Element Positioned Between Intermeshing Teeth On Driving And Driven Members Patents (Class 464/73)
  • Patent number: 11702127
    Abstract: An assist mechanism includes: an electric motor in which a rotor has a magnet and a stator has a winding; a shaft-shaped member in which a worm engaged with a worm wheel is formed; and a coupling that couples an output shaft of the electric motor and the shaft-shaped member to each other. The smallest rotation order among rotation orders of the electric motor and a rotation order of the worm are prime to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventor: Yasushi Honda
  • Patent number: 11624408
    Abstract: A shaft coupling includes a first coupling member, a second coupling member, and a cushioning member. The first coupling member includes first protrusions. The second coupling member includes second protrusions. The cushioning member includes a plurality of radiating portions. When the first coupling member and the second coupling member are arranged coaxially and the first coupling member and the second coupling member are in an unloaded state, predetermined paired facing surfaces have a minimum clearance angle present on a radially outer side with respect to a center of the radiating portion in a radiating direction. The predetermined paired facing surfaces are at least one of first paired facing surfaces and second paired facing surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naofumi Kawamura, Hideyuki Honkado
  • Patent number: 11319997
    Abstract: A flexible shock-absorbing parts, suitable for use in a flexible damping device which connects and absorbs torque from two different mechanical shafts, so that they are coaxial during transmission. The flexible shock-absorbing parts is arranged between the two machines and closely attached to them; the flexible shock-absorbing parts are arranged radially on the first plane. The first plane is composed of the X-axis and the Y-axis in the Cartesian coordinate system. When the flexible shock-absorbing parts are installed in the vehicle, it allows the vehicle to absorb larger instantaneous external forces received by the wheels when the vehicle is travelling so that the impact of these external forces on the structure of the motor and the second gear inside the gear box can be reduced, thereby achieving protection for them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: DALU ROBOTECH, TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuan Gao
  • Patent number: 11173950
    Abstract: A reducer of an electric power-assisted steering apparatus includes: a second shaft that is gear-coupled to a worm wheel by a worm disposed on an outer circumference of the second shaft and is connected to a first shaft driven by a motor through a power transfer member; a bearing coupled to an inside of a gear housing so as to support rotation of the second shaft; and a ring-shaped fixing member that is coupled to the second shaft and supported by one side of the bearing, and provides support between the second shaft and the bearing, thereby preventing the second shaft from escaping from the power transfer member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: MANDO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jong Han Kim
  • Patent number: 11027400
    Abstract: An electrically isolated coupler may include a driven body, a drive body and an insulating member. The drive body is made of first metallic material and has a driven end configured to interface with a fastening component. The driven body includes a first interface portion and the drive body includes a second interface portion. The drive body is made of a second metallic material and has a drive end configured to interface with a driving tool. The insulating member is disposed between the drive body and the driven body to electrically isolate the drive body and the driven body from each. The first interface portion includes at least one axially extending portion that extends toward the drive body, and the second interface portion includes at least one axially extending portion that extends toward the driven body. The insulating member is disposed between the respective at least one axially extending portions of the first and second interface portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: APEX BRANDS, INC.
