| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 074029000 | Rack and pinion type | 89 |
| 20080282821 | Robot with linearly movable support member attaching to gripper - In a robot, a support member is supported to an arm to be reciprocable with respect to one of first and second sides of the arm in a predetermined direction. A rotary member of a converter is coupled to a motor, and a liner movable member of the converter is contacted to the rotary member and lined to the support member. The converter works to transfer rotary motion received y the rotary member from the motor as linear motion to the liner movable member rough a transfer contact portion between the rotary member and the liner movable member to thereby move the liner movable member together with the support member in the predetermined direction. The transfer contact portion between the rotary member and the liner movable member is located offset to the one of the fast and second sides of the arm relative to the other thereof. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20090056483 | Sliding Rail Structure for Use in Cuckoo Clocks - A sliding rail structure for use in cuckoo clocks comprises a base including a guiding member provided thereon and having an elongated sliding piece correspondingly fixed thereon, the sliding piece including a rack mounted on one side thereof, and including an engaging recess formed on the front end thereof for inserting a stem of a cuckoo element, characterized in a casing and a housing are fixed onto the base for pressing against the two sides of the sliding piece, respectively, thus obtaining a stable reciprocating movement of the sliding piece, and the guiding member further includes an elongated slot formed at the center thereof, a peg is extendedly arranged on the bottom of the sliding piece for being fitted into the guide slot of the guiding member, and for screwing a confining element therein, thereby preventing the disengagement of said sliding piece for causing a stopping effect. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090249902 | Rack and Pinion Steerig 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, and another side is supported against a wedge-like part formed of two semi-circular annular elements, each of which is provided with at least one wedge surface that is disposed at an angle to a central plane of the wedge-like part. A side of the wedge-like part remote from the thrust element is supported against a set screw. The thrust element and/or the set screw is provided with an inclined surface that cooperates with the at least one wedge surface of the annular elements of the wedge-like part. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090266185 | MOVABLE BODY DRIVING APPARATUS - A door driving apparatus having a motor, a sleeve formed at a drive end of a rotor of the motor, a pinion integrally fixed to a rotation shaft integrated with a spline shaft detachably fitted to the sleeve, and left and right racks disposed opposite to each other with respect to the pinion and engaged with the pinion so that the left and right racks can move in directions substantially parallel and opposite to each other. When the motor is individually removed from a rack and pinion casing, the pinion is left in the pinion and rack casing while upper and lower sides of the pinion are engaged with the right and left racks, respectively. Accordingly, the relative positions of the left and right racks are unchanged. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20100251839 | RACK BUSH AND RACK PINION TYPE STEERING APPARATUS HAVING RACK BUSH FOR VEHICLE - Disclosed is a rack bush and a rack pinion type steering apparatus having the rack bush for a vehicle, which can smoothly support a load in an axial direction and a vertical direction of a rack bar so that it is possible to reduce abnormal abrasion of the rack bush, reduce a rattle noise caused by external force transferred through the rack bar during movement of the rack bar, and prevent damage to the rack bar and a pinion through distribution of the load due to an external impact on the shaft. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20110000326 | TRANSMISSION APPARATUS FOR A TAPE LIBRARY - A transmission apparatus for transmitting tapes within a tape library is disclosed. The transmission apparatus comprises a tray for transmitting a tape cartridge. A plurality of pinion gears is provided. The pinion gears are operably connected to each other and are rotatably attached to the tray. A plurality of vertically disposed racks is provided for engagement by the plurality of pinion gears for rotational movement therealong. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110016997 | BUSH BEARING AND RACK-AND-PINION TYPE STEERING APPARATUS FOR AUTOMOBILE USING THE SAME - A bush bearing | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110179895 | SWIVELING DEVICE FOR A SWIVELING C-ARM OF AN X-RAY UNIT - A swiveling device for a swiveling C-arm of an X-ray unit includes a motorized drive unit and an adapter removably attachable to the C-arm concentrically with a swiveling axis thereof. The adapter connects the C-arm to the drive unit in driving manner. The swiveling device also includes an angular position encoder for recording the swivel angle of the C-arm. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20120073392 | Actuating Device - An actuating device has a drive element with a cylinder ( | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120111132 | Rack-And-Pinion Steering - The invention relates to a rack-and-pinion steering, including a toothed rack having a longitudinal axis, a toothed rack housing in which the toothed rack is guided for axial displacement between two end stops, and an end stop damping assembly which includes at least one stop ring and at least one elastic compression body, the compression body surrounding the toothed rack, and its spring/damping section having an axial length in a non-loaded condition. The stop ring has a continuously surrounding axial guide extension which is located radially inside in relation to the compression body and which has an axial length that is smaller than the axial length of the spring/damping section of the compression body. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120132018 | REMOTE CENTRE OF MOTION POSITIONER - Apparatus comprising a member ( | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120174690 | POWER TRANSMITTING APPARATUS - Disclosed is a power-transmitting apparatus The power-transmitting apparatus of the present invention comprises: a pin gear provided with a plurality of pins capable of rolling movement; a spur gear provided with a plurality of teeth and engagingly coupled to the pin gear so as to be relatively movable; and a lubricant supplying unit provided on the pin gear to supply lubricant to the plurality of pins. According to the present invention, by regularly applying a lubricant, the occurrence of problems such as the adherence of external dust and the efflorescence of the lubricant can be reduced, and in particular, because lubricant can be self-supplied to the plurality of pins provided on the pin gear, as opposed to the prior art, the task of applying a lubricant can be easily performed. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120204662 | Drive Mechanism and Drug Delivery Device - A drive mechanism ( | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120312106 | POWER GENERATING APPARATUS - A power generating apparatus enables a power generating module to generate electric power via reciprocal movement of a transmission module. The transmission module at least includes a transmission rod and a counterweight block. The power generating module includes a supporting rack, a rotation shaft, a one-way rotating gear, a first gear, a second gear and a generator. The rotation shaft is pivotally disposed at the supporting rack, the one-way rotating gear and the first gear are coupled to the rotation shaft, the one-way rotating gear is engaged with the transmission rod, the second gear is coupled to the generator, and the second gear is engaged with the first gear. An elastic member can push forward the transmission module, and the transmission module is reciprocally movable by gravity and reacting force of the elastic member. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20130145870 | ROTATION ADJUSTING MECHANISM AND ADJUSTING MACHINE USING THE SAME - A rotation adjusting mechanism includes a first pedestal, a first sliding block and a first adjusting member. The first pedestal defines a first sliding surface, and an adjusting hole at the side, and an elongated hole on the first sliding surface, the elongated hole communicates with the adjusting hole. The first sliding block defines a second sliding surface and includes an engaging portion on the second sliding surface, the second sliding surface moves on the first sliding surface. The first adjusting member is partially received in the adjusting hole, a portion of the first adjusting member is partially exposed out of the elongated hole and engages with the engaging portion, the adjusting member is turned by hand to rotate to enable the first sliding block to slide along the first sliding surface. The embodiment further discloses an adjusting machine using the same. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130160579 | SEAL ASSEMBLY AND POWER STEERING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - Disclosed are a seal assembly and a power steering apparatus having the same. The seal assembly is configured to prevent the leakage of hydraulic oil in a cylinder tube, and when excessive reverse input is transmitted from vehicle wheels, to prevent the fracture of a sealing member. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130213159 | SWING DRIVE MECHANISM - A swing drive mechanism, including: a vibrating mechanism, a motor driving the vibrating mechanism, and a transmission mechanism. The transmission mechanism is connected between the vibrating mechanism and the motor. The vibrating mechanism is provided with a grating and a photocoupler that detects the position of the vibrating mechanism. The photocoupler is electrically or electronically connected to a micro-control processor. The micro-control processor controls the photocoupler to detect the grating and adjusts the rotation speed of the motor. The micro-control processor is electrically or electronically connected to an accelerometer. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130220039 | Continuously variable transmission - A continuously variable transmission includes: an input movement, a control system, a continuously variable reciprocating movement, a first holder, a second holder, an output gear. The holders having the reciprocating movement. Each of the holders having a linearly movable teeth. The movable teeth are perpendicularly oscillated to the reciprocating movement. Each of the movable teeth having an internal end and an exposed end. The exposed end having a first slope and a second slope. The first slope having a greater slope than the second slope. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20140026692 | POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE - Disclosed is a power transmission device. A power transmission device according to one embodiment of the present invention includes: a rack having a plurality of rack tooth profiles; a plurality of pin gears, which have a plurality of power transmission pins that rotate relative to the rack tooth profiles for power transmission, and are provided at a distance from each other along the lengthwise direction of the rack; and input gears which are disposed between the pin gears and rotatively connect the plurality of pin gears such that the pin gears rotate at the same speed as each other. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140216183 | STEERING SYSTEM - A steering system includes: pinion teeth coupled to a steering shaft to transmit steering torque; pinion teeth that transmit assist torque based on the steering torque; a rack shaft that meshes with the pinion teeth at a first meshing portion and meshes with the pinion teeth at the second meshing portion; a tubular rack housing that accommodates the rack shaft; and a rack bushing that supports the rack shaft in the rack housing. The rack busing supports the rack shaft, at a position between the first meshing portion and the second meshing portion. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140238160 | OIL PUMPING UNIT WITH PINION RECIPROCATING ON RACK - An oil pumping unit with pinion reciprocating on rack has a base, a housing, crown block, a steel wire rope, a motor, a reducer, a pinion, and a rack. Rack seats are fixed on the inner sides of the front portion of the housing, and the rack is secured on the rack seats. The two inner sides of the housing are guiding rails for the reciprocating frame. At each of the four corners of the reciprocating frame, a horizontal guiding wheel and a longitudinal guiding wheel are mounted, connecting to a pendulous frame via a hinge. The rear interior portion of the housing has a power cable box mounted, in the middle of which is an opening. Shelves are mounted on the upper portion of the housing. The steel wire rope ( | 08-28-2014 |
| 20150040692 | SWIVELING JOINT FOR A HORSE HEAD ON A PUMP JACK - A swiveling joint system for a horse head on a pump jack includes a working beam, a worm drive, a horse head member, and at least one locking pin. The swiveling joint system improves access to parts of the well because the horse head member can be swiveled out of position instead of being completely disassembled. The locking pin holds the horse head member in alignment with the working beam. When the locking pin is removed, the worm drive controls the swiveling of the horse head member in either direction towards either side of the working beam. The worm drive has a worm gear attached to the horse head member so that movement and position of the horse head corresponds to movement of the worm gear. The horse head member and working beam are rotatable relative to each other on a pivot pin, which can be connected to a lubricator. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150040693 | GEAR RACK STEERING GEAR HAVING A PROGRESSIVE REDUCTION - A motor vehicle steering gear with a gear rack and a drive pinion that meshes with it, which drive pinion comprises a rigidly attached drive projection in a rotational bearing that is on a front face and eccentric to the pinion teething for coupling a motor vehicle steering spindle, said rotational bearing being guided in a direction transverse and parallel to a diametrical plane formed by the pinion teething, such that when the pinion is rotating, compensation strokes for the rotational bearing are specified in a direction transverse to the gear rack, said compensation strokes being caused by the eccentric attachment of the drive projection, a retaining projection rigidly attached at a front face concentrically to the pinion teeth, the retaining projection being rotatably in engagement with the retaining piece that is guided within a gear housing parallel to the gear rack teeth, is and that during pinion rotation compensation strokes parallel with and at a constant distance to the gear rack teeth are specified, which compensation strokes are caused by the eccentric attachment of the driving projection. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20160185382 | Method For Adjusting Steering System And Adjustment Apparatus For Steering System - A method for adjusting a steering system and an adjustment apparatus for a steering system are provided which allow a clearance between a support yoke and a yoke plug to be appropriately set. When a yoke plug is loosened which has been temporarily fastened to a degree that a support yoke is subjected to elastic compressive deformation, the yoke plug is loosened to a position where a clearance C between the support yoke and the yoke plug reaches a target clearance using, as a reference, a position where a rate of a change in an axial position of the yoke plug with respect to an angular position of the yoke plug increases rapidly. | 06-30-2016 |
