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7614317 Rack-and-pinion gear mechanism  
The invention relates to a rack-and-pinion gear mechanism ( 1 ), for example for use in a steering mechanism of a motor vehicle, and to a method for the production of the rack-and-pinion gear...
7585248 Hinge mounting for an adjustment device of a motor vehicle seat  
A hinge mounting for an adjustment device of a motor vehicle seat having a first external gear wheel comprising a first inner toothed surface and a second external gear wheel comprising a second...
RE40898 Lubricating device for a plurality of lubricating stations  
In a lubricating device for a plurality of lubricating stations, in particular for supplying lubricant to knitting machines, a pump device is provided that serves at the same time as a distributor...
7568993 Planetary gear train  
A planetary gear train having planetary gears ( 8 ) which are rotatably mounted on a planet carrier ( 18 ) and are in toothed contact with an internally toothed ring gear ( 14 ) and a sun gear ( 4...
7565847 Device for preventing wobbling of the pick-up gears in a gearbox with two layshafts  
A device to prevent wobbling of cog wheels ( 3 ) arranged on a main shaft ( 6 ) in a transmission train with two countershafts ( 1, 2 ), which has at the minimum, a disk ( 7 ) for one of the cog...
7552661 Zero backlash positioning device  
A positioning device without backlash includes a table and at least one gear operatively associated with the table. At least one worm gear is connected to the gear and the gear is driven in a...
7530281 Gear set for differential gear shafts of an internal combustion engine  
A gear set for differential shafts of internal combustion engines. The gear set includes a toothed wheel which can be moved parallel to its axis for adjustment of backlash. A spacer is arranged...
7526977 Resin-made gearing apparatus  
A resin-made gearing apparatus that includes a configuration in which only one tooth flank side of each tooth in one of a pair of gears is provided with an overhang section that is disposed on at...
7487984 Steering rack wear compensator  
A wear compensator for use in a vehicle rack and pinion steering assembly and a method of biasing a rack against a pinion shaft gear in a rack and pinion steering assembly are disclosed. The wear...
7478574 Electric actuator  
A motor shaft puts through a motor casing and a gear casing which are detachably connected to each other. In the motor casing, a rotor is fixed to the motor shaft, while a stator is fixed on the...
7467566 Anti-backlash device in a gear  
A driving element is divided into two coaxial toothed members elastically attached to one another. A first of the toothed members is fixed to a shaft. The second of the toothed members is freely...
7467565 Gearbox drive unit with an inclined stop surface  
The invention relates to a gear drive unit ( 10 ), in particular to adjust moveable parts in a motor vehicle, with a gear housing ( 15 ) and a shaft ( 18 ) positioned therein along a longitudinal...
7467562 Vehicular transmission  
A vehicular transmission has a structure which enables a reverse idle gear to absorb and reduce excessive back torque inputted from drive wheels. At the time of reverse traveling motion, a counter...
7458568 Method for compensating a gear backlash and apparatus for carrying out said method  
An electrographic printer using a print web medium is provided with a web adjusting apparatus having a geared motor for adjusting the web position. A method and apparatus to compensate for backlash...
7458291 Self-sealing yoke assembly for a steering apparatus  
A rack and pinion steering system including a rack slidably supported within a housing that engages in a pinion gear wherein the housing includes a cylindrical sleeve having an outer seal surface...
7454135 Camera system incorporating a seamless lens-drive switching mechanism  
A camera system incorporating a seamless lens-drive switching mechanism includes a lens drive ring, a manual operation ring, a motor, a first one-way rotational transfer mechanism preventing the...
7428846 Shaft encoder with anti-backlash gears  
An encoder shaft assembly includes a drive shaft having a drive gear, and an array of encoder units each having an encoder shaft and anti-backlash gears which engage the drive gear.
7406892 Plastic molded gear, and intermittent rotation transmission device and gear train using same  
A plastic molded gear capable of reducing teeth knocking noises due to backlash during engagement. A protruding portion 5 for eliminating backlash is formed so as to protrude from both end...
7383750 Double flank delash gear mechanism  
A gear arrangement includes a first section having a first plurality of teeth and at least a portion of the first section is made of a compliant material. There is also a second section having a...
7382107 Shift range switching apparatus  
By utilizing a mechanical backlash generated between an electric actuator and a shift range switching mechanism, a specific region is obtained, in which a variation in the output shaft angle is...
7331895 Composite planetary device  
A composite planetary speed reduction device ( 1 ), wherein gears ( 11 ), ( 12 ), and ( 13 ) and rollers ( 21 ), ( 22 ), and ( 23 ) forming a planetary gear speed reduction mechanism ( 10 ) and a...
7322257 Step down gear train for an adjusting device of an automotive vehicle seat  
A step down gear train for an adjusting device of an automotive vehicle seat which has an input shaft and an output shaft that is connected to a pinion. At least one first cogwheel and one second...
7302873 Angle drive with power distribution  
An angle drive having a housing ( 11 ) with a first axis (A 1 ) for bearing means and a second axis (A 2 ) for bearing means, which latter axis (A 2 ) intersects the first axis (A 1 ) at right...
7275872 Adjustable bearing  
A bearing that can be reoriented to move its center is disclosed. The center of the bearing is offset from the center of its outer housing. Should the shaft extending through the bearing need to be...
