Bevel Patents (Class 74/423)
  • Patent number: 11913616
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp includes a substrate, a lens having a pivotal attachment to the substrate and defining a lamp chamber between the lens and the substrate, at least one light source provided in the lamp chamber, an alignment portion integral with and extending from the lens parallel to the substrate and having an aperture, and an adjustment mechanism extending through the aperture and the substrate, the adjustment mechanism configured to adjust alignment of the lens with a single-point adjustment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: MagWerks Vision Inc.
    Inventors: Michael F. Pickholz, Steven Francis Tregilgas
  • Patent number: 11835112
    Abstract: The invention relates to a two-axis rotator for producing a rotation about two orthogonal spatial axes, and to a handling device comprising a two-axis rotator of this kind. The two-axis rotator for producing a rotation about two mutually orthogonal rotational axes comprises a main body, a first rotor and a second rotor, wherein the first rotor is mounted on or in the main body so as to be able to rotate about a first rotational axis, and the second rotor is mounted on or in the first rotor so as to be able to rotate about a second rotational axis, and wherein the first rotor has a first drive and the second rotor has a second drive, and the first drive and the second drive can be driven independently of one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM DRESDEN-ROSSENDORF E.V.
    Inventor: Stefan Findeisen
  • Patent number: 11731759
    Abstract: A system and method for controlling a multi-rotor aircraft that implements the unconventional use of different sized rotors. The different sized rotors than the main rotors tend to generate an unbalanced torque and pitch on the aircraft that effectively decouples the pitch and yaw control from the main rotors. The atypical design tends to lend itself to improved control capabilities and simplified control systems. Additional configurations implement the use of smaller thrust rotors that can be used to generate thrust as well as control yaw and thus counteract any remaining unbalanced torque from the odd auxiliary rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignees: TOOFON, INC., CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Michael V. Ol, Morteza Gharib, Amir Emadi
  • Patent number: 11674449
    Abstract: The relative position and orientation between an auxiliary gearbox and a casing of an aircraft engine can be set including engaging a localizing feature of the accessory gearbox with a localizing feature of the casing; and a load path between auxiliary gearbox can subsequently be defined including securing at least two brackets between the accessory gearbox and casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
    Inventors: Paul Weaver, Krzysztof Gajowniczek, Mélanie Brillant
  • Patent number: 11572838
    Abstract: A turbine engine that includes an engine core, an inner cowl, an outer cowl and an accessory gearbox. The engine core includes at least a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section in axial flow arrangement. The accessory gearbox is operably coupled to the engine core and includes a first portion and a second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Brandon Wayne Miller, John Carl Glessner, Lawrence William Nurre, Ian Francis Prentice, Ethan Patrick O'Connor, Arthur William Sibbach
  • Patent number: 10781887
    Abstract: A gear assembly includes an actuation gear and plural separate pinion bodies. The actuation gear has first gear teeth on one or more surfaces of the gear and is configured to rotate around an actuation axis of rotation. The pinion bodies have second gear teeth configured to mesh with the first gear teeth of the actuation gear in plural separate mesh zones of the actuation gear. Each of the plural separate pinion bodies are configured to be rotated about respective pinion axes of rotation to cause rotation of the actuation gear around the actuation axis of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventor: Shawn M. Green
  • Patent number: 10718430
    Abstract: Provided herein are a transmission apparatus and a transmission system. The transmission apparatus includes a gear shift lever configured to receive a user command for shifting gear stages, a detent groove configured to be in contact with the gear shift lever and generate detent when the gear stages are shifted by the gear shift lever, a driver configured to generate a driving force when the ignition is turned off in a state in which the gear shift lever is positioned at a non-parking gear stage, and a driving force transmitter configured to separate the detent groove from the gear shift lever by the driving force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: SL Corporation
    Inventor: Hongjun Cha
  • Patent number: 10576594
