With Brake Means For Gearing Patents (Class 74/411.5)
  • Patent number: 11795731
    Abstract: An access control device generally includes an electromechanical actuator operable to transition the access control device between a locked state and an unlocked state, an energy storage device operable to store electrical power from a power supply, and control circuitry. The control circuitry is configured to direct a first electrical power from the energy storage device to the electromechanical actuator in response to one or more first criteria. In a fail secure mode, the first electrical power is configured to cause the electromechanical actuator to transition the access control device to the locked state. In a fail safe mode, the first electrical power is configured to cause the electromechanical actuator to transition the access control device to the unlocked state. Certain embodiments further include a user-adjustable switch operable to transition the control circuitry between the fail secure mode and the fail safe mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Schlage Lock Company LLC
    Inventors: John C. Carpenter, William B. Ainley
  • Patent number: 11415216
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for controlling operation of a vehicle includes a controller having a processor and a tangible, non-transitory memory. The vehicle includes a park assembly with a park actuator motor having an actuator shaft. The vehicle has a park mode and an out-of-park mode. The controller is configured to determine if the park actuator motor has reached an out-of-park position when a shift command to the out-of-park mode is received. The controller is configured to obtain and store at least one dynamic parameter associated with the park actuator motor prior to the detent member reaching the out-of-park position. The method includes determining a load factor based on the dynamic parameter over time when at least one of a predefined time threshold and a predefined motor position threshold is reached. Operation of the vehicle is controlled based at least partially on the load factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Qiang Mei, Vijay A. Neelakantan, Young Joo Lee, Brian A. Welchko
  • Patent number: 11408492
    Abstract: An electric actuator 1 includes a drive unit 2, a driving force transmission mechanism 3, a motion conversion mechanism 4, an accommodation space accommodating the drive unit 2, the driving force transmission mechanism 3, and the motion conversion mechanism 4, and a ventilation section 5. The ventilation section 5 includes a vent 53 penetrating a partition wall partitioning the driving force transmission mechanism 3, an air flow path 46 communicating with the vent 53, and a filter 60.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsunori Shimizu, Shinsuke Hirano
  • Patent number: 11181073
    Abstract: An actuator includes a screw mounted on a body to pivot, a nut connected to an element for moving, and that is engaged on the screw to be moved between an over-retracted first position and a deployed second position on either side of a retracted third position that is spaced apart from the over-retracted position by a distance corresponding to the screw rotating through a first angular sector and an anti-extension device comprising a friction disk having at least one smooth surface and an obstacle both for co-operating with at least one pawl, thereby defining both at least one second angular sector of free rotation for the friction disk and also a position for blocking the friction disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE
    Inventors: Mickael Werquin, Julien Hautecoeur, Christophe Bastide, Pascal Omnes
  • Patent number: 11174839
    Abstract: A system comprising a blade pitch system having a set of locking holes. A pitch drive assembly is coupled to the blade pitch system and configured to rotate clockwise or counterclockwise within a range of angular degrees to adjust a blade pitch angle. The system includes a pitch lock pin-and-hole system including an interface plate and at least one blade pitch lock assembly coupled to the interface plate. Each lock assembly includes a locking pin having a pin center axis parallel with a center axis of a locking hole to engage a respective one locking hole of the set to lock the blade pitch angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daniel A. Broderick, Stephen Firkser, Anthony Pellegrino
  • Patent number: 10907712
