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8181549 Steering apparatus  
An electric power steering apparatus 10 has an electric motor 46 for supplying an auxiliary force to a steering force inputted from a steering wheel 16, and transmits the steering force including...
8147161 Joint arrangement for a vehicle  
A joint arrangement, for a vehicle, is provided with a joint (7), which has a joint housing (8) and a pivot pin (9) mounted movably in relation thereto. The arrangement also includes a rod (4),...
8104368 Load bearing sprocket system  
A system for laterally transporting a load. The system uses a sprocket and an integrally formed rack combination. The crowns of the teeth of the rack are rounded so as to engage the lower most...
8104369 Hollow rack, hollow rack end diameter reducing method, hollow rack end diameter reducing apparatus, and hollow rack manufacturing method  
The one end side portion is nipped by a jig including a jig member having a pair of convex portions which are to be fitted to a depressions in contact with a tooth side face and a inclined portion...
8079280 Rack guide and rack-and-pinion type steering apparatus using the same  
A rack-and-pinion type steering apparatus 1 includes a gear case 3 made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy and having a hollow portion 2; a steering shaft 6 rotatably supported by the gear case 3...
8016319 Vehicle occupant weight classification system  
A vehicle occupant classification system categorizes vehicle occupants into various classes such as adult, child, infant, etc. to provide variable control for a vehicle restraint system such as an...
7980152 Rack and pinion steering gear assembly having self-adjusting eccentric rack bearing  
A steering apparatus includes a housing defining a chamber and an aperture extending into the chamber. A rack is disposed within the chamber and moveable along a longitudinal axis. A pinion extends...
7954395 Steering apparatus  
In the event that a moment in a bending direction is generated in a pinion shaft, for example, when a vehicle is involved in a collision or the like, since a bending facilitating portion which is a...
7954396 Rack and pinion steering gear with automatic adjustment of the thrust element  
A rack and pinion steering gear comprising a thrust element disposed in a housing for pressing a rack and pinion against one another. One side of the thrust element is supported against the rack,...
7944158 Controlled electric motor arrangement for a tension mechanism  
A field-oriented control method for an electric drive comprising a plurality of electric motors, for implementing a tension mechanism, especially for load cable and/or gearing means, using...
7938033 Geared, continuously variable speed transmission  
A continuously variable speed transmission includes a first guideway, a second guideway, wherein the first guideway and the second guideway remain stationary during operation at a particular speed...
7930951 Rack and pinion steering gear with self-adjusting rack bearing  
A steering gear assembly with a pinion shaft, rack, housing and rack bearing. A biasing assembly biases the rack bearing against the rack and into engagement with the pinion. The biasing assembly...
7926385 Passive entry side door latch release system  
A vehicle passive entry side door latch release system engageable with a release cable connected a door latch includes a moveable linkage assembly engageable with the cable, and a motor including...
7926376 Rack guide and rack-and-pinion type steering apparatus having the rack guide  
A rack and pinion steering device has a pinion rotatable in the R-direction, a rack bar having rack teeth meshing with the pinion and rectilinearly movable in the A-direction, a housing for...
7926378 Rack and pinion type power steering apparatus  
A rack shaft is supported in an inner peripheral portion of a tubular housing of a gear housing via a rack bush. An inner peripheral portion of the rack bush is formed as a peripheral surface...
7891264 Driving mechanism for carrier, recording apparatus, and reading apparatus  
A driving mechanism for a carrier can prevent drive transmission units used for reciprocation of the carrier from becoming damaged, dented, or deformed even when an apparatus receives vibration or...
7870805 Rack-and-pinion steering apparatus  
A rack-and-pinion steering apparatus in which a steering gear box for transmitting an operation of a steering wheel to road wheels includes a pinion operatively connected to the steering wheel, a...
7849757 Linear feedback device for an actuator  
A linear feedback device for an actuator comprises: a coiling belt, a return gear wheel, a driven member, and a sensing feedback device. The sensing linear feedback device serves to feedback the...
7841606 Rack steering motor vehicle  
A motor vehicle wherein the steering includes: a steering bar including a rack steering component and a steered component fitted in a sliding manner; a rack housing passed through by the steering...
7828110 Constraint mechanism for steering device of four-wheeled vehicle  
A steering device for steering front wheels of a four-wheeled vehicle is disclosed, comprising a steering wheel, a steering column, a lower column, and a steering gear box. The lower column is...
7815204 Rack-and-pinion type steering apparatus  
A rack-and-pinion type steering apparatus 1 includes a housing 3 having a cylindrical holding hole 2 in its interior; a pinion 6 which is disposed in the housing 3 rotatably in a direction R about...
7784804 Steering gear  
A steering gear for a rack and pinion steering system, including a housing in which a steering rack is guided for displacement along its axis, has an auxiliary support which is located at an axial...
7780176 Center take-off rack-and-pinion steering apparatus  
A center take-off rack-and-pinion steering apparatus includes a cylindrical rack housing having an elongate hole extending in a longitudinal direction, a mounting bracket for mounting ends of a...
7780162 Paper supply apparatus  
Rack gears of far-side paper guides are provided such that manners of meshing with pinion gears are made tighter at respective regions corresponding to locations for constraining paper of standard...