    Abstract: A newly configured centerpoint drill and a drill attachment device that can be attached to a conventional cordless drill include configurations that require a user's hand to be in direct alignment with the keyless chuck of the drill to enable a user or operator to apply maximum pressure or force during use of a drill to reduce time and effort spent by a user/operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Inventor: Michael Paul Hill
  • Patent number: 9429223
    Abstract: A power transmission device in which a motor and a reduction gear are connected through a fluid coupling, includes: a fan for reduction gear cooling provided at an input shaft of the reduction gear; and a protective cover configured to cover the fluid coupling, wherein the protective cover is provided with an air intake for the fan, and a guide unit that guides air drawn in from the air intake to the fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuhisa Abe
  • Patent number: 9032826
    Abstract: A bevel gear drive (1) comprises a spur bevel gear (2) and a pinion which both mesh with one another. The spur bevel gear and the pinion are arranged within a housing (3). An abutment plate (4) is provided so as to avoid displacement of the spur bevel gear (2), under high operating loads. The abutment plate (4) is integrated in the housing (3) and supports the spur bevel gear (2) when forces, that can cause displacement of the spur bevel gear (2), act upon the spur bevel gear (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Henry Schwarz, Thomas Koppe
  • Patent number: 8978503
    Abstract: A bevel gear drive with two bevel gears rotates about respective rotation axes intersecting at an intersection point, forming an angle of intersection. A computer determines the tooth shape of these tooth flanks based on data other than a tooth shape. The data are characteristic for a particular contact path represented by a sequence of contact points. The tooth shape of the tooth flanks is determined for several contact paths, with the interacting tooth flanks at all contact points having a common normal, which passes through a pitch point located between the two rotation axes and spaced from the intersection point equal to the radius r. Geometry data for the bevel gear are determined from the shape of the tooth flanks and stored in a format suitable for automatically generating a parts program for a processing machine with at least five axes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Florian Dort, Carsten Hamm, Wolfgang Papiernik, Tomas Sauer, Andreas Uhlich
  • Publication number: 20150053035
    Abstract: A gear unit is described as having a first and a second housing part, an intermediate shaft of the gear unit being mounted via two bearings in a bushing accommodating the bearings, the bushing centering the first housing part against the second housing part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventors: Miki Tegeltija, Oliver Bühn
  • Publication number: 20150033890
    Abstract: The invention relates to a power transmission system, in particular for a turbine engine such as an airplane turboprop or turbojet, the system comprising a transmission shaft (40) connected to a drive shaft (31) by connection means (30), such as bevel gears, and that drive equipment or accessories. The transmission shaft (40) is designed to operate under supercritical conditions and includes damper means for damping vibration at its resonant speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicants: SNECMA, HISPANO-SUIZA
    Inventors: Serge Dominique PETTINOTTI, Vincent ABOUSLEIMAN, Sebastien BOURGET, Mickael MOREIRAS, Diane GUEUDRY, Bernard CARTIER, Florian POINSOT-BERTHELOT
  • Publication number: 20140360299
    Abstract: A rotation speed measuring device for measuring a rotation speed of a shaft includes an acceleration sensor, a fits gear, and a second gear. The first gear is fixed to the shaft and rotatable about an axis that the shaft rotates about. The second gear engages with the first gear and is rotatable about a vertical axis. The second gear has a support surface that is perpendicular to the vertical axis. The acceleration sensor is arranged on the support surface and has an acceleration sensing axis that is perpendicular to and coplanar with the vertical axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., FU TAI HUA INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: QI-LONG YU
  • Patent number: 8858384
    Abstract: A bevel gear used in a differential device for a vehicle is comprised of: a body having an axis, a conical pitch surface around the axis, an opposite surface opposed to the conical pitch surface, and a side surface around the axis; gear teeth formed on the pitch surface, each of the gear teeth having a top land projecting from the pitch surface; and clutch teeth formed on the opposite surface, each of the clutch teeth having a bottom land standing back from the opposite surface, each of the bottom lands of the clutch teeth being aligned with any of the top lands of the gear teeth in a line parallel to the axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: GKN Driveline Japan Ltd
    Inventors: Masaaki Fusegi, Yasuo Yamanaka
  • Publication number: 20140213409