    Inventors: James Richard Raskin, Matthew Paul Keller
  • Patent number: 10982721
    Abstract: A first concave-convex portion of a first transmission member is engaged with an intermediate concave-convex portion of an intermediate transmission member with a circumferential gap being therebetween. A second concave-convex portion of a second transmission member is engaged with the intermediate concave-convex portion with a circumferential gap being therebetween. A first elastic member and a second elastic member are engaged with a first engagement portion and a second engagement portion of the intermediate transmission member such that separation between the intermediate transmission member and the first elastic member and the second elastic member can be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Ryou Oosawa, Toru Segawa, Toru Ishii
  • Patent number: 10683780
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a phase control apparatus in a variable cam timing (VCT) system of an engine, the phase control apparatus having a locked configuration where a locking pin coupled to a first vane of the vane rotor is engaged with a locking pin recess in a cover plate of the phase control apparatus. In one example, the phase control apparatus includes a rubber or plastic isolator pad positioned in a recess in a wall adjacent to the first vane such that when the vane rotor is rotated to the locked configuration, the first vane contacts the isolator pad before it can strike the housing. The isolator pad serves to maintain the gap between the first vane and the housing, and also reduces the likelihood of other vanes of the vane rotor from striking the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Mohammad Ali Moetakef
  • Patent number: 10288126
    Abstract: A driving-side transmission portion of an output shaft of an electric motor and a driven-side transmission portion of a worm shaft are coupled to each other via a torque transmission joint including an elastic member and a coupling such that the torque can be transmitted. One axial end portion of a coupling-side concave-convex portion of the coupling is engaged with a first driving-side concave-convex portion of the driving-side transmission portion with a gap in the circumferential direction, and the other axial end portion thereof is engaged with a first driven-side concave-convex portion of the driven-side transmission portion with a gap in the circumferential direction. The elastic member is provided between an axial center portion of the coupling-side concave-convex portion, and a second driving-side concave-convex portion of the driving-side transmission portion and a second driven-side concave-convex portion of the driven-side transmission portion such that the torque can be transmitted respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Segawa, Ryou Oosawa
  • Patent number: 10087993
    Abstract: A claw coupling includes two coupling elements disposed in opposite relationship and having confronting end face surfaces from which claws engage alternately into one another. A pressure body ring, disposed between the two coupling elements, includes a ring element and pressure bodies which project radially outwards from the ring element and are respectively received between two adjacently disposed claws of the coupling elements. Some pressure bodies have each an axially projecting spacer with a contact surface which, when a predefined torque is transmitted via the claw coupling, is pressed against a contact surface area of the end face surface of an adjacent coupling element. The contact surface area is slanted or curved such that, in a no-load state of the claw coupling an axial distance between the contact surface of the spacer and the contact surface area of the end face surface increases in a radially outwards direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Stefan Kleinewegen
  • Patent number: 9863482
    Abstract: 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 rotating shaft 4; a rotation transmitting member 8 constituted by a pair of rigid rotation transmitting members 6 and 7 disposed between the rotating shaft 2 and the rotating shaft 4 through both coupling base bodies 3 and 5 and adapted to transmit the rotation of the rotating shaft 2 in an R direction about an axis O to the rotating shaft 4; an elastic member 9 interposed between the rotation transmitting members 6 and 7 and coupled to the rotation transmitting members 6 and 7 in such a manner as to be axially superposed on the rotation transmitting members 6 and 7; and a coupling means 10 for coupling the pair of rotation transmitting members 6 and 7 to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: OILES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuichi Yamaguchi, Noboru Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 9796418
    Abstract: A torque transmission joint has a shock-absorbing member between a drive shaft and a driven shaft. When the drive shaft is rotated in one direction, forces due to torque transmitted from the drive shaft to the driven shaft act inward in a radial direction of the shock-absorbing member on held sections that are held between one side surfaces in the circumferential direction of drive-side arm sections that are positioned in the front side in the one direction of rotation of the drive shaft, and side surfaces in the circumferential direction of driven-side arm sections that are positioned on the rear side in the one direction of rotation of the drive shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Seiichi Moriyama, Hiroshi Shibazaki, Toru Segawa, Takeshi Yamamoto, Kazuhiko Kojima
