| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 074049000 | Crank and slide | 19 |
| 20090100948 | RECTILINEAR-MOTION ACTUATOR - A rectilinear-motion actuator includes a motor, a reduction gear mechanism coupled with a motor shaft of the motor, and a rectilinear, reciprocative motion mechanism for converting a rotary motion of a last-stage gear of the reduction gear mechanism to a rectilinear, reciprocative motion. The last-stage gear has a pin provided thereon which is offset from its center of rotation. The rectilinear, reciprocative motion mechanism includes a movable plate having a slit and allowing the pin to move within the slit. The slit is arranged orthogonally to the axis of the motor shaft. The longitudinal center of the slit is located on a line in parallel with the motor shaft axis and passing through the center of the last-stage gear. The axis of reciprocative motion of the movable plate is offset from the line passing through the center of the last-stage gear in a direction away from the motor shaft. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090158868 | Crank-Type Linear Actuator - A crank-type linear actuator may be used to provide linear actuation, for example, in a vehicle system. In general, the actuator may use a crank assembly to convert a unidirectional rotary drive motion into a reciprocating linear actuation motion. The actuator may also use magnetic elements and magnetic sensors for non-contact position control of the actuator. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090260460 | Drive system of a forming press - A drive system of a forming press for driving the plunger with a crank mechanism controllable by a servomotor is refined in such a way that on the one hand a high pressure force is achievable with the available torques of servomotors and that on the other hand the technical complexity of the drive is reduced during the design of the drive with multiple mechanically synchronized pressure points and also with pressure points that can each be controlled independently of one another. The concept of the method consists of transferring the torques of the servomotors that are required to achieve a high pressure force for the plunger by means of intermediate gearing, preferably with a double gear transmission, to the cam or crank mechanism, wherein the symmetrically configured drive arms of multipoint presses for the right and the left pressure points of two-point presses or the pressure point groups of four-point presses are optionally mechanically synchronized with one another in such a way that each of the intermediate gears of the first or of one of the first gear transmissions is effectively connected to the others. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20120160041 | CRANKSHAFT-SLIDER ASSEMBLY AND INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE, COMPRESSOR THEREOF - The invention provides a crankshaft-slider assembly, the crank-slider mechanism has at least gasket mounted on the crank pin, the slider end face and the structure end face of the crank are separated by the position of the gasket, such that both end are no longer opposite each other directly; the structure end face of the crank include a spindle neck end face, a crank arm end face, a ring gear or a gear segment end face and a crank end face; the gasket is referred as anti-friction plate. Preferably, the anti-friction plate is provided with oil grooves in a radial distribution, the oil grooves play oil storage roles, to improve the friction condition of the adjacent surfaces of the crank-slider mechanism. In accordance with the invention, by selecting the anti-friction plate with different thickness based on the actual size of the parts, the problems of high demand to the axial size chain accuracy of the crank pin in the crank-slider mechanism and uneasy to control are addressed; the anti-friction plate also avoid the contact between the adjacent surfaces which used to produce high-speed friction, and solve the problem of surface ablation. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20130180347 | Thermoforming Trim Press, Drive Gear Assembly and Method - A thermoforming trim press and a drive assembly for a thermoforming trim press are provided. The drive assembly includes a frame, a drive motor, a drive linkage, a first bevel gear, and a second bevel gear. The drive motor is supported by the frame. The first bevel gearbox is supported by the frame and has an input shaft coupled with a drive gear, an output shaft coupled with a ring gear, and a housing supporting the input shaft, the output shaft, the drive gear and the output shaft in meshed gear rotation. The second bevel gearbox is supported by the frame in opposed relation with the first bevel gearbox and has an input shaft coupled with a drive gear, an output shaft coupled with a ring gear, and a housing supporting the input shaft, the output shaft, the drive gear and the output shaft in meshed gear rotation, the second bevel gearbox driven via the drive linkage with the output shaft driving in counter-rotation relative to the output shaft of the first bevel gearbox. A method for driving a moving platen on a trim press is also provided using opposed, identical beveled gearboxes. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130340547 | ACTUATOR - A linear drive portion is fixed to a piston. A nut portion and a screw portion relatively rotate, and a direction of action of driving force is converted between a rotational direction and a linear direction. The piston is installed within a case. The inner circumference of a piston sliding portion fixed within the case slidably supports the outer circumference of the piston. The nut portion is displaced with the piston, and the screw portion rotates in conjunction with a rotational drive portion. The piston is installed so as to be able to slide in the axial direction of the case with respect to the piston sliding portion. The axis of the piston and the central position of the inner circumference of the piston sliding portion are set to be eccentric with respect to the axis of the screw portion and the nut portion. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20140007717 | ELECTRICALLY POWERED GARDENING TOOL - An electrically powered gardening tool of the type which includes a speed-reduction gear mounted in place to be driven by operation of an electric motor, a crank-cam in the form of overlapped eccentric disk plates fixed to a bottom surface of the speed-reduction gear by means of connecting pins for rotation therewith, and a pair of relatively reciprocating shear blades assembled with the eccentric disk plates. In the gardening tool, an elastic bushing is disposed in a mounting hole formed in the speed-reduction gear or each eccentric disk plate of the crank-cam for engagement with the connecting pins fixed to the eccentric disk plate or the speed-reduction gear, and a stopper is provided to restrict deformation of the elastic bushing caused by load applied to the crank-cam. | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140026695 | Motion and Fundamental Frequency Doubling Planar and Spatial Linkage Mechanisms and Applications therefore - A method for doubling an input motion of a first mechanism including: providing the first mechanism having a first link, a second link rotatably connected to the first link; a first output which undergoes a motion resulting from a motion of the first link, the first output being operatively connected to the first link through at least the second link; driving the first link from a first position to a second position, wherein a singular position of the first and second links occurs between the first and second positions; cascading the first mechanism with a second mechanism; and inputting the second mechanism with the output to double the output and quadruple the input. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140130623 | ELLIPTICALLY MOVING MECHANISM - An elliptically moving mechanism includes: a track disc formed with two tracks, the two tracks perpendicularly intersecting each other; a transmission ring rotatably fitted around a circumference of the track disc; a rocking arm positioned under the track disc; and two slide members disposed on a top face of the rocking arm. The rocking arm is connected to the two tracks via the two slide members. The two slide members are slidable along the two tracks respectively. When the transmission ring is rotated, the rocking arm is driven by the transmission ring to move in an elliptical path. The elliptically moving mechanism is easy to manufacture and assemble and has a small volume and is lightweight. Moreover, the mechanism provides different elliptical paths of different sizes. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140238163 | CABLE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM SWITCH - A switch for a cable transportation system has a movable guide with one degree of freedom, along an operating plane, between two designated or given positions; and an actuating assembly having a rotary actuator, and a crank which is rotated by the rotary actuator between two limit stops about an axis of rotation perpendicular to the operating plane, and is connected to the movable guide in such a manner as to define a mechanism having two stable positions corresponding to the designated or given positions of the movable guide when the crank is in the limit stop positions. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140360293 | VACUUM STABLE MECHANISM DRIVE ARM - A drive mechanism including a rotary actuated motor configured to rotatably drive a drive arm between a first position to a second position and an actuator responsive to movement of the arm, wherein the actuator is thermally isolated from the arm in both the first position and the second position to create a thermal barrier. The drive arm is configured to engage and advance the actuator between the first position and the second position, while remaining physically spaced from the actuator in the first position and the second position. The drive arm includes a recess such as an opening, wherein the actuator has a member configured to reside in the recess and remain thermally isolated from the arm in both the first position and the second position. In one preferred embodiment, a shutter of an imaging device is positioned in response to the actuator, which shutter remains thermally isolated from the motor and arm. Other devices may be driven as well, such as switches. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20150040695 | GEAR ASSEMBLY AND USE IN CYLINDER LOCK - An assembly including a cylinder lock including a rotatable member for actuating an external locking element, and a reduction gear disposed inside the cylinder lock, the reduction gear mechanically linked to the rotatable member and operable to rotate the rotatable member, the reduction gear including an interface member for connection to an actuator for movement of the reduction gear. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150090058 | ELECTRICALLY POWERED DRIVE SYSTEM FOR MEDICAL DEVICE - An electrically powered drive system for a medical device includes a motor, a gear box driven by the motor, a driving member for moving a part of the device, a crank mechanism, and a push-pull mechanism. The crank mechanism includes first and second crank arms each having a connection end and a distal end. The first crank arm's distal end is pivotally connected to the driving member. The second crank arm's connection end is pivotally connected to the first crank arm's connection end. The second crank arm's distal end is pivotally connected to a stationary member. The push-pull mechanism is connected to and driven by an output member of the gear box to drive the crank mechanism to move the driving member between a retracted position and an extended position. | 04-02-2015 |