    Abstract: Disclosed is a speed reducer capable of precisely and reliably maintaining a rotational force of the output shaft and of maximizing its efficiency by allowing the rotational force of the driving shaft to transmit and to slow down via a plurality of bevel gears and by preventing the fluctuation of the output shaft so as to prevent uneven wear due to the long working and to prevent the damage due to the fluctuation. The speed reducer comprises a pair of driving gears 11,12 installed at a one end of a driving shaft 10 driven by a driving means, a pair of driven gears 21,22 meshed with the driving gear 11,21 and a rotational member 200 for outputting the rotational force to slow down, in which the driven gears 21,22 comprise a bevel gear, respectively and the rotational member 200 is coupled to the driven gears 21,22.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Inventor: Eunseok Yoon
  • Patent number: 8573087
    Abstract: A gear pair set comprising low shaft angle and offset bevel gears and a method for their manufacture including determination of the appropriate gear and pinion blanks and the basic machine settings for their manufacture. The pair of bevel gears comprises a first member and a second member wherein the members of the pair have a shaft angle in the range of greater than 0° to 30°, preferably greater than 0° to 20°, and have an offset in the range of greater than zero to the sum of half the mean pitch diameters of the two members of the bevel gear pair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: The Gleason Works
    Inventor: Hermann J. Stadtfeld
  • Publication number: 20130255441
    Abstract: To provide a multi-shaft driving device that aims for a lightening of weight and lowering of cost as compared with conventional structures. In a structure in which, when a movable shaft (40) is slidably installed at an output shaft (20) and advances toward an input-side bevel gear (14), an output-side bevel gear (50) of a distal end side of the movable shaft (40) meshes-together with the input-side bevel gear (14), and the movable shaft (40) rotates and rotation of this movable shaft (40) is transmitted to the output shaft (20), the movable shaft (40) and the output-side bevel gear (50) are molded integrally of resin, and the output shaft (20) also is formed of resin, and the movable shaft (40) is slidably exteriorly placed on an outer peripheral side of the output shaft (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Inventors: Takafumi Hirata, Ryohei Shigematsu, Takahiro Fujii
  • Patent number: 8511193
    Abstract: A first shaft at which a first gear is provided is supported by an angular roller bearing in which a pair of roller rows and which is rolling elements incorporated in a back-to-back combination, and a midpoint of a projection range of a range where the first gear and a second gear mesh with each other on the first shaft is made to exist in a span of a working point of the pair of roller rows of the angular roller bearing on the pinion shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Yamamoto, Mitsuhiro Tamura
  • Publication number: 20130125690
    Abstract: A robot arm assembly includes a base, a first arm rotatably connected to the base, a second arm rotatably connected to the first arm, a third arm rotatably connected to the second arm, a first driving mechanism, a second driving mechanism, and a third driving mechanism. The first driving mechanism includes a first driving member mounted on the base for driving the first arm. The second driving mechanism includes a second driving member mounted on the base and a first transmission shaft securely connected to the second driving member for driving the second arm. The third driving mechanism includes a third driving member mounted on the base and a second transmission shaft securely connected to the third driving member for driving the third arm. The first and second transmission shafts are placed inside the first arm substantially symmetrically with each other about an axis of the first arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: BO LONG
  • Patent number: 8424416
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided and includes a rotatable shaft on which a first bevel gearbox is disposed, a layshaft on which a second bevel gearbox is disposed, the first and second bevel gearboxes being coupled to transmit shaft rotation to the layshaft, an accessory gearbox to which the layshaft and one or more accessories are coupled and a generator operably disposed on the layshaft between the second bevel gearbox and the accessory gearbox.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Keith E. Short, Michael F. Cass, Craig R. Legros
  • Publication number: 20130061702
    Abstract: A bevel gear drive (1) comprises a spur bevel gear (2) and a pinion which both mesh with one another. The spur bevel gear and the pinion are arranged within a housing (3). An abutment plate (4) is provided so as to avoid displacement of the spur bevel gear (2), under high operating loads. The abutment plate (4) is integrated in the housing (3) and supports the spur bevel gear (2) when forces, that can cause displacement of the spur bevel gear (2), act upon the spur bevel gear (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Henry SCHWARZ, Thomas KOPPE