  • Patent number: 9789903
    Abstract: Provided is a torque-transmission joint 15a that is able to reduce the thrust force that is transmitted between the output shaft 12a of an electric motor 8 and a worm shaft 6a without generating noise. A shock-absorbing member 18a that is made using an elastic material is assembled between a driving-side transmission member 16a that is supported by the output shaft 12a and a driven-side member 17a that is supported by the worm shaft 6a. Held sections 33a, 33b of the shock-absorbing member 18a are located between the side surfaces in the circumferential direction of driving-side arm sections 21a of the driving-side transmission member 16a and side surfaces in the circumferential direction of driven-side arm sections 23a of the driven-side transmission member 17a. A damper section 26 is integrally provided with the shock-absorbing member 18a, and that damper section 26 is elastically held between the tip-end surface of the output shaft 12a and the base-end surface of the worm shaft 16a.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Seiichi Moriyama, Kazuhiko Kojima
  • Patent number: 9718493
    Abstract: A shock-absorbing member comprises held sections located at a plurality of locations in a circumferential direction and comprising paired held sections and non-paired held sections, and is constructed to have a non-circular cylindrical shape in cross-section. Portions where outer-diameter side end sections of held sections that are adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction are made continuous by way of outer-diameter side cover sections, and portions where inner-diameter side end sections of held sections that are adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction are made continuous directly or by way of inner-diameter side cover sections, in an alternating sequence in the circumferential direction. Drive-side arm sections are placed between the non-paired held sections, driven-side arm sections are placed between the paired held sections, and the outer circumferential surfaces of the drive-side arm sections are covered by the outer-diameter side cover sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiichi Moriyama, Hiroshi Shibazaki, Toru Segawa, Takeshi Yamamoto, Kazuhiko Kojima
  • Patent number: 9689435
    Abstract: A pressure body arrangement for a claw coupling includes a pressure body ring made of elastic material. The pressure body ring includes a ring element and pressure bodies which project radially outwards from the ring element. The ring element has an inner circumference which is provided with a circumferential slot-shaped cutout. Inserted in the slot-shaped cutout such as to be releasable non-destructively is a strengthening ring which is made from a material having a strength which is greater that a strength of the elastic material of the pressure body ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Stefan Kleinewegen
  • Patent number: 9638263
    Abstract: A claw coupling includes two coupling elements having claws which engage alternately into one another and have confronting concave claw surfaces configured to follow a first circular track. Disposed between the coupling elements is a pressure body arrangement having pressure bodies respectively received between the claws of one coupling element and the claws of the other coupling element. The pressure bodies have convex pressure body surfaces which engage during a torque transmission with the claw surfaces of the claws. Each pressure body surface is configured to follow a second circular track, with the radius of the first circular track and the radius of the second circular track touching one another at a radially innermost point of the claw surface which is disposed on a common straight line having a center point of the first circular track and a center point of the second circular track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Stefan Kleinewegen
  • Patent number: 9574616
    Abstract: A joint device includes a drive rotor fixed to a drive shaft, a driven rotor fixed to a driven shaft, and a ring-shaped buffer located between the drive rotor and the driven rotor. The drive rotor includes a drive engagement portion that projects toward the driven rotor in an axial direction. The driven rotor includes a driven engagement portion that projects toward the drive rotor in the axial direction. The buffer includes an outer surface, which includes a first engagement recess and a second engagement recess that are recessed toward a radially inner side. An outer diameter of a bottom surface of the second engagement recess is smaller than an inner diameter of the driven engagement portion or an outer diameter of a bottom surface of the first engagement recess is smaller than an inner diameter of the drive engagement portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: ASMO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuyuki Hakamata
  • Patent number: 9546695
    Abstract: A hub-based drive coupling mechanism for a fusing assembly, including a gear operatively coupled to a motor; a hub member; and a backup roll having a shaft rotatably coupled to the gear via the hub member, the gear including an outer cylindrical portion having a plurality of tabs disposed along an inner surface thereof, the hub member including an annular portion having a plurality of protrusions radially extending therefrom, and the backup roll shaft having a pin member. When the drive gear is rotated, the plurality of tabs of the drive gear directly contact the plurality of protrusions of the hub member to cause the hub member to rotate and the plurality of protrusions of the hub member directly contact the plurality of segments of the pin member to cause the shaft to rotate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffery James Buchanan, Alexander J Geyling
