50th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 34 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150354618 | APPARATUS FOR PREVENTING BOLT RELEASE - An apparatus for preventing a bolt release includes: a nut hole formed in a body; and an insulating part formed integrally with a bolt coupled to the nut hole and contacting the body, where a plurality of protruded slopes are formed along a circumference of a bonding surface among a plurality of bonding surfaces between the body and the insulating part according to a relative magnitude of hardness or friction coefficient between the body and the insulating part when the bolt is coupled. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354619 | ASSEMBLY UNIT - The invention relates to an assembly unit having an assembly part, which is penetrated by a bore and is to be fastened to a basic structure. The basic structure having a shaft, a head, and a fastener. The fastener having a fastening section on the end thereof facing away from the head, which is held captively and movably in the bore between a first axial position and a second axial position. The assembly unit having a spring, which encompasses the shaft and is formed from a wound spring wire and which holds the fastener captively in the bore. The spring wire is wound in a spiral shape such that the windings thereof do not overlap in the radial direction relative to the spring axis. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354620 | Tamper-Resistant Bicycle Axle Nut - A tamper-resistant fastener such as a nut for a bicycle has a smoothly rounded generally dome-shaped body and one or more recesses formed into the body. Each recess has a first and open ended portion which is bounded on radially inward side but not on the radially outward side, and a second and closed ended portion which is bounded on both the radially inward side and the radially outward side. Additionally, each recess can have an additional notch formed therein, the recess and notch together forming a major and minor recess. A wall which bounds the radially inward side of the recess decreases in radial distance from the central axis of the nut as the recess proceeds in the circumferential direction. A mating wrench has teeth that match the recesses and, if present, the notches. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354621 | DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING THE TENSIONING OF A CONTROL CABLE OF A BICYCLE GEARSHIFT - An adjustment device for tensioning a bicycle gearshift control cable. The adjustment device has opposed threaded elements and a compressible element, which is retained in position by a locking member and compressed between the threaded elements. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354622 | HYDROFORMED DRIVESHAFT TUBE WITH SECONDARY SHAPE - A hydroformed driveshaft tube formed using a hydroforming process is provided. The hydroformed driveshaft tube comprises a first end portion, a second end portion, and a middle portion. The middle portion is at least partially defined by a circular arc shaped surface of revolution. At least a portion of the middle portion has a diameter greater than a diameter of the first end portion and the second end portion. The middle portion comprises a first distension, a constriction, and a second distension and is formed between the first end portion and the second end portion. The constriction is formed between the first distension and the second distension and the middle portion affects a critical speed and a breathing mode frequency of the hydroformed driveshaft tube. The hydroformed driveshaft tube reduces a cost of a driveshaft assembly. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354623 | HYDROFORMED DRIVESHAFT TUBE WITH SECONDARY SHAPE - A hydroformed driveshaft tube formed using a hydroforming process is provided. The hydroformed driveshaft tube comprises a first end portion, a second end portion, and a middle portion. The middle portion is at least partially defined by a circular arc shaped surface of revolution. At least a portion of the middle portion has a diameter greater than a diameter of the first end portion and the second end portion. The middle portion comprises a first transition portion, a first constriction portion, a second constriction portion, and a second transition portion and is formed between the first end portion and the second end portion. The middle portion is formed between the first constriction portion and the second constriction portion and the middle portion affects a critical speed and a breathing mode frequency of the hydroformed driveshaft tube. The hydroformed driveshaft tube reduces a cost of a driveshaft assembly. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354624 | LINEAR DRIVE FORCE OVERLOAD PROTECTION DEVICE - A tolerance ring adapted to engage a stem of a ball pan to a housing, wherein the tolerance ring is adapted to provide an overload protection against a force of greater than 1,000 N. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354625 | LINEAR BEARING FOR AN ELECTROMAGNETIC SOLENOID AND SOLENOID HAVING SAID LINEAR BEARING - A rolling-element bearing for an electromagnetic solenoid includes a hollow cylindrical cage with a plurality of spherical pockets formed around a first circumference and a second circumference of the cage. The pockets around the first circumference are offset from the pockets around the second circumference. Spherical rolling elements are provided in the spherical pockets and are captured for free rotation in the first pockets and second pockets. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354626 | RETAINER OF LINEAR GUIDEWAY - A retainer of a linear guideway comprises a retaining member a supporting member. The retaining member has a base portion and two side wing potions integrally extended from the base portion. The base portion has a receiving groove, and each side wing portion has a positioning opening. One positioning opening is offset with respect to the receiving groove along a first direction, and another positioning opening is offset with respect to the receiving groove along a second direction opposite to the first direction. One side portion of the supporting member is wedged to the receiving groove of the base potion. Thus, the instant disclosure provides the retainer for positioning two staggered circulation tubes. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354627 | ACTIVE MAGNETIC BEARING COILS ROLLED IN SERIES - An axial magnetic bearing comprising a rotor stop disc which is mounted perpendicularly and integral with a rotating shaft and a coaxially stator assembly and comprising at least one stator element of magnetic material having an inner face parallel to a side of the rotor stop disc and separated from it by an air gap, the at least one stator element comprising two annular coils and housed in two annular notches formed continuously in the magnetic material of the at least one stator element and opening to the side of the rotor stop disc, the two annular notches being separated by an annular tooth, rolled in series and are formed by a single continuous wire, a bridging recess being cut in the annular tooth for receiving a massive insert part that extends the annular tooth without locally modifying the air gap with the rotor stop disc. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354628 | Duplex Bearing Device - There are provided a duplex bearing device that can reduce the temperature of lubricating oil supplied from a journal bearing to a thrust bearing and thereby can reduce the total amount of oil supplied, and a rotating machine equipped with this. A duplex bearing device | 2015-12-10 |
20150354629 | SYNTHETIC RESIN-MADE SLIDING BEARING - A synthetic resin-made sliding bearing | 2015-12-10 |
