Patents Examined by Kenneth Dorner
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Patent number: 4463624Abstract: A tiltable steering wheel for an automotive vehicle includes a steering wheel, a steering shaft, a steering gear, a connecting or intermediate shaft, a steering gear, a connecting or intermediate shaft, means such as a belt fastener for tiltably supporting the steering shaft, and a locking device for locking the steering shaft in a desired position. A rotation axis around which the steering shaft can rotate when tilting the steering wheel intersects or passes near the intersection of a first plane and a second plane when the steering shaft is held in the standard.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 1980Date of Patent: August 7, 1984Assignee: Nissan Motor Company, LimitedInventors: Junichi Shibata, Yuichi Sanada, Shigeo Shingyooji
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Patent number: 4463843Abstract: A cable assembly connects an input member (20) with a clutch assembly 10. The cable assembly comprises a sheath (30) enclosing a cable (34). An automatic adjuster 24 connects the cable (34) with a clutch lever (16) and the automatic adjuster is actuated by a bracket (92) to provide for extension between the cable (34) and the lever (16) in order to accommodate wear for the clutch assembly.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 1981Date of Patent: August 7, 1984Assignee: The Bendix CorporationInventor: Alistair G. Taig
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Patent number: 4464147Abstract: A tensioner for a power transmission belt that is adapted to be operated in an endless path and a method of making the same are provided, the tensioner comprising a support unit for being fixed relative to the belt, a belt engaging unit carried by the support unit and being movable relative thereto, a movable cam unit operatively associated with the support unit and the belt engaging unit for moving the belt engaging unit relative to the support unit, and a spring unit operatively associated with the support unit and the cam unit for urging the belt engaging unit relative to the support unit and against the belt with a force to tension the belt, the support unit comprising a tubular member having an interconnecting part and the cam unit being disposed in the tubular member and having an interconnecting part operatively interconnected with the interconnecting part of the tubular member so that the cam unit is adapted to be axially movable relative to the tubular member while being non-rotatable relative to theType: GrantFiled: November 16, 1981Date of Patent: August 7, 1984Assignee: Dayco CorporationInventor: Randy C. Foster
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Patent number: 4463627Abstract: A pneumatic piston and cylinder assembly is preset by means of a 3-way regulating valve to exert a balancing force on a blockade arm in a retracted position. The arm is coupled via a linkage to a cam follower which rides on a rotary cam. The arm pivots in response to motion of the cam. When the cam causes the arm to pivot away from the retracted position to an advanced position, the arm overcomes the preset balancing force and causes the piston to retract gradually as air is bled to atmosphere from the cylinder via the valve. At the end of the stroke of the arm, the diminished air pressure in the cylinder provides a cushion to prevent bounce of the arm. As the cam causes the arm to reverse its stroke and pivot back to the retracted position, air is gradually admitted to the cylinder via the valve, thereby extending the piston and assisting movement of the arm.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 1981Date of Patent: August 7, 1984Inventor: C. Kenneth Zelle
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Patent number: 4464150Abstract: An inner rigid pulley core is formed from a plurality of plate members extending radially from a centrally disposed shaft; or a predetermined axis of rotation at which the plate members meet and are connected together in the absence of a shaft. A cylindrical pulley shell is secured to the free ends of the plate members to form with the rigid pulley core a pulley with a face which in total acts as a beam (composite type). In one of the embodiments, where the radial plates are secured to each other, about the predetermined axis of rotation, the axial ends of the plates are extended near the axis of rotation on each end of the pulley to form ears about which an annular ring is secured to form shaft ends to facilitate mounting of the pulley. In another embodiment (where the plates are secured together about the axis of rotation) a cast end bell with stub shaft ends is secured to the pulley core and shell to facilitate mounting of the pulley.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 1982Date of Patent: August 7, 1984Inventor: Clifford A. Holden
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Patent number: 4463626Abstract: A tiltable steering apparatus for vehicles for tiltably regulating a steering wheel by engagement of a pawl member and a latch member according to operation of an operating lever which includes a memory member engaged with the latch member and releasable from the latch member upon engagement of the latch member with the pawl member and engageable with the latch member upon disengagement of the latch member from the pawl member according to rotation of the operating lever, a regulating member engageable with the pawl member and disengageable from the pawl member for locating a relative angled position of the pawl member and memory member at the same position thereof so as to engage the pawl member with the latch member and a mechanism for acting on the memory member for locating the relative angled position of the pawl member and the memory member at the same position thereof.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 1982Date of Patent: August 7, 1984Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kenichi Kazaoka, Teiji Okuyama, Masumi Nishikawa