  • Patent number: 9506502
    Abstract: An elastic shaft coupling including a first circular cylindrical shaft hub including first claws distributed over an outer circumference of the first shaft hub and offset from one another; and a second circular cylindrical shaft hub including second claws distributed over an outer circumference of the second shaft hub and offset from one another, wherein the first claws and the second claws engage one another through protruding into respective intermediary spaces, wherein an elastic coupling element is respectively arranged between adjacent first claws and second claws, wherein at least an outer circular cylindrical circumferential surface of a shaft hub is provided with mounting surfaces for the claws, wherein the outer circumferential surface is configured in a portion of the mounting surfaces so that it differs from the circular cylindrical contour and the claws supported by the hub contact the hub side mounting surfaces in a form locking manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: CENTA-ANTRIEBE KIRSCHEY GMBH
    Inventor: Gerhard Kirschey
  • Patent number: 9434405
    Abstract: A shaft coupler that couples a worm shaft and an output shaft of an electric motor in an electric power steering device includes a joint on a motor side that is connected to the output shaft, a joint on a worm side that is connected to the worm shaft, and a coupling that is provided between the joints and that is for transmitting rotational torque of the electric motor to the worm shaft. The joint on the motor side and the joint on the worm side, each having a plurality of protrusion parts that extend in an axial direction, are arranged so that the protrusion parts are aligned alternately in a circumferential direction. The coupling is formed by a plurality of caps that are fitted to the protrusion parts of the joint on the motor side or the joint on the worm side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: KYB Corporation
    Inventors: Shinraku Yoshikawa, Tetsurou Shimizu, Katsumi Shimoda
  • Patent number: 9205861
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electric power steering apparatus for a vehicle and a method of assembling the same. According to the present invention, an elastic member provided between a boss and a worm shaft does not suppress the movement of the worm shaft in the axial direction and in the radial direction, a process of assembling the driving shaft of the motor and the worm shaft can be simplified, and a time required for assembly can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: MANDO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jong Han Kim
  • Patent number: 9148039
    Abstract: A motor assembly includes a working part, a synchronous motor having a shaft, and a mechanical coupling joining the working part to the motor. The coupling has two driving teeth fixed relative to the shaft, two driven teeth fixed relative to the working part, and two middle members. The coupling provides a predetermined range of angular movement between the motor and the working part. The middle members are circumferentially distributed between the two driving teeth and between the two driven teeth, thereby each of the middle members is movable by the driving teeth to contact the driven teeth and provides an interference between a driving tooth and a driven tooth to drive the working part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: JOHNSON ELECTRIC S.A
    Inventors: Zhi Ping Fu, Po Lun Cheng, Min Li
  • Patent number: 9121452
    Abstract: A torsional coupler can be dimensioned for securement between a rotational motion source and a rotational motion target. The torsional coupler can include a first end component and a second end component that can cooperatively interengage one another such that such that rotational motion imparted on the first end component is transmitted to the second end component. Interposed between the first end component and the second end component is one or more force-transfer elements through which torque and/or other rotational output is transmitted. The one or more force-transfer elements can include one or more pressurizable elements into and out of which pressurized fluid (e.g., gas and/or liquid) can be transferred. Additionally, or in the alternative, the one or more force-transfer elements can include one or more biasing elements having a positive stiffness and one or more biasing elements having a negative stiffness. A rotary power transmission is also included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Firestone Industrial Products Company, LLC
    Inventors: Joshua R. Leonard, Pradipta N. Moulik, Graham R. Brookes
  • Patent number: 9062759
    Abstract: Pulley device for a rotary machine, and in particular a compressor, comprising a pulley, a rolling bearing, a torque transmission plate having an axial sleeve designed to be mounted on a rotary spindle of the rotary machine and a radial plate extending radially from the axial sleeve and having the general shape of a disc, said pulley being mounted on an outer ring of the rolling bearing and on the torque transmission plate, the torque transmission plate being able to transmit a rotational movement from the pulley to the rotary spindle. Said pulley device comprises a damping element located between the pulley and the torque transmission plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventors: Benoit Arnault, Nicolas Berruet, Michel Bonnet, Richard Corbett, Samuel Viault