  • Publication number: 20130031994
    Abstract: A bevel gear drive with two bevel gears rotates about respective rotation axes intersecting at an intersection point, forming an angle of intersection. A computer determines the tooth shape of these tooth flanks based on data other than a tooth shape. The data are characteristic for a particular contact path represented by a sequence of contact points. The tooth shape of the tooth flanks is determined for several contact paths, with the interacting tooth flanks at all contact points having a common normal, which passes through a pitch point located between the two rotation axes and spaced from the intersection point equal to the radius r. Geometry data for the bevel gear are determined from the shape of the tooth flanks and stored in a format suitable for automatically generating a parts program for a processing machine with at least five axes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Florian Dort, Carsten Hamm, Wolfgang Papiernik, Tomas Sauer, Andreas Uhlich
  • Publication number: 20120304817
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mechanical device for reducing the energy absorbed by an electric motor of a hoisting plant. The device according to the invention comprises at least one first rotating member moved by the motor of the hoisting plant. The device also comprises a second rotating member connected to the first member through first transmission means. At least one third rotating member is connected to the second rotating member through second transmission means with flexible elements, which develop a transmission ratio equal to unity. The device further comprises a fourth rotating member operatively connected to the rotor of the electric motor. The fourth rotating member and the third rotating member are connected through third flexible-element-transmission means, which develop a transmission ratio equal to unity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Inventor: Giorgio Jezek
  • Patent number: 8308151
    Abstract: An elevator assembly includes a carrier, a first arm, and a second arm. Each arm has a primary portion pivotally connected to the carrier and a secondary portion pivotally connected to the primary portion. A first gear system interconnects the first arm and the second arm for synchronous rotation with respect to the carrier in opposite directions. A pair of second gear systems establish a geared relationship between the secondary portions of the arms and the carrier. A support member is connected to the secondary portions of the arms, wherein rotation of the primary portions of the arms with respect to the carrier drives the support member between a neutral position and at least a first extended position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Comau Inc.
    Inventor: John Graham
  • Publication number: 20120238400
    Abstract: An outboard motor includes an engine that generates power and a transmission device arranged to change the speed of rotation of the engine and to transmit the rotation to a propeller. The transmission device includes a planetary gear type transmission mechanism arranged to shift to any of a plurality of speed positions, and the planetary gear type transmission mechanism is controlled to shift such that a sun gear and planetary gears unitarily rotate when a speed position is a normally used speed position. The outboard motor achieves a reduction in load normally caused by engagements between gears in a normally used speed position and also achieves significant improvement in durability of the gears.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihiko OKABE, Daisuke NAKAMURA, Hirotoshi YAMAUCHI
  • Publication number: 20120103127
    Abstract: A robot arm assembly includes a hollow wrist housing, a wrist rotatably connected to the wrist housing, a first driver, a first transmission mechanism, a rotary member, a second driver, and a second transmission mechanism. The first driver is assembled within the wrist housing for driving the wrist to rotate relative to the wrist housing along a first rotary axis. The first transmission mechanism is also assembled within the wrist housing and is positioned between the wrist and the first driver. The rotary member is rotatably assembled to a distal end of the wrist along a second rotary axis. The second driver is assembled within the wrist housing for driving the rotary member to rotate. The second transmission mechanism is assembled within the wrist housing, and is positioned between the second driver and the rotary member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: ZHEN-XING LIU
  • Publication number: 20120085191
    Abstract: A robot arm assembly includes a first arm, a second arm; a first transmission assembly and a second transmission assembly. The first transmission assembly includes a first rotation shaft having a first bevel gear portion, a second rotation shaft having a second bevel gear portion engaging with the first bevel gear portion, and a third rotation shaft non-rotatably connected to the second rotation shaft. The second transmission assembly includes a forth rotation shaft and a fifth rotation shaft. The forth rotation shaft is rotatably sleeved on the first rotation shaft and includes a forth bevel gear potion. The fifth rotation shaft is rotatably sleeved on the second rotation shaft and includes a fifth bevel gear portion engaging with the forth bevel gear portion. An end of the fifth rotation shaft opposite to the fifth bevel gear portion is connected to the second arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2011