| 074030000 | Shifting rack | 47 |
| 20090007707 | CLOSURE SYSTEM FOR VEHICLES, PREFERABLY MOTOR VEHICLES - A closure system for a motor vehicle includes a pinion and a pair of U-shaped, flat sliders. The pinion is engaged to a drive shaft to rotate in a first rotational direction and an opposite second rotational direction in response to the drive shaft rotating. Each slider has an inner leg and an outer leg connected at one end to a bridge. The inner surface of each inner leg includes a gear rack. The inner surfaces of the inner legs face one another and surround opposite sides of the pinion such that corresponding portions of the gear racks engage the respective opposite sides of the pinion whereby the sliders are longitudinally displaced away from one another in response to the pinion rotating in the first rotational direction and are longitudinally displaced toward one another in response to the pinion rotating in the second rotational direction. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20100242639 | Cost-effective steering mechanism - The invention relates to a rack-and-pinion steering gear with a steering housing, which is tubular and has a housing axis, wherein in the steering housing a rack is mounted in bearings displaceably towards a longitudinal axis, and with a steering pinion, which is mounted in a pinion housing rotatably about an axis and has a pinion gearing, which engages with a gearing of the rack, in which at least one bearing is formed as an eccentric sliding bearing, which can rotate relative to the steering housing, so that the rack can be pressed towards the steering pinion. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20110303028 | CONTROLLABLE STEERING RACK GUIDE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A controllable steering rack guide system includes a pinion having pinion gear teeth and a steering rack having rack gear teeth engaged with the pinion gear teeth of the pinion. A rack guide is radially moveable relative to the steering rack for applying a radial force to the steering rack. A primary spring applies a compression force on the rack guide for forcing the rack guide radially toward the steering rack. The compression force of the primary spring is continuously adjustable during operation of the pinion and the steering rack. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20130000427 | RISING CABLE WITH STABILIZED DRIVER - In a rising cable ( | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130000428 | MULTI-LEAF COLLIMATOR DEVICE FOR RADIOTHERAPY - A multi-leaf collimator device for radiotherapy, including: a frame that has a box shape and has through-holes formed in top and bottom surfaces thereof; a plurality of collimators that are received in the frame, wherein each of the collimators includes a rack gear formed on the top surface of the collimator, the collimators are symmetrically arranged in a left-right direction about a central portion of the frame, and are slidably provided on the frame; and a motion driving unit that includes a pinion gear that is formed to be detachable from the rack gear formed on the top surface of the collimator, and is provided on the frame to move the pinion gear in a front-back direction of the frame and an up-down direction of the frame. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130036845 | RACK AND PINION STEERING GEAR UNIT - A rack and pinion steering gear unit is achieved that is capable of preventing an increase in operating force of the steering wheel and auxiliary operating force from a motor, and improving the response performance to minute operation when traveling straight. A pressing roller | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130055834 | POWERED DISPENSING TOOL - A powered dispensing tool includes a housing, a motor at least partially positioned within the housing, a rack operably coupled to the motor for powered translation, and a transmission selectively operably coupling the motor and the rack. The transmission includes an output shaft rotatable in response to rotation of the motor, and an output member drivably coupled to the rack and supported on the output shaft for relative rotation therewith. The transmission also includes a clutch member coupled for co-rotation with the output shaft and movable along the output shaft between a first position, in which the clutch member is engaged with the output member for transferring torque from the output shaft to the output member, and a second position, in which the clutch member is disengaged from the output member to inhibit torque transfer between the output shaft and the output member. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130074621 | RACK AND PINION STEERING GEAR UNIT - A lightweight and low cost gear housing for a steering gear unit is achieved. Together with forming an outward-facing flange shaped convex engagement section | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130152712 | MOTOR ASSEMBLY FOR CAR - A motor assembly for a vehicle may include a brushless DC (BLDC) driving motor received in a case, a pinion fixed to a motor shaft rotatably coupled to the driving motor, a driven wheel rotatably positioned on a base of a holding stack extending from one end of the case, and fixed to a driven wheel shaft rotatably mounted on the base to rotate in engagement with the pinion, and a wire actuating pinion fixed to the driven wheel shaft. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130152713 | Force Transfer Mechanism - A force transfer mechanism includes cylindrical guide housing; a movable body which is slidably arranged in the guide housing so as to move in a linear direction by means of an externally applied force, and which includes a cutout groove having one or more inclined surfaces, and through-holes formed in a direction perpendicular to the linear motion direction in portions corresponding to the inclined surfaces; and a slave unit, one end of which is coupled to the movable body such that said end passes through the through-holes of the movable body and moves along the inclined surfaces of the cutout groove vertically relative to the movement direction of the movable body, and the other end of which is elastically supported. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130205926 | PUSH CHAIN, LINEAR MOTION DRIVING DEVICE AND PATIENT TABLE - A push-chain includes a plurality of push-chain links, each push-chain link of the plurality of push-chain links including two strip-shaped mounting pieces disposed opposite one another and one connecting piece that connects at most half of an end face of the two mounting pieces at one side. Each of the two mounting pieces is provided with two mounting holes in the length direction. A distance between the two mounting holes is equal to half the length of the mounting piece. The mounting holes on the two mounting pieces are arranged opposite one another, and two corners on another side of each of the two mounting pieces are rounded corners allowing the push-chain to bend. Two adjacent push-chain links of the plurality of push-chain links are hinge-connected in a horizontally staggered arrangement by way of a chain pivot and the mounting holes. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130205927 | ENGAGEMENT CHAIN TYPE DEVICE FOR FORWARD AND BACKWARD MOVEMENT OPERATION - In order to stably drive a body to be driven such as a lifting table, an engagement chain type device ( | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130213160 | ELECTRO MECHANICAL ACTUATOR - A two-stage linear actuator particularly applicable to aircraft control surfaces. The first stage comprises a rotary input shaft driven by an electric motor having a helical threaded zone in its external surface at its inner end and a plurality of first helical roller gears configured to engage with the rotary input shaft in its helical threaded zone for rotating together. The second stage comprises a plurality of second helical roller gears configured to engage with the first helical roller gears for rotating together and with an output shaft having a helical threaded zone in its external surface at its inner end for converting the rotation of the second helical roller gears in a linear movement of the output shaft. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130213161 | ROLLER-MOUNTED RACK AND PINION DRIVE - Rack and pinion drive for a motor vehicle, with a steering housing ( | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130247696 | RACK SHAFT SUPPORTING APPARATUS AND STEERING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE THEREWITH - The rack shaft supporting apparatus includes a support yoke, a plug, a torsion spring or a spiral spring and a guide bush. A plug cam portion of the plug includes three plug cam surfaces. A yoke cam portion of the support yoke includes three yoke cam surfaces having a shape corresponding to that of the plug cam surfaces. The yoke cam surface contacts to the plug cam surface. The torsion spring or the spiral spring imparts force rotating the yoke cam portion against the plug cam portion to the support yoke. The guide bush includes a bush body and an arm portion. The bush body is fixed to the housing. The arm portion supports a side portion of the rack shaft. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130247697 | RACK-AND-PINION STEERING SYSTEM HAVING A SIMPLE SEALING - The invention relates to a rack and pinion steering system for a motor vehicle, comprising a steering box ( | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130298705 | ADVANCING/RETRACTING ACTUATION DEVICE WITH MESHING CHAIN - An interlocking chain type forward and backward actuating device is provided that does not increase workload involved in assembling the device, adjusting the rotation phase, and servicing and maintaining the device. The device is capable of smoothly actuating a driven body by advancing and retracting the body, and of preventing any pulsation or the like of the meshing chain. The interlocking chain type forward and backward actuating device includes chain-guide grooves formed so as to equalize an interlocked-state pin-to-pin distance (D | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130319141 | RACK SHAFT SUPPORT DEVICE AND STEERING SYSTEM INCLUDING RACK SHAFT SUPPORT DEVICE - A rack shaft support device includes: a support yoke, a plug, an intermediate cam component and a rotation force generating spring. The plug includes a plug body, a plug cap component and a locknut. The plug body has a plug fixing portion, a plug back wall portion, a plug cam portion, a plug internal space and a first restricting portion. The first restricting portion has a first body portion and a first facing portion. The intermediate cam component includes an intermediate cam body, an intermediate cam portion and a second restricting portion. The second restricting portion has a second body portion and a second facing portion. The second facing portion faces the first facing portion. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130340546 | TRANSMISSION MECHANISM AND PRINTER WITH TRANSMISSION MECHANISM - A transmission mechanism includes a guide rod, a gear assembly meshed with the guide rod, a blocking member attached to the guide rod, and a resilient member. The resilient member surrounds the guide rod. A first end of the resilient member abuts the blocking member, and a second end opposite to the first end is configured to abut a printer. The resilient member drives the guide rod to rotate the gear assembly. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20140007716 | RACK SHAFT SUPPORTING DEVICE AND STEERING SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A rack shaft supporting device includes a support yoke, a plug that closes the other opening of an accommodation chamber, a ball screw mechanism between the support yoke and the plug, and a torsion urging member between the ball screw mechanism and the plug. The ball screw mechanism includes: a first threaded portion in which a first thread groove is formed; a second threaded portion in which a second thread groove is formed; and balls arranged in a rolling path formed of the first thread groove and the second thread groove. The torsion urging member rotates the second threaded portion relative to the plug and moves the second threaded portion toward the support yoke. | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140013874 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Systems and methods for controlling the speed and direction of vehicles such as tractors. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140026693 | ROTATIONAL DRIVE SYSTEM FOR A BIOPSY MEMBER - A drive system is provided for rotating a biopsy member. The drive system includes a pinion connected to the biopsy member and a rack that drives the pinion during a drive stroke. During the return stroke, the rack rotates away from the pinion so that the rack is not engaged with the pinion during the return stroke. Thus, the pinion is only driven during the drive stroke but not during the return stroke. As a result, the biopsy member rotates in a single direction as a trigger is repeatedly pressed and released. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140026694 | PRESSURE PIECE OF A RACK-AND-PINION STEERING SYSTEM - Pressure piece ( | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140041466 | RACK-PINION TYPE STEERING APPARATUS - Disclosed is a rack-pinion type steering apparatus. According to the present invention, since air can flow into the interior of a gearbox from the exterior of the gearbox, unlike in the conventional structure in which an internal air flow into the gearbox is blocked at a portion of a rack-pinion type steering apparatus connected with the gearbox through a rack housing and a bellows, a problem of increasing internal pressure of the bellows in a predetermined case can be solved, and accordingly, generation of noise due to the collision between an inner peripheral surface of the bellows and an inner ball joint can be prevented. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140041467 | ENGAGEMENT CHAIN UNIT - Provided is an interlocking chain unit configured such that chains reliably and firmly engage with each other and that the buckling and twisting of a rigidified chain portion are avoided. An interlocking chain unit is configured such that the outer edges of a plate overlap region (P) are defined by contact portion faces and flat buckling restricting end faces, and that the plate overlap region (P) is constructed from the outlines of two plate overlap portions (Pa, Pa) which are point-point-symmetric about the point (C) of intersection between hook-shaped interlocking end faces and the buckling restricting end faces . | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140060220 | POSITIONING DEVICE AND POSITIONING MECHANISM FOR SAME - A positioning device includes a base and two positioning mechanisms oppositely positioned on the base to position a workpiece. Each positioning mechanism includes a driver positioned on the base, a mounting member mounted on the base, a gear rack, a gear, and a positioning member. The mounting member defines a sliding groove. The gear rack slidably is received in the sliding groove and connected with the driver. The gear is rotatably connected with the mounting member and is meshed with the gear rack. The positioning member is fixedly-connected with the gear. The driver drives the gear rack to slide along the sliding groove to make the positioning member rotate and outstretch into an interior of the workpiece. The drivers drive two positioning members apply two opposite forces on the workpiece to positioning the workpiece. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140109701 | TWO-WAY PUSH-PULL CHAIN AND RECIPROCATING ACTUATOR - A link member includes a first pin hole, a second pin hole, a first engaging portion, and a second engaging portion. The second pin hole is an elongated hole extending in a longitudinal direction of a two-way push-pull chain. The pin is movably inserted into the second pin hole and fixed to the first pin hole. With the pin being movably inserted into the second pin hole, adjacent link members are expandable and contractible relative to each other by a length. The length is greater than a length of a portion where the first engaging portion contacts the second engaging portion in a state where the adjacent link members are contracted relative to each other. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140109702 | STEERING SYSTEM - A steering system includes: a housing; a rack shaft extending in an axial direction so as to pass through the housing and including a first rack and a second rack on its outer circumference so that they are separated from each other in the axial direction; a first pinion shaft including a first pinion that has helical teeth and meshes with the first rack; a second pinion shaft including a second pinion that has helical teeth and meshes with the second rack, the second pinion shaft being placed on the same side as the first pinion shaft; and a rack bush placed between the pinion shafts in the axial direction of the rack shaft, held by the housing so as to support the rack shaft slidably in the axial direction, and limiting a movement of the rack shaft in a direction substantially parallel to both of the pinion shafts. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140116164 | DRIVE SYSTEM - A drive assembly is provided. The drive assembly includes a gear housing comprising a. support surface for a hand of a user, a gear drive mechanism disposed within the gear housing, and a handle member disposed on the gear housing proximate to the support surface. The gear drive mechanism includes a first drive gear rotatable about a first axis of rotation and engaged to the handle member, a second drive gear rotatable about a second axis of rotation, and a driven member engaged to the implement and driven by the second drive gear about a third axis of rotation that extends through the support surface. The driven member is disposed at least partially outside of the gear housing and is driven only when the handle member is moved from an unfired position to a fired position. The handle member does not cross the third axis of rotation during such movement. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140216184 | TOOTHED-RACK STEERING GEAR - The invention relates to a rack and pinion steering gear for a motor vehicle, having a steering pinion ( | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140251035 | STEERING RACK WEAR COMPENSATOR ASSEMBLY - A wear compensator assembly configured for exerting a predetermined biasing force on a rack and a pinion shaft of a steering gear assembly is disclosed. The wear compensator assembly includes a cam member having a seating surface and a biasing member seated against the seating surface of the cam member. The biasing member is configured to be compressed by a predetermined amount and to exert the predetermined biasing force. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140260716 | STOP TEETH FOR A PINION AND INPUT SHAFT ASSEMBLY - A steering system having a pinion and an input shaft is disclosed. The pinion includes an outer surface and at least one pinion stop tooth located along the outer surface. The at least one pinion stop tooth has a pair of pinion pressure surfaces. The input shaft defines a recess configured for receiving the pinion. The input shaft includes an inner surface located within the recess and at least one shaft stop tooth located along the inner surface. The at least one shaft stop tooth has a pair of shaft pressure surfaces. A specific shaft pressure surface is positioned to generally oppose a specific pinion pressure surface, and the specific shaft pressure surface and the specific pinion pressure surface are generally parallel to one another. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140260717 | CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION HAVING A PERIODIC DISPLACEMENT WAVEFORM WITH A CONSTANT VELOCITY PORTION - A continuously variable transmission (CVT) can include a rotary cam member defining an internal cam surface operably engaged with a cam follower assembly for generating a displacement waveform with a constant velocity portion. A ratio control assembly can restrain the cam follower assembly for reciprocal linear movement and can scale the reciprocal linear movement between at least 0% and 100%, inclusive, in response to an angular orientation of the ratio control assembly. An output assembly can convert the scaled reciprocal linear movement into rotary movement of an output shaft. A CVT method can include generating a periodic displacement waveform with a constant velocity portion, scaling the periodic displacement waveform between at least 0% and 100%, inclusive, with a ratio plate, where the scaling is in response to an angular orientation of the ratio plate, and converting the reciprocal linear movement into rotary output with a combiner. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140260718 | VACUUM POWERED DEPOSITION APPARATUS - A vacuum powered deposition apparatus including a driving unit, a linear motion unit coupled to the driving unit and configured to move linearly according to operation of the driving unit, and an angle restriction unit coupled to the linear motion unit and configured to move in a direction perpendicular to that of the linear motion unit according to movement of the linear motion unit. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140260719 | RACK BAR SUPPORT DEVICE OF A STEERING GEAR - A rack bar support device supports a rack bar of a steering device of a vehicle toward a pinion shaft, and includes a rack bearing which is disposed opposite the pinion to contact the rack bar and a biasing assembly providing a force of pushing the rack bearing along a biasing axis toward the rack bar to urge the rack bearing to push the rack bar is engaged with the pinion shaft. The biasing assembly includes an adjustment plug, an adjustment assembly and a support plate assembly. The support plate assembly includes a support plate which is movably disposed between the adjustment member and the rack bearing in a state of being supported by the adjustment member, and a gap is formed between the support plate and the rack bearing. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140305233 | GATE RELEASE APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC PILL DISPENSER - A gate release apparatus of an automatic pill dispenser includes a base, a gate, a release assembly, a resisting member, a gear assembly, and a resilient member. The base includes a bottom plate and a ring plate. The ring plate defines an opening. The gate is configured to cover the opening. The gear assembly includes a swing gear. The door includes a rack. The resisting member resists the release assembly in the first position, and the release assembly resists the gear assembly to enable the swing gear to engage with the rack. To disengage from the gear from the gear assembly the release assembly is rotated by the resilient member thereby disengaging the swing from the rack when the resisting member is in a second position. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140326087 | COMPACT LINEAR ROLLER GUIDE - The invention relates to a compact linear roller guide which makes it possible to transmit high forces and torques between a carriage ( | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140338475 | ROTARY-TO-LINEAR MOTION ACTUATOR HAVING A HELICAL BEVEL GEAR AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF - A rotary-to-linear motion actuator having helical bevel gear and methods of use thereof are described. The actuator may be utilized with an apparatus for managing a fluid flow passage between one or more input ports and output ports. A pinion gear engages, and during operation turns, a bevel ring gear arranged on a helical path along an external periphery of a sleeve retaining a seat, which forms a fixed orifice. The teeth of the bevel gear are arranged on the helical path at the same pitch as external threads on the sleeve, which in turn, engage internal threads in an apparatus body. The area of the flow passage is changed by movement of the fixed seat orifice axially with respect to a contoured plug assembly. The threads of the sleeve and the body resist axial load imparted by the pressure drop across at the fixed orifice. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140352464 | APPARATUS FOR PROPELLING A COIL CLAD HOSE - An apparatus is disclosed for propelling a coil clad hose through a passage through a housing. A first driven pair of bull gears sandwiching a rotatable drive sprocket is rotatably fixed to a first rotatable axle in the housing orthogonal to the passage. A second pair of bull gears sandwiching a second drive sprocket are all rotatably fastened to a second axle in the housing parallel to the first axle. The second pair of bull gears mesh with the first pair of spaced bull gears. Teeth on the drive sprockets engage part of the coil clad hose when the fluid hose is inserted into the passage. A slip clutch between the pairs of spaced bull gears and the drive sprocket on each of the axles adjusts frictional grip on the coil when one of the bull gears is driven to propel the hose through the passage. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140352465 | REDUCER INCLUDING PLANETARY GEAR AND STEERING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE INCLUDING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a reducer including a planetary gear and a steering apparatus of a vehicle including the same, and more particularly to a reducer including a planetary gear which can compensate a gap generated by wear of gear teeth of planet gears, sun gears, and ring gears, and a steering apparatus of a vehicle including the same. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140366660 | DEVICE FOR PRESSING A TRANSMISSION ELEMENT - A device for pressing a first transmission element onto a second transmission element engaging in the first transmission element, in particular for a rack-and-pinion steering system of a motor vehicle, comprising a pressure piece that can be loaded in the direction of the first transmission element by at least one spring element and is displaceably guided in a housing, wherein the spring element is produced from at least one dilatant elastomer. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140373650 | Rack and Pinion Steering Gear Unit - Construction is achieved that is able to effectively prevent the displacement in the axial direction of a ball bearing | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150020617 | Sprocket-Driven Door - Where access doors are used for pets, poultry, farm animals, traps, or human access, this invention describes a drive mechanism for moving the door. The access door panel could be applied to a cage, house, coop, trap, feed receptacle, or other application. The drive mechanism of the automatic door is described here as a sprocket that directly engages with the movable door panel. Manufacture of the sprocket and door panel is such that can be punched from raw sheet metal and not requiring precision milling processes. The function provides opening and closing by sliding or swiveling the door panel. Holding the door panel in place is an important additional function of the direct drive mechanism of this invention. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150020618 | RACK BUSH - A rack bush, which constitutes a rack and pinion type steering system and supports a rack shaft in which rack teeth are formed at one circumferential portion, includes a bush main body and a rigidity reducing portion. The bush main body has an annular shape into which the rack shaft is inserted. The bush main body is divided, in a circumferential direction, into two portions including a rack teeth-side portion located on the same side as the rack teeth in the circumferential direction and a back face-side portion other than the rack teeth-side portion. The rigidity reducing portion is provided in the rack teeth-side portion, and makes a rigidity of the rack teeth-side portion lower than a rigidity of the back face-side portion. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150020619 | RACK BAR SUPPORTING DEVICE FOR STEERING GEAR - A rack bar supporting device is a device for supporting a rack bar of a steering apparatus of a vehicle toward a pinion shaft and includes a rack bearing and a biasing assembly. The biasing assembly includes an adjustment plug, an adjustment assembly and a support plate assembly. The adjustment assembly includes an adjustment member and a first biasing member. The support plate assembly includes a first support plate, a second support plate, a second biasing member which provides a force for pushing the first support plate along the biasing axis against the second support plate, and a connection structure which connects the first and the second support plates together so as to restrict movement of the second plate in a direction away from the rack bearing. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150027246 | Drive Devices for Movement Units of Machine Tools and Related Machine Tools - A drive device for a movement unit of a machine tool includes a first toothed element driven by a drive motor and provided as a drive pinion including a first tooth arrangement and a second toothed element provided as a toothed rack including a second tooth arrangement. One of the first and second toothed elements is connected to a machine frame, and the other of the first and second toothed elements is connected to the movement unit. The first and second toothed elements are moved relative to each other along a movement axis of the first and second toothed elements by the drive motor via a meshing between the first and second tooth arrangements and via an engagement between the first and second tooth arrangements along an engagement axis that extends perpendicularly to the movement axis. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150027247 | GEAR MECHANISM AND DRAWER DRIVE DEVICE IN REFRIGERATOR - A gear mechanism may include a first gear, a second gear which is coaxially disposed with the first gear and is provided with a recessed part on an end face of a first gear side, and a torque limiter provided between the first gear and the second gear. The torque limiter includes inner teeth provided on a ring-shaped inner peripheral face of the recessed part, and a torque limiter member provided with an engaging claw capable of engaging with the inner teeth and integrally rotating with the first gear in the recessed part. The second gear is an inclined teeth gear whose teeth bottoms are inclined with respect to an axial line direction and teeth bottoms of the inner teeth are extended in parallel with the axial line direction. The gear mechanism may be utilized in a drawer drive device in a refrigerator which includes a motor, a rack linearly moved by the motor for moving a drawer in the refrigerator, an output gear engaged with the rack, and a rotation transmission mechanism for transmitting rotation of the motor to the output gear. The rotation transmission mechanism includes the gear mechanism and a worm gear. | 01-29-2015 |
| 074031000 | Shiftable pinion | 3 |