    Abstract: A lockable electromechanical actuator including: a screw extending along a longitudinal axis; a nut engaged on the screw and provided with means for connection to an element that is to be moved; and a passive locking device for locking the element that is to be moved in the retracted position; the passive locking device including a device for actuating a lock that can selectively adopt a first position in which the lock prevents relative turning between the screw and the nut, which would lead to the element that is to be moved being deployed, and a second position in which the nut is free to turn, the lock passing from one of its first and second positions to the other one of its first and second positions when the element that is to be moved is taken beyond its retracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Safran Electronics & Defense
    Inventors: Christophe Bastide, Pascal Omnes
  • Patent number: 10458419
    Abstract: A transmission device of a fan is provided. A central axis and an eccentric position of the transmission device are connected with a spindle and a connecting rod, respectively. The spindle is connected with a motor through gears. A first casing and a second casing of the transmission device are pivotally connected to each other. An accommodation hole of the second casing is provided with an elastic member and a press member to engage with an engaging recess of the first casing, such that the fan can be swung. When the user applies a force to change the angle of the fan, the press member is pressed by two press portions of the first casing to disengage from the engaging recess, such that the second casing can be turned relative to the first casing to prevent gear slipping or gear jumping of the motor, the gears, and the spindle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: AIR COOL INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Cliff Wang
  • Patent number: 10384365
    Abstract: Blade tilt mechanisms for table saws are disclosed. The disclosed tilt mechanisms provide easy and intuitive operation. They also provide auto-locking so that a user simply releases a component to lock the blade at a specific angle. The tilt mechanisms also provide defined incremental steps for the tilt of the blade and the steps are typically spaced at 1-degree intervals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: SawStop Holding LLC
    Inventors: Stephen F. Gass, J. David Fulmer, James F. W. Wright
  • Patent number: 10272891
    Abstract: A vehicle brake system includes a dual acting plunger assembly. The dual acting plunger assembly comprises a housing, an anti-rotation tube secured to a ball screw assembly, and a torque coupler. The torque coupler is attached between the housing and anti-rotation tube, wherein the torque coupler allows rotation between the housing and the anti-rotation tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Kelsey-Hayes Company
    Inventors: Daniel Ryan Malwitz, Blaise J. Ganzel, Gregory P. Campau
  • Patent number: 9914189
    Abstract: A machine tool for machining workpieces, wherein the machine tool has at least one first spindle assembly with at least one working spindle on which a machining tool for workpiece machining is arrangeable, wherein the machine tool has a workpiece holding device for holding workpieces for the purpose of workpiece machining by way of the machining tool, wherein the machine tool has a guide arrangement for the relative positioning of the workpiece holding device holding the workpieces and the first spindle assembly for workpiece machining, wherein the guide arrangement comprises a workpiece-holder guide for guiding the workpiece holding device so as to position a workpiece holder holding the workpieces relative to the first spindle assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: ALFING KESSLER SONDERMASCHINEN GMBH
    Inventors: Rainer Burkhardt, Hans Feifel, Markus Goggerle, Ulrich Heiermann, Manfred Krieger, Ulrich Straub
  • Patent number: 9797491
    Abstract: An electric actuator assembly comprises a main actuator including a gear set containing a stepped friction portion located on a gear shaft of a drive gear thereof, an extension rod, and a power drive for rotating the gear set to move the extension rod through a lead screw, and a one-way bearing consisting of an inner race fitted to the gear shaft of the drive gear, an outer race surrounding the inner race, and a backstop mechanism mounted in between. When operating the power drive to rotate the gear set in lifting the extension rod, the inner race is rotated by the gear set relative to the outer race in one direction. When the driving power is off, the one-way bearing cannot rotate in reverse direction, the stepped friction portion is abutted against the flat contact surface of the inner race to produce a braking effect, preventing falling of the load that is supported on the main actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: MOTECK ELECTRIC CORP.
