| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 474119000 | Belt shifter for shifting belt laterally or for selective engagement and supported disengagement of belt with pulley | 20 |
| 20090023527 | Reciprocating Belt Drive - A belt drive configured to cooperate with a drive mechanism is disclosed. The belt drive includes a drive belt pulley reciprocally coupled to the drive mechanism such that the drive mechanism reciprocally translates between a power stroke and a return stroke, a driven pulley reciprocally coupled to the drive belt pulley via a drive belt such that the drive belt include a plurality of asymmetrical drive teeth configured to cooperate with a plurality of asymmetrical driven teeth disposed on the driven pulley, and an engagement mechanism disposed substantially adjacent to the drive belt and the driven pulley such that the engagement mechanism is configured to cooperate with the drive belt during the power stroke, and the drive belt substantially disengages the driven pulley during the return stroke. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090239694 | One Piece Belt Installation/Removal Guide - A guide useful to install or remove a belt from a belt module is shown. This guide is made up of an elongated structure with a center aperture over which an endless belt is initially draped during installation. Once rotably attached to a belt module, the guide is moved downwardly to form a belt form over a top of the top drive rollers. A tube is attached to a bottom drive roller to help transfer the belt to the bottom drive roller and form the belt around the entire module. Once the belt is slidably positioned adjacent each drive roller, the belt is transferred from the guide and tube to the drive rollers for final installation. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20110105260 | RETAINER FOR ENDLESS DRIVE MEMBER AND DRIVE SYSTEM AND METHOD INCORPORATING SAME - A retainer for keeping an endless drive member of a drive system in a desired position. In one embodiment, the endless drive member is configured as a belt, wherein the retainer keeps the belt in position for engagement with an associated sheave even when the belt is slackened. The retainer may be configured as an elongate member having a first end fixed to a structure and a second unsupported end opposite the first end. The retainer may be positioned near the sheave and may be elastically deflected to permit removal of the belt when desired. In one embodiment, the retainer is configured as a coiled compression spring. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20120040791 | BELT POSITIONER - A belt positioner | 02-16-2012 |
| 20160138686 | Belt Mounting Tool - The present invention relates to a belt installation tool which is to be installed so as to cover at least a part of a first side surface of a pulley, including an attaching part attached along an outer peripheral part of the pulley, an installation part brought into contact with at least a part of the first side surface, a protection part covering at least a part of the first side surface without coming into contact therewith, and a belt holding part protruding on the protection part or on the installation part, in which the protection part covers at least a part of a part having a largest distance in a vertical direction in an area located inside the part with which the installation part comes into contact in the first side surface. | 05-19-2016 |
| 474121000 | For shifting exterior surface of belt into engagement with pulley | 2 |
| 20140080644 | PULLEY STRUCTURE FOR WIRE COMBINATION - A pulley assembly for combining of a wire, may include a groove member having a first guide groove helically threaded in an outer circumferential surface thereof and having a truncated cone shape, and a cylindrical guide pulley selectively combined with a bottom surface of the groove member and having a second guide groove formed on an outer circumferential surface thereof, wherein the wire may be configured to move to the second guide groove of the guide pulley along the first guide groove of the groove member when the groove member combined with the cylindrical guide pulley rotates in a direction. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140187370 | LANDING GEAR WHEEL DRIVE SYSTEM - A landing gear wheel drive system includes a landing gear strut, a wheel, a drive loop carrier assembly, a drive loop, and a displacement system. The wheel is rotatably attached to the landing gear strut and includes a ring gear mounted to the wheel. The drive loop carrier assembly includes a plurality of toothed pulleys. The drive loop extends around the toothed pulleys to form a continuous loop. The displacement system is connected to the drive loop carrier assembly to selectively engage with the ring gear. | 07-03-2014 |
| 474122000 | For shifting belt laterally | 9 |
| 20090239695 | Belt Installation/Removal Guide - A guide useful to install or remove a belt from a belt module is shown. This guide is made up of two pivotable wings over which an endless belt is initially draped. Once pivotly attached to a belt module, the guide wings are moved away from each other to form a belt form over a top of the top drive rollers. A tube is attached to a bottom drive roller to help transfer the belt to the bottom drive roller. Once the belt is slidably positioned adjacent each drive roller, the belt is transferred from the guide and tube to the drive rollers for final installation. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20100160099 | Bicycle Derailleur System - A bicycle derailleur assembly that is mounted concentrically with an axle of a rear wheel assembly. The derailleur is constructed to be mounted to the bicycle such that the derailleur is pivotable about a common axis with the rear wheel and such that the rear wheel can be removed from the bicycle without interfering with the connection of the derailleur to the bicycle. The derailleur system provides a derailleur that is robust and reduces interference of the derailleur with the performance of bicycle maintenance. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20140141911 | Stretch Belt Removal and Installation Tool - A unitary stretch belt installation and removal tool includes an installation component having a slot for positioning the tool on the rim of a pulley and a wedge shaped element to stretch arid guide a belt into a pulley groove as the pulley is rotated and further having an integral removal component including a slot and a shaped, generally convex belt guide surface for stretching and guiding a belt from a pulley as the pulley is rotated. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140371013 | BICYCLE DERAILLEUR - A bicycle derailleur is provided that basically includes a base member, a movable member, a chain guide, a biasing element and a rotational resistance structure. The base member is configured to be mounted to a bicycle. The movable member is movably coupled to the base member. The chain guide is pivotally coupled to the movable member to rotate around a rotational axis with respect to the movable member. The biasing element biases the chain guide in a first rotational direction around the rotational axis with respect to the movable member. The rotational resistance structure is operatively arranged between the movable member and the chain guide to frictionally provide rotational resistance to the chain guide around the rotational axis in a second rotational direction. The rotational resistance structure applies the rotational resistance at an area disposed radially outward of the biasing element with respect to the rotational axis. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20160023714 | BICYCLE DERAILLEUR - A bicycle derailleur has a base member, a movable member, a first link member and a second link member. The movable member is movable with respect to the base member between a retracted position and an extended position. The first link member includes a first connecting portion pivotally coupled to the movable member about a first pivot axis. The first link member is pivotally coupled to the base member about a second pivot axis. The second link member is pivotally coupled to the movable member about a third pivot axis. The second link member is pivotally coupled to the base member about a fourth pivot axis. The first connecting portion at least partially overlaps with the second link member as viewed in a direction parallel to the first pivot axis in a state in which the movable member is disposed at one of the retracted and extended positions. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160375959 | BICYCLE DERAILLEUR - A bicycle derailleur includes movable member, chain guide member and resistance applying member. The movable member is connected to linkage assembly. The chain guide member is pivoted to the movable member. The resistance applying member is connected between the movable member and the chain guide member. The resistance applying member includes pivot base, first engagement member and second engagement member. The pivot base includes pivot part and pressing part. The pressing part extends radially outwardly from the pivot part. The first engagement member is pivoted to the pivot part and pressed by the pressing part. The second engagement member is engageable with the first engagement member so that the first engagement member is only rotatable with respect to the second engagement member in a rotatable direction. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20180022417 | BICYCLE GEARSHIFT | 01-25-2018 |
| 474126000 | Shifter actuated by screw or gear drive | 1 |
| 20120035011 | ELECTRO MECHANICAL BICYCLE DERAILLEUR ACTUATOR SYSTEM AND METHOD - An electro mechanical bicycle derailleur actuator system, retrofittable to a bicycle having gearing and at least one derailleur, the derailleur having a cable, the system comprising: at least one derailleur actuator module (DAM) connectable to the bicycle and to the cable; a cyclist interface module (CIM) connectable to the bicycle for cyclist interface with the system; and a control and power module (CPM) connectable to the bicycle serving to control and power the system, wherein the bicycle gearing is shiftable by the system without derailleur cable modification. | 02-09-2012 |
| 474127000 | Shifter actuated by flexible cable | 1 |
| 20110218067 | FRONT DERAILLEUR OF BICYCLE - A front derailleur of a bicycle comprises a retaining ring disposed on a bottom end of a seat post, the retaining ring including two coupling seats symmetrically fixed thereon to axially connect with a pushing mechanism comprised of a cable rack, a limiting stem, a connecting rod set, a guiding loop, an axial pillar, an assembling bracket, and a guide plate, the coupling seat including the connecting rod set having a first, a second, a third, and a fourth connecting rods, a shaft, and the guiding loop, wherein the coupling seat includes a first hole formed on a bottom end of a side thereof so that a first screw inserts through a first bore of the cable rack and a turning spring to screw with the first hole of the coupling seat, and includes two first tabs mounted on top ends thereof respectively to connected with the axial pillar axially. | 09-08-2011 |
| 474130000 | Portable hand tool for removing or installing belt | 4 |
| 20100048335 | BELT ASSEMBLY DEVICE PROVIDED WITH A BALL LOCK SYSTEM - An elastic belt assembly device ( | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100069186 | TOOL FOR HANDLING SERPENTINE BELT - One embodiment of a tool for handling a serpentine belt may include a hollow pipe that may have a longitudinal opening configured at a distal end portion thereof. Further, the hollow pipe may include a first griping member and a sleeve member. The first gripping member may be configured at the distal end portion of the hollow pipe and may be projected outwards from the longitudinal opening. Moreover, the sleeve member may be configured at a proximal end portion of the hollow pipe. The tool may also have a rod that may be partially enclosed and slidably engaged with the hollow pipe. Further, the rod may include a second gripping member that may be configured at a distal end portion thereof in a parallel relationship with the first gripping member. The second gripping member may project outwards from the longitudinal opening. The tool may also have a handle member that may be configured at a proximal end portion of the rod. Further, the tool may have a spring member that may be disposed between the sleeve member and the handle member. The spring member may be capable of being compressed upon directing the handle member toward the sleeve member, and retracted upon releasing the handle member. Furthermore, upon directing the handle member toward the sleeve member, the second gripping member may move toward the first gripping member to hold the serpentine belt therebetween for handling the serpentine belt. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100173737 | Tool for mounting a belt on a pulley - The invention relates to a tool for mounting a belt in a ribbed groove of a pulley of a transmission system, the tool being characterized in that it presents a nose region ( | 07-08-2010 |
| 20140018200 | BELT DETACHMENT TOOL - A belt detachment tool | 01-16-2014 |