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: BO LONG
  • Publication number: 20120067150
    Abstract: A robotic arm assembly includes a support body, a first segment, a second segment, a first driving device, a second driving device, a first bevel gear, a second bevel gear, a third bevel gear, a first transmission mechanism, and a second transmission mechanism. The first segment is rotatably connected to an end of the support body. The second segment is rotatably connected to the first segment. The first driving device and the second driving device are received in the support body. The first bevel gear and the second bevel gear are rotatably sleeved on opposite ends of the first segment, and mesh with the third bevel gear fixed to the second segment. The first transmission mechanism transmits the power of the first driving member to the first bevel gear, and the second transmission mechanism transmits the power of the second driving member to the second bevel gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: GUO-QING ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20110309190
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided and includes a rotatable shaft on which a first bevel gearbox is disposed, a layshaft on which a second bevel gearbox is disposed, the first and second bevel gearboxes being coupled to transmit shaft rotation to the layshaft, an accessory gearbox to which the layshaft and one or more accessories are coupled and a generator operably disposed on the layshaft between the second bevel gearbox and the accessory gearbox.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keith E. Short, Michael F. Cass, Craig R. Legros
  • Publication number: 20110271784
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a weight compensation mechanism. A weight compensation mechanism is installed in a link member rotatable in a plurality of directions. The weight compensation mechanism includes a plurality of bevel gears that rotates in harmony with the rotation of the link member. Cam plates are connected to one or more of the bevel gears to be rotated together with the bevel gears. Weight offsetting parts are connected to the cam plates, respectively, and each of the weight offsetting parts compresses an elastic member based on the rotation of the link member and the cam plate to absorb gravitation generated by the weight of the link member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Sung Chul KANG, Woo Sub LEE, Chang Mook CHUN, Chang Hyun CHO
  • Patent number: 8047092
    Abstract: In a spiral bevel gear, a contact area between tooth flanks that mesh with each other is increased, thereby reducing teeth knocking noise and strengthening tooth sections. A shape of a tooth form on a normal plane T of a tooth section 15 of a spiral bevel gear becomes gradually larger as the normal plane moves from a small-diameter end section side towards a large-diameter end section side along a tooth trace H, as indicated by (a), (b), and (c). In correspondence, a tooth crest arc section S is provided in a connecting section 21 between a tooth flank 17 on a meshing side and a tooth crest 16. The tooth crest arc section S is formed such that a curvature radius r gradually increases within a range that does not exceed a radius R of an inscribed circle inscribed within two tooth flanks 17 and 18 and the tooth crest 16 on the normal plane T. The tooth crest arc section S can increase contact area when contact is made with a tooth flank of a partner gear and elastic deformation occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Enplas Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Suzuki, Issei Sato
  • Patent number: 8025260
    Abstract: A sample device to be inserted inside an external tube, having a substantially circular cross-section, may carry a substantially circular plate as part of a turntable to be rotated within the external tube around two substantially orthogonal axes. An embodiment of the sample device may include two substantially coaxial tubes, with the turntable being supported by the outer tube, and two meshing gears, with the first gear being connected to the inner tube and the second gear being connected to the turntable. Another embodiment may include a special cable guide being connected with its first end with the turntable and its second end, being substantially perpendicular to the first end, with the supporting means, with the inner tube, the outer tube and/or the cable guide being connected with a driving unit. Preferably, the surface of the plate to be rotated within the external tube is maximized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: European Organisation for Nuclear Research—CERN
    Inventor: Felix Bergsma
  • Publication number: 20110154932