    Inventor: Hsien-Te Tseng
  • Patent number: 9702369
    Abstract: An electric fan includes a fan body having a fan shaft coupled to a fan motor. A fan motor bracket is connected to a fixing portion of the fan motor. A swivel shaft is coupled to the fan motor bracket. A sleeve is mounted around the swivel shaft and is coupled to an output shaft of a swivel motor. The sleeve includes an inner periphery having grooves. The swivel shaft receives an elastic element extending in a radial direction of the swivel shaft. A ball is mounted to an end of the elastic element. The ball is biased by the elastic element to be partially received in one of the grooves. If the fan body is impeded during the swiveling movement, the ball moves inward and compress the elastic element, disengaging the swivel shaft from the sleeve to reduce damage to the sleeve and the output shaft of the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Inventor: Wen Ching Lee
  • Patent number: 9565945
    Abstract: A seating device can include a height adjustment mechanism that permits a height of a seat to be adjusted. The height adjustment device can be configured so that a user may provide a force to provide upward height adjustment and may also provide a force to allowing for a controlled downward height adjustment of the seat. The height adjustment device can include an actuator that is connected to a rotatable member via linkages. An end of one of the linkages may engage the rotatable member to prevent rotation of the rotatable member, which can prevent height adjustment of the seat. Movement of the actuator may cause the linkages to move so that the rotatable member is free to rotate so that a user may provide a force on the seat to effect height adjustment of the seat and/or cause the seat to be lowered at a desired speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Knoll, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam Deskevich, Michael Harper, Andrew Blair Hector, Jeffrey P. Lee, Robert A. Melhuish, Hendrik R. Van Hekken
  • Patent number: 9127767
    Abstract: An operating device for an automatically switched manual gearbox. The gearbox has a movable engagement element for each gear. The device has rotary shafts (1) and rotatable shift fingers (2, 3, 4) to move selected engagement elements each for a gear. Each separate shift finger (2, 3, 4) is associated with a specific engagement element. Each shaft finger (2, 3, 4) is separately pivotable independently of the other shift fingers (2, 3, 4). An axially shiftable slide has a connector to each of the fingers at respective axially shifted positions of the slide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: SCANIA CV AB
    Inventor: Magnus Hagberg
  • Patent number: 9080799
    Abstract: A structure of a driving apparatus capable of easily organizing a driving apparatus that is configured to drive an ejector of an ice maker, and preventing frost from being formed on inner compartments, the driving apparatus including a case and a driving module detachable to the inner side of the case, wherein the driving module includes an ice separating motor to drive the ejector, a circuit board to control an ice making process, an electro-motion member to deliver a rotational force of the ice separating motor to the ejector, and a module case to accommodate the components of the driving module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chang Uo Hong, Young Il Song
  • Publication number: 20150027256
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for driving rotation of an aircraft wheel comprising a rim (4) mounted to rotate on an axle (2) of landing gear about an axis of rotation (X), the device comprising a drive ring gear (103) and a drive actuator (101) having an outlet pinion (102) that co-operates with the drive ring gear to drive the wheel in rotation. The drive ring gear is mounted to rotate about the axis of the rim of the wheel, the drive device including selective coupling means (150) that are operable to link the rim and the drive ring gears together in rotation, or to disconnect them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: MESSIER-BUGATTI-DOWTY
    Inventors: Fernand RODRIGUES, Nicolas MAZARGUIL
  • Patent number: 8910546
    Abstract: A motorcycle transmission assembly including a transmission housing having a hollow interior. The assembly includes a gear train having gears mounted in the hollow interior of the housing. The train includes an input operatively connectable to a motor of the motorcycle and an output operatively connectable to a drive wheel of the motorcycle. The transmission assembly includes a brake rotor having opposite faces operatively connected to the output of the gear train via at least one gear. The transmission assembly includes a brake caliper fixedly mounted with respect to the transmission housing having opposing brake pads. Each of the pads is positioned on one of the brake rotor faces. The pads are moveable between a running position in which the pads are spaced from the faces and a braking position in which the pads engage the faces to resist rotation of the gear and thereby the output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Inventor: Jason L. Hicks
  • Patent number: 8887591
    Abstract: The invention relates to a geared drive unit (10), in particular a window-lifter drive, comprises a drive-side gear element (11) rotatably mounted in a gear housing (15), by means of which gear element a drive torque can be transmitted to at least one driving element (25, 26) of an output-side coupling element (20). Further, a load torque block is provided, by means of which a torque initiated by the output-side coupling element (20) via the at least one driving element (25, 26) can be blocked, wherein the load torque block comprises a blocking element (42), preferably in the form of a wrap spring, which interacts with an element that is non-rotatably mounted in the gear housing (15) to block the torque. According to the invention, the non-rotatably mounted element is simultaneously constructed as a radial bearing for the drive-side gear element (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Tarek Mili, Detlef Lauk
