pump and turbine wheel which jointly form a working chamber which can be filled with operating material. The hydrodynamic clutch can be at least indirectly coupled with a drive shaft of the conveyor. An operating material supply system is allocated to the hydrodynamic clutch and includes a closed circulation having a bypass circuit. An operating material tank is disposed in the bypass circuit and above the clutch.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 1999Date of Patent: April 24, 2001Assignee: Voith Turbo GmbH & Co., KGInventor: Eugen Spintzyk