  • Patent number: 9051973
    Abstract: A shaft coupling mechanism for an electric power steering apparatus includes a coupling base body coupled to a rotating shaft on a side of an electric motor; a coupling base body coupled to a steering shaft; rotation transmitting members interposed between both coupling base bodies and adapted to transmit the rotation of the rotating shaft in an R direction to the steering shaft through both coupling base bodies; an intermediate interposed member interposed between the coupling base bodies; and a coupling means for coupling the rotation transmitting members to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: OILES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noboru Nakagawa, Hiroshi Ohashi
  • Patent number: 9022872
    Abstract: An in-line coupling device for a motor driven agricultural system utilizes less metal components while optimizing torque transfer. The device comprises a puck having a plurality of outwardly extending arms, a first shaft hub having outwardly extending flanges adapted to seat between a pair of the plurality of outwardly extending arms, and a second shaft hub having outwardly extending flanges adapted to seat between a pair of the outwardly extending arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Omni USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey K. Daniel
  • Patent number: 8992334
    Abstract: A flexible shaft coupling demonstrates a high performance in transmitting torque and accommodating positional deviations, and is yet highly durable. A first elastomer member (82) having a relatively high rubber hardness is circumferentially interposed between a first claw (32) of a first shaft coupling member (20) and a second claw (62) of a second shaft coupling member (50), and a second elastomer member (84, 86) having a lower rubber hardness than the first elastomer member is interposed between a surface portion (end surface) (30) of the first shaft coupling member (20) and the second claw (62) and/or between a surface portion (end surface) (60) of the second shaft coupling member (50) and the first claw (32).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Miki Pulley Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Sato, Shigeyuki Hattori, Takayuki Satomi, Junpei Kajiyama
  • Patent number: 8951130
    Abstract: A flexible shaft assembly that transfers torque from a driver to a driven member includes a stub shaft that includes an elongated shaft axis, where the stub shaft couples to the driver, and a flexible coupling that includes a first hub that is adjustably connected to a second hub, where the second hub is coupled to the driven member and includes an external cylindrical interface. The flexible shaft assembly further includes a spacer that includes a spacer body, a shaft clearance hole that passes through the spacer body having a central axis extending therethrough, and a cylindrical guide surface concentric with the shaft clearance hole, where the external cylindrical interface of the flexible coupling is located inside the cylindrical guide surface, and the first hub adjusts relative to the second hub when the elongated shaft axis is out of alignment with the central axis of the shaft clearance hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark E. Neufelder, Tracy R. Nelson, William L. Huddleston
  • Patent number: 8951131
    Abstract: A rotation transmission device transmits the rotation force to an output shaft. The rotation transmission device includes a rotation body and a buffer mechanism. The rotation body includes a plurality of engagement portions. The buffer mechanism includes an elastic member and a transmission plate. The elastic member includes multiple pairs of damper portions. Each pair of damper portions is arranged to contact two side surfaces of one of the engagement portions. The transmission plate includes an output connection portion, a planar portion, and a plurality of engagement pieces. The output connection portion is connected to the output shaft. The engagement pieces are bent from the planar portion to project in an axial direction. Each of the engagement pieces cooperate with one of the engagement portions to sandwich each of the damper portions in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Asmo Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Nakatsune Shirai
  • Patent number: 8814710
    Abstract: A torque transmission assembly has a first shaft, a second shaft and a coupling. The coupling has a first connecting member and a second connecting member. The first connecting member is coaxially fixed to the first shaft. The second connecting member is fixed to the second shaft. The first connecting member has a base with a metallic engaging member embedded inside. The engaging member directly connects to the first shaft. A plurality of projecting members is formed on the base. The projecting members extend in the axial direction and are circumferentially spaced. The second connecting member has a main body and a plurality of drive arms radially extending from the main body. The drive arms are sandwiched between corresponding projecting members of the first connecting member so that the first connecting member and the second connecting member rotate together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Johnson Electric S.A.