  • Patent number: 8881883
    Abstract: A park lock of a transmission, including a park gear; a park pawl rotating about a pawl shaft, the park pawl having a pawl portion locking the park gear, the park pawl including a cam contact portion; a park rod responsive to an operation of a controller, the park rod having a cam portion pressing the cam contact portion to have park pawl engage the park gear; a park sleeve receiving the cam portion and defining a first contact point providing a reactive force to the cam contact portion of the park pawl pressing against the cam portion at a second contact point; a pawl torsional spring biasing the park pawl towards disengagement; and a pawl stopper limiting the rotation of the park pawl wherein motions are constrained within a plane of the transmission and components are rotatingly disposed in parallel axis bores in one half of a transmission case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignees: Tesla Motors, Inc., Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Augusto E. Barton, William Randall Fong, Gary Allen Pinkley, Edwin Marcum Pearce, Jr., Kunio Morisawa, Kazunori Kaneko, Koichi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 8878466
    Abstract: An electro-mechanical linear actuator unit comprising an actuator housing that accommodates at least two electric drives, each of which, when actuated by a control device, sets an associated drive of a respective spindle drive into rotation for adjusting linear movement of the associated spindle drive in order to produce relative linear adjustment of a control rod. The two electric drives are located in the actuator housing in such manner that relative adjustment can be produced by simultaneous actuation of the two electric drives, as the sum of the adjustment movements of the associated spindle drives, or by actuating a single electric drive, as the adjustment movement of the associated spindle drive. A respective brake is provided, in an area of each of the two electric drives, which can be selectively actuated by the control device to then prevent the adjustment movement of the respective associated spindle drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Andre Hausberg, Carsten Wintjen, Werner Pfluegen
  • Publication number: 20140298939
    Abstract: An actuator for controlling joint movement of a robot includes a first deceleration module and a second deceleration module, which receives and outputs driving force by being in gear with the first deceleration module. The first deceleration module includes a driving motor, a first print circuit board for controlling the driving motor by feeding back the output of the second deceleration module, at least one first reduction gear which is rotated by a driving motor, and a housing on which the driving motor, the first print circuit board, and the first reduction gear are mounted. The second deceleration module includes at least one other reduction gear, which rotates by being in gear with the first reduction gear, and a case on which the second reduction gear is mounted and which is connected to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventors: Byoung-Soo Kim, Jung-Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 8851263
    Abstract: A parking lock device of a motor vehicle transmission comprising a transmission housing (11) with a housing wall (11a), a parking lock gearwheel (1), a parking lock pawl (2), a parking lock bolt (3) for mounting the parking lock pawl (2) and a blocking element (5). A carrier plate (7) is arranged alongside the parking lock pawl (2) and is fixed to the transmission housing (11), and the parking lock bolt (3) is held, on one side, by the carrier plate (7) and, on the other side, by the transmission housing (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventor: Berthold Schraff
  • Patent number: 8839936
    Abstract: A parking system for a hybrid vehicle includes a transmission housing, a first motor section provided in the transmission housing, and mounted on an input shaft, a second motor section provided at the rear of the first motor section, and mounted on the input shaft, and a parking mechanism provided between the first motor section and the second motor section for selectively restraining a drive gear spline-coupled to the second motor section. The parking system for a hybrid vehicle can be reduced in overall size by improving the layout of the parking mechanism within the transmission with two motors and forming the parking gear integrally with the drive gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Kyungha Kim, Min Sung Kim, Jinsook Lee, Yeonho Kim
  • Publication number: 20140137681
    Abstract: A gear assembly including a driving gear and a driven gear and an electronic device are provided. The driving gear includes a pawl pivoted on a first surface and an elastic member disposed in a slot of the driving gear. The driven gear includes a ratchet disposed on a second surface facing the first surface. When the driving gear rotates with a driving speed along a driving direction, a centrifugal force is generated to drive the pawl moving to a clutching position to be engaged with the ratchet and drives the driven gear rotating with the driving gear. When the driving gear rotates with a nominal speed slower than the driving speed along a direction opposite to the driving direction, the engagement between the pawl and the ratchet is released, and the pawl is back to a nominal position so the driven gear does not rotate with the driving gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicants: Cal-Comp Electronics & Communications Company Limited, Cal-Comp Precision (Singapore) Limited
    Inventor: Domingo Abao Vicente, JR.
