Adjustment By Assembly Or Disassembly Patents (Class 92/13.41)
  • Patent number: 9163649
    Abstract: A first adjustable stop on a jack member selectively adjusts an incline stop gap while a second adjustable stop on a support element selectively adjusts a decline stop gap. Stop surfaces on the first adjustable stop and the support element may define the incline stop gap, while stop surfaces on the second adjustable stop and the first adjustable stop may define the decline stop gap. A number of turns of a stop needed to effect a desired of adjustment may be determined using a pitch, lead, and/or number of starts of threads used to mount the stops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Matthew Stephen Casavant, Kenneth Damon Black
  • Patent number: 8689675
    Abstract: Field adjustable piston actuators are described. An example field adjustable piston actuator includes a housing having opposing openings and a chamber. Additionally, the example piston actuator includes a first plate coupled to the housing and adjacent one of the opposing openings. Further, the example piston actuator includes a second plate coupled to a yoke and the housing. The second plate is adjacent the other one of the opposing openings. Further still, the piston actuator includes a volume adjuster to provide field adjustment to change a volume of the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Fisher Controls International, LLC
    Inventor: Michael W. McCarty
  • Patent number: 7739944
    Abstract: A fluid operated rotary drive comprises a drive housing (2) and an output shaft (4) able to be caused to oscillate in relation to it and having a pivotal abutment arranged on it which cooperates with a counter abutment (34 and 35). The pivotal abutment is able to be positioned about the longitudinal axis (8) of the output shaft (4) in different abutment settings and is able to be clamped in a releasable manner respectively against a clamping face (56) on the housing by means of a clamping means (53).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Festo AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Christian Ante, Gerhard Thorwart
  • Patent number: 6966248
    Abstract: The guide has a barrel segment and a bushing segment. The barrel segment couples to the upper end of the pump barrel. The bushing segment has a bushing stop. The length of the guide is adjustable so as to vary the length of the bushing stop from the barrel. By varying the length of the guide, the travel of the plunger is adjusted to provide for a small compression chamber without the plunger contacting the barrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2005
    Assignee: Harbison-Fischer, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark William Mahoney
  • Patent number: 6694862
    Abstract: A hand-operated pump, readily accessible and useable by people with disabilities, complies with the specifications set forth in the American Disabilities Act. The reciprocating pump provides for counterbalance-assisted rotary motion input by the user, is simple in design, inexpensive to produce, operates reliably in the field, and requires very little maintenance. The pump is suitable for use in remote areas, such as on ranches, farms and in the National Forest System campgrounds and recreational areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Robert G. Beckley, Charles W. Harding, Tyler V. Kuhn
  • Publication number: 20020152886
    Abstract: A positioning apparatus includes a housing having a chamber. The vane is rotatably movable within the chamber. An arm is coupled to the vane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2001
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Inventor: Edwin G. Sawdon