Cams Patents (Class 74/567)
  • Patent number: 12140398
    Abstract: An archery trigger adjuster includes, in an embodiment, a tool interface portion configured to interface with a portion of an adjustment tool. The archery trigger adjuster also includes a repositioning portion coupled to the tool interface portion. The repositioning portion includes an exterior surface configured to engage a trigger surface of a trigger of an archery release device. The exterior surface has an asymmetrical shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Copper John Corporation
    Inventor: Eric C. Springer
  • Patent number: 12116211
    Abstract: A spacer assembly includes a shaft, a spacer having a first end and a second end, the spacer configured to receive the shaft; a collar configured to couple with the shaft at the first end to secure the shaft in the spacer when the shaft is received by the spacer, a lever configured to couple with the shaft at the first end, the lever configured to rotate the shaft, and a screw configured to fasten the lever to the spacer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: GOODRICH CORPORATION
    Inventor: Vinod Kumar Shivalinga
  • Patent number: 12054969
    Abstract: In some examples, an electronic device for mounting in a chassis includes a housing to be received in the chassis, and a mechanical intrusion indication segment to move from a retracted position to an extended position responsive to mounting of the housing in the electronic device. The mechanical intrusion indication segment when in the extended position is to break upon removal of the housing from the chassis. A controller is to detect an intrusion of the electronic device in response to breaking of the mechanical intrusion indication segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Vaden Albert Mohrmann, Teresa Angela Gillon
  • Patent number: 12054981
    Abstract: A pre-assembled gate opener assembly is comprised of a gate and an anchor assembly having a platform. A plurality of track assemblies on the platform provide a track on which the gate may slide from a first position (closed) to a second position (open) and any position in between. A guidepost having a “Shepherd's hook” configuration guides the gate as the gate passes therethrough. A pair of rollers within the interior of the top of the guidepost makes continuous contact with each side of the top of the gate both while the gate is stationary and in motion. A gate opener controller contains the required electrical connections to fully the operate gate opener assembly. Subterrain anchor supports provide the necessary support for the gate opener assembly. An alternative embodiment accommodates nontraditional configured gates. Installation of the gate opener assembly is performed by do-it-yourselfers in minimal time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Inventor: Troy Hinojosa
  • Patent number: 12050481
    Abstract: A knob assembly for an appliance includes a knob, a bezel, and restrictor block. The restrictor block removably couples within the knob. The restrictor block includes a first mating face that is configured to position adjacent the bezel on the appliance, and a second mating face is configured to position adjacent an inside surface of the knob. The restrictor block also includes a first pin positioned on the first mating face that is configured to restrict rotation of the restrictor block relative to the bezel, as well as a notch in a circumferential portion of the restrictor block. The notch is configured to restrict rotation of the knob relative to the bezel. While the restrictor block is installed within the knob, the knob is rotationally restricted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul Kenneth Hengesbach
  • Patent number: 11974691
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus (1) for preparing foodstuffs accommodated in a vessel (2), the apparatus including a steam-generating unit arranged in a housing (3) and intended for generating steam, a steam-feeding unit (4) connected to the steam-generating unit in a steam-conducting manner via a steam-supply line and having a steam probe (6) containing at least one steam-discharging opening, and a linear drive having a drive train (17) with an electric motor (18) and by means of which a carriage (10), which carries the steam-feeding unit (4) or a vessel holder (7), is adjusted in translatory fashion relative to the housing (3), wherein an overload clutch (28) is integrated in the drive train (17), between the electric motor (18) and a belt drive (13), in the form of a toothed belt drive, for adjusting the carriage (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Carogusto AG
    Inventors: Thomas Grendelmeier, Philipp Schenk, Samuel Schranz
  • Patent number: 11940012
    Abstract: A normal-time drive cam groove extends from a drive cam specific point, which is defined as a specific point of the drive cam, toward one side in a circumferential direction of the drive cam. A groove bottom at the normal-time drive cam groove is sloped relative to one end surface of the drive cam such that a depth of the groove bottom continuously decreases from the drive cam specific point toward the one side in the circumferential direction of the drive cam. An emergency-time drive cam groove extends from the drive cam specific point toward another side in the circumferential direction of the drive cam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Takagi, Ryo Ishibashi, Takumi Sugiura