  • Patent number: 8718882
    Abstract: A method of controlling a transmission brake that is actuated by inlet and outlet valves. For determining when to transmit a disengagement signal for opening the outlet valve, the current input and output speeds are determined and the respective gradients of these speeds are calculated. Variation of the input speed, during the disengagement of the brake, is determined as a function of the input gradient, the optimum time for reaching the synchronous speed, during brake disengagement, is determined from the input speed variation as a function of the output gradient, and the time interval until transmission of the disengagement signal is determined as a function of the current input and output speeds and their gradients, by a back-calculation from the time when the synchronous speed is reached, taking a disengagement dead time of the brake, between transmitting the disengagement signal and start of disengagement, into account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventor: Marcus Gansohr
  • Publication number: 20140121048
    Abstract: Certain embodiments include a system having a first grip configured to couple to a first tubular, a second grip configured to couple to a second tubular, where the first and second tubulars are connected by a threaded connection, and a gear assembly coupling the first and second grips, wherein the gear assembly has a speed ratio greater than 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: TESCO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryan Thomas Bowley, Edgar Fernando Yajure
  • Patent number: 8708124
    Abstract: A parking lock apparatus for a transmission including a meshing type clutch is provided in which when a parking lock is operated by engaging a parking pawl (43) with a parking gear (41) provided on a gear shaft of a transmission, since a parking rod (51) for operating the parking pawl (43) is provided on a shift rod (44) connected to and operated by an actuator (46) in order to establish a reverse gear position on the transmission, it is possible to establish the reverse gear position with a shift fork (48) by moving the shift rod (44) in one direction from the neutral position, and to carry out the operation of the parking lock automatically without requiring a special actuator by moving the shift rod (44) in another direction from the neutral position, thereby reducing the size and cost of the transmission by enabling the number of components, including the number of actuators (46), to be cut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Morizumi, Shinji Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20140113762
    Abstract: A transmission includes gearsets each including rotating members, a support held against rotation, brake servos located in the support, brakes each actuated by one of the brake servos for producing a connection between the support and a respective gearset member, a housing, clutch servos located in the housing, and clutches each actuated by one of the clutch servos for producing a drive connection between the housing and a respective gearset member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Gregory D. Goleski, Steven G. Thomas, Jeffrey E. Maurer
  • Publication number: 20140109775
    Abstract: A barbecue oven and a barbecue rotary device are provided, wherein, the barbecue rotary device includes: a handgrip, a spring component for storing rotary energy, a main shaft component, and a gear set component for controlling the rotary speed of the main shaft component. The handgrip is connected with the rotary energy input end of the spring component, the main shaft component is connected with the rotary energy output end of the spring component, and the gear set component is connected to the main shaft component. Through the barbecue rotary device with the structure above described, the barbecue can be performed with less manual operation and without external power source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Inventors: Waiming Ho, Mnig Lee
  • Publication number: 20140096631
    Abstract: Sloped-for-rain urban sidewalks are horrible for wheelchair users because of the constant veering-off threat caused by gravity. Anybody who tries to self-propel a wheelchair on a city sidewalk for the first time is in for a rude awakening—the user must use one hand to steer by retarding one wheel, and that makes propelling inefficient, difficult and frustrating, to say nothing of the dangerous veering-off threat. Applicant's solution is to provide joining means to couple and uncouple the drive wheels. The joining means, when coupled, causes the two drive wheels to rotate in unison preventing the wheelchair from veering-off so that it travels straight when traversing a sloped surface, and when uncoupled allowing the two drive wheels to rotate at different speeds to allow turning. Joining means comprises: slip-clutch, gear configuration or the like, and may be automatic or user controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: CIAS, INC.