    Inventors: Kai Zhao, Jin An Nie, Hai Qiang Zhou
  • Publication number: 20140080610
    Abstract: A shaft coupling mechanism for an electric power steering apparatus includes a coupling base body coupled to a rotating shaft on a side of an electric motor; a coupling base body coupled to a steering shaft; rotation transmitting members interposed between both coupling base bodies and adapted to transmit the rotation of the rotating shaft in an R direction to the steering shaft through both coupling base bodies; an intermediate interposed member interposed between the coupling base bodies; and a coupling means for coupling the rotation transmitting members to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: Oiles Corporation
    Inventors: Noboru NAKAGAWA, Hiroshi OHASHI
  • Patent number: 8602154
    Abstract: An electric power steering device includes a power transmission joint (21) which coaxially couples an output shaft of a steering assist electric motor to an input shaft of a speed reduction mechanism for power transmission. The power transmission joint (21) includes first and second engagement members (41, 42) and an elastic member (43) disposed between the first and second engagement members (41, 42). The elastic member (43) includes an annular main body (44) and a plurality of engagement arms (45) provided at a predetermined interval circumferentially of the main body (44). The engagement arms (45) are engaged with engagement projections (55, 56) of the first and second engagement members (41, 42) circumferentially (X1) of the main body (44). Power transmission faces (46, 460) of the engagement arms (45) include power transmission faces (460) each having a relatively great interference (d1) and power transmission faces (46) each having a relatively small interference (d2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: JTEKT Corporation
    Inventors: Souichi Iwasa, Toshio Iida
  • Publication number: 20130252745
    Abstract: A rotation transmission device transmits the rotation force to an output shaft. The rotation transmission device includes a rotation body and a buffer mechanism. The rotation body includes a plurality of engagement portions. The buffer mechanism includes an elastic member and a transmission plate. The elastic member includes multiple pairs of damper portions. Each pair of damper portions is arranged to contact two side surfaces of one of the engagement portions. The transmission plate includes an output connection portion, a planar portion, and a plurality of engagement pieces. The output connection portion is connected to the output shaft. The engagement pieces are bent from the planar portion to project in an axial direction. Each of the engagement pieces cooperate with one of the engagement portions to sandwich each of the damper portions in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: ASMO CO., LTD
    Inventor: Nakatsune Shirai
  • Patent number: 8499915
    Abstract: A quick disconnect coupling including a first hub, a shaft fixedly connected to the first hub, the shaft being non-round in cross-section, and a second hub having a non-round recess extending therethrough, the non-round recess being sized to closely receive the shaft such that the second hub is capable of sliding along the shaft and is prevented from rotating about the shaft, wherein rotation of the first hub results in corresponding rotation of the second hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: F. R. Drake
    Inventors: William L. Harrison, William M. Oliver, Jeffrey D. Wightman
  • Publication number: 20130133841
    Abstract: A roller blind coupling (101) for use in coupling a pair of adjacent roller blinds (102, 104) which are angled relative to each other, the coupling (101) including a first splined bush (2) adapted to engage a first roller tube (106), a second splined bush (4) adapted to engage a second roller tube (108) and a flexible shaft (6), wherein the flexible shaft (6) includes a first connector which engages the first splined bush (2) and a second connector (20) which engages the second splined bush (4), whereby the flexible shaft (6) connects the first and second splined (2, 4) bushes and rotation of the first splined bush (2) is transmitted to the second splined bush (4) via the flexible shaft (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: LOUVER-LITE LIMITED
    Inventors: Antony Barnes, Andrew Greening
  • Publication number: 20130102396
    Abstract: A torque transmission assembly has a first shaft, a second shaft, and a coupling device. The coupling device includes a first coupling member rotating with the first shaft, and a second coupling member fixed with the second shaft. The first coupling member includes a bottom wall having a mounting face, and a plurality of arms extending axially from the mounting face. The arms are circumferentially spaced from each other with a receiving space defined between each two neighboring arms. The second coupling member includes a main body and a plurality of spaced arms extending radially from an outer periphery of the main body. Each of the arms of the second coupling member is received in a respective receiving space of the first coupling member, thus the first coupling member rotates with the second coupling member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: Johnson Electric S.A.
    Inventor: Johnson Electric S.A.
