| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 074110000 | Reciprocating to reciprocating | 23 |
| 20080229852 | SPRING REACTION FORCE CONVERTING APPARATUS - A spring reaction force converting apparatus has first and second members arranged to be in parallel with and opposed to each other and to be capable of being moved toward and apart from each other, a spring element arranged to be extended between the first and second members in parallel thereto, a link mechanism holding the spring element between the first and second members such that the spring element is capable of being expanded and contracted, the link mechanism being connected to the first and second members; a stopper member maintaining the spring element held by the link mechanism in a condition in which the spring element is compressed by a predetermined amount in an initial condition, and an arrangement thereof in which a reaction force of the spring element is converted to a different type of force transmitted to the first and second members through the link mechanism. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20090071273 | Device for controlling motion - A device for controlling motion of an object includes a housing defining first and second cavities each extending from a first to a second longitudinal end of the housing. A partition separates the cavities. A first sliding (controlled) member is movable within the first cavity, and includes a first extension extending outwardly from the first longitudinal end for being attached to an object whose movement is to be controlled. A second sliding (controlling) member is movable within the second cavity, and includes a second extension extending outwardly from a longitudinal end for being pulled a variably controlled distance away from the housing. A motion limiting member communicates with the sliding members such that movement of the second extension the variably controlled distance away from the housing causes the first extension to be movable the variably controlled distance in a direction in which the second sliding member is pulled. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090084206 | Cam slider-returning mechanism - Disclosed a mechanism for returning a cam slider in a press tool to its original position after the slider has been slid in the direction of machining. The mechanism is made of an accommodation space portion, a resilient member withdrawably received in the space portion extending in the direction in which the cam slider moves, insertion holes formed on both sidewalls of the space portion near its rear end, and a lock plate subassembly capable of being inserted in the insertion holes. The accommodation space portion is formed in a lower portion of the cam slider or under the slider, and has rear and front surfaces being open. The insertion holes extend in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the space portion. The lock plate subassembly provides a cover over at least a part of the space portion and supports the rear end of the resilient member. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090095100 | Brake apparatus - Brake apparatus includes a transmission unit for operatively connecting a brake pedal to a master cylinder, and the transmission unit is a mechanism capable of varying a ratio between an output amount of a push rod connected to a master cylinder and an operation amount of the brake pedal. Further, the transmission unit is constructed in such a manner that, in an initial operation region of the brake pedal, a ratio of the operation amount of the brake pedal to the output amount of the push rod is set to be greater than in another operation region immediately following the initial operation region. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090293656 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ASSEMBLY STRUCTURE THEREOF - An electronic device includes a housing having a lens assembly and a feeding device. The lens assembly is movable between a first reference position and a second reference position with respect to the housing. The feeding device is coupled to the lens assembly. When the lens assembly is in the first reference position, the lens assembly is engaged with the housing. When the lens assembly is moved to the second reference position from the first reference position by the feeding device, the lens assembly situated in the second reference position is rotatable and movable. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20100018335 | MOTION CONVERTER/TRANSMITTER - An object of the present invention is to provide a compact motion conversion transmission apparatus which can set the transmission characteristic for motion or force as desired over a wide range. The apparatus includes input, intermediate, and output members which are fitted to one another while being aligned with an axis and move in relation to one another while being aligned with the axis. Further, the apparatus includes first transmission means which converts a first motion of the input member to a second motion and transmits the second motion to the intermediate member, the first motion being one of a rectilinear motion along the axis and a rotary motion about the axis, and the second motion being the other of the rectilinear motion along the axis and the rotary motion about the axis; and second transmission means which converts the second motion of the intermediate member to the first motion and transmits the first motion to the output member. At least one of the first transmission means and the second transmission means continuously and nonlinearly varies a ratio of an amount of motion of a motion transmission destination member to an amount of motion of a motion transmission source member according to the amount of motion of the motion transmission source member. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100313691 | DEVICE FOR CONVERTING A FIRST MOTION INTO A SECOND MOTION RESPONSIVE TO THE FIRST MOTION UNDER A DEMAGNIFICATION SCALE - A device for converting a first movement into a second movement responsive to the first movement under a demagnification scale includes: a) an input portion being drivable in a rectilinear translation in a first direction by an actuator causing the first movement; b) an output portion being movable by a converting blade causing the second movement responsive to the first movement in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction; and c) a converting section connecting the input portion to the output portion. The converting section includes an intermediate spring portion and the converting blade. The intermediate spring portion has at least two parallel flexure blades; and the converting blade is substantially identical in shape to the a least two parallel flexure blades and is offset from its neutral position by a predetermined amount in the first direction as compared to the neutral position of the at least two parallel flexure blades. The device has a flexure-based structure that allows combining the advantages of classical actuators with accuracies in the micrometer range and the advantages of flexures to achieve nanometer accuracy. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20110138942 | SEAL PLATE FOR A MOVEMENT GUIDE DEVICE - Provided is a seal plate ( | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110174101 | HEIGHT-ADJUSTABLE ACTUATION DEVICE - A height-adjustable actuation device comprises a drive for height adjustment of the actuation device; a casing having a longitudinal axis; a hollow spindle arranged in the casing for displacement of a first lid arranged on the hollow spindle along the longitudinal axis; an internal spindle arranged inside the hollow spindle for displacement of a second lid arranged on the internal spindle along the longitudinal axis, with the hollow spindle and the internal spindle being non-rotatably connected to each other in terms of a rotation about the longitudinal axis, and with the hollow spindle and the internal spindle being displaceable relative to each other along the longitudinal axis. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110174102 | ACTUATION MEANS FOR A ROTATABLY SUPPORTED FLAP IN AN AUTOMOBILE COMPRISING A PUSH-PUSH KINEMATICS - A drive actuating a flap pivotably supported in or on an automobile, in particular actuating a fuel tank flap, comprising a push-push kinematics cooperating with one side of the flap, said push-push kinematics exhibiting the following features:
| 07-21-2011 |
| 20120042742 | HANDLE SECTION OF A SMALL ELECTRIC DEVICE AND SMALL ELECTRIC DEVICE - A handle section of a small electric device is described that has a handle housing in which a drive unit is disposed, a first connector element extending from the housing being adapted for connection with an attachment section, the first connector element being coupled to the drive unit; a second connector element extending from the housing being adapted for connection with the attachment section, the second connector element being coupled to the drive unit, wherein the first connector element linearly reciprocates relative to the housing during operation and the second connector element linearly reciprocates relative to the housing with a 180 degrees phase shift with respect to the first connector element. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20130042708 | SLIM LINE MECHANISM - A slim line mechanism is provided and includes a first body having a stationary track coupled thereto, a first mechanism, which is supportable between the stationary track and the first body and configured to be driven in a first direction, a second mechanism, which is configured to be driven by the first mechanism in a second direction transverse with respect to the first direction, a system by which the first and second mechanisms are coupled to one another and connectors by which the first body is supportively connectable with the first and second mechanisms such that movements thereof in the first and second directions, respectively, are permitted. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130074623 | Mechanical Stepper Motors for Guided Munitions and Industrial Machinery - A method for stepping a first member relative to a second member associated with a projectile. The method including: providing one of the first and second members with one of a plurality of pockets and more than three movable pins offset from each other with a first spacing; providing the other of the first and second members with the other of the plurality of pockets and more than three movable pins offset from each other with a second spacing, where the first spacing is different from the second spacing; and engaging at least one of the movable pins into a corresponding pocket to step one of the first and second members a predetermined linear and/or rotary displacement. Where the engaging includes selectively varying a step size between the first and second member. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130276564 | ACTUATOR UNIT WITH REDUCED ACTUATOR PIN FRICTION - An actuator unit ( | 10-24-2013 |