    Inventor: Leonard Storch
  • Patent number: 8627737
    Abstract: A final drive gearbox is described. The final drive gearbox is a double reduction gearbox for off-road machines, which, unlike currently available double reduction gearboxes, contains no planetary gear sets. The final drive gearbox contains spur gears having pockets adapted to contain brake disc packs. The pockets may permit utilization of a plurality of brake packs within the gearbox without requiring additional space or enlargement of the gearbox housing. Use of spur gears may thus enable use of fewer gear parts, while use of multiple brake packs may enhance final drive brake capacity, improve longevity of the brake packs, and lengthen brake servicing cycles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Edward Jensen, Brian Howson
  • Patent number: 8613353
    Abstract: A parking lock device is mounted on a transmission of a vehicle. The transmission includes a housing and an output shaft. The park lock device includes a parking pawl including a pawl portion, a first coupling member coupled to a rear end portion of the output shaft of the transmission, and a second coupling member coupled directly to the first coupling member, the second coupling member being supported by the housing of the transmission through a bearing and being provided with an extended shaft portion formed in a same shape as the rear end portion of the output shaft of the transmission, and a coupling coupled to the extended shaft portion of the second coupling member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Isuzu Motors Limited
    Inventors: Haruhiko Yamada, Hidetaka Koga, Masahiko Hayashi, Hidetoshi Uji
  • Publication number: 20130305863
    Abstract: A method of operating a park lock mechanism in a vehicle includes determining a force acting on a vehicle park lock mechanism when the vehicle is in park, and providing an offsetting force to counteract the force on the park lock mechanism before the vehicle is shifted out of park. In doing so, harshness and noise that may be associated with shifting a vehicle out of park, especially when the vehicle is parked on an incline, can be reduced or eliminated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: CHRYSLER GROUP LLC
    Inventors: Feisel Weslati, Behrouz Ashrafi
  • Patent number: 8573377
    Abstract: A built-in parking locking device of vehicle comprises a lock base (2) which is fixed on a box body (12) which supports a transmission rotating shaft (8) and a lock core (6) which is matched on the transmission rotating shaft (8) with a spline and can move axially pulled by a pulling fork (9). The lock base is provided with a lock pin (3); the lock core is provided with a positioning hole (6a) used for circumferential positioning; the rotating shaft passes through the circle center hole of the lock base and is supported on the box body; after the lock core moves towards the lock base direction, the positioning hole (6a) used for the circumferential positioning and the lock pin (3) on the lock base are matched so as to form circumferential fixing; the pulling fork (9) is connected with a gear shifting cam (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Loncin Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong Gao, Xianjun Ouyang, Xiaobing Zheng
  • Patent number: 8556118
    Abstract: The moving mechanism has a first stationary-side gear part and a second stationary-side gear part provided on a support body side; a movable-side gear part and a pinion gear provided on a supported part of a movable body; and a guide device positioned so that the movable-side gear part engages with the first stationary-side gear part and the pinion gear engages with the second stationary-side gear part. The first stationary-side gear part is formed along an arc of a virtual circle, and has teeth oriented toward a center side of this virtual circle; the second stationary-side gear part is provided adjacent to this first stationary-side gear part on the center side of the aforementioned virtual circle, is formed along an arc of a separate virtual circle from this virtual circle, and has teeth oriented toward a center side of this separate virtual circle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Nifco Inc.