20150354630 | CAGE FOR A ROLLING BEARING, NOTABLY FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING BEARING - A cage for a rolling bearing, wherein the cage is intended to ensure the circumferential spacing of a row of rolling elements. The cage comprises pockets for the rolling elements and connecting portions, each connecting portion connecting two successive pockets. At least one of the connecting portions is elastically deformable at least in a circumferential direction so as to allow the two associated pockets to move relative to one another in the circumferential direction. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354631 | CAGE FOR HOURGLASS ROLLER BEARINGS - A cage for an hourglass roller bearing includes an annular ring having a first axial face and a second axial face. A plurality of first rails extend from the first axial face and a plurality of second rails extend from the second axial face. The cage includes a plurality of pockets. Each of the plurality of pockets is defined by opposing circumferentially facing walls of at least one of adjacent pairs of the first rails and adjacent pairs of the second rails. The circumferentially facing walls are arcuately formed so that each of the plurality of pockets is cylindrical. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354632 | ROLLING BEARING WITH MEANS FOR ANGULARLY ADJUSTING OF THE INNER RING RELATIVE TO THE OUTER RING - A rolling bearing assembly comprising an inner ring, an outer ring, and at least one row of rolling elements located between raceways provided on each of the inner and outer rings. The rolling bearing assembly comprises an angular adjustment feature for angularly adjusting the inner ring relative to the outer ring, wherein the adjustment feature comprises at least one angular indexing finger extending radially from one of the inner ring and the outer ring towards the other of the inner ring and the outer ring and an arc-shaped stop for the angular indexing finger mounted on the other of the inner ring and the outer ring. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354633 | ROLLING BEARING AND ITS PACKAGING METHOD - To provide a rolling bearing in which a favorable antirust performance can be obtained while reducing an amount of antirust oil than before, after removing chloride ions and sulfate ions from the entire surface of the bearing, antirust oil is provided to adhere thereto at an average film thickness of 4.5 μm to 10 μm, and the entire bearing is covered with a volatile corrosion inhibitor film such that a space between the volatile corrosion inhibitor film and the bearing is kept in a pressure-reduced condition. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354634 | COUPLING DEVICE FOR A DRIVE DEVICE, AND DRIVE DEVICE - A coupling device for the force-related connection of a device for machining pipes or pipe ends to a drive device is provided. With the aim of a high degree of variability, the coupling device has at least one force transmission device with at least one force transmission element for transmitting rotary forces to at least one force absorption element of at least one force absorption device with respect to a drive axis, wherein the at least one force transmission device is configured to be brought into connection optionally and alternately with force absorption devices which each differ in design with respect to the force absorption elements thereof and preferably differ in design with respect to a center distance between the force absorption elements. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354635 | TEMPORARILY FIXABLE ANGLED DRILL - A drive tool has a tubular drive shaft extending along a first axis with a first end of the shaft defining a connector element including a part-spherical cavity. A second end of the shaft has a drive element. The connector element has walls surrounding the part-spherical cavity, and a pair of slots extending along the walls of the connector element between an outer surface of the connector element and the cavity. A drive element extends along a second axis having a driver tool at a first end and a part-spherical head at a second end, the head pivotally mount in the part-spherical cavity in the connector element. A pair of deflectable arms which engage the part-spherical head are mounted adjacent the cavity of the tubular drive shaft and are deflectable through the slots onto the part-spherical head. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354636 | COUPLING - A coupling comprises: a pair of hubs including a first hub and a second hub, each having an inner end surface and a plurality of claws located on the inner end surface at intervals in a circumferential direction and projecting in an axial direction of the hub, the inner end surfaces of the first and second hubs being opposed to each other, each of the claws of the first hub being located in the gap between two adjacent claws of the second hub and each of the claws of the second hub being located in the gap between two adjacent claws of the first hub; and a rubber spacer located between the opposed inner end surfaces. A product of a damping ratio and a square root of a dynamic torsional spring constant of the coupling is 1.3 to 12.0. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354637 | TOLERANCE RING - A tolerance ring comprising a body including a plurality of sidewall segments, each sidewall segment having a thickness and a height, wherein the body has an aspect ratio, as measured by a ratio of the height of the sidewall segment to the thickness of the sidewall segment, of no less than 2:1. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354638 | SYNCHRONIZER RING FOR A SYNCHRONIZATION UNIT OF A MANUAL TRANSMISSION AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUCH SYNCHRONIZER RING - A synchronizer ring for a synchronization unit of a manual transmission has a ring axis and is formed of a ring-shaped sheet-metal cone with a substantially constant sheet thickness. The ring-shaped sheet-metal cone has a cone-shaped radial outer side and an opposite radial inner side with a cone-shaped friction surface, wherein on its radial outer side the sheet-metal cone includes an integrally molded centering collar for radially centering the synchronizer ring relative to a synchronizer hub of the synchronization unit. The sheet-metal cone is deformed in the region of the centering collar and includes a first sheet portion with a residual thickness reduced as compared to the sheet thickness and axially adjacent a second sheet portion with a collar thickness which at least corresponds to the sheet thickness. The residual thickness of the sheet-metal cone is substantially constant in the first sheet portion. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354639 | Hydraulic Control Device - A hydraulic control device that includes a solenoid valve that includes an input port, an output port that communicates with the hydraulic engagement element via an oil passage, and a feedback port that communicates with the output port via the oil passage, the solenoid valve regulating a pressure of working oil input from the input port to output the regulated pressure from the output port to the oil passage, a part of the output working oil being input to the feedback port; and a hydraulic damper that damps pulsation of the hydraulic pressure output from the output port to the oil passage, wherein: the oil passage is provided with an orifice mechanism that reduces a flow rate of the working oil; and the hydraulic damper communicates with the oil passage on a side of the output port and the feedback port with respect to the orifice mechanism. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354640 | MULTI-MODE CLUTCH MODULE - A transmission clutch module includes an inner race, an outer race, and a plurality of race engaging pawls adapted to selectively secure the races together in either a locked position or an unlocked position. The clutch module includes | 2015-12-10 |
20150354641 | UNIDIRECTIONAL TORQUE COUPLING AND METHOD OF USE - A torque coupling comprising a drive body, an output side body which is coaxially arranged, a pressure disk which is coaxially arranged, movable in rotation coaxial direction, and having a first torque transmission surface on its face side, and a torque transmission device. The torque transmission device ( | 2015-12-10 |