    Abstract: A robot arm assembly includes a support member, a first rotating member rotatably connected to the support member, a second rotating member rotatably connected to the first rotating member, and a driving mechanism to drive the first rotating member. The driving mechanism includes a gear transmission mechanism directly coupled to the first rotating member, a driver mounted on the support member and provided with an output shaft coupled to the gear transmission mechanism, and a support mechanism supporting the gear transmission mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicants: HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD, HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD
    Inventor: BO LONG
  • Patent number: 7963346
    Abstract: A power tool comprises a housing (10;110) with an output shaft (11;111) driven by a rotation motor and an angle drive (12;112) connecting the output shaft (11;111) to the motor, wherein the angle drive (12;112) comprises a drive spindle (15;115) connected to the motor and carrying a pinion (15;115), and a bevel gear (17;117) secured to the output shaft (11;111). The drive spindle (15;115) and the pinion (16:116) are supported in the housing (10;110) via a ball type thrust bearing (24;124) having in one of its embodiments an inner ring (31) with a thread for cooperation with a threaded portion (33) on the drive spindle (15), and an outer ring (26;126) which is rigidly secured in the housing (10). The inner ring (31) is adjustable and lockable relative to the drive spindle, (15) by an annular lock element (35).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Atlas Copco Tools AB
    Inventor: Hans Karl Johan Brodin
  • Patent number: 7954586
    Abstract: Disclosed is an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) engine power output conversion mechanism, which is characterized primarily by linking a first transmission assembly to the output terminal of the engine, where the central shaft of the first transmission assembly is provided with a first gear at its one end which connects to the output terminal of the engine, while the other end of the central shaft to a first bevel gear; having a second transmission assembly, where its central shaft is provided with a second bevel gear at its one end which gears to the first bevel gear, while the other end of the central shaft to a second gear, and the central shaft is joined to the rear wheel axle to drive the rear wheels; having a third transmission assembly, where its central shaft is provided with a third gear which gears to the second gear, and the third gear gears to a reduction gear, where the output terminal of the reduction gear is used to drive the front wheels; and having a switch set up at the handle bar of the ATV or whe
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Aeon Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wen Ru Tzeng, Weily Chen, Huei-Huay Huang
  • Publication number: 20100307270
    Abstract: A right angle gearbox is described that includes an enclosure, an input member, an output member, and an assembly. The enclosure has dimensions such that the gearbox is operable as a drop in replacement for a gearbox that includes a worm gear set. The input member extends from the enclosure and includes a first portion of a helical gear set housed within the enclosure. The output member extends from the enclosure and includes a second portion of a hypoid gear set housed within the enclosure. The output member is substantially orthogonal to the input member. The assembly includes a second portion of the helical gear set and a first portion of the hypoid gear set mechanically coupled to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2009
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Inventors: David W. Brick, Simon Odland, H. Oscar Schlenker, James Michael Campbell
  • Patent number: 7827878
    Abstract: A bevel gear mechanism, especially a bevel spur-gear mechanism having one or more gear mechanism stages, including a gear mechanism housing that surrounds the gear mechanism stages, and a motor cage, which is connected via a spacer flange to the gear mechanism housing, and is connected to an electric motor. The drive side shaft of the bevel gear mechanism stage is supported in a flanged bushing. Spacer flange and drive side end wall of the gear mechanism housing have a common bore. The common bore extends around the flanged bushing of the drive side shaft. The flanged bushing has a cylindrical outer surface that centers the gear mechanism housing, the spacer flange and the flanged bushing. Furthermore, the flanged bushing, the spacer flange and the drive side end wall are interconnected by screws.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Flender Industriegetriebe GmbH
    Inventor: Peter Langer
  • Publication number: 20100261596
    Abstract: The presently disclosed subject matter proposes an apparatus (42) and a method for transferring energy and/or a substance from a non-rotating means of an apparatus to a rotating device (43)—or vice versa—through the intermediary of a suitable means (1, 1?).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2008