7775135 Mesh control for a rack and pinion steering system  
A steering mechanism is provided, including a rack, a rotatable support member, and an automatically-adjustable support member. The rack includes a rack gear portion and the pinion includes a...
7739793 Method of manufacturing rack guide base body in rack-and-pinion type steering apparatus and rack guide  
A method of manufacturing a rack guide base body wherein a cavity (40) is formed which has a pair of semicylindrical convex surfaces (44a and 44b) and a pair of flat surfaces (45) each located...
7721617 Heat-treated rack bar  
A method of heat-treating a rack bar includes a step of continuously conveying a rack bar provided with a rack teeth portion and a ball screw portion by a quenching means, and a step of...
7717009 Rotary damper  
A rotary damper includes an operating part mounted in an interior in a vehicle in such a manner that the operating part can be introduced or withdrawn, an operating part case that guides a path of...
7695205 Driving apparatus and image forming device having the same  
A driving apparatus includes a driving gear bidirectionally rotatable by a driving source, at least two driven gears selectively driven by the driving gear, at least two swing gears connected to...
7685897 Differential gear transmission type work units positioning system  
A differential gear transmission type work units positioning system includes a linking mechanism, which is formed of a compound gear, a fixed rack, a drive rack, a driven rack, a rail and a screw...
7669498 Self-adjustable and cross-chamber transmission system  
A transmission system includes two or more independent chambers, in each of which shafts with gears thereon are provided for rolling in synchronous motion, and a carrier with adjustable gear...
7654166 Apparatus for automatically adjusting yoke clearance in a steering device  
Apparatus for automatically adjusting yoke clearance in a steering device in a rack-pinion type steering device.
7654165 Composite steering rack  
A steering rack for a vehicle rack and pinion steering gear and a method of manufacturing a steering rack includes a first member having a toothed region, attached to a tubular second member, the...
7631571 Yoke assembly for a power steering apparatus  
A rack and pinion steering system including a rack slidably supported within a housing that engages in a pinion gear. A yoke assembly, including a yoke member engaging the rack, operates to guide...
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...
7588258 Steering apparatus  
A steering apparatus includes an attaching bracket connecting end portions of a pair of tie rods to a rack shaft. The attaching bracket includes a base which is fixed to the rack shaft and includes...
7581926 Servo-controlled extender mechanism for extendable rotor blades for power generating wind and ocean current turbines  
A power generating system wherein a turbine is mounted on top of a tower or tethered underwater. The turbine includes a rotor having a main blade connected to a rotor hub and an extender section....
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...
7472640 Pneumatic rotary actuator  
A pneumatic control rotary actuator that incorporates a control piston of a rack toothing engaging with a pinion to cause it to rotate together with an item holder device; the pinion has toothing...
7469897 Position control device for moving member  
A shifter is equipped with a rack and a stopper. A transmission gear transmits power from an electric motor to the rack. A retention pin extends vertically downward from the transmission gear. When...
7464960 Vehicle occupant weight classification system  
A vehicle occupant classification system categorizes vehicle occupants into various classes such as adult, child, infant, etc. to provide variable control for a vehicle restraint system such as an...
7458290 Rack and pinion type steering gear  
A rack and pinion type steering gear includes a pinion, a rack bar formed therein with a rack gear which is engaged with the pinion, a first tie rod and a second tie rod which are disposed in both...
7441475 Rack-and-pinion steering system, in particular for light commercial vehicles  
A rack-and-pinion steering system, in particular for lighter commercial vehicles, has a housing, a toothed rack, a driven element and a servo unit. The driven element is arranged between the...
7430937 Rack and pinion stabilizer system  
A rack and pinion stabilizer system for a refrigerator drawer. The rack and pinion stabilizer system comprises a pair of drawer glides attached to first and second liner walls of a refrigerator....
7413163 Rack and pinion wheel drive for an industrial sliding blade damper  
This invention discloses improvements to a damper of the type used in industrial applications to open and close ducts carrying noxious or corrosive materials, such as combustion by-products. The...
7309073 Steering system  
A rack shaft has a rolling contact surface on the opposite side of rack teeth across an axis line X, and a pair of slanted surfaces extending in parallel with the axis line across the rolling...
7305901 Rack-and-pinion steering  
A rack-and-pinion steering system, in particular for a motor vehicle, has a steering housing and a pinion which is inserted into the steering housing If. A rack whose toothing engages with the...
7281444 Rack and pinion gear yoke assembly  
This invention relates to a yoke assembly (156) adapted for use in a rack and pinion steering gear assembly (10) for a vehicle. The yoke assembly (156) includes a yoke housing (302) having a bore...
7275456 Method of production rack guide base body in rack-and-pinion type steering device and rack guide  
A rack guide includes a rack guide base body which has on its outer peripheral surface a pair of semicylindrical surfaces and a pair of planar surfaces each located between the pair of...
7270029 Passive entry side door latch release system  
A vehicle passive entry side door latch release system engageable with a release cable connected a door latch includes a moveable linkage assembly engageable with the cable, and a motor including...