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Hamaguchi
  • Patent number: 8554114
    Abstract: A rotating-body restraining device includes a first gear provided on a rotational shaft of a rotating body and rotated together with the rotating body, a second gear that meshes with the first gear, a third gear provided on a rotational shaft of the second gear and rotated together with the second gear, and a restraining member that is movable toward the third gear and that restrains the third gear from rotating by moving to a position where the restraining member meshes with the third gear. The numbers of teeth included in the first, second, and third gears are Za, Zb, and Zc, respectively. Zb is not equal to the product of Za and an integer n. Zc is an integral multiple of a value obtained by dividing the least common multiple of Za and Zb by Za.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hideaki Ozawa
  • Publication number: 20130255416
    Abstract: A dry brake provided between a motor and a speed reducer and including a brake mechanism for applying a brake to a motor shaft and a brake housing surrounding a brake chamber housing the brake mechanism. The brake housing includes a partition wall that partitions a speed reducer chamber from the brake chamber when penetrated by the motor shaft. The partition wall includes a shaft sealing mechanism that limits a flow of a lubricating oil between the partition wall and the motor shaft, and an air passage that allows air to flow between the speed reducer chamber and the brake chamber while limiting an inflow of the lubricating oil into the brake chamber from the speed reducer chamber. An air breather for opening the interior of the brake chamber to the atmosphere is formed in the brake.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenichi Terauchi
  • Patent number: 8544355
    Abstract: A parking lock arrangement for a motor vehicle gearbox. A parking lock cog can be fixed to a shaft of the motor vehicle gearbox rotatable about a first axis. A parking lock pawl is supported so that it can pivot about a second axis. An actuating mechanism can pivot the parking lock pawl into a locking position, in which the parking lock pawl meshes with the parking lock cog. A release mechanism can pivot the parking lock pawl out of the locking position into a release position, in which the parking lock pawl is decoupled from the parking lock cog. The actuating mechanism has a cam, which is supported so that it can pivot about a third axis and which in a first cam position holds the parking lock pawl in the locking position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: GETRAG Getriebe- und Zahnradfabrik Hermann Hagenmeyer GmbH & Cie KG
    Inventors: Georg Burgardt, Stefan Kapp
  • Patent number: 8539678
    Abstract: A device for a motor driven tool such as a pole hedge trimmer, a pole saw or the like. The tool includes a drive unit that via a shaft tube is connected to a cutting unit. The cutting unit is turnably secured at the shaft tube by the device which is a turnable connection, wherein the cutting unit is movable between a range of at least two working positions and a transport position. The cutting unit is provided with one or several movable cutting elements and the tool is provided with locking structure for locking the movement of the cutting elements when the cutting unit is in the transport position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Husqvarna AB
    Inventors: Goran Dahlberg, Bengt Gustavsson
  • Patent number: 8499659
    Abstract: A gearbox comprises a multi-function quill. The quill is provided for loading a bearing and limiting brake-releasing movement of a piston of a brake release.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Ryan Benson, Donald O. Johannsen, Denis J. Roling
  • Patent number: 8479606
    Abstract: The present invention pertains generally to a self-locking gear that includes an input shaft, a collar, a locking mechanism, and an output member. The collar is positioned eccentrically about the input shaft, and the locking mechanism prevents the collar from rotating. As a result, rotation of the input shaft causes the collar to gyrate about the input shaft, and the gyrating collar engages with the output member to turn the output member in the same direction as the input shaft. Torque applied to the output member with cause the output member to attempt to rotate the collar. However, the locking mechanism prevents the collar from rotating, thus locking the output member from rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Inventor: Stanley Ackerman
  • Publication number: 20130167679
    Abstract: An actuating device is provided for the rotation of a turbine shaft train and includes a principal turning gear electrically operated and an auxiliary turning gear hydraulically operated. Also provided is a turbine-generator set for the generation of electricity including the actuating device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD
    Inventor: ALSTOM Technology Ltd
  • Patent number: 8428494
    Abstract: A driving device to be used in an image forming apparatus includes an input gear; a partly non-toothed gear having a toothed portion engageable with the input gear and having a non-toothed portion; a holding member capable of placing the partly non-toothed gear in a holding state in which the non-toothed portion opposes the input gear and the partly non-toothed gear is not engaged with the input gear and capable of placing the partly non-toothed gear in a released state in which the holding state is released; a cylindrical member rotatable by receiving a rotational force; and an entering portion which is rotatable together with the partly non-toothed gear and which is capable of entering an inside of the cylindrical member and capable of receiving the rotational force from the cylindrical member by a frictional force between the entering portion and the cylindrical member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazushi Ino, Tomoo Nagaoka