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: MILTENYI BIOTEC GMBH
    Inventors: Winfried Schimmelpfennig, Holger Lantow, Juergen Schulz, Elmar Niklas Neuschaefer
  • Patent number: 7774984
    Abstract: A concentric cross mechanism for transiting torsion includes a main body unit of a concentric cross mechanism, a main body unit of the torsion-driven mechanism, a main body unit of the force-generating mechanism, and a restriction device. A center point is defined by crossing a vertical concentric axis and a horizontal concentric axis. The axle of the driven bevel gear and the scroll springs spin reversely with the axle of the torsion-generating bevel gear. The first bevel gear is provided for outputting the torsion on the upper and bottom ends thereof. Furthermore, when the rotary rod connected with one side of the torsion output axle is disposed between the positioning block and the positioning post, the door is driven by the other side of the torsion output axle to swing in a predetermined angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Eledyna Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Chun-Pu Hsu
  • Publication number: 20100200257
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mechanical assembly for a power tool, and a power tool incorporating the mechanical assembly. The mechanical assembly includes a first member having a first axis and a first engagement portion inclined relative to the first axis and a second member having a second axis and a second engagement portion inclined relative to the second axis. The first and second engagement portions engage each other by movement of the first and second members relative to each other in the direction of at least one of the axes. The power tool includes a power tool body and a rotatable driven member being operable for releasably gripping a working element, the driven member having a drive mode in which rotation of the driven member drives the working element relative to the power tool body and an adjustment mode in which rotation of the driven member causes the driven member to either grip the working element or release the working element or both.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2008
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Inventors: David Leigh Scrimshaw, Benjamin Luke Van Der Linde, Paul Francis Connor, Paul Miller
  • Patent number: 7752938
    Abstract: In a concentric double axis mechanism (1); a driving bevel gear (7) is placed concentrically with and freely from any interference with an axis-A (3), a follower bevel gear (8) is meshed with the driving bevel gear (7), and an axis-B (9) is concentrically connected and fixed to the follower bevel gear (8). Since the driving bevel gear (7) is driven by the axis-B actuator (12) that is independent from the axis-A actuator (11), the axis-B (9) can be driven being free from any interference with the axis-A (3). The axis-A actuator (11) does not become a load for the axis-B actuator (12), nor does the axis-B actuator (12) become a load for the axis-A actuator (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Harmonic Drive Systems Inc.
    Inventor: Naoki Kanayama
  • Patent number: 7734375
    Abstract: A robot with a body, at least one leg on each side of the body, and a hip connecting the leg to the body. The hip is configured to abduct and adduct the leg. A linkage is configured to rotate the leg along a predetermined path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Boston Dynamics
    Inventors: Martin Buehler, Aaron Saunders
  • Publication number: 20100095792
    Abstract: The engagement of gearwheels with curvilinear teeth is intended to create small-sized mechanical gears of rotational motion with big gear ratio in one stage. The smaller gearwheel—pinion (16)—has one tooth, having in its face section the shape of circumference (3), eccentrically shifted with respect to the axis OO1 of the gearwheel (16). The curvilinear helical tooth of the gearwheel (16) (helical eccentric) is generated by sequential shifting of the circumference 3 along the axis OO1 and its continuous turning around the axis. The greater gearwheel (17) has helical teeth, generated by turning of the cycloidal curve (5), the teeth are conjugated with the helical surface of the pinion (16). The engagement has a continuous line of contact along the whole length of the tooth, where in each section a circular pin tooth and a cycloid are engaged, having minimum losses for friction. In order to eliminate axial loads, occurring in engagement of helical teeth, the gearwheels (16) and (17) are made herring-bone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: CLOSED JOINT STOCK COMPANY "TECHNOLOGY MARKET"
    Inventors: Viktor V. Stanovskoy, Sergey M. Kazakyavichyus, Tatiana A. Remneva, Vladimir M. Kuznetsov
  • Publication number: 20100061839