  • Publication number: 20120264524
    Abstract: A shaft coupling mechanism 1 for an electric power steering apparatus includes a coupling base body 3 coupled to a rotating shaft 2 on a side of an electric motor; a coupling base body 5 coupled to a steering shaft 4; rotation transmitting members 6 and 7 interposed between both coupling base bodies 3 and 5 and adapted to transmit the rotation of the rotating shaft 2 in an R direction to the steering shaft 4 through both coupling base bodies 3 and 5; an intermediate interposed member 8 interposed between the coupling base bodies 3 and 5; and a coupling means 9 for coupling the rotation transmitting members 6 and 7 to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Inventors: Noboru Nakagawa, Hiroshi Ohashi
  • Patent number: 8257184
    Abstract: A driveline coupler can have a pair of load arms that engage with an insert member between them. The load arms can be configured to couple to shafts in a drive assembly. At least one load arm can be adjustable to couple with different sized shafts. The at least one load arm can also self center different sized shafts including different sized shafts of similar shapes. The coupler can further have a center pin to align the coupler. A coupler with a center pin can further have a fixing member to lock the coupler in alignment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Universal Motion Components Co. Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Ray Cordes, Ronald Scott Craig
  • Publication number: 20120208649
    Abstract: A shaft coupling mechanism 1 for an electric power steering apparatus includes a coupling base body 3 coupled to a rotating shaft 2 on an electric motor side of an electric power steering apparatus; a coupling base body 5 coupled to a steering shaft 4 serving as a rotating shaft; and an intermediate interposed member 8 interposed between both coupling base bodies 3 and 5 and adapted to transmit the rotation of the rotating shaft 2 in an R direction to the steering shaft 4 in cooperation with both coupling base bodies 3 and 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Inventors: Noboru Nakagawa, Daisuke Yoshimoto
  • Patent number: 8117943
    Abstract: A torsional vibration damper includes a one-piece integral hub and annular inertia mass assembly. Between the hub and the inertia mass are intermediate rings connected integrally with the mass and the hub connected integral spokes. Elastomeric members are compression fitted within spaces formed between the hub and the mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Metavation, LLC
    Inventor: Suhale Manzoor
  • Patent number: 8091450
    Abstract: A torsional vibration damper includes a one-piece integral hub and annular inertia mass assembly. Between the hub and the inertia mass are intermediate rings connected integrally with the mass and the hub connected integral spokes. Elastomeric members are compression fitted within spaces formed between the hub and the mass. With this design, the damper can be formed from a polymeric material with an embedded annular weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Metavation, LLC
    Inventors: Suhale Manzoor, Bruce G. Christenson
  • Patent number: 8069745
    Abstract: A power steering device includes a first gear provided on the first shaft, the first gear having a centerline axis, and a second gear operatively connected to the first gear. The second gear includes a rotational axis that is maintained substantially coplanar with the centerline axis. The power steering device further includes a compliant member operatively connected with the second gear. The compliant member allows rotational compliance of the second gear while avoiding axial and radial compliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Inventors: Troy P. Strieter, Anthony J. Champagne
  • Patent number: 8042674
    Abstract: A clutch device is described comprising a first clutch element, a second clutch element that is disposed in a coaxial manner in relation to the first clutch element, a first engagement means, a second engagement provided for engaging with the first engagement in a positively interlocking manner for transmitting a torque between the first clutch element and the second clutch element, and a spring biasing the first engagement element and the second engagement element in a circumferential direction against each other. The spring comprises a leg spring with a ring part and two legs, wherein the ring part is disposed in a substantially coaxial relation to the first and second clutch parts and the legs extend in a radially outward direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Getrag Ford Transmissions GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Hegerath, Uwe Hinsberger, Johann None Kirchhoffer, Josef Fuss
  • Publication number: 20110110688
    Abstract: A drive transmission mechanism including a drive shaft, a rotational driving member having at least two first protrusions and provided to the drive shaft, a driven member having at least two second protrusions and provided to a rotary shaft of a rotary member, deformable connecting parts provided to at least one of portions between the first protrusions and the rotational driving member and portions between the second protrusions and the driven member, and an elastic member covering the deformable connecting parts. The deformable connecting parts displace one of the first and second protrusions relative to one of the rotational driving member and the driven member in a direction tangential to a direction of rotation of the rotational driving member and the driven member upon contact of the first protrusions with the second protrusions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Inventor: Junya Takigawa
