04th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 34 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160025121 | Quick-Release Clamp with Secondary Retention Mechanism - A quick-release clamping mechanism secures two objects and rapidly attaches or detaches to secure the objects to one another in a rigid, repeatable manner. The mechanism is formed from two interconnecting contiguous pieces of material, free from hinges or other attachment devices. The first contiguous piece is attached to a first object, and the second contiguous piece is attached to a second object to be secured to the first object. The piece that forms the first profile can be a rail with a male protrusion. The piece that forms the second profile can be a rail with a female cavity that receives the male protrusion. The mechanism also includes a retention channel, a clamp bar, and a tension device that applies tension to the clamp bar to secure the mechanism. A secondary retention mechanism is provided to prevent separation of the components if the primary locking feature is disengaged inadvertently. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025122 | SIDE BRACKET FOR HOLDING SPRINKLER JOINT - Provided is a side bracket for holding a sprinkler joint by clamping a square bar to two channeled rails, the channeled rails being arranged in parallel at regular intervals so as to hold ceiling boards, with horizontal wings provided along opposite side edges of each of the channeled rails, and the square bar crossing the two channeled rails. The side bracket includes: a pair of support sides; an upper connection part connecting upper ends of the support sides; clamp parts provided on lower ends of the support sides so as to be clamped to a channeled rail; and a space adjustment unit provided on lower parts of the support sides of the side bracket. The side bracket can be easily and simply clamped to a wing of a channeled rail while providing a firm clamping structure. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025123 | CONNECTING ELEMENT FOR GLUING ONTO A COMPONENT SURFACE AND PRODUCTION METHOD AND ATTACHMENT METHOD THEREFOR - The connecting element for gluing onto a component surface B comprises a retaining pin having a pin section, to which a structural component can be attached. An anchor of the retaining pin is attached in a disk made of a material which can be penetrated by light such that due to the rotation-inhibiting and removal-inhibiting shape of the anchor, a reliable connection is established between the retaining pin and the disk. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025124 | DEVICE FOR ATTACHING A GUIDE UNIT TO A FURNITURE PART - A device for attaching a guide unit to a first furniture part which is movably guided relative to a second furniture part, wherein the guide unit includes a basic unit rail disposed on the second furniture part and a motion rail disposed on the first furniture part. Two bearing portions are disposed spaced apart on a lower edge of the device, which is provided for disposal on the motion rail. Each of the bearing portions is configured on a side which faces the respective other bearing portion, such that the motion rail can be disposed between the bearing portions. At least one of the bearing portions is mounted on the device so as to be readjustable so that a position of the bearing portion is modifiable to align the first furniture part in the assembled state in a horizontal direction in relation to the motion rail. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025125 | Locking Mortise and Tenon Joint - This invention concerns a mortise and tenon joint of two (or more) structural members connected by a mechanical clamp (henceforth referred to as a “lock”) rather than by traditional glue, nails, screws, lag bolts, through bolts, pins, dowels and/or wedges. The design's main characteristic will apply particularly (but not exclusively) to furniture, both indoor and outdoor as well as picnic tables, work benches, scaffolding, temporary shelters or anything else which could benefit from quick and secure joinery, connection or attachment. This system, as designed, is much stronger than the aforementioned methods of joinery, but features quick and easy assembly and, more importantly, disassembly. The chief benefit derived will be portability, allowing incredibly easy moves as well as access to restrictive spaces (brownstones or other walk-ups, lofts and living spaces accessed by tight or spiral staircases or small elevators); greater options for storing (and protecting) outside/lawn/patio furniture will also be realized. An additional benefit will be ease and convenience of shopping for furniture. Entire suites may be ordered on line, delivered via small package carrier and assembled by owners in minutes upon arrival without benefit of tools or specialized knowledge. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025126 | Component Connection - A form-fitting, detachable component connection includes a first component and a male securing element that has at least two spheres which are arranged coaxially to one another and interconnected, or two spherical sections which are arranged coaxially to one another and interconnected. The male element protrudes from the first component. A second component is arranged such that the male securing element projects into a recess of the second component. The second component includes at least one blocking recess through which or into which a blocking element extends which bears against the male securing element from outside and form-fittingly engages between the spheres or the spherical sections thus opposing removal of the second component from the male securing element. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025127 | BONDING LUG WASHER - A washer includes a perimeter portion, a support edge adjoining the perimeter portion and defining a first plane, and a contact portion having a generally planar contact surface. The contact surface defines a second plane parallel to and spaced from the first plane. The contact portion further includes at least two apertures extending therethrough. The washer further includes a rim portion extending between the perimeter portion and the contact portion. The rim portion surrounds the contact portion and forms an angle with the first plane of between 6 and 20 degrees. The contact portion and the rim portion are integrally formed as one-piece. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025128 | MOBILE CONCRETE PUMP AND PRODUCTION METHOD - This disclosure relates to an automatic concrete pump comprising a support structure, which is mounted on a vehicle, for a concrete distributing mast and at least two supporting jacks which are pivotably joined to the support structure via an articulated joint, each articulated joint comprising two support plates made from a solid material, each having a bearing bore and protruding in a forked manner at a lateral distance from each other over the edge of a defining wall of the support structure, and having a hinge bolt which traverses the bearing bores. According to this disclosure, the defining wall which faces the hinge bolt is further away from the axis of the hinge bolt in the central area between the bearing plates than in the edge areas thereof which are adjacent to the support plates. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025129 | Dust Boot For A Moveable Joint - A moveable joint assembly is provided. The assembly includes a housing with an inner bore that extends along an axis. A stud is at least partially disposed in the inner bore of the housing and is pivotable relative to the housing. A top edge of the housing is bent radially inwardly to present a flange. A two-piece dust boot is provided including a cover piece of an elastic material and a spring washer. The cover piece extends from a first end portion that is sealed against the housing to a second end portion that is sealed against the stud. The spring washer is at least substantially encapsulated within the cover piece at the first end portion and biases the cover piece against the flange of the housing to establish a seal that is resistant to compression setting between the cover piece and the housing. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025130 | FOIL JOURNAL BEARING APPLICABLE TO HIGH SPEED MACHINING CENTER - A foil journal bearing. A single foil engages an inner surface of and is mounted to the bearing housing. The single foil extends circumferentially of the inner surface and has a generally flat top foil portion and a bump foil portion which is disposed between the top foil portion and the inner surface of the housing. The bump foil portion comprises a plurality of circumferentially spaced ridges which engage the top foil portion and further comprises a plurality of generally flat portions between the ridges respectively and which engage the inner surface of the housing. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025131 | SLIDING MEMBER AND SLIDING BEARING - The present invention discloses a sliding member, comprised of a base layer including soft particles made of a soft material softer than a matrix and deposited in the matrix, and a soft layer made of the soft material formed on a surface of the base layer, wherein: the soft layer includes an epitaxial growth portion that is epitaxially grown from the soft particles. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025132 | SLIDING MEMBER AND SLIDING BEARING - A sliding member includes a base layer including soft particles made of a soft material softer than a matrix and deposited in the matrix, and a soft layer made of the soft material formed on a surface of the base layer. A boundary portion is formed between crystal grains that have a unique crystal grain structure of the soft particles and crystal grains that have a unique crystal grain structure of the soft layer. An anodic oxidation film of the soft material is formed on the boundary portion. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025133 | FOUR SEGMENT CONTACT THRUST ROLLER BEARING - A four segment contact thrust roller bearing is provided having first and second radially extending raceways. A plurality of rollers are located between the first and second raceways, and a cage with pockets hold the rollers spaced apart from one another. The rollers are each split on a circumferential surface thereof to define two separate roller segments that each contact the first and second raceways. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025134 | CAGE FOR ANGULAR BALL BEARING - Each of the pockets | 2016-01-28 |
20160025135 | RETAINER FOR A RADIAL NEEDLE BEARING AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - Construction of a retainer for a radial needle bearing is achieved that is able to prevent needles | 2016-01-28 |
20160025136 | SLEWING BEARING WITH SPLIT RING - The invention relates to a Slewing bearing having an inner ring and an outer ring, wherein at least the inner ring or the outer ring is formed as a split ring formed by combining a first split ring and at least one second split ring, wherein each of the split rings is provided with a plurality of mating through-holes and wherein the first split ring and the second split ring are joined by bolts fitted into pairs of corresponding through-holes. It is proposed that at least one of the through-holes in the first split ring has a larger bore diameter than the corresponding through-hole in the second split ring. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025137 | ROLLING BEARING APPARATUS AND LUBRICATION UNIT - A rolling bearing apparatus includes a lubrication unit provided adjacently to an annular space formed between an inner ring and an outer ring. The lubrication unit includes a tank that stores a lubricant to be supplied to an annular space and that has an outlet portion through which the lubricant flows out. The tank has a flexible bag in which the lubricant is stored. The bag is filled with the lubricant and allows the lubricant to flow out through the outlet portion as a volume of the bag decreases. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025138 | ROLLING BEARING APPARATUS AND LUBRICATION UNIT - A rolling bearing apparatus includes: a bearing portion with an inner ring, an outer ring, balls, and a cage; and a lubrication unit provided adjacently to an annular space formed between the inner ring and the outer ring. The lubrication unit apparatus includes a pump that supplies a lubricant to the annular space and a tank in which a lubricant is stored. The pump has a housing portion filled with the lubricant and a driving portion that drives the lubricant in the housing portion to discharge the lubricant into the annular space. In order to detect insufficiency of the lubricant, the lubrication unit further includes a sensor provided in the pump and having an output that changes according to an amount of the lubricant in the housing portion. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025139 | ROLLING BEARING APPARATUS AND LUBRICATION UNIT - A rolling bearing apparatus includes a bearing portion with an inner ring and an outer ring, and a lubrication unit provided adjacently to an annular space formed between the inner ring and the outer ring. The lubrication unit has a tank in which a lubricant to be supplied to the annular space is stored and which enables the lubricant to flow out through a lower part of the tank. The lubricant is electrically conductive. The lubrication unit further includes a first electrode provided in the lower part in the tank, a second electrode provided at a position higher than a position of the first electrode in the tank, and a wiring section electrically connected to the first electrode and the second electrode so as to allow electric continuity between the first electrode and the second electrode to be detected. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025140 | ROLLING ELEMENT BEARING CONFIGURED WITH A CHANNEL - A rolling element bearing includes a plurality of rolling elements, a bearing inner ring and a bearing outer ring. The rolling elements are arranged circumferentially around an axis, and radially between the inner ring and the outer ring. The inner ring includes a plurality of first passages, a second passage and a channel that extends axially into the inner ring. The first passages are arranged circumferentially around the axis. The first passages respectively extend axially through the inner ring from a plurality of first passage inlets to the channel. The second passage includes a second passage inlet that is substantially axially aligned with one of the first passage inlets. The second passage extends radially through the inner ring to a second passage outlet. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025141 | ROLLING BEARING APPARATUS AND LUBRICATION UNIT - A lubrication unit in a rolling bearing apparatus includes a pump that supplies a lubricant to an annular space formed between an inner ring and an outer ring, and is provided adjacently to the annular space. The pump includes a needle-like nozzle having, at a tip thereof, a discharge port through which the lubricant is discharged toward an outer ring raceway groove in an outer ring. A tip of the nozzle is in contact with a shoulder portion inner peripheral surface adjacent to the outer ring raceway groove or is provided close to the shoulder portion inner peripheral surface such that a very small gap is formed between the tip and the shoulder portion inner peripheral surface. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025142 | ECCENTRICALLY BORED SLEEVE FOR LOCATING A BEARING - A bearing assembly includes a sleeve and a bearing located within a bore of the sleeve. The sleeve extends between an inner surface and an outer surface. The inner surface at least partially defines the bore, which extends through the sleeve. The inner surface is configured eccentric to the outer surface. The bearing includes a plurality of rolling elements arranged between an inner ring and an outer ring. The outer ring is mounted to the sleeve. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025143 | BEARING ASSEMBLY HAVING SPLINE CUTTING INNER RACE - A bearing assembly for a motor vehicle drive train is provided. The bearing assembly includes rolling elements, an outer race supporting the rolling elements, and an inner race rotatably supported by the rolling elements. The inner race includes a radially inner surface having a plurality of axially extending splines. The radially inner surface includes a primary chip groove formed therein that is defined by a primary cutting edge for spline cutting a mating shaft inserted into the radially inner surface. The radially inner surface further includes a secondary chip groove formed therein axially offset from the primary chip groove that is defined by a second cutting edge for spline cutting the shaft inserted into the radially inner surface. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025144 | STEERING COLUMN SUPPORT BEARING - A bearing assembly ( | 2016-01-28 |
