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7520813 Torque limiter having two mechanical inlets  
A torque limiter is provided with a first plate that rotates a second plate via a plurality of balls. The second plate shares the same axis as the first plate. Each ball is suitable for escaping...
7509197 Retarding system implementing transmission control  
A retarding system for a work machine having a power source, a transmission, and a manually operated braking mechanism is disclosed. The retarding system has an engine retarder associated with the...
7481133 Auxiliary operating device for allowing manual operation of a closure normally driven by a motor  
An auxiliary operating device for manually operating a normally motor-operated closure between open and closed positions, the device comprising a shaft, a driving member mounted to the shaft and...
7472628 Door handle input decoupler for a cinching latch actuator  
A mechanically-activated decoupler is used in the actuator of the cinching latch mechanism. The decoupler activates with an input from door handle operation such that the motor drive within the...
7464627 Passive entry actuator  
An actuator and door latch system incorporating the same. The actuator moves a door latch between locked and unlocked positions with rapidity using a gear train directly coupled to an actuator...
7448293 Control system for driving a motor to perform a plurality of actions  
A control system for driving a motor to perform a plurality of actions, includes a motor gear set, a first action gear set, a second action gear set, a third action gear set, a first switch gear...
7437971 Drive arrangement  
A drive arrangement for a shaft, such as a shaft for driving a sectional door, roller shutter or the like, is in the form of a module, carried, in use, by the shaft and including a motor, a driven...
7367434 Electric power clamping apparatus  
In an electric power clamping apparatus that locks a clamping arm when it is not driven by an electric motor attached with the a brake mechanism, manual operation of the clamping arm is...
7249441 Power drive unit for automobile windows  
A power unit to replace the manual crank handle of a vehicle window, including a housing for a drive unit that will connect to the splined shaft from which a crank handle has been removed, the...
7204291 Modular lid and actuator for underwater pool cover drum enclosure  
The present invention is a modular lid system for an underwater swimming pool cover or other underwater enclosure. The modular lid has a rigid lid portion which has an overall buoyancy such that...
7199544 Device for steering a vehicle  
A device for steering a vehicle, particularly a helicopter or even a simulator, comprising a handgrip that can be moved in a manner that is linear to the drive of a drive device, particularly the...
7192004 Electric driving device for a valve  
An electric driving device for a valve includes a lower casing member, a cover plate, a driving unit, a cylindrical part, a control part, a third rod and a fourth rod. The cover plate closes the...
7143664 Electromotive servo drive  
An electromotive servo drive includes a drive motor, a drive train, which is fitted with an output member and includes at least one gear stage for reducing the rotation speed of the motor, and a...
7089988 Window blinds opening and closing device  
An apparatus for opening and closing window blinds converts rotary motion about a vertical axis of a vertical rod into rotary motion about a horizontal axis of a horizontal member. A lever is...
7063373 Door-opening/closing apparatus  
The clutch includes a drive disk, a follower disk and a brake disk. When current flows, the follower disk is connected with the drive disk to transmit a power from a driving unit to a...
6993949 Power or manually operated pipe grooving tool  
A pipe grooving tool is disclosed having a housing on which a back-up roller and a grooving roller are rotatably mounted. The grooving roller is pivotably movable toward the back-up roller and has...
6987327 Electric generating convertible bicycle  
An apparatus for producing and storing electrical energy includes a conventional bicycle having a plurality of gear ratios and a generator that includes a drive roller on a shaft that is in...
6848545 Brake actuation assembly for a vehicle  
A brake actuation assembly for a vehicle is actuatable to apply and release tension to one or more elements that connect to a brake system of the vehicle. The brake actuation assembly includes an...
6769527 Stop clutch assembly  
A stop clutch assembly comprises a shaft fixed for receiving a driving torque. A clutch disk is rotatably disposed about the shaft and is axially slidable thereon. A drive collar rotates the clutch...
6755284 Electrically driven parking brake actuation assembly  
A parking brake actuation assembly is provided including an electric motor and a first rotatable member operatively connected to the electric motor so as to enable the motor to rotate the first...
6753668 Reduced profile drive assembly for garage door operator and method of assembly  
A garage door drive assembly for moving a linkage arm connected to a garage door, the assembly being adapted for shipping in a partially assembled condition in at least a box for on-site...
6681900 Electric brake actuator  
An electric brake actuator for actuating a brake arrangement. The actuator includes an electric drive unit ( 15, 15′ ) and a load multiplier ( 17 ). the electric drive unit ( 15, 15′ ) is in...
6609736 Horizontal motor-driven lock  
A motor-driven lock ( 2 ) includes a housing ( 3 ), a lock body ( 4 ), a motor ( 5 ), a transmission device ( 6 ) mating with the motor and the lock body, a lid ( 7 ), an enclosure ( 8 ), and a...
6575864 Drive mechanism for selectively opening and closing a closure panel manually or automatically  
A drive mechanism ( 14 ) for enabling driving and manual movement of a sliding side door ( 12 ). The assembly ( 14 ) has a track assembly ( 16 ) mounted to a vehicle body ( 10 ) at a predetermined...