  • Patent number: 7931538
    Abstract: A torque dampening compensator for a vehicle including an isolator member disposed between an input member and an output member. The isolator member includes isolator elements disposed between corresponding lugs of the respective input and output members. The lugs of the output member have a draft angle, and the isolator elements have contact faces corresponding to the respective lugs with unequal axial depths to induce a moment on each isolator element that counteracts a thrust load between the input and output members initiated by the draft angle. One isolator element of the isolator member is formed to have a size corresponding to the space provided between adjacent lugs of the input and output members and a shape that is dissimilar from the space. The one isolator element is resiliently deformable into the space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Harley-Davidson Motor Company Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Martinek, Joel Kopp, William Boppre
  • Patent number: 7883423
    Abstract: A shaft coupling mechanism for an electric power steering apparatus includes a coupling base body coupled to a rotating shaft; a coupling base body coupled to a steering shaft serving as a rotating shaft; and a rotation transmitting member which is disposed between the both coupling base bodies and transmits the rotation of the coupling base body in a direction about the axis, i.e., in an R direction, to the coupling base body as rotation in the R direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Oiles Corporation
    Inventors: Shuichi Kubota, Takashi Horiguchi, Katsunori Saito, Toshio Iida, Yoshifumi Obata
  • Patent number: 7849991
    Abstract: A quick disconnect coupling including a first hub, a shaft fixedly connected to the first hub, the shaft being non-round in cross-section, and a second hub having a non-round recess extending therethrough, the non-round recess being sized to closely receive the shaft such that the second hub is capable of sliding along the shaft and is prevented from rotating about the shaft, wherein rotation of the first hub results in corresponding rotation of the second hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: F.R. Drake Company
    Inventors: William L. Harrison, William M. Oliver, Jeffrey D. Wightman
  • Publication number: 20100304907
    Abstract: A torsional compensator having an inner hub, an outer sprocket, left and right grippers, and a resilient torsion sleeve. The torsion sleeve occupies a generally annular cavity between the inner hub and outer sprocket and each end of the sleeve is coupled to a gripper. One gripper is coupled to the inside of the outer sprocket and the other gripper is coupled to the outside of the inner hub and they are axially spaced apart. The inner hub supports the outer sprocket for coaxial rotation thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2009
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: THE GATES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jing Yuan
  • Patent number: 7763336
    Abstract: A flexible shaft coupling sleeve comprising a sleeve shaped body having a central annular portion and a coupling receiving portion at each of two opposing sleeve ends, and a coupling device incorporating such sleeve. The sleeve's coupling receiving portions include axially extending teeth on their inner surfaces. The flexible shaft coupling sleeve is formed of a polyurethane elastomer composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: The Gates Corporation
    Inventors: Arthur Jack Clarke, Richard Bell, Joseph R. Duke, Jr., William W. L. Wu
  • Patent number: 7744473
    Abstract: 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 device to be driven, an intermediate piece engaged with the adapter shaft, and a sub-component that is engaged with the intermediate piece and is detachably connectible with form-locking to an input shaft, particularly a motor shaft. The sub-component includes a bore hole for accommodating the input shaft in the sub-component, and the sub-component has at least three claws for forming the coupling. The adapter shaft, at its second end, thus at the end facing the intermediate piece, has at least three claws for forming a coupling. The intermediate piece is provided between the claws of the sub-component and the claws of the adapter shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Sew-Eurodrive GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Heinrich Zimmermann, Roland Denefleh, Günter Oberländer
  • Publication number: 20100113164
    Abstract: Torque transmission device 910 for the vibration-reduced transmission of torques via at least one shaft, having: 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 to one another, the damping arrangement having a stepped progressive characteristic with increasing relative rotation between drive element 912 and driven element 914.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2007
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: SGF Suddeutsche Gelenkscheibenfabrik GmbH & Co., KG
    Inventors: Joachim Rothe, Steffen Jerye