  • Patent number: 11840875
    Abstract: A gate opener assembly is comprised of a gate and an anchor assembly having a platform. A plurality of track assemblies on the platform provide a track on which the gate may slide from a first position (closed) to a second position (open) and any position in between. A guidepost having a “Shepherd's hook” configuration guides the gate as the gate passes therethrough. A pair of rollers within the interior of the top of the guidepost makes continuous contact with each side of the top of the gate both while the gate is stationary and in motion. A gate opener controller contains the required electrical connections to fully the operate gate opener assembly. Subterrain anchor supports provide the necessary support for the gate opener assembly. An alternative embodiment accommodates nontraditional configured gates. Installation of the gate opener assembly is performed by do-it-yourselfers in minimal time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Inventor: Troy Hinojosa
  • Patent number: 11772916
    Abstract: A container member includes a container body that contains a recording medium and that tilts such that a leading edge of the contained recording medium is higher than a trailing edge, and a leading edge restriction portion that comes into contact with a portion of the leading edge except for at least a first end portion and that restricts a position of the leading edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Shinya Hasegawa, Kota Tomioka, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Yoichi Yamakawa
  • Patent number: 11703110
    Abstract: Provided is a mechanism that causes a rod-shaped member to rotate while causing rod parts, which are part of the rod-shaped member, to carry out out-of-phase reciprocating motions. A drive mechanism (100) in accordance with an aspect of the present invention includes: a rotatable rod (10) that includes rod parts (11) which are separated by a boundary along a central axis 1, the rod parts (11) each being independently movable along the central axis (1); support members (A and B) having a slide groove (31) that is in the form of a ring and that surrounds the rotatable rod (10); and an outer cylinder (50) that is disposed between the rotatable rod (10) and the support members (A and B) and that has longitudinal grooves (51) each extending along the central axis (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignees: THE SCHOOL CORPORATION KANSAI UNIVERSITY, AIKI RIOTECH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiji Aoyagi, Hajime Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 11662002
    Abstract: A two-degree-of-freedom decoupled transmission apparatus for a spatial adhesion pawl mainly includes a tangential loading transmission mechanism and a normal de-adhesion transmission mechanism. The tangential loading transmission mechanism adopts a bevel gear pair, such that the tangential loading transmission mechanism is arranged in a bending manner, and a tangential loading motor of the tangential loading transmission mechanism is collected inside the apparatus. The tangential loading motor is connected to a cam pull plate through the bevel gear pair, a worm gear reducer and a key, and drive the cam pull plate to rotate around a central shaft of an adhesion apparatus. Six transmission bolts on six adhesion units are respectively driven through six cam grooves on the cam pull plate to simultaneously perform centripetal driving on the adhesion units with a further increased force, so as to realize tangential and centripetal loading of the adhesion units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: SHANGHAI AEROSPACE CONTROL TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Jun Sun, Jinhai Wang, Xiaolong Zhang, Ting Song, Zhigang Liu
  • Patent number: 11624430
    Abstract: The present disclosure related to a travel stop assembly for preventing rotation, and undesired locking, of a shaft. The travel stop assembly may comprise a shaft that extends along an axis and is rotatable about the axis. A lead screw may extend along the axis and be operatively engaged, and rotatable, with the shaft about the axis. A nut may be in threaded engagement with the lead screw and axially movable along a length of the lead screw upon rotation of the lead screw. At least one stop pin may operatively engaged the lead screw and the at least one stop pin may extend from the lead screw perpendicularly relative to the axis. The stop pin may be positioned on the lead screw to stop rotation of the lead screw and the stop pin may prevent locking of the nut to the lead screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Steering Solutions IP Holding Corporation
    Inventors: Jeremy A. Bonkowski, Tyler M. Reno, Laura F. Stock, Timothy J. Bennett
  • Patent number: 11601091