| 074050000 | Slidable connections (e.g., scotch yoke) | 6 |
| 20080202263 | Flat yoke valve actuator - A Scotch yoke actuator is disclosed with a dual yoke and a diagonally symmetric design. A pair of shafts and pushing devices apply equal, opposing forces to the yoke, causing end loading forces applied to a rotatable shaft attached to the center of the yoke to be cancelled. In embodiments, the weight of the pushing devices is balanced about the yoke, each shaft extends in only one direction from the yoke, and/or the shafts are supported only by the yoke and the pushing devices. In embodiments that use yoke pins, the yoke pins include rollers or bearings to reduce friction, and/or two pair of yoke pin slots support protruding ends of the yoke pins. The yoke pin slots can extend to edges of a yoke housing face, allowing easy shaft removal and reinstallation, and each shaft can include a split end with extensions on opposing sides of the yoke. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20100294054 | GEARED, CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE SPEED TRANSMISSION - A continuously variable speed transmission includes a first guideway, a second guideway, wherein the first guideway and the second guideway remain stationary during operation at a particular speed ratio. The transmission includes a first member moveably connected to the first guideway and the second guideway, the first member includes gear teeth and a second member having gear teeth positioned at an adjustable angle relative to the first member. The speed ratio of the transmission is determined based on angle of the second member relative to the first member. In another variation, the first member may be either an input member or a control member, and the second member may be either an input member or a control member. An additional member connected to the center of the gear between the first and second members would then serve as the output member. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20110120242 | PORTABLE, REFRIGERANT RECOVERY UNIT - A portable, refrigerant recovery unit for transferring refrigerant from a refrigeration system to a storage tank. The recovery unit includes two, opposed piston heads rigidly attached to respective piston rods that extend along a common fixed axis. The piston rods are rigidly attached to the yoke member of a scotch yoke arrangement. In operation, incoming refrigerant from the system is simultaneously and continuously directed to the opposing piston heads wherein the forces of the pressurized refrigerant on them counterbalance or neutralize one another. The scotch yoke arrangement includes a two-piece slide mechanism mounted about a cylindrical crank pin and a single piston embodiment is additionally disclosed. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20120096962 | Flat Yoke Valve Actuator - A Scotch yoke actuator is disclosed with a dual yoke and a diagonally symmetric design. A pair of shafts and pushing devices apply equal, opposing forces to the yoke, causing end loading forces applied to a rotatable shaft attached to the center of the yoke to be cancelled. In embodiments, the weight of the pushing devices is balanced about the yoke, each shaft extends in only one direction from the yoke, and/or the shafts are supported only by the yoke and the pushing devices. In embodiments that use yoke pins, the yoke pins include rollers or bearings to reduce friction, and/or two pair of yoke pin slots support protruding ends of the yoke pins. The yoke pin slots can extend to edges of a yoke housing face, allowing easy shaft removal and reinstallation, and each shaft can include a split end with extensions on opposing sides of the yoke. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120272758 | DOUBLE-ACTING SCOTCH YOKE ASSEMBLY FOR X-ENGINES - A Double-Acting Scotch Yoke (DASY) assembly includes a first yoke; a second yoke attached to the first yoke at a first flat-to-flat interface; a first piston attached to the first yoke at a second flat-to-flat interface; and a second, opposing piston attached to the second yoke at a third flat-to-flat interface. The planes of all of the flat-to-flat interfaces are perpendicular to a common, center axis of the first and second pistons. An X-engine crank train includes a plurality of DASY assemblies. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20130087001 | CENTRAL TRANSMISSION DEVICE FOR A FOUR-WHEEL STEERING SYSTEM - A four-wheel steering central transmission device includes an input shaft extending through a front wall of a housing and having an input rotary disc formed with a first slide groove. A turning output unit includes an output shaft extending through a rear wall of the housing and having an output rotary disc formed with a second slide groove. A transmission unit disposed between the input and output shafts includes a hollow adjustment block disposed adjustably within the housing and movable leftward or rightward, and a transmission member movable within the adjustment block and having slide pieces inserted respectively and slidably into the first and second slide grooves. | 04-11-2013 |