20150354642 | OVERLOAD LIMITING DEVICE - An overload limiting device includes: a rolling element; a rotatable first rotation member having a housing portion that houses the rolling element; a rotatable second rotation member having an engagement recess portion that engages detachably with the rolling element housed in the housing portion, the second rotation member being arranged opposing the first rotation member; a biasing member that biases the rolling element toward the engagement recess portion; and an adjustment nut that adjusts a biasing force of the biasing member by moving in a rotation axis direction of the first rotation member, the adjustment nut being provided to the first rotation member, the first rotation member including a scale showing a position of the adjustment nut in the rotation axis direction. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354643 | INTERMESH ENGAGEMENT DEVICE - An intermesh engagement device includes an intermesh engagement mechanism, a moving member, an actuator configured to apply a thrust to a moving member in an engaging direction, a transmission spring configured to transmit the thrust of the actuator from the moving member to a sleeve, a return spring, a stopper, and an electronic control unit configured to control the actuator. The electronic control unit is configured to execute first control for setting the thrust of the actuator to a thrust in a first region, and, when a halfway stopped state has occurred through the first control, execute second control for setting a thrust larger than the thrust in the first control. The first region is a range in which the thrust is larger than an urging force of the return spring and is smaller than the sum of the urging force of the return spring and a maximum urging force of the transmission spring. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354644 | INTERNAL PARK BRAKE SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD - A park brake system for an electric motor actuator is provided. The system may comprise a micro-motor, and one or more gears. The system may be configured to exert a radial force on a shaft of the electric motor actuator to lock the actuator. Moreover, in various embodiments, the system may be bi-stable. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354645 | BRAKE CALIPER PISTON ACTUATION DEVICE - A brake caliper piston actuation device comprises a caliper housing ( | 2015-12-10 |
20150354646 | DISK BRAKE, PAD, AND PAIR OF SHIMS - A pad includes: a lining; a plate; a first shim installed at a surface of the plate which is opposite to the lining; and a second shim installed at a surface of the first shim which is opposite to the plate, a first hook overhanging at an outer circumferential edge section of the plate and hooked to the outer circumferential edge section of the plate is formed at the first shim, a second hook is formed at the second shim at an outer side of the first hook in a disk radial direction, and the second hook is configured to be hooked to a part of the plate with which the first hook does not come in contact. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354647 | METHOD OF MAKING A BRAKE DISC, BRAKE DISC FOR DISC BRAKE AND A DISC BRAKE - The present invention relates to a method for making a brake disc comprising the following operating steps: a) providing a brake disc, comprising a braking band | 2015-12-10 |
20150354648 | VENTILATED BRAKE ROTORS - A brake rotor for attachment to a wheel of a vehicle may include an outer friction member and an inner friction member. The brake rotor may further include a plurality of fin elements connecting the outer friction member to the inner friction member. Each fin element may include first and second pillars that are connected by a bridge portion to define an opening in the fin element. The opening is configured to allow air to pass through the fin element. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354649 | FRICTION DISK COOLING GROOVES - A friction disk for a frictionally acting device includes an annular friction surface having an inner edge and an outer edge. Grooves are formed in the friction surface. The grooves include a plurality of radially extending inner grooves which communicate with the inner edge. A plurality of radially extending outer grooves communicate with the outer edge. A plurality of branch grooves communicate each inner groove with a pair of the outer grooves, and communicate each outer groove with a pair of the inner grooves. Each inner groove is aligned with a corresponding outer groove. Each branch groove intersects with another of the branch grooves. Each inner groove has a width which is greater than a width of a corresponding outer groove. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354650 | ELECTRIC BRAKE ACTUATOR FOR VEHICLES - An electric brake actuator includes first and second electric motors and an actuator output, a first cycloidal speed reducer having a first reducer input rotatable about a first reducer axis and operatively connected to the first motor output gear to receive a first driving force, and a first reducer output rotatable about the first reducer axis and operatively connected to the actuator output to transfer the first driving force to the actuator output, and a second cycloidal speed reducer having a second reducer input rotatable about a second reducer axis and operatively connected to the second motor output gear to receive a second driving force and a second reducer output rotatable about the second reducer axis and operatively connected to the actuator output to transfer the second driving force to the actuator output. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354651 | ELECTRO-MECHANICAL BRAKE - Provided is an electro-mechanical brake (EMB) including a driving unit configured to generate rotational force by power selectively applied as a user operates a brake pedal, a differential gear unit including a first shaft and a second shaft disposed to be aligned to form rotational shafts and rotate in the same direction by rotational force from the driving unit, a first pad disposed on one side of a brake disk, a second pad disposed on the other side of the disk, a first braking unit configured to enable the first pad to be brought into contact with one side of the disk according to a rotation of the first shaft to generate braking force, and a second braking unit configured to enable the second pad to be brought into contact with the other side of the disk according to a rotation of the second shaft to generate braking force. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354652 | BRAKE SENSOR - A brake sensor and method of use, the brake sensor having a housing and a biased displacement member that extends from the housing into a brake pack assembly. Displacement of the displacement member is measured using a sensor which indicates the amount of wear of brake pads within the brake pack assembly. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354653 | ELECTROMECHANICAL SHOCK ABSORBER FOR WASHING MACHINES - An electromechanical shock absorber ( | 2015-12-10 |
20150354654 | NEGATIVE STIFFNESS APPARATUS - A negative stiffness apparatus includes a fluid filled bellows interposed between a first surface and a second surface wherein the bellows and the first and second surfaces have an orientation of substantial equilibrium between the first and second surfaces. The bellows and the first and second surfaces include other orientations wherein the first and second surfaces are displaced from the orientation of substantial equilibrium and the bellows exerts a displacement force to urge the first and second surfaces further away from the orientation of substantial equilibrium | 2015-12-10 |