    Abstract: A fluctuating oscillator includes: an adder that has an input terminal to which an input signal including a main signal and an uncorrelated signal that is uncorrelated with the main signal and is higher in frequency than the main signal is input, and adds a feedback signal to the input signal; a threshold discrimination unit that generates a pulse signal by comparing an addition signal added by the adder with a threshold; a transient response unit that generates an output signal by transiently responding the generated pulse signal; and a feedback loop that feeds back the output signal to the adder as the feedback signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: OSAKA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Teruo Kanki, Yasushi Hotta
  • Patent number: 11547624
    Abstract: A surgical leg positioner capable of bending the knee in varus or valgus while simultaneously distracting the tibia from the femur, the leg positioner having a thigh clamp module, a swing arm module connected to the thigh clamp module in a manner that offsets a joint axis laterally to the side of the knee of the patient so as not to damage the opposite compartment of the knee when bent in varus or valgus. The swing arm module also distracts the knee simultaneously when the knee is bent in varus or valgus. The swing arm module also permits flexion and extension of the knee at the knee's natural flexion-extension axis. The surgical leg positioner also utilizes a thigh brace that property aligns the leg on the surgical leg positioner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: AOD HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas D. Ferro, Austin T. Ferro, Donald J. Lee, Joseph Phillips, John Park
  • Patent number: 11351919
    Abstract: An exterior rearview mirror assembly includes a mounting arm and a mirror head having a mirror casing, a mirror reflective element and an actuator. The mounting arm is received through an aperture in the mirror casing and the actuator is attached at the mounting arm inside the mirror casing. The actuator is electrically operable to adjust the mirror head relative to the mounting arm. The actuator attaches at the mounting arm and to the mirror casing. The actuator includes an actuator housing that houses first and second motors that drive respective first and second gears. When the first motor is electrically operated, the first gear causes pivoting of the mirror head about a vertical pivot axis, and when the second motor is electrically operated, the second gear causes pivoting of the mirror head about a horizontal pivot axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: MAGNA MIRRORS OF AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Robert L. Esser
  • Patent number: 11285924
    Abstract: Embodiments include a vehicle side washer assembly, a shaft assembly, and horizontal cloth brush panels. The side washer assembly includes a retractable angled primary arm, a retractable secondary arm, a shaft assembly having an upright shaft, and horizontal cloth brush panels. The upright shaft is disposed through a shaft attachment region of each of the horizontal cloth brush panels. The shaft assembly includes an upright shaft including notches and protrusions, and retrofit discs each including a shaft opening that matches contours of the upright shaft. Each of the retrofit discs includes rotary notches. The horizontal cloth brush panels each include flat fingers, a contiguous central region, and a brush shaft opening cut to match contours of the upright shaft. The horizontal cloth brush panels rotate in a reverse rotation with a direction of travel of a vehicle, and can be mixed and matches with various sizes and shapes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: iWash Technology LLC
    Inventor: Jeff R. Fitzsimmons
  • Patent number: 10605397
    Abstract: An intervention method for acting on a wall of a fluid pipeline using a tool includes moving the tool inside the pipeline until a pipe segment of the tool is positioned facing a zone of the wall of the pipeline. The method also includes creating sealing upstream and downstream from the zone using first and second seals of the tool so as to seal off an outer portion of a segment of the pipeline around the zone. The method further includes acting on the zone of the wall. The sealing by the first and second seals occurs in two portions of the pipeline so as to define a sealing lock between the two portions of the pipeline. The tool further includes an adjustable propulsion system configured to make use of movement of the fluid in order to move the tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: ENGIE
    Inventors: Benoit Acker, Maxime Lecchi, Charles Francois-Albert Fernandez, Roland Nierhoff
  • Patent number: 10400637
