| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 403120000 | Including circumferential biasing or damping means | 6 |
| 20120213573 | Lamellar Rotational Flexure Pivot - A lamellar rotational flexure pivot is provided. The flexure pivot may include a first pivot end, and second pivot end, and a divider layer positioned therebetween to allow first and second pivot ends to pivot relative to one another. The first and second pivot ends may include a plurality of flat spring layers and spacer layers that are stacked in alternating fashion to form the lamellar rotational flexure pivot. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120263520 | BALL JOINT - Disclosed is a ball joint, the ball joint capable of preventing damage due to interference between parts even when the ball joint is tilted at a maximum angle and guaranteeing operational reliability, and including a spherical ball stud, a shaft coupled to a side of the ball stud, a holder having a seat portion to surround an outer circumference of the bail stud, and an elastic portion protruding upwards from the holder, having on an inner circumference thereof an inclined surface to limit a tilting angle of a portion of the shaft adjacent to the ball stud, and undergoing elastic deformation when the shaft is tilted at a maximum angle, so that the elastic portion absorbs shock when the ball joint is rotated to the maximum, thus preventing damage or removal of parts. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20130343806 | SELF BIASED JOINT AND METHOD - A joint device connects a first and second members and allows pivotal motion of one or both members. The joint device includes a housing having a slide surface and a guide surface. First and second rotating members are supported for rotation by the housing to pivot one or both members. A slide member carrying a spring is supported for movement on the slide surface with rotation of the rotating members. The spring is coupled to the first rotating member, and has an arm arranged for movement along the guide surface as the slide member moves along the slide surface. The spring member imparts a bias torque on the first rotating member, where the bias torque magnitude changes as the slide member moves along the slide surface. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20140044473 | ROTARY SHAFT LOCATION STRUCTURE - A rotary shaft location structure is utilized to improve conditions of complicated, inconvenient, time-consuming and troublesome installation of conventional locating components, based. on a compact request. The rotary shaft includes a combination of a shaft body and a cylinder body, in which the cylinder body includes a rigid wall and a chamber defined by the rigid wall and utilized to receive the shaft body. The shaft body includes at least one arc region and a plane region, at least one elastic device is installed inside the chamber of the cylinder body to form a contact or interference condition with the shaft body, and the elastic device and the shaft body generate a frictional resistance in response to a movement of the shaft body, thereby improving conditions such as easy-to-produce deformation and abrasion in conventional locating components. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140133900 | Glide Movement Controller and Power Miter Saw including such Controller - A glide movement controller for use with a hinge connection that includes a shaft, as well as a hinge connection and a power saw including such a controller. The glide movement controller includes a generally U-shaped controller body configured to move towards the shaft in a first direction such that resistance upon the shaft is increased and away from the shaft in a second direction such that resistance upon the shaft is decreased; a pair of apertures extending through the controller body; and an interior bearing surface defined on the controller body. The interior bearing surface is configured and arranged to face the shaft. In certain embodiments, at least a portion of the interior bearing surface is located between the apertures. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140205364 | Multi-Directional Elastomeric Dampened Ball Joint Assembly - A method and apparatus for reducing a force. An apparatus comprises a multi-directional joint assembly and a damper associated with the multi-directional joint assembly. The multi-directional joint assembly has a first end and a second end. The first end and the second end move relative to each other. The damper is comprised of a number of elastomeric layers and a number of rigid layers interspersed with each other reducing at least one of a force and a moment. | 07-24-2014 |