20150354655 | SHOCK ABSORBER - A shock absorber includes a valve disc defining two chambers, a flow passage formed in the valve disc, the flow passage allowing communication between the two chambers, and a plurality of leaf valves formed in the shape of annular plates, the plurality of leaf valves being stacked on the valve disc to openably close an outlet of the flow passage. The leaf valve disposed on the tail end of the plurality of leaf valves stacked on the valve disc includes a rib projecting in an axial direction from one flat surface and recessed on an opposite side. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354656 | SHOCK ABSORBER - A shock absorber includes a valve disc defining two chambers, a flow passage formed in the valve disc, the flow passage allowing communication between the two chambers, a window formed in the valve disc, the window being connected to the flow passage, a valve seat formed on the valve disc, the valve seat surrounding the outer periphery of the window; and a plurality of leaf valves formed in the shape of annular plates, the plurality of leaf valves being stacked on the valve disc. The first leaf valve stacked on the valve disc is provided such that an outer peripheral part is seatable on and separable from the valve seat, and includes a rib recessed on a valve disc side and projecting on an opposite valve disc side at a position facing the valve seat. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354657 | SHOCK ABSORBER - A shock absorber includes a shock absorber body having an outer shell and a piston rod, the shock absorber body being configured to generate a damping force for suppressing relative movement in an axial direction of the piston rod with respect to the outer shell; a dust cover connected to the piston rod, the dust cover allowing the outer shell to enter an inner part; an extension cover formed in a belt-like shape to be wound around an outer circumference of the dust cover, the extension cover extending from the dust cover to an outer shell side, the outer shell being inserted into an inner side of the extension cover; and a fixing member configured to fix the extension cover in a state that the extension cover is wound around the outer circumference of the dust cover. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354658 | BYPASS FOR A SUSPENSION DAMPER - A vehicle suspension damper comprises a cylinder and a piston assembly including a damping piston along with working fluid within the cylinder. A bypass permits fluid to avoid dampening resistance of the damping piston. A fluid path through the bypass is controlled by a valve that is shifted by a piston surface when the contents of at least one predetermined volume is injected against the piston surface which acts upon the valve. In one embodiment, the bypass is remotely operable. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354659 | SHOCK ABSORBER SYSTEM - A shock absorber system, including: a hydraulic shock absorber configured to generate a damping force with respect to a relative movement of a sprung portion and an unsprung portion; a damping-force changer configured to change the damping force; and a controller configured to determine a damping-force index and to control the damping-force changer, wherein the controller is configured to determine, as the index, a required application force to be applied to the sprung portion for damping its movement in an up-down direction, according to a determination rule in which the required application force has the same direction as a direction of a speed of the sprung portion in the up-down direction when the sprung speed is relatively small and acceleration of the sprung portion in the up-down direction is relatively large in a situation in which the direction of the speed and a direction of the acceleration are mutually different. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354660 | SHOCK ABSORBER - A shock absorber includes a damping passage that connects an expanding-side chamber with a contracting-side chamber inside a cylinder, a housing that forms a pressurizing chamber, a free piston that partitions the pressurizing chamber into an expanding-side pressurizing chamber and a contracting-side pressurizing chamber, an expanding-side passage that connects the expanding-side chamber with the expanding-side pressurizing chamber, a contracting-side passage that connects the contracting-side chamber with the contracting-side pressurizing chamber, a spring element configured to suppress displacement of the free piston, a cushion configured to collide with the free piston to suppress displacement of the free piston thereover when the free piston is displaced from the neutral position with respect to the housing by a predetermined displacement amount or more; and a cushion fixing member fixed to the housing, the cushion fixing member holding the cushion. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354661 | Cylinder Unit Having An Adhesive Bond - A cylinder unit includes a cylinder which is closed at one end by a base, wherein an adhesive joint is formed between the cylinder and the base, characterized in that the adhesive joining of the base is carried out in an annular space filled with adhesive, wherein the cylinder or the base is wetted with adhesive in the annular space at an inner wall and at an outer wall so that there are two gluing surfaces separated by the wall. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354662 | MULTISTRUCTURAL SHOCK ABSORBING SYSTEM FOR ANATOMICAL CUSHIONING - A shock absorbing system for impact energy dissipation employs removable unitary cells of compressible members in communication with a reservoir and containing a first working fluid. Resilient structural members may be placed intermediate the compressible members to deform responsive to compression to provide both energy dissipation and resilient recovery of the compression cylinders to their uncompressed state. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354663 | ENGINE COVER FOR ABSORBING VIBRATION AND ASSEMBLING METHOD THEREOF - An engine cover for absorbing vibration includes the engine cover enclosing an upper portion of an engine and having a lower portion provided with a plurality of cylindrical protruding parts. An upper insulator is press-fitted in a cylindrical protruding part of the engine cover to be connected to the engine cover. A vibration absorber is disposed in the cylindrical protruding part and under the upper insulator to absorb vibrations from the engine. A lower insulator is disposed in the cylindrical protruding part and under the vibration absorber and has an inner space in which a mounting bolt is press-fitted. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354664 | DAMPER DEVICE AND STARTING DEVICE - A damper device | 2015-12-10 |
20150354665 | TORQUE DAMPER APPARATUS - In some embodiments, a torque damper apparatus can achieve reduced stiffness as well as sufficient vibration absorbing property while increasing the dampening ratio of the torque variation. In some embodiments, a torque damper apparatus comprises an input member to which an engine torque is inputted; damper springs able to absorb variation of torque inputted from the input member; and/or a driving power of the engine configured to be transmitted to an output shaft of a vehicle via the input member and the damper springs. The damper springs can comprise a plurality of coil springs arranged along the circumference of the input member. The torque damper apparatus can further comprise a plurality of separate members interposed between the damper springs and configured to be independently rotated with respect to each other when the engine torque is transmitted thereto. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354666 | WIRE ROPE ASSEMBLY UNIT - A wire rope assembly unit including a wire rope and a device for assembling the wire rope. The device is fastened at one end of the wire rope and has a connecting element arranged at the front on the end of the wire rope. The assembly unit has a sleeve that engages around an outer surface of an end section of the wire rope. The sleeve is made of a material of lesser rigidity than strands of the wire rope and, optionally, than the connecting element. The sleeve is pressed, hammered and/or rolled onto the wire rope and, optionally, onto the connecting element to produce a form-locked connection. Outer strands of the wire rope are separated from the wire rope in a rope section, in which the wire rope is arranged inside the sleeve, and the sleeve is connected to ends of the outer strands at its one edge. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354667 | MODIFIED PARALLEL ECCENTRIC ROTARY ACTUATOR - A rotary actuator is provided which includes a crankshaft, a first eccentric gear disposed on a first end of the crankshaft, a second eccentric gear disposed on a second end of the crankshaft, first and second end plates, a first crosslink disposed between the first eccentric gear and the first end plate, and a second crosslink disposed between the second eccentric gear and the second end plate. The first crosslink has a first set of surface features on a surface thereof which engage a second set of surface features on the first eccentric gear, and at least one of the first and second eccentric gears is equipped with circular arc gear teeth. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354668 | ROTORCRAFT AND PLANETARY GEAR SYSTEMS - Planetary gear systems, transmissions, and apparatuses include at least one non-fixed annular gear, at least one non-fixed sun gear, at least one compound planet gear meshed between the at least one non-fixed annular gear and the at least one non-fixed sun gear, and at least one fixed gear meshed with the at least one compound planet gear. Rotational input to one of the at least one non-fixed annular gear and the at least one non-fixed sun gear results in an opposite rotational output of the other of the at least one non-fixed annular gear and the at least one non-fixed sun gear. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354669 | GEARBOX FOR AN ADJUSTABLE VEHICLE STABILIZER, AND VEHICLE STABILIZER - A gearbox ( | 2015-12-10 |