    Abstract: The invention relates to a variable valve control device (1) for internal combustion engines of the reciprocating-piston design having at least one gas exchange valve, which can be actuated by a camshaft (3) by means of a cam device (4) that is connected to the camshaft (3) for conjoint rotation and that has at least two different cam tracks (7, 8), which camshaft is supported in such a way that the camshaft can be rotated about a camshaft axis (2), wherein, selectively, one of the cam tracks (7, 8) can be activated and at least one other cam track (8, 7) can be deactivated by means of a control device (10), and wherein the control device (10) has at least one control element (11), which is guided axially, in particular within the camshaft, and by which at least one cam device (4) that is supported on the camshaft (3) for conjoint rotation but axially movably and that has at least two different cam tracks (7, 8) can be adjusted by means of at least one driving piece (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: AVL LIST GMBH
    Inventors: Christian Hubmann, Helmut Melde-Tuczai
  • Patent number: 10293452
    Abstract: An inner cam has a substantially C-shaped cross section, an arcuately shaped inner circumferential surface of which is ground with high precision by such a honing method. The inner circumferential surface has a discontinuous portion. The honing method includes a fixing step and a grinding step. A plurality of inner cams, in which openings are provided between both ends thereof in the circumferential direction, are stacked, and the arcuately shaped inner circumferential surfaces thereof are subjected to grinding. In the fixing step, the relative positions of the plurality of inner cams are fixed such that a resultant force against the inner cams arranged on both end sides in the stacking direction, and a resultant force against the inner cams arranged on a central side in the stacking direction are opposed to each other mutually at a center location of the stacking direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuro Yoshimura, Fumio Sato, Hiroshi Takeda
  • Patent number: 10036455
    Abstract: A camshaft contains a support tube, on which components including at least one cam are arranged at predetermined locations. The support tube extends at least partially through a hole in the components, and wherein a press fit is produced between the support tube and the components by hydroforming. Accordingly, at least one locally formed material formation is provided between the support tube and the hole. Via the material formation, the component is retained at the location in a desired orientation relative to the support tube in such a way that the support tube having the mounted components can be fed for hydroforming.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: ThyssenKrupp Presta TecCenter AG
    Inventors: Daniel Paul, Robert Reichelt
  • Patent number: 9982705
    Abstract: A roller-bearing mounted shaft may include a shaft tube having a shaft outer face with at least one rolling body running face. The shaft tube may have at least one functional element joined thermally thereto, wherein the shaft tube is formed as a welded and drawn tube and includes a carbon content of greater than 0.45 percent by mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Flender, Michael Kreisig, Antonio Menonna, Falk Schneider, Stefan Steichele
  • Patent number: 9777848
    Abstract: A valve having a housing in which three ducts that are connected to each another are arranged, one flap, which is mounted rotatably on a shaft is arranged in each of two ducts, an electric motor which drives a shaft by a gearing system, and a transmission mechanism, which drives the second flap depending on the movement of the first flap. On the shaft of the first flap, a cam disc is arranged, on the circumference of which a lever rests, which is connected in a rotationally fixed manner to the shaft of the second flap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Drott, Rainer Johannes Montigny
  • Patent number: 9651133
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system that uses linear actuators to generate a torque on a shaft. In an example implementation, a system may include a shaft and an attached cam. The cam includes an involute portion. The system also includes a first linear actuator and a second linear actuator configured to move along a first axis and a second axis, respectively. The linear actuators are configured to detachably couple to the cam based on at least a reference angle of the shaft. That is, as the shaft rotates about its rotational axis at the reference angle, the first and the second linear actuators may couple to, and decouple from, various portions of the cam. As the linear actuators couple to, and decouple from, the various portions of the cam, different rotational torques and/or different ranges of such torques may be imparted onto the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Patrick Murphy, Christopher Everett Thorne
  • Patent number: 9534674
    Abstract: A camshaft includes a carrier shaft which can be mounted rotatably along a shaft axis and at least one cam pack disposed axially displaceably on the carrier shaft. The cam pack includes at least two cams and at least one adjusting member for axial adjustment of the cam pack. The cams and the at least one adjusting member are connected to one another in an axially adjacent configuration and can be mounted axially displaceably as a composite structure in a direct configuration on the carrier shaft. A method for producing a camshaft and a cam pack are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Thyssenkrupp Presta Teccener AG