6557923 Roof storage compartment cover for a convertible vehicle  
In a roof storage compartment cover operating arrangement for a convertible vehicle whose roof is movable between a closed position and a storage position in a storage compartment, a hydraulic...
6491148 Manual override device, in particular for aircraft flight control  
An override device is presented having a manual control, an inlet gear, and an outlet gear, which are mounted to rotate about the same axis. The inlet gear rotates the outlet gear. The manual...
6478118 Handle for operating a parking brake  
A knob arrangement for operating parking brakes intended for use in vehicles comprising brake units and an electrically operated tensioning device for applying or releasing braking force to the...
6422636 Drive assembly for a moveable vehicle component  
A drive assembly for driving a moveable component of a vehicle in which the component can adopt one or more positions in which the component prevents access to the vehicle or a part of the vehicle....
6386338 Electric parking brake manual override  
A manual override mechanism for an electric brake includes a flexible cable having an elongate outer conduit and an elongate inner core extending within the conduit, a conduit end fitting secured...
6378393 Method and apparatus for manually shifting an electronically controlled transmission  
A method and apparatus are provided for manually shifting an electrically controlled transmission ( 14 ) to a desired gear setting in the event of a failure includes unlocking a manual shift...
6338404 Locking device of power hand tool  
A locking device is provided between a gear train and an output shaft of a power hand tool. Pawls are arranged in a central bore of a fixed ring with an outer face thereof opposing an inner...
6270147 Drive arrangement for a power liftgate including clutching mechanism  
A drive arrangement for articulating a liftgate of a motor vehicle between an open position and a closed position. The liftgate is mounted to a body of the motor vehicle for articulation about a...
6253824 Disconnect for powered sectional door  
An operator (10) for moving in upward and downward directions a sectional door (D) having a counterbalancing system (30) including a drive tube (31) interconnected with the door including, a...
6244325 Safety release clutch for rolling shutters  
The present invention is directed to a modular roll-up partition assembly, such as a rolling protective shutter, implementing an improved mechanism for raising the partition in an emergency by...
6230586 Electric drive device for a bicycle  
An electric drive device for a bicycle includes a motor connected to a speed reduction device which has a bevel gear engaged with an annular gear mounted to a rotatable tube that extends through...
6210125 Water system with both electric motor power and manual pedal power, for a reciprocating pump  
A water system includes a reciprocating pump operated by pedal and motor delivered solar power, including one-way engagement clutch elements preventing hazardous pedal movement and potential motor...
6199943 Sliding roof system and method of operating same  
A method is described of operating a sliding roof system for a motor vehicle. The sliding roof system includes a sliding roof, a sliding roof drive with a sliding roof motor, a device for...
6129337 Valve actuating device  
A valve actuating device comprising a lower housing seat, a first transmission member, a main shaft, a second transmission member, a fifth transmission member, and an upper housing body; the second...
6109124 High-thrust clutch-type automotive electric lock  
Disclosed is a high-thrust clutch-type automotive electric lock which uses a motor to sequentially rotate a primary gear connected with a clutch assembly, a secondary gear, and a worm connected to...
6092582 Motor drive for an electric rolling steel door  
A motor drive for a rolling steel door which includes a motor and a speed reducer driven by the motor to take up/let off the rolling steel door. A brake disk is rotated with the motor shaft of the...
6086232 Device for adjusting the range of headlamps  
6085770 Remote cylinder valve opener  
A method and apparatus for remotely opening a manual valve of a gas cylinder from a remote location. The gas cylinder is first connected to a purge system which is purged of oxygen and pressurized...
6079794 Brake-actuating device  
6079442 Valve actuator  
There is disclosed an actuator for a rotary valve, such as a butterfly valve which rotates a quarter of a turn between open and closed positions. The actuator includes a drive mechanism releasably...
6073504 Motor/transmission drive unit for driving a component that is movable between end positions  
A drive unit provided with an end position recognition device includes a radially projecting cam (27) connected to a driveshaft (20) of the drive unit, for reducing the stroke travel of the unit....
6056219 Selectively motorized fishing reel  
A fishing reel attachment for use on a rod-and-reel combination. The attachment includes an electric motor which is selectively usable to replace or assist the hand crank for the reel. The device...
6055885 Door operator with detachable electric motor  
A door operator comprising electric actuating motor; a reduction gear; manual transmission mechanism between the electric actuating motor and the reduction gear, the electric actuating motor and...
6055776 Power liftgate arm assist assembly  
A power liftgate assembly for a liftgate of a vehicle having a power drive unit and a plurality of driven gears. The plurality of driven gears is selectively driven by the power drive unit. The...
6039158 Powered locomotive parking brake  
A power-actuated parking brake is provided that produces sufficient force to set a parking brake for a locomotive. A powered drive train rotates a sheave over which a brake chain is positioned....
6032991 Electrically operable tubular lock  
An electrically operable tubular lock assembly includes a support to be mounted on an inner side of a door, a hollow cylinder having an outer end mounted on the support and an inner end extending...