20150354670 | Multi-Speed Transmission - A family of transmission gearing arrangements produces ten forward and one reverse speed ratios by selective engagement of various combinations of four shift elements. Each disclosed transmission includes four planetary gearsets and six shift elements. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354671 | HYBRID TRANSMISSION ARRANGEMENT HAVING A MOTOR DAMPER - An electric motor damping module includes an electric motor, a motor damper continuously interconnected with the electric motor, and an input member continuously interconnected with the motor damper. A transmission includes these elements, plus an output member, first, second, and third planetary gear sets each having first, second and third members, a first interconnecting member continuously interconnecting the third member of the first planetary gear set with the second member of the second planetary gear set, a second interconnecting member continuously interconnecting the second member of the first planetary gear set and the output member with the third member of the third planetary gear set, and a third interconnecting member continuously interconnecting the third member of the second planetary gear set with the second member of the third planetary gear set. The transmission also includes six torque transmitting mechanisms and a hydraulic pump. A sealing assembly is also provided. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354672 | AIRCRAFT AND PLANETARY GEAR SYSTEMS - Planetary gear systems, transmissions, and apparatuses include a plurality of compound planet gears, each having three gear stages, a first non-fixed annular gear, a second non-fixed annular gear, a fixed annular gear, and a non-fixed sun gear. A rotational input to the non-fixed sun gear results in opposite rotational outputs of the first non-fixed annular gear and the second non-fixed annular gear. Compound planet gears and carriers for planetary gear systems are also disclosed. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354673 | CHAIN TENSIONER - Provided is a chain tensioner that is capable of restricting the movement of a plunger at an engagement position, hardly causes its breakage and abrasion even if receiving a great force applied to the plunger, needs no setting for a backlash amount, and allows the engagement position of the plunger to be freely shifted forward and backward. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354674 | CHAIN OR BELT TENSIONER WITH A RATCHET THAT DEACTIVATES - A tensioner comprising a piston slidably received within a piston bore of the housing having a plurality of grooves formed on an outer circumference, the piston forming a first pressure chamber with the piston bore. The tensioner uses a mechanism to remove a sliding pawl or expandable clip from engaging the grooves on the piston, such that the piston can move towards the housing and reduce chain load when fluid pressure is reduced in the first pressure chamber during engine shutdown, but not so much as to leave the chain uncontrolled during engine restart. The mechanism may for example be a fluid biased spool piston which engages the expandable clip or a pawl piston that engages a sliding pawl. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354675 | Tension Adjustment Device - Disclosed is a tension adjustment device ( | 2015-12-10 |
20150354676 | BALL TYPE CVT INCLUDING A DIRECT DRIVE MODE - Variable transmissions and drivelines using such transmissions having a direct drive mode, a reverse mode, and a continuously variable mode of operation using a continuously variable variator in combination with a gearbox having a one or two speed forward gear, a reverse gear, and a direct drive clutch. The direct drive clutch transfers power from the input shaft directly to the gearbox by running the variator in a unitary (1) speed ratio configuration, or by bypassing the variator altogether by using a set of clutches that disconnect the variator from the input shaft. Additional gears may be provided in the gearbox. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354677 | POWER TRANSFER DEVICE - This is achieved according to the present invention by a torque/power transfer device comprising a main frame, a driving member ( | 2015-12-10 |
20150354678 | MECHANICAL LOGIC PROCESSING DEVICE - Disclosed is a cyclic mechanism for engaging or disengaging a switch with the stage of the cycle being determined by a height to which a first object is lifted relative to a second object. The mechanism has few moving parts, is inexpensive to manufacture, is reliable, can be incorporated into a wide range of devices or structures, and operates as an incident to raising or lowering a first object relative to a second. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354679 | ELECTROMOTIVE LINEAR DRIVE IN THE FORM OF A DUAL DRIVE - An electromotive linear drive in the form of a dual drive adjust movably mounted parts of reclining and seating furniture. Two threaded spindles ( | 2015-12-10 |
20150354680 | MULTI-SPEED TRANSMISSION WITH LAY SHAFT - A transmission gearing arrangement produces seven forward speed ratios and one reverse speed ratio by selective engagement of two shift elements in various combinations. Some embodiment includes three simple planetary gearsets in conjunction with two axis transfer gear pairs and a layshaft. Another embodiment includes an additional two axis transfer gear pairs and layshaft in place of one of the planetary gearsets. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354681 | RANGE-CHANGE TRANSMISSION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A group transmission of a motor vehicle having a main transmission and a downstream range group. The range group has two gear steps for different speed ranges and a reversing step for reverse driving. The range group has two planetary gearsets, each with a planet carrier, a sun and ring gears. To engage a driving range for lower speeds, the sun gear of the second gearset and the ring gear of the first gearset are locked to the housing by a first clutch. To engage a driving range for higher speeds, two respective elements of the two gearsets can be connected to one another, in a rotationally fixed manner, by a second clutch. To engage a reversing driving range, the planet carrier of the first gearset and the ring gear of the second gearset are locked relative to the housing by a third clutch. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354682 | POWER TRANSMITTING SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE - Power system including differential-mechanism, clutch-mechanism, power-mechanism and dog-clutch disposed between an input rotary member to receive drive-force from a drive power source and output rotary-member to transmit drive-force to drive-wheels, the differential-mechanism including an input rotary element, output rotary element and reaction rotary element; the clutch-mechanism connecting two rotary elements of the input, output and reaction rotary elements of the differential-mechanism, to each other, the power-mechanism having predetermined gear ratio, and dog-clutch selectively placing a power path between the output rotary element and output rotary-member, in power transmitting state and power cutoff state; transmitting drive-force to drive-wheels while the clutch-mechanisms and dog-clutch are placed in engaged states. The dog-clutch engagement retainer mechanism holds the dog-clutch in engaged state while the power system turns in parking-lock-position inhibiting output rotary-member motion, and switching the dog-clutch from engaged to released when the power system switches to non-parking-lock position permitting the output rotary-member motion. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354683 | TORQUE CONVERTER - In a torque convertor including a pump impeller, a turbine runner and a stator, an outer regulation surface facing inwards in a radial direction is provided at a turbine shell on an inward side in the radial direction from a turbine blade, an inner regulation surface that approaches and faces the outer regulation surface from inside in the radial direction is provided at a stator hub, and at least one of the outer regulation surface and the inner regulation surface is formed into a ring shape. Accordingly, movement of the stator along the radial direction at a time of transportation is inhibited and it is made unnecessary to form flange portions at core rings of the pump impeller and the turbine runner. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354684 | TORQUE CONVERTER IN VEHICLE - Disclosed is a torque converter in a vehicle, which permits putting a lock-up clutch into operation while sufficiently attenuating vibration at all rotation speed ranges of a low rotation speed range to a high rotation speed range of an engine. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354685 | HYDROSTATIC AND DIRECT DRIVE TRANSMISSION - A hydrostatic driveline has a power source, a transmission portion, a hydrostatic pump, a hydrostatic motor, a transfer case, a first axle assembly, an inter-axle drive shaft, and a second axle assembly. The transmission portion is drivingly engaged with the power source. The hydrostatic pump is in driving engagement with the transmission portion. The hydrostatic motor is in fluid communication with the hydrostatic pump. The transfer case is in driving engagement with the hydrostatic motor. The inter-axle drive shaft is in driving engagement with the transfer case and the transmission portion. The transmission portion, the hydrostatic pump, the hydrostatic motor, the transfer case, and the inter-axle shaft form a first power path for the hydrostatic driveline and the transmission portion and the inter-axle shaft form a second power path for the hydrostatic driveline. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354686 | THREE POINT HARMONIC DRIVE - A harmonic drive is provided and includes a toothed harmonic ring gear, a harmonic wave generator including a rotor element, which includes an outer three-lobe wave profile, and a stator element configured to drive rotation of the rotor element. The harmonic drive further includes a harmonic flex spine radially interposed between the harmonic ring gear and the rotor element. The harmonic flex spine includes a toothed portion and a bearing element rotatably supportive of the rotor element within the toothed portion. The toothed portion is disposed to register with the toothed harmonic ring gear at three contact points defined by the outer three-lobe wave profile in accordance with the rotation of the rotor element. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354687 | WORM WHEEL AND ELECTRIC POWER STEERING APPARATUS - A core of a worm wheel has an axial end surface formed with a first annular recess nad and another axial end surface formed with a second annular recess. A rim portion has a first inner circumferential portion fixed to the first annular recess and a second inner circumferential portion fixed to the second annular recess. An outer circumferential wall surface of the second annular recess extends from a bottom surface of the second annular recess so as to be perpendicular to the bottom surface. A depth of the second annular recess is at least 0.1 mm but not deeper than half of a gate thickness. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354688 | WORM WHEEL AND ELECTRIC POWER STEERING APPARATUS - A core of a worm wheel has an axial end surface formed with a first annular recess, another axial end surface formed with a second annular recess, and a third annular recess formed in a radially outer region of the first annular recess. A rim portion has a first inner circumferential portion fixed to the first annular recess, a second inner circumferential portion fixed to the second annular recess, and a protrusion engaged with the third annular recess. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354689 | TORSIONAL VIBRATION DAMPER WITH AN INTERLOCKED ISOLATOR - Torsional vibration dampers having isolator members (crankshaft damper-isolators) are disclosed that include a hub defining an annular receptacle, a pulley body having a belt engaging surface, a damper assembly disposed between an outermost radial surface of the hub and the pulley body, an isolator member seated in the annular receptacle of the hub, and a slide bearing disposed between an outer radial surface of the hub and the sleeve of the pulley body. The isolator member is engaged with both the hub and the pulley body for rotation therewith when the hub and pulley body rotate at the same speed and when the hub rotates relative to the pulley body. The isolator member may be an elastomeric isolator or a torsion spring isolator. The slide bearing axially retains the pulley body to the hub and allows the pulley body to rotate relative to the hub. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354690 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING PRELOAD IN BALL SCREW - A system for the monitoring a preload in a ball screw includes a ball screw, a detecting device, a capturing device and a processing device. The ball screw has a preload. The detecting device detects an operating signal of the ball screw. The operating signal contains information about the ball screw's rotating speed and status. The status refers to a vibration or a sound generated by the operating ball screw. The capturing device is connected to the detecting device and acquires the operating signal. The processing device is connected to the capturing device, and has a threshold. The processing device processes and converts the operating signal into a ball-passing signal. When the ball-passing signal surpasses the threshold, the processing device determines that the ball screw's preload has vanished. Thereby, the system is enabled to determine the current state of the ball screw's preload reliably. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354691 | Axle Assembly - An axle assembly that may have a housing and a carrier housing. The axle assembly may include one or more quiet lubricant reservoirs that may not receive rotating components of the axle assembly. A seal may be provided in a channel that may be disposed between the housing and the carrier housing. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354692 | System and Method of Transferring Heat Between Transmission Fluid and Coolant in Oil Pan - A system for transferring heat between a transmission fluid and a coolant in a transmission, such as in a motor vehicle, includes a transmission pump for circulating the transmission fluid and an oil pan having a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger has at least one transmission fluid layer and at least one coolant layer. The heat exchanger is located on a high pressure side of the transmission pump and is configured to receive a pressurized flow of the transmission fluid from the transmission pump. Preferably, the heat exchanger receives the pressurized flow directly from either the transmission pump or a hydraulic control system. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354693 | DRIVE UNIT FOR VEHICLES - A drive unit for vehicles that prevents a blow out of lubrication oil from a breather during splash lubrication is provided. A partition plate is disposed along a flat face of a ring gear to divide an inner space of the chamber into a first reservoir in which the ring gear is disposed, and a second reservoir to which the lubrication oil partially flows thereinto to return to an oil pan. The partition plate comprises a main body disposed between the flat face of the ring gear and an inner face of the chamber opposed thereto, and a bent portion formed on an upper end of the main body to guide the lubrication oil scattered upwardly by a rotation of the ring gear in a direction away from the breather. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354694 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING A PLANET CARRIER - A planet carrier assembly is provided. The planet carrier assembly includes a housing having a plurality of holes provided therein. The planet carrier assembly includes a pin positioned within each of the plurality of holes. Each pin is configured to rotatably support a gear. The pin includes a retention groove provided at an end of the pin and least partially on a circumference thereof. The pin includes an orientation surface adjacent to and cooperating with the retention groove. The planet carrier assembly includes a plate having a plurality of slots provided thereon. Each of the plurality of slots is configured to engage with the respective pin. The plate is configured to angularly orient the pin within each of the plurality of holes in the housing during an assembly and to lock the pin within each of the plurality of holes in the housing after the assembly. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354695 | Planetary Gear Train for Transmission of Motor - Provided is a planetary gear train for transmission of e-bike motor, including: a carrier protrusively formed in a center with a stator axis insertion boss provided with a stator axis insertion groove in a shape corresponding to that of the stator axis for insertion of the stator axis, and mounted with a plurality of gear installation units; a plurality of planetary gears interposed rotatably mounted at an upper surface of the gear installation unit of the carrier; and a fixing pin rotatably mounting the plurality of planetary gears on the gear installation units, wherein the fixing pin includes a pin head preventing the planetary gears from deviating. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354696 | SHIFTING DEVICE FOR AN AUTOMATIC GEARBOX - The invention relates to a shifting device for a transmission, especially an automatic transmission of a motor vehicle, having an actuating lever that can be moved into different positions in order to select gears, and having a movably mounted transmission component that serves to transmit movements of the actuating lever to at least one additional component, especially a control cable, whereby the actuating lever can be either coupled to or uncoupled from the transmission component. The shifting device is characterized in that, in order to effectuate the coupling, a projection of the actuating lever engages into a receptacle that is movably mounted on and/or in the transmission component. Alternatively or additionally, the shifting device is characterized in that, in order to effectuate the coupling, a projection of the transmission component engages into a receptacle that is movably mounted on and/or in the actuating lever. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354697 | DUAL SUMP TRANSMISSION HYDRAULIC CONTROL SYSTEM - A hydraulic control system includes a primary sump and an auxiliary sump. When the transmission fluid is warm, fluid remains in the auxiliary sump reducing the volume of oil in circulation throughout the transmission to reduce parasitic losses. An oil control valve is designed to block flow of oil from the auxiliary sump to the primary sump when the fluid is warm and to allow flow when the fluid is cold. The oil control valve also responds to transmission line pressure. At moderate temperatures, fluid is held in the auxiliary sump when the engine is running but drains back to the primary sump when the engine is off. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354698 | CONTROLLING AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - A method of downshifting an automotive transmission. An on-coming transmission element is stroked while pressure for an off-going element is reduced. Pressure for the stroked on-coming element is increased to be sufficient to carry torque. Pressure for the off-going element is reduced below a torque transmitting amount once the stroked on-coming element has a sufficient torque carrying capacity. Torque capacities for the elements are determined from transmission output torque and acceleration and transmission input torque and acceleration. Feed forward or feedback terms for off-going and on-coming element torque capacities may be calculated using the transmission output torque, transmission input acceleration, and transmission input torque. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354699 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SHIFTS OF AN ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLED MECHANICAL TRANSMISSION OF A VEHICLE - A method of shifting a transmission of a vehicle. The method includes the steps of: initiating a shift from a first gear to a second gear in the transmission; disengaging a first clutch associated with the first gear; engaging a second clutch associated with the second gear; and actively modifying a pump displacement and/or a motor displacement while the disengaging step or the engaging step are carried out. The motor is drivingly coupled to the transmission. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354700 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - An automatic transmission including a clutch that can engage rotation transmission of two rotary members by supplying an engagement pressure to an engagement hydraulic oil chamber disposed on an outer peripheral side of a central shaft to press and move a piston member to one axial side, and disengage the rotation transmission of the two rotary members with an other-side pressing mechanism that presses and drives the piston member to the other axial side. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354701 | VIBRATION FEEDBACK SYSTEM FOR DRIVER - Disclosed is a vibrating notification device for an automobile. A vibrator is placed within touch of an automobile driver which vibrates upon the automobile engine speed reaching the proper shift point for the automobile. Additional embodiments include sequential lights which activate in order as the automobile's engine approaches the shift point speed. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354702 | PISTON RING FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES WITH INCREASED FATIGUE STRENGTH, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A piston ring ( | 2015-12-10 |
20150354703 | LIP SEAL WITH INVERSION PREVENTION FEATURE - A dynamic shaft seal assembly is provided including a dynamic seal for engaging a rotary shaft. The dynamic seal includes a mounting portion that is mounted within a casing and has an axially extending barrel portion extending from a radially inner end of the mounting portion. The axially extending barrel portion terminates in a radially extending leg portion which extends inwardly from an end of the axially extending portion. A generally conically shaped seal portion extends from an end of the radially extending portion and the seal portion includes a radially inner face engaging the shaft and a radially outer face having a stiffening bead integrally formed thereon. The mounting portion defines a bumper spaced from the axially extending barrel portion by a gap distance that is designed to prevent the seal lip from inverting under sustained high pressure or pressure spikes. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354704 | V-RING SEAL WITH BIASING MEMBER - A seal assembly is for sealing a space between first and second members, the first member having a central axis and an outer circumferential surface extending about the axis, the second member having a radially-extending axial surface. The seal assembly includes a generally annular elastomeric seal body disposed about the first member outer surface and extending circumferentially about the central axis, the body including a base portion and a sealing portion having an inner end integrally formed with the base portion and an outer, free end sealingly engageable with the second member axial surface, a generally annular cavity being defined between the base portion and the sealing portion. A biasing member is disposed within the annular cavity and is configured to exert a generally radially-inwardly directed force on the seal body so as to substantially prevent relative angular displacement between the seal body and the first member. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354705 | ARRANGEMENT WITH A RADIAL SHAFT SEAL HAVING A SINUSOIDALLY CURVED SEALING EDGE - An arrangement includes a radial shaft seal ( | 2015-12-10 |