    Inventors: Thomas Binder, Peter Wiesner
  • Patent number: 9091188
    Abstract: A camshaft support structure for an internal combustion engine includes a cylinder head, a camshaft, a plurality of bearings, an auxiliary machine drive cam, an auxiliary machine, and a pulsar plate. The plurality of bearings include a terminal bearing supporting the camshaft to be rotatable with respect to the cylinder head about a rotational axis. The auxiliary machine has a plunger provided to be moved forward and backward by the auxiliary machine drive cam. The pulsar plate projects from the camshaft in a radial direction of the camshaft and is provided on an opposite side of the auxiliary machine drive cam with respect to the terminal bearing. The pulsar plate has a second surface facing the terminal bearing in the axial direction. Each of the first surface and the second surface is provided to slidably contact the terminal bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Nagakura, Yoshimi Ishii, Sei Maruyama, Machiko Harada, Yoshiki Matsushiro
  • Publication number: 20150114169
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a lightweight camshaft and method for producing the same. The method includes the steps of slidably arranging a plurality of support elements onto a support tube, winding the support tube and support elements with at least one fiber layer, impregnating the at least one fiber layer with a matrix material so as to form a fibre composite, curing the fibre composite, and slidably arranging each of a plurality of functional elements, including at least a plurality of cam elements, onto a corresponding support element, such that the support elements are fixedly seated at least partially inside a passage defined through the functional elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: THYSSENKRUPP PRESTA TECCENTER AG
    Inventor: Alex MEIER
  • Publication number: 20150090069
    Abstract: A control element of a vehicle ventilation and/or air conditioning unit, in particular for controlling air distribution flaps, has a rotational axis and a circumferential surface encircling around the rotational axis. On the encircling circumferential surface the control element has at least one guiding rib which protrudes in the radial direction in relation to the circumferential surface. The guiding rib divides the control element into an axially front region and an axially rear region. A control assembly of at least one air distribution flap of a vehicle ventilation and/or air conditioning unit comprises a control element of this type and an output element which is coupled to the guiding rib of the control element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventor: Peter Koch
  • Patent number: 8966752
    Abstract: A shaft, such as a camshaft for use in the internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, in which the shaft includes a basic shaft body, a plurality of functional bodies, such as cams, mounted in axially spaced positions on the basic shaft body, and at least one balancing element mounted on the basic shaft body, in which the at least one balancing element is produced separately from the basic shaft body and from the functional bodies, and the functional bodies and the at least one balancing element are subsequently mounted on said basic shaft body, for example, by axial press fitting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Neumayer Tekfor Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Vogel, Matthias Derse, Matthias Bechtold, Thomas Winkler
  • Publication number: 20150053044
    Abstract: An exemplary camshaft for a high pressure common rail oil pump and a manufacturing method thereof is provided. The method achieves interference assembly between the mandrel and cam piece, and satisfies anti-rotating torque of the cam piece relative to the mandrel while ensuring the surface hardness of the cam piece. The camshaft includes a mandrel and a cam piece arranged on the mandrel. The anti-rotating torque of the cam piece relative to the mandrel is at least 500 NM after the cam piece and the mandrel are connected by interference fit by hot charge practice. Surface hardness of the cam piece 1 is at least HRC58. The method includes performing interference assembly of the cam piece and the mandrel while performing quenching heat treatment on the cam piece, then quickly cooling the cam piece equipped with the mandrel at the cooling stage during the quenching heat treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: Mianyang Brilliance Ruian Automotive Components Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Zuan Qin
  • Patent number: 8960030
    Abstract: An actuator (A) of a steering lock device includes a tubular member (17) that is fitted around an outer periphery of a lock pin (14) and is rotated by an electric motor (19), a helical cam groove (14e) is provided, among an inner peripheral face of the tubular member (17) and an outer peripheral face of the lock pin (14), in the outer peripheral face of the lock pin (14), a ball (21) is disposed between the cam groove (14e) and a ball retaining groove (17a, 17a) of the tubular member (17), and a guide pin (23) implanted in the lock pin (14) opposes a cam face (17d) formed on the inner peripheral face of the tubular member (17).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masahiko Asakura