7258036 Bi-directional electric motor with endplay structure  
An endplay structure is provided for controlling endplay of a shaft 25 of a motor 19 . The endplay structure includes a body 22 including a generally elliptically shaped recess 26 therein....
7244214 Speed change device and steering system  
A speed change device has an input member rotatable in opposite directions to transmit higher torque as its rotation angle becomes larger, and a variable angle-ratio change mechanism including...
7240764 Steering unit for an electric vehicle  
A steering unit of an electric vehicle is equipped with an electric motor having a tubular output shaft assembled so as to rotate around its own longitudinal axis, and a steering rod assembled...
7240762 Electric power steering apparatus  
A gearing radius of a worm wheel is set corresponding to a neighborhood region of a steering neutral position, in such a way as to be relatively large. Thus, backlash is made to be relatively...
7213677 Motor-driven type power steering apparatus  
A motor-driven type power steering apparatus includes: a drive gear connected to an output shaft of a motor; a driven gear in mesh with the drive gear, which is connected to a steering unit; a...
7165474 Torque dividing gear drive system and method of driving an output gear  
A torque dividing gear drive system, a method of driving an output gear, and a method of evenly dividing an output torque between three gears is provided. The torque dividing gear drive system that...
7165471 Thermally compensated differential  
A thermally compensated differential comprises a housing, a pinion gear mounted into the housing, a differential case carrying a ring gear with the case being supported by a first roller bearing...
7086302 Apparatus for reducing gear train backlash  
Apparatus for reducing backlash in a gear wheel that includes at least two interacting gear rims that rotate in relation to one another. An adjusting mechanism is located between the gear rims for...
7080570 Drive device for machine tools  
A machine tool drive device comprising in a structure: a line of inlet shafts; and angle takeoffs, each having an outlet shaft perpendicular to the line of inlet shafts, each being coupled...
7070536 Gearing device having noise reducing structure  
A gearing device includes two gear members each having a number of teeth engaged with each other, to form various kinds of gear transmission structures or gearing or coupling devices. One of the...
7047783 Auxiliary adjusting device for rolling mill stand  
An auxiliary adjusting device for a rolling mill stand includes a adjusting shaft, a cylindrical member forming an adjusting spindle and having a first outer thread cooperating with the inner...
7047540 Gear rack arrangement having resiliently braced gear racks and anti-detachment means  
The invention relates to a gear rack arrangement, which, for the compensation of backlash, comprises two gear racks (A, B) which are mutually displaceable on latch elements and are resiliently...
7028573 Opening and closing device  
An opening and closing device for moving a movable member which includes a drive gear connected to a power source, a driven gear geared with the drive gear, an immovable portion supporting the...
7007565 Gear assembly having noise-reduction structure and power take-off unit therewith  
A meshing gear assembly includes a toothed disk that is supported on a first gear so as to be frictionally engaged therewith, but rotationally and radially movable relative thereto. The...
6997079 Gear mechanism with an idler gear, a gear mechanism with a device for eliminating backlash between gears, and a motor driving mechanism  
A gear mechanism includes a driving gear, a driven gear, and an idler gear which is in mesh with the driving gear and the driven gear, wherein rotation of the driving gear is transferred to the...
6997077 Method for obtaining a desired tooth flank backlash  
A method of obtaining a desired tooth flank backlash for a transmission having at least two interlocking toothed gears, comprises applying a removable coating on at least one of the toothed gears...
6997076 Gear backlash elimination and adjustable gear backlash mechanism  
The gear mechanism for minimizing backlash may include a convoluted spring positioned between an external spline of a gear or shaft and an internal spline of a gear. The gear mechanism may include...
6991059 Steering drive for industrial trucks  
A steering drive for an industrial truck, comprising a steered wheel which is rotatably supported about a horizontal axis in a bearing component wherein the bearing component is pivotally supported...
6938747 Transmission with a rattle-free connection between the clutch basket and the driving disc  
A transmission includes a clutch basket and a driving disc each having teeth and tooth spaces which correspond to one another. A plug-in intermeshing connection between the driving disc and the...
6920803 Electromotive stage for microscope  
A stationary member is fixed to a microscope. A movable member holds a sample and can move in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis of the microscope. A stepping motor moves the movable...
6918457 Electric power steering system  
In an electric power steering system, a second bevel gear is allowed to move toward a first bevel gear and is biased by a biasing member toward the first bevel gear thereby to be moved toward the...
6915892 Driving plate for multi-plate clutch system  
A driving plate for a multi-plate clutch system includes a plurality of external teeth adapted to be matingly engaged within corresponding internal teeth of a housing of the clutch system. The...
6837824 Final control element for a vehicle steering system  
A final control element for superimposed steering engagement of a vehicle steering system with a superposition gear having two input shafts and one output shaft, in order to attain a radial freedom...
6832662 Electric motor assist type power steering apparatus  
An electric power steering apparatus with an electric motor generating an assistant steering force for transmission to the steering system, a worm shaft rotated by the electric motor, a worm gear...
6832661 Delashing mechanism for fixed parallel based gear pairs  
A mechanism for de-lashing a gear assembly includes a first gear rotatable about a first axis and a first center rotatably fixed to the first axis and a first conical teeth portion. The gear...
6826975 Gear wheel construction  
A gear wheel comprises a first gear wheel portion, including first half-teeth, which can be coupled to a second gear wheel portion, including second half-teeth, by adjustable coupling means, so...