    Abstract: A shaft coupling arrangement and a corresponding method for coupling shafts are disclosed herein. The shaft coupling arrangement includes an input shaft operable to rotate about a first axis. The shaft coupling arrangement also includes an output shaft operable to rotate about a second axis. The shaft coupling arrangement also includes a gearing arrangement operable to engage the input and output shafts together for rotation in the same angular direction at different angular speeds. In one embodiment of the invention, the gearing arrangement includes a plurality of nested bevel gears. In another embodiment of the invention, the gearing arrangement can include a single layshaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2008
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Inventors: MARK E. BARTOLOMEO, Gregory Blake, Randal L. Renback, Tony R. McKenny
  • Patent number: 7644640
    Abstract: A rim-shaped section of a teeth section with the same thickness among a bottomland and the same thickness as that of a web. An outward-radial-direction end of the web is connected to an inner end side of the rim-shaped section. In the rim-shaped section, a section from a teeth section connecting section of the web to an outer end of the ring-shaped rim-shaped section is connected to an outer circumferential surface of the boss by a plurality of first radial direction ribs. In the rim-shaped section, a section from the teeth section connecting section of the web to a tooth-width-direction center section is connected to an outward-radial-direction end of second radial direction ribs. The first and the second radial direction ribs are formed thinner than the web and the ring-shaped rim-shaped section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: Enplas Corporation
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20090241710
    Abstract: In a spiral bevel gear, a contact area between tooth flanks that mesh with each other is increased, thereby reducing teeth knocking noise and strengthening tooth sections. A shape of a tooth form on a normal plane T of a tooth section 15 of a spiral bevel gear becomes gradually larger as the normal plane moves from a small-diameter end section side towards a large-diameter end section side along a tooth trace H, as indicated by (a), (b), and (c). In correspondence, a tooth crest arc section S is provided in a connecting section 21 between a tooth flank 17 on a meshing side and a tooth crest 16. The tooth crest arc section S is formed such that a curvature radius r gradually increases within a range that does not exceed a radius R of an inscribed circle inscribed within two tooth flanks 17 and 18 and the tooth crest 16 on the normal plane T. The tooth crest arc section S can increase contact area when contact is made with a tooth flank of a partner gear and elastic deformation occurs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Suzuki, Issei Sato
  • Publication number: 20090151492
    Abstract: A heat sink mechanism includes a fixed and a movable clamping piece, at least one adjusting gearwheel rotatably mounted to and between the fixed and the movable clamping piece via a fixing shaft while an end of the fixing shaft is screwed to the movable clamping piece, and an adjusting worm shaft rotatably mounted to the fixed clamping piece for driving the adjusting gearwheel to rotate via meshed worm threads on the worm shaft and gear teeth on the adjusting gearwheel. When the adjusting worm shaft is rotated, the meshed worm threads and gear teeth bring the adjusting gearwheel and the fixing shaft thereof to rotate, so that the movable clamping piece screwed to the rotating fixing shaft is brought to move toward or away from the fixed clamping piece to thereby fix the heat sink mechanism to a heat-producing source to achieve the purpose of heat dissipation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Inventors: Shih-Chieh Chiang, Lin-Yu Lee
  • Publication number: 20080196527
    Abstract: A bevel gear mechanism, especially a bevel spur-gear mechanism having one or more gear mechanism stages, including a gear mechanism housing that surrounds the gear mechanism stages, and a motor cage, which is connected via a spacer flange to the gear mechanism housing, and is connected to an electric motor. The drive side shaft of the bevel gear mechanism stage is supported in a flanged bushing. Spacer flange and drive side end wall of the gear mechanism housing have a common bore. The common bore extends around the flanged bushing of the drive side shaft. The flanged bushing has a cylindrical outer surface that centers the gear mechanism housing, the spacer flange and the flanged bushing. Furthermore, the flanged bushing, the spacer flange and the drive side end wall are interconnected by screws.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2008
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Inventor: Peter Langer
  • Publication number: 20080119964
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a sensor unit for the position determination of a powered door having a position sensor and a transmission stage for the connection of the position sensor to the drive shaft of the door, with the sensor unit having its own housing so that it can be installed independently of the drive unit of the door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Applicant: Marantec Antriebs- und Steuerungstechnik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Michael Hoermann