  • Patent number: 8950289
    Abstract: A controlled axial biasing unit (1) is provided which substantially includes a first ramp disk (11) and a second ramp disk (12), each of which disks is configured with a plurality of ramp contours (8). An annular cage (2) that carries a plurality of rolling elements (3) is inserted between the first ramp disk (11) and the second ramp disk (12). At least the first ramp disk (11), the second ramp disk (12) and the cage (2) are made by a shaping method without chip removal. Each of the first ramp disk (11) and the second ramp disk (12) is configured with a continuous wall (32). Likewise through this shaping method, the first ramp disk (11) and the second ramp disk (12) have on an outer periphery (UA) an integrally formed safety stop device (14) for respective end positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Norbert Radinger, Tomas Smetana, Fritz Wiesinger
  • Publication number: 20150034030
    Abstract: A cam target wheel for a camshaft of an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The cam target wheel includes a first half-wheel and a second half-wheel. The first and second half-wheels are provided with connecting means for their reciprocal connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Daniel Schnoelzer, Robert Wartanian
  • Publication number: 20150027270
    Abstract: A roller-bearing mounted shaft may include a shaft tube having a shaft outer face with at least one rolling body running face. The shaft tube may have at least one functional element joined thermally thereto, wherein the shaft tube is formed as a welded and drawn tube and includes a carbon content of greater than 0.45 percent by mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas Flender, Michael Kreisig, Antonio Menonna, Falk Schneider, Stefan Steichele
  • Patent number: 8925419
    Abstract: A compliant cam system includes a one-piece cam including: a cam body rotatable with respect to a cam rotational axis and a having a cam body center spaced from the cam rotational axis and an outer surface; and a deflecting arm freely extending from the cam body having a free end elastically deflected toward the cam body in an arm deflected condition. A follower has at least one follower surface in direct contact with the cam outer surface at the deflecting arm. An arm non-deflected condition is defined when the outer surface is in direct contact with the cam follower surface prior to deflection of the deflecting arm. The cam when thereafter rotated with respect to the cam rotational axis acts to move the cam body center toward the follower thereby deflecting the deflecting arm to the deflected condition creating a biasing force acting toward the follower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: Donald Ball, Christopher Corey, Patrick Waters
  • Patent number: 8910544
    Abstract: A cam part (1) is provided for a variable sliding cam valve drive of an internal combustion engine, which cam part (1) can be mounted on a basic shaft of the sliding cam valve drive fixedly so as to rotate with it but axially displaceably, and has one or more cam groups (2, 3) and at least one connecting link piece (4) with at least one spiral groove (5) for an actuator pin engagement. At least one weight-reducing groove (7) which does not coincide with the spiral groove (5) is formed on the outer casing (6) of the cam part (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Arne Manteufel, Andreas Biermann
  • Patent number: 8899125
    Abstract: A mechanical arm assembly comprises an arm rotatable about a pivot, a first force generating device for maintaining the arm at a datum, and a second force generating device for compensating for the first generating device to maintain the arm in positions other than the datum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Robarts Research Institute
    Inventors: Jeffrey Bax, Aaron Fenster
  • Publication number: 20140345417
    Abstract: A shaft assembly with a roller bearing arrangement is provided. The shaft has a tooth system with a specifiable number of depressions and elevations. The roller bearing is a bearing with a specifiable number of roller bodies. The roller bearing may be a needle bearing with roller bodies in the form of bearing needles. The number of depressions may be equal to, or greater than, the number of roller bodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: Amtek Tekfor Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Gregor Heitzler, Markus Schuler
  • Publication number: 20140338942
    Abstract: A cam shaft is disclosed having an asymmetric chamfer for guiding a ball bearing deeper into a cam shaft groove to avoid ball loss when an immediate deceleration force is applied. The chamfer spaces the ball from an opening in the front face of a hammer that moves axially relative to the cam shaft when a tool having the cam shaft and hammer is dropped. The ball is therefore less likely to escape through the front opening of the hammer when the impact wrench is dropped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: Snap-on Incorporated