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Patent number: 4462269Abstract: This disclosure relates to a flywheel for use with an automotive engine or the like. The flywheel of the present invention is basically a one-piece structure comprised of a disc portion and an integrally formed ring portion having gear teeth on its outer circumference. These gear teeth engage the pinion gear on the engine's starting motor and have appropriately positioned reinforcement thereon. This new construction does away with the need for attaching a ring gear to a separate stamped metal disc to form the flywheel, and also offers several manufacturing, performance, weight, and cost advantages.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 1983Date of Patent: July 31, 1984Assignee: Davis Tool & Engineering Company, Inc.Inventor: James J. Inglis
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Patent number: 4462267Abstract: A handlebar for a bicycle, which comprises a bar body having a mounting portion for a handle stem of the bicycle and gripping members each having a gripping portion, the bar body and gripping members being separate from each other, the gripping members being provided with support brackets for supporting control levers respectively.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 1981Date of Patent: July 31, 1984Assignee: Shimano Industrial Company, LimitedInventor: Keizo Shimano
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Patent number: 4462270Abstract: An improvement over U.S. Pat. No. 3,440,899 by McGavern. That patent includes a first plurality of shear liquid filled cavities defined by through apertures in the elastomer member. The improvement of this invention resides in adding a second plurality of shear liquid filled cavities, the cavities located in the inertia member at a surface thereof interfaced with the elastomer member. By this construction the total volume of shear liquid is increased, thereby increasing the damping action of the torsional vibration damper.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 1979Date of Patent: July 31, 1984Assignee: Wallace Murray CorporationInventors: Duncan H. Cooper, Herbert W. Egan, Jr.
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Patent number: 4461595Abstract: A wrist pin for coupling a connecting rod to a piston in an engine is disclosed. The pin takes the form of a metal tube having a specially designed aperture with an increased surface area in comparison with conventional wrist pins having bores with circular cross section. In the preferred embodiment, the internal aperture is defined by alternately connected convex and concave surface portions.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 1982Date of Patent: July 24, 1984Inventor: Angelos Mallas
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Patent number: 4461190Abstract: A remote control rear view mirror which includes; a mirror member and a mirror supporting member of molded plastic and each mounted on transversely disposed trunnion supports in a housing member, a gear member provided on the mirror supporting member and engaged with a gear segment provided on the mirror member, single cable means operative of the gear member for turning it and axially moving it to change the viewing angle of the mirror member, and a control mechanism for effecting axial and rotational movement of the gear member via the cable means with only rotational movement at the control.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 1981Date of Patent: July 24, 1984Assignee: Lacks Industries, Inc.Inventor: Walter C. Bramer
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Patent number: 4459870Abstract: The invention comprehends a remote control mechanism comprising a control device, a controlled device, and push-pull control links operatively connected at one end to said control device and at the opposite end to said controlled device, said control device being supported for pivotal movement about mutually displaced axes, said controlled device including controlled means supported for linear movement along a longitudinal axis and pivotal movement about said longitudinal axis, said control links being coincidentally moved in response to pivotal movement of said control device about one of said mutually displaced axes to effect pivotal movement of said controlled means about said longitudinal axes, and said central links being differentially relatively moved in response to pivotal movement of said control device about the other of said mutually displaced axes to effect linear movement of said controlled means along said longitudinal axis.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 1980Date of Patent: July 17, 1984Assignee: Teleflex Morse Ltd.Inventors: John G. Gill, James F. Hemens
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Patent number: 4459877Abstract: A center column type rotary index machine comprises a rotary index table which is intermittently rotated in angular increments to position a jig mounted on the index table at predetermined processing stations. A vertically movable center column undergoes upward and downward movement relative to a fixed frame portion of the machine. In order to ensure precise positioning of the jig at the processing stations, a clamp rod is slidably mounted on the fixed frame portion and is provided at its lower end with a taper portion which coacts with a complementary-shaped taper portion on the index table to position the index table so that the jig is precisely positioned at one of the processing stations.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 1981Date of Patent: July 17, 1984Assignee: Seiko Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Nobuo Morita