| 20120285277 | MECHANICAL TOOTHBRUSH - The present invention relates to brushing the teeth, and more particularly, to a method for moving a toothbrush in a top down manner for the upper teeth and in a bottom up manner for the lower teeth. For this purpose, the mechanical toothbrush of the present invention is configured such that a handle of the toothbrush is closed/opened similar to one exercising with a hand gripper (an exercise tool for increasing grip strength), so as to convert the linear motion of a rack gear into a rotating motion, and thus enable the toothbrush to rotate from 0 to 180 degrees, and the rotating direction of the toothbrush can be changed using the rack gear and a rotation-converting frame. A tension spring is connected to a rotating shaft such that a toothed wheel of the rotating shaft is prevented from escaping from the rack gear, and the rotating shaft is fixed at the rotation-converting frame. The handle and the rack gear return to the original positions thereof by means of the elasticity of a torsion spring. A toothbrush-fixing frame enables the toothbrush to be conveniently replaced, and supports the toothbrush such that the toothbrush does not vibrate. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20130186213 | POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE - Disclosed is a power transmission device. A power transmission device according to one embodiment of the present invention includes: an input gear connected to a motor so that the input gear may rotate by the motor in a forward and backward direction; a planetary gear train circumscribing the input gear with respect to the input gear and rotating in association with the rotation of the input gear; a ring gear inscribing the planetary gear train and rotating relative to the planetary gear train; a main frame having a plurality of rollers coupled along the circumferential direction and interacting with a rack, and coupled with the ring gear on the outside of the ring gear; an irrotational rear side fixture disposed on an area where the input gear is positioned; and an irrotational front side fixture disposed at the opposite side of the irrotational rear side fixture via the ring gear and the main frame therebetween and coupled with the irrotational rear side fixture. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130333494 | SCANNER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME THAT REDUCES THE TILTING OF A MOVING UNIT - Disclosed are a scanner and an image forming apparatus including the same. The scanner may include a scanner unit; a support unit configured to support the scanning unit; a first pinion rotatably disposed on the support unit and configured to move along a first rack of a first surface of a guide member; and a second pinion rotatably disposed on the support unit and configured to move along a second rack of a second surface of the guide member such that the direction of rotation of the second pinion is opposite to the direction of rotation of the first pinion, the second surface of the guide member being different from the first surface of the guide member. | 12-19-2013 |
| 074032000 | Segmental pinion | 3 |
| 20110138939 | Fixed Moment Arm Combustion Apparatus - An apparatus for converting linear reciprocal motion to rotary motion is provided. The apparatus comprises a reciprocating assembly comprising a reciprocating component and a reciprocating rod. The reciprocating component is rigidly attached to the reciprocating rod and is supported by a housing. The reciprocating rod is slidably connected to an idler gear via a guide pin. Multiple gear racks are disposed on the reciprocating rod for transmitting motion to one or more gearing elements. The gearing elements are disposed on opposing sides of the reciprocating rod and are in alternate mesh with the gear racks to transmit the motion to the idler gear. Each of the gearing elements and each of the gear racks together define a fixed moment arm. The gearing elements mesh with the idler gear rigidly mounted on a power shaft to convert linear reciprocal motion of the reciprocating assembly to rotary motion of the power shaft. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20120291572 | Baker Torcor motion conversion mechanism - The present invention utilizes a series of uniquely timed gears and flywheel(s) to convert a linear motion into a rotary motion or a rotary motion into a linear motion. The movement of the drive component (linear or rotary) results in an exact mathematical movement of the driven component (rotary or linear), divided by or multiplied by its gear ratio and can be measured at any point of the stroke or angle of rotation. The present invention achieves and maintains the mathematically and mechanically optimum 90 degree relationship between the linear and rotary components through the entire linear stroke and rotary motion, thereby eliminating the inefficient geometric constraints of a variable vector, crankshaft based motion conversion mechanism. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20160130854 | DEVICE FOR OPENING A DOOR OF A DISHWASHER - A device for opening a door includes an electric motor on a base, a slider movable relative to the base along a rectilinear direction between a rest position and an open position, and a rod pushing against the door and movable relative to the base and the slider along the rectilinear direction between a retracted position and an extracted position. An actuating element resiliently pushes the rod towards the extracted position. A gearwheel transmission is arranged between the electric motor and a transmission device to cause movement of the slider into the open position. The gearwheel transmission includes a gearwheel having a non-toothed segment which disengages the slider from the electric motor when the slider reaches the open position. A recall element recalls the slider towards the rest position or the rod towards the retracted position when the non-toothed segment disengages the slider from the electric motor. | 05-12-2016 |
| 074033000 | Alternately rotated pinion | 5 |
| 20090038421 | JOINT ASSEMBLY - A joint assembly is provided which includes a drive assembly and a swivel mechanism. The drive assembly features a motor operatively associated with a plurality of drive shafts for driving auxiliary elements, and a plurality of swivel shafts for pivoting the drive assembly. The swivel mechanism engages the swivel shafts and has a fixable element that may be attached to a foundation. The swivel mechanism is adapted to cooperate with the swivel shafts to pivot the drive assembly with at least two degrees of freedom relative to the foundation. The joint assembly allows for all components to remain encased in a tight, compact, and sealed package, making it ideal for space, exploratory, and commercial applications. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20120186371 | Rack and Pinion Steering Device - A rack and pinion steering device which can restrict a pinion shaft from moving in an axial direction even when a snap ring of supporting a thrust load of the pinion shaft is detached or broken, and in which when the snap ring is detached or broken, the pinion shaft is moved to an upper side in the axial direction. Then, a raised portion of the pinion on a side of a lower end face is brought into contact with an outer peripheral face of a rack. The pinion shaft does not move further in the axial direction. Therefore, the thrust load can be supported, and a predetermined performance of the rack and pinion steering device can be maintained. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120279328 | HUMAN-POWERED DEVICE USING TWO LEVERS AND HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE PROVIDED WITH AFOREMENTIONED DEVICE - Atmospheric pollution and global warming have been caused due to conversion of petroleum, natural gas and atomic energy into electrical energy and continued use of the first two of these energy sources as engine fuel. Such being the case, there is a pressing need to use alternative energy and to change from using power mechanisms to using alternative types of mechanisms. Disclosed is a human-powered device provided with a first lever and a second lever. A large force is generated using a first lever. By means of a second lever, the force is further amplified, and swing amplitude is enlarged. The fulcrum position is made to move, with the result that the second lever is provided with a continuously variable function. A pinion makes normal or reverse rotation according to the movement of the second lever, which swings. By means of a ratchet mechanism provided at a first shaft, this normal or reverse rotation is converted into rotation made in one direction only by a gear wheel. This gear wheel causes a small pinion on an output shaft to rotate, with the result that the swinging movement caused by the levers is converted into rotational movement and is taken out. In this way, a drive mechanism is created which does not require fuel or a drive energy source. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20160039061 | Positioning System - A positioning system includes a slide support, on which is mounted a positioning slide, which can be driven to perform a positioning movement in a positioning plane with the aid of drive gears of the slide support, wherein the positioning plane is defined by a Cartesian x-y coordinate system. The drive gears are represented by at least one x-drive gear, which can cause a positioning movement in the x-axis direction, and at least one y-drive gear, which can cause a positioning movement in the y-axis direction. The drive gears are in engagement with a driven toothing structure of the positioning slide, which includes a plurality of driven teeth distributed in a punctiform arrangement in a regular two-dimensional tooth matrix. Although the drive gears are short, the positioning system facilitates a traverse of the positioning slide within a large positioning area. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20190145507 | SLIDER-CRANK MECHANISM FOR ELIMINATING SIDE FORCES | 05-16-2019 |
| 074034000 | Clutchable gears | 7 |
| 20090293653 | Spring Clutch Mechanism in Screw Driver - A spring clutch mechanism for transmitting a driving force of a driving part to a driven part, including a first part, a second part, and a spring disposed between the first part and the second part. The first part is connected to the driven part. The second part is connected to the driving part and is rotatable relative to the first part coaxially therewith. The first part has a first end provided with a frusto-conical portion having a first tapered surface, and the second part has a second end formed with a recess provided with a second tapered surface in contact with the first tapered surface. the first part and the second part are aligned linearly and coaxially in a state that the first end is inserted into the second end maintaining contact of the first tapered surface with the second tapered surface. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20110146427 | DEVICE FOR CONVERTING OSCILLATORY MOTION INTO UNIDIRECTIONAL ROTATIONAL MOTION - The invention relates to mechanical engineering, in particular to devices for converting oscillatory motion into unidirectional rotational motion and can be used, for example, in lifting devices, electric power producing devices, machine tools, pumps and transportation means, particularly internal combustion engines. The device comprises a body and input and output axes. The essence of the invention is that the device is provided with an intermediate axis arranged in the body perpendicularly to the input axis, at least two rotation transmitting coupling elements in the form of a freewheel clutch or ratchet clutch rigidly mounted on the output axis so as to be capable of mutually inverse rotational action and at least three interconnected rotation transmitting elements rigidly mounted between the coupling elements so as to be capable likewise of mutually inverse rotational action for transmitting the rotation of the output axis in one direction. Said invention makes it possible to increase the operational efficiency of the device by converting the rotation of the input axis, which has an unlimited angle of rotation in either direction, into the unidirectional rotation of the output axis at the same rotational velocity and to extend the functionalities of the device. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20120024090 | TORQUE-TRANSMITTING DEVICE - A torque-transmitting device uses the principle of leverage in such a way that torque input at one end of a lever can become a greater torque per unit time at the other end of the lever, and can be achieved in a uniform fashion. The torque-transmitting device of the present invention comprises: a drive motor; a first mounting unit for rotatably mounting a rotational drive body which rotates on receiving a drive force from the drive motor; a second mounting unit provided at a predetermined distance from the first mounting unit; a lever which is rotatably secured on a support member provided between the first mounting unit and the second mounting unit, and of which one end is mounted on the first mounting unit where it turns as it is driven by the drive motor and of which the other end is mounted on the second mounting unit where it turns; an actuator which is linked to the other end of the lever and performs a linear reciprocating motion as the lever turns in the top-to-bottom direction; and a torque device for converting the linear reciprocating motion of the actuator into a rotational motion and generating torque for driving a predetermined loading device. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120279329 | RESETTABLE DRIVE MECHANISM FOR A DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE - The present disclosure relates to a resettable drive mechanism for use in a drug delivery device. The drug delivery device is having a distal direction and a proximal direction. The drive mechanism comprises a drive rack engaged with a drive gear, a piston rack engaged with a piston gear and coupling means for coupling the drive gear with the piston gear. In a first state of the drive mechanism, the drive gear and the piston gear are coupled and the piston rack moves in distal direction when the drive rack is moved in distal direction. In a second state of the drive mechanism, the drive gear and the piston gear are decoupled and the piston rack is moveable in proximal direction for resetting the drive mechanism. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20140174215 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A MANUAL OVERRIDE TO SHIFT BY WIRE ACTUATOR - An actuator for a shift by wire system is provided. The actuator having: a motor; a rack; a gear train configured to cause linear movement of the rack in response to rotational movement of the motor; a clutch mechanism for coupling and decoupling the rack to the motor; and a manual override for operating the clutch mechanism. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140238161 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISENGAGING A MOTOR FROM AN ACTUATOR GEAR TRAIN - A clutch mechanism for coupling and decoupling a motor to a rack is disclosed herein. The clutch mechanism having: a clutch lever pivotally mounted to an axis for movement from a first position to a second position; a cam gear having a cam surface, wherein rotational movement of the cam gear causes the cam surface to move the clutch lever from the first position to the second position; and a gear train configured to cause linear movement of the rack in response to rotational movement of the motor, wherein movement of the clutch lever from the first position to the second position disconnects a pair of gears of the gear train. | 08-28-2014 |
| 074035000 | Bevel | 1 |
| 20100300223 | SYSTEMS FOR RECIPROCAL MOTION IN WAVE TURBINES - Systems and methods for obtaining power from reciprocal motion, particularly for waves, are presented. | 12-02-2010 |