    Inventor: Gordon A. Putney
  • Publication number: 20140331816
    Abstract: A camshaft may include a camshaft tube and at least one functional component thermally joined thereon. The at least one functional component may have a through-opening for receiving the camshaft tube. Further, at least one of (i) the through-opening of the functional component may include a shaped contour and (ii) an outer contour of at least one of the camshaft tube and a bushing arranged between the camshaft tube and the functional component may include a shaped contour. The shaped contour is arranged in a region of the joining such that an asymmetrical deformation of the camshaft tube after thermal joining of the functional component is at least minimised.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventor: Walter Krepulat
  • Patent number: 8881620
    Abstract: A hydraulic operated valve includes an electromagnetic adsorption mechanism and a steel ball. In the electromagnetic adsorption mechanism, when a current is supplied, an adsorption plate is adsorbed by a solenoid. By this adsorption, a steel ball is pressed against an outer surface of a cam disc. The outer surface of the cam disc includes two steps. When the cam disc is rotated clockwise or counterclockwise, the pressed steel ball engages the two steps. Thus, the cam disc is detented. These two steps are configured such that when the cam disc is returned to a neutral position, the adsorption plate is separated from the solenoid against the pressing of the electromagnetic adsorption mechanism. Thus, the detent state of the cam disc is canceled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshio Togashi, Noriaki Inoue, Satoshi Akamatsu, Kenji Nakamura, Fumio Kameyama
  • Publication number: 20140318305
    Abstract: A fixing device for an adjustable steering column for a motor vehicle includes a first cam carrier having one or more cams fixedly attached thereto, and at least one further cam carrier having one or more cams fixedly attached thereto. The cam carriers are arranged such as to be rotatable relative to each other about a rotational axis. Upon rotation of the cam carriers relative to each other about the rotational axis, the cam or cams of the first cam carrier interact with the cam or cams of the further cam carrier such as to slide exclusively along each other. The fixing device includes at least one energy-consuming damping device which damps the rotation of the cam carrier in at least one direction of rotation about the rotational axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2012
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Konstantin Cron, Simon Blaettler, Hieronymus Schnitzer, Martin Rohr
  • Patent number: 8869647
    Abstract: A steering apparatus includes a fixed bracket, a fastener, a primary cam that rotates with a rotation operation of the fastener, and a secondary cam that is non-rotatably attached to a fixed side portion and is in contact with the primary cam. Cam operating portions each including an inclined surface portion, a high level surface, and a contact protrusion are formed at regular intervals along a circumferential direction on a base flat surface of each of the primary cam and the secondary cam, and the inclined surface portion is constituted by a low gradually inclined surface, a middle sharply inclined surface, and a high gradually inclined surface arranged in this order from the base flat surface toward the high level surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Yamada Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouji Hirooka, Suguru Sugishita
  • Patent number: 8844403
    Abstract: The invention relates to a shaft-hub connection, in particular of assembled camshafts (10) for combustion engines, at which at least two functional parts (14, 16, 18) are shrunk or pressed onto corresponding rotationally symmetric shaft sections (24, 26, 28) with the hub thereof, wherein in an assembly direction (30) of the functional parts (14, 16, 18), the first section (24) is designed with a larger exterior circumference than the second section (26).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Audi AG
    Inventor: Hans Bernd Schmidt
  • Patent number: 8833202
    Abstract: In a dual camshaft structure, an inner shaft provided with a variable cam is inserted into an outer shaft provided with a secured cam. In the dual camshaft structure, the secured cam is provided on a first cylindrical member, the first cylindrical member is secured to the outside of the outer shaft, the variable cam is provided on the second cylindrical member, and the second cylindrical member is installed at the outside of the first cylindrical member and is secured to the inner shaft by a connection member via a notch provided on the first cylindrical member and a notch provided on the outer shaft. Therefore, the rigidity of the dual camshaft structure can be ensured, and a slidable surface of a cam rotatable at the outside of the outer shaft can be held.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Manabu Tateno