| 20140053670 | BIAXIAL LINEAR-MOTION MICRO DRIVE APPARATUS - A biaxial linear-motion micro drive apparatus includes: a mounting base A on an upper surface of a Z-direction sliding base; a Z-direction micro actuator fixed within the mounting base A and connected with a Z-direction micro-motion platform connected with an X-direction sliding base; Z-direction guide rail strips arranged on the Z-direction sliding; two Z-direction guide rail blocks provided on one Z-direction guide rail strip fixedly mounted on a lower surface of the X-direction sliding base; a mounting base B provided on an upper surface of the X-direction sliding base; an X-direction micro actuator in the mounting base B and connected with an X-direction micro-motion platform connected with an XZ biaxial motion platform; two X-direction guide rail strips arranged on the upper surface of the X-direction sliding base; two X-direction guide rail blocks provided on each X-direction guide rail strip mounted on a lower surface of the XZ biaxial motion platform. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140090496 | SLIDE OPERATION-TYPE DOVETAIL GROOVE SLIDING STAGE - The slide operation-type dovetail groove sliding stage may include a sliding lock screw for locking sliding of a sliding component, by causing the screw to abut on an inverted triangle-shaped protrusion, provided on a sidewall of a sliding component approximately parallel to a sliding direction and coupled to the sliding component, to bring the protrusion into contact with a dovetail of the fixed component and by tightening the screw. The sliding lock screw may be used as a sliding adjustment screw for performing fine adjustment of a degree of sliding of the sliding component with respect to the fixed component by adjusting an amount of rotation of the screw which abuts on the protrusion to bring it into contact with the dovetail of the sliding component, and a driving means which an operator grasps to perform an operation of sliding the sliding component to a desired position. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140216188 | Teleskopierbare Schiebeholmvorrichtung und Verfahren zu deren Nutzung - The present invention relates to a telescopable sliding beam device with a sliding beam box and at least one first sliding beam and at least one second sliding beam, which are telescopable into each other, wherein the second sliding beam is mounted in the sliding beam box so as to be steplessly telescopable, and wherein in a first supporting region the first sliding beam is retracted and a stepless adjustment of the sliding beam device can be carried out by shifting the second sliding beam. According to the invention, the first sliding beam furthermore is extended in a second supporting region and a stepless adjustment of the sliding beam device can be carried out by shifting the second sliding beam. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140283636 | ACTUATOR ELEMENT FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE COVER - The present disclosure relates to an actuator element for a motor vehicle cover. The actuator element includes a plunger, which is axially guided on a guide. A slotted link guide with a sliding element and a control surface for guiding the sliding element, positively couple the plunger and the guide. A spring element, elastically couple the plunger and the guide in axial and rotational direction. The control surface includes a first loading section for rotating the plunger as a consequence of an axial movement in closing direction subject to axial and rotational loading of the spring element. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20150101429 | Transmission of a Control Force - A control force transmission arrangement for an aircraft is provided. A transmission device has a first and a second force transmission point, and a coupling unit disposed between them. The coupling unit has a first and a second side element and a connecting element. The first and the second side elements are each connected to the first force transmission point and to the connecting element. At least the first side element has an element for altering the length of the side element. The second force transmission point is provided on the connecting element and is adjustable at least between a first and a second position. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150107386 | FLEXURE - A flexure element having a support frame, a first flexure linkage, a second flexure linkage, a first array of spring elements and a second array of spring elements, wherein , the first flexure linkage is connected to the support frame through the first array of spring elements, the second flexure linkage is connected to the first flexure linkage through the second array of spring elements, wherein the flexure element is in sheet form and the first array of spring elements and the second array of spring elements are substantially orthogonal to each other. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150128735 | DRIVE FOR A SLIDING CONNECTING MEMBER OF A LOCKING SYSTEM OF A TELESCOPIC SYSTEM OF A CRANE JIB - A drive of a sliding connecting member of a locking system of a telescopic system, having a telescopic cylinder ( | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150323048 | ADJUSTABLE STROKE SLIDE - A number of variations may include a product comprising: an adjustable stroke slide device comprising: a frame; a first and second shock absorber coupled to opposing ends of the frame; a first and a second rail system coupled to opposing sides of the frame; an adjustable slide bar system interposed between the first and the second rail; and a mounting plate coupled to the first and second rail systems and the adjustable slide bar system. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20160160966 | Linear Drive and Method for the Production Thereof - A linear drive, which has an output slide, which is guided on a drive housing in a linearly movable manner. The output slide contains a one-piece slide body, which is designed as a bent sheet-metal part. The slide body includes a plate-shaped central segment, guide limbs, which are arranged alongside the plate-shaped central segment and bent downward, and a drive limb, which is arranged at an end face and which likewise is bent downward. The guide limbs are used to linearly guide the output slide, and the drive limb is used for the application of the driving forces that cause the reciprocating motion of the output slide. | 06-09-2016 |