20160025145 | FASTENING FRICTION PLATE, AND FASTENING AND FIXING STRUCTURE FOR STRAIN WAVE GEARING AND OUTPUT MEMBER - A fastening friction plate is wedged between the fastening surfaces of two fastening members in order to increase the fastening force between them. The fastening friction plate has a friction plate main body of a fixed thickness, and engaging protuberances having an approximately truncated cone shape formed on the both surfaces of the friction plate main body at a fixed pitch. The friction plate main body and the engaging protuberances are integrally formed by photo-etching into the both surfaces of a steel plate material having a fixed thickness. The hardness of the fastening friction plate is equal to or greater than that of the fastening surfaces of the fastening members. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025146 | TORQUE TUBES AND MANUFACTURING METHODS THEREOF - One aspect of the present disclosure relates to an apparatus comprising a first end fitting. The first end fitting comprises a tube engagement portion. The tube engagement portion comprises an outer coupling surface. The outer coupling surface comprises a first virtual cross-section. The first virtual cross-section comprises a first transverse inflection point. Each point along the first virtual cross-section has a first virtual tangent line coplanar with the first virtual cross-section. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025147 | TORSIONAL VIBRATION DAMPER AND ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR THE DAMPING OF A DRIVETRAIN OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - The invention relates to a torsional vibration damper, in particular a dual-turbine damper, for a drivetrain of a motor vehicle, preferably for a drivetrain of a motor vehicle having a hydrodynamic torque converter, having a first damper and a second damper connected to the latter in series, where the two dampers are situated essentially on a common circumference or essentially in a common plane of the torsional vibration damper, there being a damper intermediate mass connected between the two dampers connected in series, and a centrifugal pendulum device provided on the damper intermediate mass. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025148 | BOOT PROTECTING THE MALE AND FEMALE ELEMENTS OF A TRANSMISSION JOINT AND TRANSMISSION JOINT EQUIPPED WITH SUCH A PROTECTIVE BOOT - A boot for protecting the male and female elements of a transmission joint, one element is formed by a transmission shaft having radial arms for carrying rollers, the other is formed by a bell housing suitable for at least partially receiving the rollers suitable to be inserted into the bell housing's open end, the boot, has an elongate hollow body enabling the shaft to pass there through, with a “first” one of its ends suitable for being secured to the shaft, and its “second” end suitable for being positioned in overlapping and interfitting manner over the bell housing's open end. This boot has an internal peripheral shoulder, whose surface that faces towards the second end of the boot is provided with at least two recesses which open towards the second end, the inside of each recess forming a seat having a concave bearing surface for receiving a roller in thrusting contact. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025149 | Screw Connection For A Non-Shiftable Multi-Plate Clutch, And Multi-Plate Clutch - Screw connection for a non-shiftable multiple plate clutch with a clamping bolt, a bolt nut cooperating with the clamping bolt, and a clamping bushing which likewise cooperates with the clamping bolt. A seat between the clamping bolt and clamping bushing has at least one gradation such that a first cylindrical seat surface having a first diameter is formed at a first side of the respective gradation and a second cylindrical seat surface having a second diameter is formed at a second side of the respective gradation. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025150 | TORQUE TRANSMISSION DEVICE, ACTUATOR AND ROBOT - The invention relates to a torque transmission device ( | 2016-01-28 |
20160025151 | CONSTANT VELOCITY JOINT BOOT ASSEMBLY - A constant velocity joint boot assembly has a boot can connected to an outer race of the joint. The boot can receives a portion of a boot. The thickness of the boot may be changed in different areas to result in different boot performances. A sleeve is connected to the inner race. A portion of the sleeve may have a complementary shape to a portion of the boot, also to result in different boot performance. A clamp may be located over a portion of the boot to secure it to the sleeve. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025152 | CLUTCH FOR NON-ENGINE POWERED VEHICLE DRIVE WHEEL - A clutch designed to effectively transfer torque between wheel drive system components in a vehicle drive wheel drive system to move the vehicle on a ground surface is provided. The wheel drive system components may include a non-engine drive means and a roller traction drive in torque transmission contact with the clutch and with the vehicle drive wheel. The clutch includes complementarily configured clutch components designed to mesh into engaging contact when activated by electromagnetic or other external engagement actuation means to transfer torque through an interface to a vehicle wheel. Drag and friction produced by activation of adjacent rotating patterned clutch elements amplifies axial forces to cause clutch elements to mesh into locking engagement to control transfer of torque between a non-engine drive means and a roller traction drive system to drive an aircraft landing gear wheel or other vehicle wheel. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025153 | ACTUATION MECHANISM FOR A MECHANICAL DIODE ASSEMBLY - The present disclosure provides an actuation mechanism for applying a mechanical diode clutch. The actuation mechanism includes a capsule including a cylindrical body defining an interior chamber, the cylindrical body defining a first opening at a first end and a second opening at a second end thereof. The actuation mechanism also includes a pin having a body and a radially-extending arm, the pin being retained within the interior chamber of the capsule. An apply spring is coupled at one end to the pin and a return spring is retained within the interior chamber of the capsule. The return spring is disposed between the pin on one end and the cylindrical body on the opposite end thereof. The return spring substantially surrounds the apply spring. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025154 | METHOD OF FIXING A DAMPER FLANGE TO A DAMPER HUB - A method of forming a damper assembly for a motor vehicle drive train is provided. The method includes providing a damper flange including a pocket at an inner circumferential surface thereof and cutting an outer circumferential surface of a damper hub using the inner circumferential surface of the damper flange. The cutting results in a displaced damper hub material of the outer circumferential surface of the damper hub being displaced into the pocket. A damper assembly also provided that includes a damper flange including a pocket at an inner circumferential surface thereof and a damper hub including an outer circumferential surface fixed to the inner circumferential surface of damper flange. The outer circumferential surface of the damper hub includes a displaced damper hub material extending radially into the pocket. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025155 | FRICTION PLATE PROVIDED WITH CORE PLATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - A method for manufacturing a friction plate provided with a core plate includes subjecting a spline portion formed at an outer periphery or an inner periphery of the core plate to a hardening process by laser. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025156 | DISCONNECT CLUTCH WITH POSITIVE PLATE SEPARATION - A clutch assembly ( | 2016-01-28 |
20160025157 | BI-DIRECTIONAL FRICTION CLUTCH - A clutch includes an input, an output, first and second control disks, and a control. The output and the input may be releasably coupled. The first control disk may be positioned between the input and the output. The first control disk and second control disk may be coupled and the output may be moveable between the control disks. The control may apply a torque to the second control disk, establishing a relative rotation between the output and the first control disk and decoupling the output and input. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025158 | FRICTION PLATE AND WET-TYPE MULTIPLE-DISC CLUTCH WITH FRICTION PLATE - A friction plate is formed by annularly fixing a plurality of friction material segments to a substantially annular core plate, and a minute groove is formed on a surface of the friction material segment. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025159 | ELECTROMAGNETIC CLUTCH AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A ring insertion groove is formed between adjacent two of circular plates, which are made of a magnetic material and are arranged concentric with each other, and a ring, which is made of a non-magnetic material and has a larger deformation resistance in comparison to the magnetic material of the plates, is press fitted into the ring insertion groove. Thereafter, a peripheral part around an opening of the ring insertion groove is plastically flowed, so that a compression stress is left in the ring. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025160 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING ENGINE CLUTCH TRANSFER TORQUE OF ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY VEHICLE - An engine clutch transfer torque determining apparatus of a vehicle includes: a power source including an engine and a driving motor; an engine clutch that is located between the engine and the driving motor to selectively connect the engine to the driving motor; and a vehicle controller that controls release or engagement of the engine clutch to implement a driving mode, wherein the vehicle controller releases a clutch hydraulic pressure in the engine clutch when a running state of the vehicle satisfies a transfer torque determining advancing condition, controls a speed of the motor and a speed of the engine while maintaining a speed difference between the motor and the engine in a predetermined relative speed range, and determines a transfer torque of the engine clutch based on a clutch hydraulic pressure and a clutch input torque when the engine clutch slips. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025161 | CONTROLLER FOR VEHICLE TRANSMISSION - In a controller for a vehicle transmission in which a continuously variable transmission mechanism that is able to continuously change its speed ratio and a transmission mechanism having a constant speed ratio are provided in parallel with each other between an input shaft to which torque is transmitted from a driving force source and an output shaft that outputs torque to a drive wheel, the vehicle transmission including a friction engagement mechanism and an intermeshing engagement mechanism, the friction engagement mechanism selectively transmitting torque from the input shaft to the transmission mechanism, the intermeshing engagement mechanism arranged in series with the friction engagement mechanism on a downstream side of the friction engagement mechanism in a torque transmission direction from the input shaft toward the output shaft, the intermeshing engagement mechanism setting the transmission mechanism to a state where torque is transmittable between the input shaft and the output shaft, in changing from a state where both the friction engagement mechanism and the intermeshing engagement mechanism are released and the transmission mechanism is not able to transmit torque to a state where the intermeshing engagement mechanism is engaged and the transmission mechanism is able to transmit torque to the output shaft, a torque capacity of the friction engagement mechanism is configured to be increased to a torque capacity to such extent that the transmission mechanism rotates without a delay of start of engagement of the intermeshing engagement mechanism. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025162 | REMOVABLE BRAKE COVER - A removable brake cover apparatus is disclosed including a sidewall presenting frontal and posterior surfaces and a circumferential wall extending transversely from the sidewall to define a brake rotor receiving cavity adjacent the posterior surface of the sidewall. A brake caliper pocket having a limited circumferential extent is disposed along the sidewall and the circumferential wall to define a brake caliper receiving cavity adjacent the brake rotor receiving cavity. Engagement fingers extend radially into the brake caliper receiving cavity to engage a brake caliper received therein with an audible and/or tactile indicator defining a fully installed position of the brake cover apparatus. Locking recesses extend radially into the brake rotor receiving cavity to engage a brake dust shield received therein. Multiple ones of the brake cover apparatus disclosed are nestable with one another in a stacked arrangement wherein the engagement fingers and locking recesses perform locating and anti-rotation functions. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025163 | BRAKE PAD AND CALIPER DEVICE - A brake pad | 2016-01-28 |
20160025164 | ROTOR COVER, ROTOR COOLING APPARATUS, AND TEMPERATURE-LEVEL INDICATOR - A rotor cover comprises a cover portion and a mounting portion. The cover portion is configured to at least partially cover a disc brake rotor mounted on a bicycle hub assembly. The mounting portion is configured to be mounted on the bicycle hub assembly. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025165 | Brake Disc Mounting Arrangement - An arrangement for mounting a brake disc to an axle hub of a vehicle is provided. The arrangement includes mounting rings and may include bushing blocks interposed between an axle hub and a brake disc in a manner that permits transfer of braking forces from the brake disc to the axle hub while minimizing heat transfer from the disc to the hub. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025166 | Brake Disc and Mounting Arrangement for a Brake Disc - A disc brake for a vehicle axle includes a brake rotor, a brake caliper that straddles the brake rotor, a wheel hub, and a plurality of brake rotor mounting elements that couple the brake rotor to the wheel hub. The brake rotor includes a friction ring portion and a rotor mounting portion radially inward of the friction ring portion. The rotor mounting portion is formed on a radially inner circumference of the brake rotor, and includes a plurality of splines extending radially inward toward an axis of rotation of the brake rotor and a radially inward extending axial motion limiting feature disposed between each adjacent pair of the plurality of splines. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025167 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A BRAKE DISK AND A BRAKE DISK - The disclosure relates to a brake disk and a method for producing a brake disk. The method may include roughening at least some area(s) of a surface of the main body, forming a metal coating on at least some area(s) of the roughened region of the surface of the main body, applying an enamel slip to at least some area(s) of the surface of the main body, drying the applied enamel slip, and heating the main body to form the enamel coating and to join the metal coating metallurgically to the main body. The brake disk may include a main body having an enamel coating arranged at least in some area(s). A metal coating may additionally be formed on the surface of the main body, at least in some area(s), wherein the metal coating is joined metallurgically to the main body. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025168 | ELECTRICALLY ACTUATED FRICTION BRAKE - To reduce the attainable actuation times of an electrically actuated friction brake and simultaneously keep the friction brake inexpensive, a second transmission element ( | 2016-01-28 |
20160025169 | Method and Apparatus for the Operation of a Parking Brake of a Motor Vehicle - A method for the operation a parking brake of a motor vehicle that comprises at least one wheel brake device, wherein the wheel brake device comprises an electric motor that can be activated for its actuation and that drives a spindle for the displacement of a brake piston between a clamping position and a release position, wherein for the calibration of the parking brake the electric motor is activated in order to move the brake piston into the release position in a first step and from the release position into the clamping position in a subsequent second step. It is provided that in the second step a power supply of the electric motor is interrupted during the displacement of the brake piston in a no-load phase (II) and at least one motor parameter of the electric motor is determined depending on a coasting behavior of the electric motor. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025170 | ELECTRIC LINEAR MOTION ACTUATOR AND ELECTRIC DISK BRAKE SYSTEM - An electric linear motion actuator includes planetary rollers mounted between the radially inner surface of an outer ring member and the radially outer surface of a rotary shaft, and a carrier rotatable about the rotary shaft and including radially movable roller shafts rotatably supporting the respective planetary rollers. Elastic rings each having circumferentially separate ends are each wrapped around the roller shafts to radially inwardly bias the roller shafts, thereby bringing the respective planetary rollers into elastic contact with the radially outer surface of the rotary shaft. Each elastic ring is prevented from rotating relative to the roller shafts, thereby preventing one of the roller shafts from being axially aligned with the gap between the circumferential separate ends, causing the elastic ring to be radially compressed and thus making it impossible for the elastic rings to radially bias the roller shafts. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025171 | BRAKE DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A brake device for a vehicle may include: a driving unit positioned in a drum and supplying rotation power; a nut screw positioned between first and second brake shoes; a first push rod having both sides connected to the first brake shoe and the nut screw, and pressurizing the first brake shoe through the rotation of the nut screw; a fixing protrusion fixed to a case surrounding the nut screw; a rotation connection part coupled to the fixing protrusion to restrict rotation of the rotation connection part; a rotation control part inserted into the rotation connection part so as to be screwed to the rotation connection part; and a second push rod having both sides connected to the second brake shoe and the rotation control part, and moved together with the rotation control part in a longitudinal direction so as to pressurize the second brake shoe. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025172 | FABRIC-REINFORCED BEARINGS AND METHODS - A laminated bearing includes a plurality of elastomeric layers ( | 2016-01-28 |