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Patent number: 4458553Abstract: This window glass raising arm comprises a ribbed link of thin sheet metal having an end portion which is formed over onto a conical base of a roller which is in one piece with the base and of plastics material. This provides a simple and cheap assembly which is nonetheless suitably efficient.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 1982Date of Patent: July 10, 1984Assignee: Compagnie Industrielle des Mecanismes en abrege C.I.M.Inventor: Roger Parizet
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Patent number: 4458552Abstract: A motion transmitting remote control assembly (10) of the type for transmitting forces along a curved path by a motion transmitting core element includes a conduit (14), a motion transmitting core element (12) movably supported by the conduit (14), and a support fitting (16) for supporting the conduit (14) through an aperture (18) of a support structure (20). The support fitting (16) includes a body portion (22) and an integral radially extending abutment (24) extending from the body portion (22) for abutting one extremity of the aperture (18). The support fitting (16) further includes a second integral abutment comprising a pair of stubs (26) extending from the body portion (22) and formed by the body portion having had a pair of legs (28) extending therefrom broken off.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 1981Date of Patent: July 10, 1984Assignee: Teleflex IncorporatedInventors: Arthur L. Spease, William G. Bennett, Thomas J. Frankhouse
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Patent number: 4458554Abstract: Compensation is provided for dynamic unbalance imparted to a fixed body by a rotating body that is connected to the fixed body by a shaft about which the rotating body rotates. Force components exerted on the fixed body by the rotating body in a plane at right angles to the axis are determined. In response to the determined force components, the rotational speed and effective direction of mass means mounted on the rotating body are controlled. The mass means has an effective axis of rotation in a plane at right angles to the longitudinal axis.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 1981Date of Patent: July 10, 1984Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationInventor: John A. Hrastar
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Patent number: 4455886Abstract: An adjustable thermostat is disclosed which has an operating temperature range and in which detent means is provided to establish a plurality of detent positions of a rotatably adjustable shaft for selected operating temperatures of the thermostat. The detent means includes a radially extending, arcuate flange rotatable with the shaft and cooperating with a post on the base. The flange has a plurality of radial notches to establish the plural detent positions in engagement with a projection on the post. The flange is integral with an arcuately extending wall, the wall having inner and outer arcuate surfaces, and the entire wall is deformed and stressed by radial camming action as the shaft is moved from one detent position to another. The foregoing abstract is merely a resume of one general application, is not a complete discussion of all principles of operation or applications, and is not to be construed as a limitation on the scope of the claimed subject matter.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 1981Date of Patent: June 26, 1984Assignee: Therm-O-Disc, IncorporatedInventor: Donald J. Schmitt
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Patent number: 4454779Abstract: A drive for a variable-stroke swash plate machine, comprising a rotatably journalled shaft and a swash plate mounted so that the plate cannot rotate with respect to the shaft during operation. The plate is journalled on the shaft so that it is rotatable about an axis of rotation which intersects the shaft axis at an acute angle. A first conical gear on the plate engages a second conical gear on a sleeve arranged coaxially around the shaft. Control means rotate the sleeve and second conical gear with respect to the shaft.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 1979Date of Patent: June 19, 1984Assignee: U.S. Philips CorporationInventor: Jan Vos
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Patent number: 4453429Abstract: An automatic transmission having a torque converter comprising an impeller connected to the crankshaft of an internal combustion engine and a turbine driven by the impeller by oil, an automatic transmission apparatus comprising a planetary gear device and a fluid operated brake and clutch devices connected to an output shaft of the turbine, and a final reduction gear device connected to an output shaft of the automatic transmission apparatus. An overdrive device comprising an overdrive clutch and overdrive gears is connected to the output shaft of the turbine. An intermediate shaft is connected between an output shaft of the overdrive gears and the final reduction gear device, and a valve is provided for applying pressure oil to the overdrive clutch for engagement thereof.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 1981Date of Patent: June 12, 1984Assignee: Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Takano Toshio
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Patent number: 4452097Abstract: A window drive mechanism for motor vehicles including a driving cable operatively extending between a plurality of tubes each having adjoining ends with radially outwardy extending flared collars, the adjoining ends being connected together by a plastic clamping member which consists of two clamp halves adapted to receive therebetween said flared ends and being clipped together to connect said tubes with the clamp halves of the clamping member being each provided with an inner circumferential groove for receiving therein, respectively, the flared collars of the tubes.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 1982Date of Patent: June 5, 1984Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KommanditgesellschaftInventor: Manfred Sunkel