  • Publication number: 20130081495
    Abstract: A gearbox comprises a multi-function quill. The quill is provided for loading a bearing and limiting brake-releasing movement of a piston of a brake release.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Inventors: Ryan Benson, Donald O. Johannsen, Denis J. Roling
  • Patent number: 8387759
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a blocking mechanism for a parking lock of a shaft in a motor vehicle. The blocking mechanism includes a pawl pivotable about a pivot axis and which, in a blocked position, engages into at least one latch cut-out of a ratchet wheel connected to the shaft. The blocking mechanism includes an actuating mechanism having an actuating device for moving an actuation slider. The pawl is pivotable by a movement of the actuation slider. The actuation slider includes a first U-shaped component and a second U-shaped component which each have two side sections and a transverse section connecting the side sections. The first component and the second component are plugged into one another in opposite directions such that the transverse section of the one component at least partly closes the open end of the U shape of the component and vice versa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Magna Powertrain AG & Co KG
    Inventor: Daniel Prix
  • Patent number: 8387769
    Abstract: A parking apparatus for an automatic transmission, may include a sprag shaft having a first portion and a second portion extending from the first portion, wherein an end of the first portion may be inserted in a shaft groove formed in a transmission housing, and a sprag having one end fitted around the first portion of the sprag shaft to rotate about the sprag shaft, a sprag bracket fitted around the first portion of the sprag shall to cover the end of the sprag therein, wherein the second portion protrudes through the sprag bracket and the sprag bracket may be fixed to the transmission housing, and a sprag return spring mounted on the second portion protruding through the sprag bracket, wherein an end of the sprag return spring may be supported by the transmission housing and the other end thereof may be supported by the sprag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Wooyeol Kim
  • Publication number: 20130047764
    Abstract: A gear mechanism may include a first gear, a second gear engaged with the first gear, and a stopper part formed in the second gear. The stopper part may be engaged with the first gear to prevent turning of the first gear. The stopper part is a part where a tooth is not formed in an outer peripheral part of the second gear. The stopper part includes a protruded part protruded to an outer side in a radial direction with respect to a tooth tip circle of a tooth part of the second gear, and a recessed part recessed to an inner side in the radial direction with respect to the protruded part and adjacent to the protruded part in a circumferential direction and, when turning of the first gear is stopped, a tip end side of the tooth part of the first gear is abutted with the recessed part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mamoru YAMAOKA
  • Publication number: 20130009438
    Abstract: In a drive unit for a vehicle seat, having a motor which has a motor shaft as an output, and a multi-stage transmission which is driven by the motor shaft and which has an output shaft as an output, the transmission has at least one spur gear stage in which a drive wheel and an output gear, which are each embodied as spur gear wheels, mesh with one another, and the output shaft is arranged offset in parallel with the motor shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: Keiper GMBH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jürgen Stemmer, Michael Berres, Norbert Heeg, Jens Schulz, Andreas Diehl
  • Publication number: 20130000434
    Abstract: A ballscrew assembly for an actuator is provided. In an embodiment, the ballscrew assembly includes a ball nut assembly including a view port; a ballscrew provided within at least a portion of the ball nut assembly; an inner rod provided within the ballscrew in the direction of the longitudinal axis, the inner rod including an enlarged end portion; and a compression mechanism, such that at least a portion of the compression mechanism is provided between the enlarged end portion and the ballscrew. In another embodiment the assembly is configured such that when the inner rod is in a failed state, the compression mechanism provides a force that moves the visual indicator toward the view port. In another embodiment, the assembly includes a proximity sensor in addition to, or in lieu, of a view port to detect a failure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Donald R. Cavalier, Garen R. Maines
  • Patent number: 8322243
    Abstract: A transmission is disclosed having an input shaft or member, an output shaft or member, a plurality of meshing gears, a plurality of synchronizers and a reverse idler gear assembly. The reverse idler gear assembly includes an idler gear member, a synchronizer member and a retainer member. The synchronizer member has a pair of tabs that engage grooves on an idler shaft and interface with a synchronizer spring to apply a force from the synchronizer member on the retainer member and create a braking friction to slow down the idler gear assembly and the input shaft prior to meshing with the gear of the output shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventor: Renato Freitas Silva