Reversal Of Direction Of Power Flow Changes Power Transmission To Alternate Path Patents (Class 74/810.1)
  • Patent number: 6942215
    Abstract: The paper transferring mechanism includes a drive gear coaxially coupled with a rotation shaft of a motor, a pick-up gear coupled with a shaft of a pick-up roller to separately feed the paper sheets, and a feed gear coupled with a shaft of a feed roller to outwardly transfer the paper sheets. The paper transferring mechanism also includes a discharge gear coupled with a shaft of a discharge roller to outwardly discharge the paper sheets, and a swing gear having one end connected to the drive gear and the other end selectively connected to one of the pick-up gear and the feed gear. The pick-up gear is rotated when the motor is rotated in a first direction, the feed gear is rotated when the motor is rotated in a second direction, and the discharge gear is rotated constantly in one direction regardless of the rotation direction of the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sin-kyu Kang, Kiel-jae Hur
  • Patent number: 6931954
    Abstract: A power transmission device includes a pair of gear assemblies and an idle. Each of the gear assemblies includes a first gear having continuous external teeth on a peripheral wall and a second gear having continuous external teeth on a peripheral wall. The first gear and second gear are arranged to form a one-way clutch. When the first gear rotates in one direction relative to the second gear, the first gear is not connected to the second gear. When the first gear rotates in the other direction relative to the second gear, the first gear is connected to the second gear. The external teeth of the first gears in the gear assemblies engage each other, and the external teeth of the second gears in the gear assemblies engage the idle gear. One direction output at the second gear is obtained regardless of an input direction at the first gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Assignee: Nifco Inc.
    Inventor: Naoto Jinbo
  • Patent number: 6860726
    Abstract: A dual drive system for a hydraulic pump and an air boost compressor is provided. Reversible power is transmitted to a shaft connected to clockwise and counterclockwise over-running clutches connected to different vehicle or equipment subsystems. Reversing the drive allows power to be alternately transmitted to one or the other of the subsystems. The invention includes utilizing the dual drive for hydraulic and air conditioning systems for an aircraft, with the provision of an additional drive motor providing constant power to one or more of the subsystems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Howard Carter III, Richard N. Johnson, Michael John Provost, John David Brown
  • Publication number: 20040200316
    Abstract: The invention relates to a transmission assembly comprising at least one input shaft (1) driven in rotation and in engagement with a toothed wheel (2A).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2003
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Inventor: Robert Blanchard
  • Patent number: 6802234
    Abstract: Transmission mechanism of drilling/milling tool, including a motor capable of forward and backward rotating. The motor has a transmission shaft for transmitting the power to the transmission mechanism. The transmission mechanism further includes a movable slide gear, a first and a second driven wheels constantly engaged with the slide gear and a brake or shaft mounted on a driving wheel or the driven wheel. The slide gear is responsive to the forward and backward rotation of the transmission shaft to axially move along the brake or shaft to selectively drivingly engage with the first or second driven wheel. In the forward and backward travel of the drill bit or blade, the drill bit or blade is rotated at high or low rotational speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2004
    Assignee: Lee Yeong Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Pan-Chung Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20040060386
    Abstract: Transmission mechanism of drilling/milling tool, including a motor capable of forward and backward rotating. The motor has a transmission shaft for transmitting the power to the transmission mechanism. The transmission mechanism further includes a movable slide gear, a first and a second driven wheels constantly engaged with the slide gear and a brake or shaft mounted on a driving wheel or the driven wheel. The slide gear is responsive to the forward and backward rotation of the transmission shaft to axially move along the brake or shaft to selectively drivingly engage with the first or second driven wheel. In the forward and backward travel of the drill bit or blade, the drill bit or blade is rotated at high or low rotational speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2002
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Applicant: Lee Yeong Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Pan-Chung Hsieh
  • Patent number: 6626751
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compact transmission assembly for use in a coin storage and dispensing apparatus. The transmission assembly can connect the rotational output of a reversible electrical motor to a link unit that supports a switching gear unit. A helical gear unit can be mounted adjacent to the link unit and can be driven axially along a shaft to contact a mounting unit to receive a thrust force and to drive the link unit in a clockwise or counter-clockwise direction depending upon the rotation of the reversible motor. The switching gear unit is radially mounted at an offset position on the link unit and can appropriately contact output gears connected to output shafts for providing a selective dual power output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignee: Asahi Seiko Co., LTD
    Inventor: Masayoshi Umeda
  • Patent number: 6609440