20160025173 | HYBRID SPRING DEVICE - The invention is directed to a hybrid spring device comprising an outer tubular shell, and an inner part enclosed in the outer tubular shell comprising a fibre reinforced plastic material. According to the invention the outer tubular shell is designed as self-supporting part made from a metallic material. The invention further provides suitable methods for producing such types of hybrid spring devices. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025174 | VARIABLE LOAD CONTROL SYSTEM IN A HYDRAULIC DEVICE - The hydraulic device comprises a tubular housing, inside of which a rod is jointly attached to a piston separating an upper and lower areas filled with hydraulic fluid so that, as the piston and rod move, the two components move together relatively and axially inside the tubular housing, displacing the hydraulic fluid inside the tubular housing, flowing from one area to the other, and thus changing the volumes inside said areas. It also comprises a modular mechanism located inside the lower area that regulates the shock absorption at the maximum level of compression of the hydraulic device, as well as in other relative positions. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025175 | DAMPER ASSEMBLY - A damper assembly has a chain, a first mounting element and a second mounting element. The chain has a longitudinal axis and comprising a plurality of links pivotally interconnected by transverse articulation elements. It has a straight configuration in which the links are substantially aligned in a linear direction, and has at least one resilient member configured to force adjacent links of the chain to articulate out of the straight configuration. The first and second mounting elements are each attached to the chain and are movable relative to one another between a first position and a second position, and are arranged to urge the chain towards the straight configuration when they are moved towards the second position. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025176 | SOLENOID VALVE - A solenoid valve includes a valve seat provided in a main flow passage, a main valve body configured to open or close the main flow passage, a pilot passage that branches from the main flow passage, an orifice provided in the pilot passage, a back-pressure chamber connected to the pilot passage downstream from the orifice to bias the main valve body to a closing direction by virtue of an internal pressure, a pilot valve disposed in the pilot passage downstream from a connection point to the back-pressure chamber to control an internal pressure of the back-pressure chamber, a solenoid configured to control a valve opening pressure of the pilot valve, and a second orifice provided between the back-pressure chamber and the pilot valve. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025177 | DAMPING VALVE - A damping valve includes a valve seat member provided with a port, a valve body that opens or closes the port, a tubular spool that abuts on a side of the valve body opposite to the valve seat member, a spool holding member that has an outer circumference where the spool is mounted movably along an axial direction, a ring mounted to the outer circumference of the spool holding member, the ring contacting slidably with an inner circumference of the spool, and a back-pressure chamber partitioned by the spool and the spool holding member, the back-pressure chamber being configured to bias the spool such that the valve body is pressed toward the valve seat member using an internal pressure, wherein the internal pressure of the back-pressure chamber is applied to an inner circumferential side of the ring. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025178 | DAMPING VALVE - A damping valve includes a valve seat member having a port and a first valve seat surrounding the port, a main valve body seated on or unseated from the first valve seat, the main valve body having a second valve seat oppositely to the valve seat member, a subsidiary valve body seated on or unseated from the second valve seat, a valve-body intermediate chamber provided between the main valve body and the subsidiary valve body in an inner circumferential side of the second valve seat, a restrictive passage that causes the port and the valve-body intermediate chamber to communicate with each other, the restrictive passage being configured to apply resistance to a flow of fluid passing therethrough, and a subsidiary valve body biasing means configured to bias the subsidiary valve body toward the main valve body. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025179 | SUSPENSION STRUT FOR A VEHICLE - A hydraulic strut system that damps vehicle vibration and includes a compressible fluid, a strut, and a valve plate. The strut includes three concentric tubes defining an inner cavity, an intermediary cavity, and an outer reservoir cavity, the inner cavity and intermediary cavity being fluidly coupled, wherein the inner cavity receives a piston that divides the inner cavity into a first volume and a second volume, the piston having an aperture that allows one way flow from the first volume to the second volume. The valve plate is removably coupled to the strut, and includes a first fluid path that allows one-way fluid flow from the intermediary cavity to the reservoir cavity, the first fluid path including a damping valve that damps fluid flowing therethrough; and a second fluid path that allows one-way fluid flow from the reservoir cavity to the inner cavity, the second fluid path further including a replenishment valve. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025180 | SHOCK ABSORBER - A shock absorber includes expanding-side and contracting-side chambers formed in a cylinder, a housing that forms a pressurizing chamber, a free piston that partitions the pressurizing chamber into an expansive pressurizing chamber communicating with the expanding-side chamber and a contractive pressurizing chamber communicating with the contracting-side chamber, and expanding-side and contracting-side springs that exert biasing forces for suppressing the free piston from being displaced from a neutral position. The contracting-side spring has a non-linear characteristic by which the spring constant increases as it is compressed. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025181 | SHOCK ABSORBER WITH FREQUENCY DEPENDENT PASSIVE VALVE - A shock absorber has a pressure tube with a piston assembly slidably disposed within the pressure tube and attached to a piston rod. The pressure tube is disposed within a reserve tube and a working fluid reservoir is formed between the pressure tube and the reserve tube. The piston assembly divides the pressure tube into an upper working chamber and a lower working chamber. A base valve assembly controls a flow of working fluid between the working fluid reservoir and the lower working chamber. The base valve assembly includes a frequency dependent valve system that provides an increased level of damping for each compression stroke of the piston assembly during low frequency movements of the shock absorber. A lesser level of damping is provided for each compression stroke during high frequency movements of the shock absorber. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025182 | LIQUID-SEALED ANTI-VIBRATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A liquid-sealed anti-vibration device comprising: an inner tube ( | 2016-01-28 |
20160025183 | DAMPER ASSEBMLY SEALING ARRANGEMENT - A damper assembly for a motor vehicle drive train is provided. The damper assembly includes a spring retainer retaining arc springs; an engine-side cover for connecting to an engine crankshaft, the spring retainer being fixed to the engine-side cover; and a seal configuration between the engine-side cover and the spring retainer. The seal configuration, the engine-side cover and the spring retainer define an arc spring cavity for lubricating fluid to lubricate the arc springs. The seal configuration is configured to prevent lubricating fluid from radially exiting the arc spring cavity during rotation of the damper assembly about a center axis thereof. A method of forming a damper assembly is also provided. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025184 | LOW FREQUENCY TORSIONAL VIBRATION DAMPER - Torsional vibration dampers are disclosed that include a hub and an inertia member disposed concentric with and spaced radially outward or radially inward from the hub that together define a plurality of pockets therebetween each having a spool-shaped receptacle. A plurality of spool-shaped elastomeric plugs, one each, are seated in the spool-shaped receptacles. When the inertia member is spaced radially outward of the hub, the hub is mountable on a shaft, and when the inertia member is spaced radially inward of the hub, the hub is mountable inside a shaft. Methods of making the torsional vibration dampers are also disclosed. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025185 | Wheel Balancing Weight and Method of Manufacture - A wheel balancing weight has a mass body with a groove in a first face. The groove has a groove surface recessed into the first surface and has two groove walls opposite one another across the groove. An attachment clip has a clip portion for attaching the wheel balancing weight to a vehicle wheel and has an attachment portion with first and second side edges opposite one another across the attachment portion. First and second protruding elements are provided on the first and second side edges, respectively. The attachment portion is seated in the groove and has a free bottom edge extending between the first and second side edges. The first protruding element is positioned on the first side edge at a first distance from the bottom edge and the second protruding element is positioned on the second side edge at a second distance different from the first distance. Material of the mass body adjacent the two groove walls is deformed to retain the attachment portion in the groove. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025186 | FASTENER FOR GARMENT DRAWSTRINGS, LACES, AND THE LIKE - A fastener connects two strings together, such as the drawstring of sweatpants or the two shoe lace strings ends of respective shoe lace strings in a pair of sneakers. The body of the fastener is made out of a material, such as highly dense polyurethane foam, that is strong, yet flexible, or of a rigid plastic, that is strong, yet flexible. The two strings to be fastened pass through one or more gripping and/or locking holes in the fastener body. When the shoelace is passed through the gripping and/or locking holes, the dense polyurethane foam grips the lace tightly. The free ends are pulled through one or more peripheral slits extending towards, but not all the way to, the gripping and/or locking holes and then bent against the upper outer surface of the disk and locked in place in the respective one or more peripheral locking slits. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025187 | PLANETARY GEAR SYSTEM - A planetary gear system with floating components includes design features that center the floating components radially and reduces sagging of the floating components under the force of gravity. An input carrier is centered by the use of an annular bearing in a distal central opening of the input carrier and a stationary end cap assembly that is received in the annular bushing. The bushing and end cap assembly support the input carrier radially. The stationary output carrier is centered by providing a pilot on the output carrier that is received in a circumferential recess in a fixed component, such as a reaction hub. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025188 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - An automatic transmission includes: an input shaft that is rotatably installed on a fixing shaft; a hub housing into which the input shaft is inserted; a first clutch, of which one side is installed on the input shaft and the other side is installed at the hub housing; a planetary gear portion including a carrier having a satellite gear that is engaged between a ring gear formed on inner walls of the hub housing and a linear gear formed on the input shaft; and a second clutch, of which one side is installed on the planetary gear portion and the other side is installed on the hub housing, wherein the first clutch and the second clutch include one-direction clutches that are locked in opposite directions, and when the hub housing is rotated in a reverse direction, the second clutch is released prior to the first clutch. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025189 | VEHICLE TRANSMISSION - A vehicle transmission having first and second transmission input shafts (GE | 2016-01-28 |
20160025190 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - An automatic transmission ( | 2016-01-28 |
20160025191 | POWERTRAIN FOR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - The present invention relates to a powertrain for an automatic transmission. The powertrain for an automatic transmission consisting of an input shaft, an output shaft and first to third planetary gear sets comprises: first to seventh actuating elements constituting the first to third planetary gear sets; and shifting elements including first to fourth clutches and first and second brakes, wherein at least two of the shifting elements are actuated so that the first to seventh actuating elements are driven or restrained, thereby implementing eight forward speed and two reverse speed ratios. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025192 | Variable Speed Drive System - An electronically controlled variable speed mechanical drive to be used in high power applications where using a direct drive motor is not feasible due to weight and size constraints. The variable speed drive components convert an externally driven fixed displacement pump into a variable displacement pump by electronically setting the pump speed to meet flow demands. A single stage pump and a multi-stage pump are so converted, according to the present disclosure. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025193 | CRUSHER BELT TENSIONING APPARATUS - A crusher belt tensioning apparatus for mounting at a crusher and in particular a mobile crushing unit is provided. The belt tensioning assembly includes a base frame that mounts a moveable swing arm via a plurality of non-rigid mountings to provide vibration and shock absorption during use. A variable belt tension setting is achieved via a linear actuator operating between the swing arm and the base frame to change the relative position of a tension pulley in contact with the drive belt. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025194 | TOROIDAL CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION - Provided is a toroidal continuously variable transmission capable of preventing the application of bending stress to a variator shaft during rotation and the application of an eccentric load to each of support parts even when misalignment between the axis of a fitting hole formed in a post and the axis on which the variator shaft is supported occurs. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025195 | ACTUATOR FOR RENDERING AT LEAST ONE OPTICAL ELEMENT MOVABLE - This disclosure relates to an electric actuator to render optical elements movable. The electrical actuator generally has a motor, a mechanical transmission assembly having an endless screw, a support element of the endless screw, a drive mechanism, and a return mechanism. The motor is configured to drive the mechanical transmission assembly and the mechanical transmission assembly is configured to drive the drive mechanism, wherein the return mechanism exerts an axial pressure against the endless screw in such a way as to press the endless screw against the support element. The disclosure also relates to an assembly having a movable optical element and an electric actuator of the movable optical element as described above. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025196 | A TRANSMISSION MECHANISM - A transmission mechanism comprises a rotating shaft having an axis of rotation, a reciprocating member, a ring which is rotatably mounted to the rotating shaft and rotatable about a ring axis, a first rod pivotally coupled to the reciprocating member at a first reciprocating member pivot axis and to the ring at a first ring pivot axis, and a second rod pivotally coupled to the reciprocating member at a second reciprocating member pivot axis and to the ring at a second ring pivot axis. A circular member is attached to the rotating shaft and located eccentrically with respect to the axis of rotation. The ring is rotatably mounted about the circular member, and wherein an outer circumference of the circular member extends beyond an outer circumference of the rotating shaft in at least one direction of the axis of rotation. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025197 | An inescapable path to transform a form of motion - The invention is a movement transformation device, mechanism and driving gear that consists of a rotation part, a tool that works with a two-way straight line alternating movement, power transmission parts and units that make sure that the power transmission parts stay in position. The inescapable path that has double control and can be established optionally is a form together with the power transmission units in it that are also responsible for direction. The device can be connected to a rotor by an axis-like tool. The rotation of the tool making alternating movement, its rotation movement there and back and its lubrication can be executed upon demand. When the friction factor is smaller, a fixed sliding bush may be satisfactory, in which the two-way movement takes place. Under greater stress balls may be inserted into the fixed sliding bush in order to minimize friction factors. The invention may be used with any machine, equipment, tool or area, where forms of motion need transformation. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025198 | Linear Module with a Support Device - A linear module with a support device includes a base; two pivot seats fixed on the base; a screw disposed between the two pivot seats; a rail fixed to the base; a movable platform and two support members sleeved onto the screw and movable along the rail; a wheel rotatably disposed on the platform; a connecting member; and a cover. The support members are located at two ends of the platform, and the wheel includes a first wheel portion and a second wheel portion smaller in diameter than the first wheel portion. The connecting member includes two connecting ends fixed to the support members and a connecting bottom surface for pressing against the second wheel portion. The cover includes two cover ends fixed to the two pivot seats, and a cover bottom surface pressing against the first wheel portion. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025199 | BALL SCREW ACTUATOR WITH INTERNAL LOCKING - A screw actuator may comprise: a barrel; a piston rod movable in the barrel in an extending direction and in a retracting direction; an elongated screw in the bore of the barrel and rotatable by a motor drive; a nut coupled to the piston rod and movable in the bore of the barrel in the extending direction and in the retracting direction responsive to rotation of the elongated screw; and a plurality of lock segments in the piston rod and movable radially outward and radially inward in response to movement of the nut. The plurality of lock segments engage the barrel when moved radially outward and do not engage the barrel when moved radially inward, whereby the piston rod is lockable to the barrel by the plurality of lock segments for bearing loads applied thereto. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025200 | TRANSMISSION AND DIFFERENTIAL GEARING AND ENGINE AND GEARING UNIT - A transmission and differential gearing with a housing, with an input shaft and two output shafts arranged coaxially with respect to the input shaft, wherein a transmission section and a differential section are provided, wherein the transmission section has two planet stages, namely an input stage and a load stage, wherein the sun wheel of the input stage is actively connected to the input shaft, wherein the load stage has a ring gear fixed to the housing, and the sun wheel of said load stage can be or is actively connected via a web to at least one planet wheel of the input stage, and wherein at least one planet wheel of the load stage is actively connected via a web to an input shaft of the differential section. The requirement for construction space is reduced and the use flexibility increased by the fact that the ring gear of the input stage can be coupled actively and for conjoint rotation to, or can be decoupled from, a planet carrier of the planet wheel of the input stage or to, or from, a planet carrier of the planet wheel of the load stage via a correspondingly provided and/or arranged coupling device. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025201 | Differential Assembly for Vehicles - A differential assembly includes a differential housing, two side gears, at least one output hub, and at least one pinion gear assembly. When a torque input is provided to the first side gear, eccentric contact surfaces on the first side gear and the output hub contact under compression forces, and compression forces between the outer cylindrical surface of the first side gear and an inner cylindrical surface of the differential housing and between the outer cylindrical surface of the first output hub and the inner cylindrical surface of the differential housing cause frictional forces between the differential housing and the first side gear and between the differential housing and the first output hub to provide a torque bias to the differential assembly. In some embodiments, the differential housing includes a second output hub and eccentric contact surfaces on the second side gear and the second output hub. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025202 | DIFFERENTIAL DEVICE WITH LIMITED-SLIP DIFFERENTIAL MECHANISM - The present invention is intended to provide a differential device with a limited-slip differential mechanism in which, while preventing full compression of spring members to avoid problems resulting from it, the spring members are configured to be as small in diameter as possible to allow the pressure-contact surfaces of a differential case to be wide for clutch plates, whereby it is possible to prevent problems such as a local increase in surface pressure between the clutch plates and scratches on the clutch plates caused by the inner peripheral edges of the pressure-contact surfaces, and achieve improvement in durability of the differential device. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025203 | WAVE GENERATOR OF STRAIN WAVE GEARING - A wave generator of a hollow strain wave gearing has a rigid plug and a needle roller bearing. The needle roller bearing has an inner ring trajectory surface formed in the plug external peripheral surface, a flexible outer ring, an outer ring trajectory surface formed in an inner peripheral surface of the outer ring, and needle rollers. An inner ring trajectory groove is formed in the plug external peripheral surface, and the inner ring trajectory surface is formed in a groove bottom surface of the inner ring trajectory groove. Inner-ring-side restricting surfaces for restricting the needle rollers from moving in the center axis direction are formed in groove side surfaces on both sides of the inner ring trajectory groove. A wave generator can be obtained, which is suitable for increasing the hollow diameter of a strain wave gearing. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025204 | SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR REMOVING HARDENED LUBRICANT FROM AN ENCLOSED GEARBOX - The invention relates to a system and process for removing hardened lubricant, contaminants and other debris from an enclosed gearbox of an actuator in the gas, oil, and power industries that allows the oil or gas pipeline to continue to operate uninterrupted during servicing. The system operates at a low pressure and includes two pumps: an upstream pump that pumps a non-corrosive mineral oil-based cleaning agent into the gearbox; and a downstream pump that pulls off the pressure from within the gearbox as part of the circulation of the flush system. The system and process are further provided with a clean tank for storing an influent cleaning agent, a waste tank for storing an effluent cleaning agent, and a circulation tank used during the flush circulation process. The system and process may also include a rotatable mounting assembly that is secured to the gearbox of the actuator. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025205 | TRANSMISSION LUBRICATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS - A manifold for distributing lubricant in a transmission includes an inlet supply nozzle for receiving transmission lubricant, and a main body in fluid communication with the supply nozzle. The main body defines a channel having open side. The manifold also includes a cover connected to the main body at the open side that creates a fluid seal along an edge of the channel. A first port extends from the main body for dispersing lubricant in a solid stream spray pattern onto traction components of the transmission. A second port extends from the main body for dispersing lubricant in a fan spray pattern onto traction components of the transmission. The manifold also includes an exhaust nozzle to discharge lubricant from the manifold for recirculation within the transmission. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025206 | AIRCRAFT GASEOUS COOLING SYSTEM - One aspect of a cooling system includes a gas source connected to a component to be cooled. The gas source continuously supplies compressed gas to the component in response to an input. The cooling system also includes a controller connected to the gas source, the controller to provide the input to the gas source to continuously supply the compressed gas to the component. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025207 | Oil Supply Device - The present invention relates to an oil supply device for use in an automatic transmission mounted on a vehicle, and is applied to a vehicle in which an idle reduction control or the like is performed. The oil supply device includes an oil pump which is driven by a driving motor of a vehicle and a motor separate from the driving motor, and an engagement and disengagement element which transmits a driving force of the driving motor to the oil pump, and the oil pump is driven by the motor without using a drive system of the driving motor. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025208 | GEAR SET LUBRICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A lubricating system and method can be used to meter lubricating fluid to a pinion and pinion bearing mounted to a pinion carrier. A sun gear shaft may include a channel fluidly connected to a lubricating fluid reservoir through a bore in the sun gear shaft. A sleeve may be fluidly sealed on its axial ends over the channel to form a chamber with the channel. The sleeve may include a plurality of through-holes to allow lubricating fluid to flow through a plurality of radial bores extending through the pinion carrier. Lubricating fluid may flow through an annular gap passage in a pinion shaft to provide lubricating fluid to the pinion and the pinion bearing. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025209 | WORM BIASING STRUCTURE - A worm biasing structure that biases a worm toward a worm wheel in a biasing direction, includes: a radial bearing that supports the worm in a radial direction; a bearing holder that has a holder hole for accommodating the radial bearing; a biasing member for biasing the radial bearing toward the worm wheel; and a housing that has a housing hole for accommodating the bearing holder, a pair of guide surfaces is formed as defined herein, when the bearing holder is accommodated in the housing hole and the radial bearing is not accommodated in the bearing holder, a distance between the pair of guide surfaces is smaller than or equal to an outer diameter of the radial bearing, and a gap is formed between an outer surface on the outer side of the guide surface and the housing hole. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025210 | TRANSMISSION ANTI-LEAK VALVE - A valve is mounted in a first bore in a first separable section of a transmission to block or allow fluid flow through the first bore to a second bore in a second transmission section depending on whether the first and second sections are joined together or separated. A movable portion of the valve is responsive to an actuator during relative movement of the transmission sections to shift between fluid flow open and fluid flow closed positions. The valve can include a valve housing fixed in the first bore and a carrying plunger biased to the fluid blocking position and responsive to the actuator for movement to the fluid flow open position. The valve forms a fluid flow path between the first and second bores across the gap between the facing surfaces of the joined transmission sections. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025211 | TRANSMISSION CONTROL CIRCUIT - A transmission control circuit for controlling a system pressure provided by a pressure pump in a transmission. The circuit includes a pressure control valve and an electronic control unit. Load states and operating states of the working machine can be detected by the control unit and transmission input torque limits associated with the load states and state values representing at least one first operating state and state values representing at least one second operating state are stored therein. The first operating state corresponds with the maximum system pressure and the second operating state corresponds with a reduced system pressure compared to the maximum system pressure. The circuit includes a pressure limiting valve activated by the control unit to overrule the pressure control valve in order to variably set the reduced system pressure. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025212 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE AND VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD - A vehicle control device for controlling a vehicle with a drive source automatic stop unit for automatically stopping a drive source when a predetermined automatic stop condition is satisfied and an electrical oil pump to be driven during an automatic stop of the drive source includes a drive prohibition time calculation unit configured to calculate a drive prohibition time of the electrical oil pump on the basis of a heat generation amount of the electrical oil pump, and a drive prohibition unit configured to prohibit the drive of the electrical oil pump until the drive prohibition time elapses from the end of the drive of the electrical oil pump. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025213 | METHOD OF SETTING TRANSMISSION SHIFT POINTS IN REAL-TIME BASED UPON AN ENGINE PERFORMANCE CURVE - A method for setting a shift point for shifting a transmission for a powered vehicle between a first gear ratio and a second gear ratio. The method includes determining input power data points based on real-time input torque data. The input torque data includes a maximum input torque. The method also includes calculating a gear step value based on the first gear ratio and second gear ratio. The method further includes determining a first power value and computing a second power value based on the gear step value. The first power value and second power value are compared to one another and adjustments are incrementally made in the first power value speed until the difference between first and second power values meets a threshold. The shift point is therefore based on the result of comparing the first power value and the second power value and the corresponding speed associated with the first power value. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025214 | CONTROLLER AND SHIFT-BY-WIRE SYSTEM USING THE CONTROLLER - A shift-by-wire system, including a controller that includes a motor driver, and a microcomputer connected to the motor driver to control a motor that drives a control object. The control object has a park lock mechanism having a lock state and an unlock state. The lock state and the unlock state are switched according to an operation position of the control object. The controller is configured to estimate a tilt of a vehicle, detect whether the lock mechanism is in the lock state or in the unlock state, and adjust a target rotation speed of the motor according to the estimated tilt when the operation position of the control object is changed for switching the lock state to the unlock state. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025215 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR THE DECELERATION OF A HYDROSTATIC TRANSMISSION - Method for deceleration of a hydrostatic transmission | 2016-01-28 |
20160025216 | Hydrostatic Continuously Variable Transmission - A neutral biasing mechanism in a hydrostatic continuously variable transmission includes a plurality of springs attached so as to be spanned from a pivot arm to a base. The plurality of springs bias the pivot arm such that a roller is fitted into a cam portion. A variable spring configured such that a biasing force thereof can be changed and another spring that is different from the variable spring are provided as the plurality of springs. The variable spring and the other spring are arranged at separate positions in a state where attachment positions thereof in the pivot arm and the base are separate from each other. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025217 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING A TRANSMISSION PARK SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH AN ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION RANGE SELECT SYSTEM - A method of controlling a transmission of a vehicle equipped with an electronic transmission range select system includes receiving an electronic request to actuate a transmission park system. A speed of the vehicle is sensed with each of a plurality of different speed sensors to define a plurality of different sensed vehicle speeds. Each of the plurality of different speed sensors provides a sensed vehicle speed that is independent and separate from the sensed vehicle speed from all of the other speed sensors. All of the different sensed vehicle speeds from the plurality of speed sensors is compared to each other to determine the lowest sensed vehicle speed. When the lowest sensed vehicle speed is equal to or less than a maximum allowable actuation speed, an electronic signal is sent from the transmission control unit to the transmission park system to actuate the transmission park system. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025218 | Floating Piston - An actuator is provided. The actuator includes: a housing having an interior elongated hole; a rod dimensioned to fit in the elongated hole; a piston dimensioned to fit in and move along the elongated hole while connected to the rod; mating structure located on at least one of the piston and rod, the mating structure configured to allow the rod to attach to the piston in a manner to create clearance between the rod and the piston to allow the rod and piston to move with respect to each other. A method of attaching a piston to a rod in an actuator may also be provided. The method may include: fitting the piston to the rod; providing a clearance between the piston and the rod; fastening the piston to the rod in a loose manner as to preserve the clearance and allow the piston to move with respect to the rod. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025219 | Machining Process for Trapezoid Rings With Small Axial Dimensions, Used in Pistons of Internal Combustion Engines - A method for producing a piston for internal combustion engines, where the piston includes a circumferential trapezoid annular groove for receiving trapezoid rings with small axial dimensions the groove having a groove base with adjoining surfaces and groove flanks. The groove base with adjoining surfaces is created in a first method step by machining using a cutting steel tool and the groove flanks are created in a further method step. Also disclosed are a piston produced according to the method and a cutting steel tool. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025220 | Actuation Rod Lubrication System And Method - A cylinder retainer is provided. The cylinder includes: a retainer body having an exterior end and an interior end; a bearing surface located on the retainer body; and an oiler located in a recess in the retainer body. A method of lubricating a rod may be provided. The method may include: contacting an oiler with the rod; and locating a bearing surface on a cylinder retainer between a seal configured to keep fluid located on a surface of the rod in a cylinder and the oiler. | 2016-01-28 |