  • Publication number: 20140240924
    Abstract: A cam system includes a beam including a plurality of coupling features. A first handle is operable to be coupled to the beam using the coupling features. A plurality of cam elements are each operable to be coupled to the beam at different locations along the beam using the coupling features. A plurality of cam brackets are each operable to be mounted to a first member having a first connector. The coupled-together beam, first handle, and cam elements are operable to be coupled a second member having a second connector such that, with the cam brackets mounted to the first member, the engagement of the cam elements with the cam brackets mate the first connector and the second connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Inventors: Corey D. Hartman, Alejandro Z. Rodriguez, Russell Smith
  • Publication number: 20140238184
    Abstract: The invention relates to a camshaft, especially for motor vehicle engines, comprising a hollow outer shaft (1) and an inner shaft (2) arranged coaxially in the outer shaft (1) and mounted in such a way that it can rotate in relation to the outer shaft (1). Said camshaft also comprises first cams (3a) arranged on the outer shaft (1) in a rotationally fixed manner, and second cams (3b) that are arranged on the outer shaft (1) and fixed to the inner shaft (2). According to the invention, a supporting element (7) is provided on at least one of the end regions of the inner shaft (2), said supporting element projecting past the outer shaft (1) in the radial direction. An outer peripheral surface (8) of the outer shaft (1) and an associated inwardly facing surface (9) of the supporting element (7) form a radial bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Inventors: Michael Kunz, Bernd Mann, Markus Melzer, Juergen Meusel
  • Publication number: 20140225381
    Abstract: The present invention includes door locks having a cam having three lobes, and to systems including such door locks. The outer lobes of the cam can limit the rotation of the cam. By limiting the rotation of the cam, the outer lobes can ensure that the cam is always ready for immediate activation. The outer lobes can also strike against outer pins of a locking mechanism to cause the cam to rotate with the locking mechanism when the locking mechanism is activated from the opposite side of the locking mechanism. The present invention also extends to methods of installing and using a door lock including three lobes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: DIRTT ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS, LTD.
    Inventors: Geoff Gosling, Mogens F. Smed, Thomas A. Brown
  • Publication number: 20140216201
    Abstract: The invention relates to a camshaft, especially for motor vehicle engines, comprising a first shaft and a second shaft forming a hollow outer shaft (1) and an inner shaft (2) arranged coaxially in the outer shaft (1) and mounted in such a way that it can rotate in relation to the outer shaft (1). Said camshaft also comprises first cams (3a) arranged on the outer shaft (1) in a rotationally fixed manner, and second cams (3b) that are arranged on the outer shaft (1) and fixed to the inner shaft (2). According to the invention, the first shaft and the second shaft are supported against each other in the axial direction (x) by means of a formfitting shape (5), the first shaft, seen in the axial direction (x), comprising a first contact surface (6a) on one side of the formfitting shape (5) and a second contact surface (6b) on the other side of the formfitting shape (5), for supporting the second shaft in a rotationally movable manner by means of the formfitting shape (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Inventors: Michael Kunz, Bernd Mann, Markus Melzer, Juergen Meusel
  • Publication number: 20140208655
    Abstract: A sash cam for a window sash having a base adapted to be secured to a window sash, a cam positionable in a stored position and an engaged position, and a pivot for joining the cam and the base. The pivot is adapted to hold the cam in at least one of the stored position and the engaged position. When in the stored position, a depth of the cam is at least one of less than and equal to a depth of the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Inventors: Preston Stoakes, Chad Swier, Travis Steen, Dan Raap, Gary Newman
  • Publication number: 20140174248
    Abstract: A camshaft contains a support tube, on which components including at least one cam are arranged at predetermined locations. The support tube extends at least partially through a hole in the components, and wherein a press fit is produced between the support tube and the components by hydroforming. Accordingly, at least one locally formed material formation is provided between the support tube and the hole. Via the material formation, the component is retained at the location in a desired orientation relative to the support tube in such a way that the support tube having the mounted components can be fed for hydroforming.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: THYSSENKRUPP PRESTA TECCENTER AG
    Inventors: Daniel Paul, Robert Reichelt