    Abstract: A structure of a variable transmission device includes an input shaft driven by a motor to perform alternate rotation having a gear on a middle portion, an output shaft having a pair of gears secured to the upper and lower ends respectively and a speed changing shaft positioned between the input and output shaft having a pair of gears rotatably secured to two ends respectively meshed with the gears of the output shaft and a spiral outer periphery on a middle portion rotatably and slidably engaged with an inner threaded gear which meshes with the teeth of the gear of the input shaft. Thereby, the rotation of the input shaft drives the inner threaded gear to rotatably slide about the spiral outer periphery to force the gears of the speed changing shaft to rotate and in turn to drive the gears of the output shaft to rotate in concert with the input shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Inventor: Chu-Wen Chu
  • Patent number: 6523437
    Abstract: A device (1), particularly a facsimile apparatus, has a reversible motor (26), an intermediate transmission gear (29) which is drivable by the motor (26), and three drive wheels (44, 48, 51) which are drivable with the aid of the intermediate transmission gear (29). The intermediate transmission gear (29) includes a basic member (30) which is drivable by the motor (26), a control member (36), and a drive member (37). A first unidirectional coupling of the basic member (30) and the control member (36), and a second unidirectional coupling of the basic member (30) and the drive member (37) are constructed to transmit power in opposite directions of rotation (31, 32). The control member (36) is adapted to selectively establish a drive transmission between the motor (26) and at least one drive wheel (44, 48, 51), and the drive member (37) is adapted to drive the drive wheels (44, 48, 51).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: Sagem SA
    Inventor: Christoph Potakowskyj
  • Patent number: 6499576
    Abstract: A stepping mechanism comprising a motor, a motor gear connectable to the motor and rotatable by the motor, a first one-way clutch and a second one-way clutch when the motor rotates the gear in a first direction so as to operate the first one-way clutch in a first mode and the motor rotates the gear in the second direction so as to operate the second one-way clutch in a second mode, wherein the first and second one-way clutch do not operate at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2002
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventor: Walter F. Wafler
  • Patent number: 6484608
    Abstract: There is disclosed a two-axis positioning mechanism including a single motor to control the position of two orthogonal axes. The motor is in communication with a first drive system to control the position of one axis and a second drive system to control the position of the other of the two axes. Also provided is a mechanically redundant positioning mechanism in which either of two motors may perform the two-axis positioning function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2002
    Assignee: Hughes Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: John Ziavras
  • Patent number: 6390409
    Abstract: A roll stand with a frame, a holder arm arranged in the frame, a shaft for the holder, a holder, a motor, and a transmission agent. The transmission agent includes a first and second toothed wheel mounted on an incoming shaft, which is arranged to be driven by the motor, a third toothed wheel and a fifth toothed wheel are arranged on the shaft for the holder, freewheel hubs are arranged at the shaft for the holder between the third and the fifth toothed wheel. The freewheel hubs are capable of locking a toothed wheel in one direction of rotation. Due to the arrangement of the toothed wheels, a first and second drive path is formed so that the transmission agent is capable of achieving two gear changes on an outgoing shaft, depending on the direction of rotation of the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: Megtec Systems Amal AB
    Inventor: Hans Högberg
  • Patent number: 6383108
    Abstract: An apparatus for changing direction of driving force for bicycles, more particularly, an apparatus for changing direction of driving force for bicycles, which can travel bicycles forward by pedaling rearward as well as by pedaling forward, is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: World Industry Co., Ltd.,
    Inventor: Moon-Soo Yoo
  • Patent number: 6353957
    Abstract: A gearbox arrangement couples an input shaft to an output shaft whereby the output shaft is driven by the input shaft in a constant rotational direction but at two different rotational speeds depending upon the particular direction of rotation of an input shaft for a given rotational speed of the input shaft. The input shaft has an input gear integral therewith and the output shaft has an output gear integral therewith. A first unidirectional clutch couples the input shaft with the output shaft such that rotation of the input shaft in a first input direction at a first input speed rotates the output shaft in a first output direction at a first output speed, but rotation of the input shaft in a second, opposite input direction causes the first unidirectional clutch to slip. An idler gear meshes with and is driven by the input gear. An intermediate shaft has a first intermediate gear integral therewith. The first intermediate gear is meshed with and driven by the idler gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Assignee: Pioneer Eclipse Corporation
    Inventors: Jack Bruce Wolfe, Derrick Lee Hamm, Mike Travers Chappell
  • Publication number: 20010023624
    Abstract: A device (1), particularly a facsimile apparatus, has a reversible motor (26), an intermediate transmission gear (29) which is drivable by the motor (26), and three drive wheels (44, 48, 51) which are drivable with the aid of the intermediate transmission gear (29), the intermediate transmission gear (29) including a basic member (30) which is drivable by the motor (26), a control member (36), and a drive member (37), as well as a first unidirectional coupling means (38) between the basic member (30) and the control member (36), and a second unidirectional coupling means (40) between the basic member (30) and the drive member (37), both coupling means being constructed to transmit power opposite directions of rotation (31, 32), the control member (36) being adapted to selectively establish a drive transmission between the motor (26) and at least one drive wheel (44, 48, 51), and the drive member (37) is adapted to drive the drive wheels (44, 48, 51).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2000
    Publication date: September 27, 2001
    Inventor: Christoph Potakowskyj