20150354706 | LIP SEAL FOR WATER PUMP - Disclosed is a lip seal for water pump made of a rubber-like elastic material, fixed to a housing as a fixed side and in sliding contact with a shaft rotating relative to the housing; the lip seal having sliding surface with a surface roughness Ra (according to JIS B0601 corresponding to ISO 4287) of 1 to 30 μm, being obtained by vulcanization-molding of a rubber composition comprising 100 parts by weight of the rubber-like elastic material, 1 to 150 parts by weight of a reinforcing filler, 5 to 90 parts by weight of a non-reinforcing filler having an average particle diameter of 1 μm or more, 0.1 to 5 parts by weight of a coupling agent, 1 to 15 parts by weight of a co-crosslinking agent, and 0.5 to 10 parts by weight of an organic peroxide. The lip seal effects to prevent softening and volume swelling of the rubber-like elastic material and furthermore the generation of deposits in the rotating shaft, which are problematic for rotation torque and LLC resistance. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354707 | BRUSH SEAL DEVICE - The present invention is to provide a brush seal device capable of following displacement in a radial direction of a rotational shaft appropriately. The brush seal device prevents leakage of process fluid, wear of a brush seal etc., and leakage of process fluid from an outer circumferential side. The brush seal device | 2015-12-10 |
20150354708 | System for the Contactless Sealing of a Rotatably Mounted Shaft with Respect to a Housing, and Gear Unit - A system for the contactless sealing of a rotatably mounted shaft with respect to a housing, and a gear unit, oil being provided in the interior of the housing, in particular, the rotating shaft protruding from the interior into the outer area; a centrifugal disk, joined in rotatably fixed manner to the shaft, having at least partially radially extending bores that connect oil from a centrifugal chamber to a collection chamber surrounding the centrifugal disk. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354709 | Valve Device - To provide a valve device which can maintain the engagement relation between a rod mechanism and a valve mechanism even when the range of advance/retraction of the rod mechanism increases, as well as can achieve downsizing of the entire valve device. In a valve device | 2015-12-10 |
20150354710 | Fuel Tank Valve Assembly - There is disclosed a fuel tank valve assembly | 2015-12-10 |
20150354711 | KNIFE GATE VALVE - Knife gate valve comprising a body ( | 2015-12-10 |
20150354712 | COMPACT DOUBLE SHUT-OFF VALVE - A valve member having a first flow path and a second flow path, and configured to control both flow paths through a filter assembly. The valve member allows control of the two flow streams in a compact space compared to traditional valves. The valve member may require less space to operate due to its compact nature as compared to traditional external valves with multiple handles that each require space to rotate. The valve member may also be used to easily shut-off flow to a filter of a filter assembly without limiting use of another filtration assembly in the same filtration system. Alternatively, the valve member may shut off flow to a corresponding filter of a stand-alone filter assembly that is not connected to another filter assembly. Also, the valve member allows less expensive and more lightweight filtration systems. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354713 | Five-Way Heat Pump Reversing Valve - Systems and methods are disclosed which may include providing a five-way reversing valve in a heat pump HVAC system, wherein the five-way reversing valve comprises a selectively movable shuttle, a first high pressure inlet port, a second high pressure inlet port, a first variable port, a first outlet port, and a second variable port, and wherein the five-way reversible valve is configured to selectively alter a flowpath of refrigerant through the reversing valve between a first operational position associated with a cooling mode and a second operational position associated with a heating mode. The five-way reversing valve may also be configured to remove a component from the refrigerant fluid circuit when configured for operation in one of its two modes of operation. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354714 | MULTI-CHAMBER THERMAL MANAGEMENT ROTARY VALVE MODULE - A rotary valve with ports connected to housing. A first valve body rotatably positioned in a housing flow chamber has a fluid pathway that connects a first and/or second port to the flow chamber in a first rotational position, and prevents flow from the first and/or second port in a second rotational position. A second valve body rotatably positioned in the flow chamber has at least one fluid pathway that connects a third and/or fourth port to the flow chamber in a first rotational position, and prevents flow from the third and/or fourth port in a second rotational position of the second valve body. An actuator positions of the first and second valve bodies, and includes an epicyclic gear arrangement for driving the second valve body such that movement of the actuator shaft that rotates the first valve body results in only a partial movement of the second valve body. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354715 | SLIDE VALVE, IN PARTICULAR FOR CONTROLLING A MOTOR VEHICLE AUTOMATICTRANSMISSION - A slide valve, in particular for controlling a motor vehicle automatic transmission, has a housing which includes an axial end section. A connector sleeve is situated on the axial end section of the housing, the connector sleeve having a larger diameter in a first axial area adjacent to the housing and a smaller diameter in a second axial area remote from the housing, a filter device being situated in the first axial area. The second axial area includes a hydraulic connection. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354716 | ROTARY VALVE WITH AN ISOLATING DISTRIBUTION BODY - A rotary valve is provided including a housing with an inner chamber having a first inlet, a first outlet, a second inlet, and a second outlet. A valve body is rotatably positioned in the housing. The valve body includes at least one isolated fluid pathway that, depending upon a rotational position of the valve body, provides at least one of a direct connection of one or more of the inlets to one or more of the outlets, or permits flow from at least an other one of the inlets or the outlets that are not in the direct connection created by the at least one isolated fluid pathway into or from the inner chamber. At least one actuator controls the position of the valve body. | 2015-12-10 |
20150354717 | ROTARY MULTI-PORT VALVE - A rotary multi-port valve has a valve body having a primary flow port and a plurality of secondary flow ports. A rotary diverter is rotatable within the valve body and has an internal piston receptacle. A port selector piston is linearly moveable by hydraulic pressure from a de-energized position within the piston receptacle to an energized position for sealing with a selected flow port and accomplishes development of a spring force during hydraulically energized piston movement. Upon reduction of the hydraulic pressure the stored spring force returns the port selector piston to its de-energized position freeing the rotary diverter member for selective rotation to another selected flow port. | 2015-12-10 |