181 |
Vibration Damper Comprising A Generator Connection |
US15116460 |
2015-01-08 |
US20170012494A1 |
2017-01-12 |
Robert PRADEL; Helmut BAALMANN; Andreas FÖRSTER; Eberhard SIMON; Achim THOMAE; Sebastian SCHNEIDER |
A vibration damper having a cylinder filled with pressurized medium and in which a displacer drives a generator. The vibration damper has a compensation element that compensates pressure peaks from the displacer movement relative to the generator. The compensation element is constructed as a variable-torque clutch. |
182 |
Drive transmission mechanism that ensures extended service life in reduced size and image forming apparatus including the same |
US14822409 |
2015-08-10 |
US09416850B2 |
2016-08-16 |
Yuki Tamura; Masahiko Mizuno |
A drive transmission mechanism includes an electromagnetic clutch and a drive output gear. The electromagnetic clutch includes a clutch shaft, a clutch input gear, a clutch idler gear, and a clutch output gear. The drive transmission mechanism transmits driving power using a first drive transmission path or a second drive transmission path. The first drive transmission path includes the clutch idler gear, a first idler gear, and a first output gear unit to transmit driving power to a rotated member connected to a first output gear unit irrespective of the energizing or the non-energizing an electromagnetic clutch. The second drive transmission path includes the clutch output gear, a second idler gear, and a second output gear unit to transmit driving power to a rotated member connected to the second output gear unit only when the electromagnetic clutch is energized. |
183 |
Drive device for motor vehicles |
US14400248 |
2013-05-10 |
US09308811B2 |
2016-04-12 |
Thomas Boeer; Armin Baader |
A drive device for motor vehicles including one or more electric motors, each of which is associated with at least one drive wheel rotatable on a steering knuckle and drives the wheel via a step-down gearbox. The gearbox is installed in the wheel hub of the respective drive wheel and a disconnect device for coupling and decoupling the respective electric motor from the respective gearbox is provided. The steering knuckle is formed as an axle tube in which a drive shaft is rotatably mounted, the drive shaft being able to be brought into a driving connection to the rotor of the electric motor at the inner end of the shaft and to the input of the gearbox at the outer end of the shaft when it is to perform driving. |
184 |
DRIVE TRANSMISSION MECHANISM THAT ENSURES EXTENDED SERVICE LIFE IN REDUCED SIZE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME |
US14822409 |
2015-08-10 |
US20160053859A1 |
2016-02-25 |
Yuki TAMURA; Masahiko MIZUNO |
A drive transmission mechanism includes an electromagnetic clutch and a drive output gear. The electromagnetic clutch includes a clutch shaft, a clutch input gear, a clutch idler gear, and a clutch output gear. The drive transmission mechanism transmits driving power using a first drive transmission path or a second drive transmission path. The first drive transmission path includes the clutch idler gear, a first idler gear, and a first output gear unit to transmit driving power to a rotated member connected to a first output gear unit irrespective of the energizing or the non-energizing an electromagnetic clutch. The second drive transmission path includes the clutch output gear, a second idler gear, and a second output gear unit to transmit driving power to a rotated member connected to the second output gear unit only when the electromagnetic clutch is energized. |
185 |
A DEVICE AND METHOD FOR USING A MAGNETIC CLUTCH IN BLDC MOTORS |
US14772005 |
2014-03-13 |
US20160028299A1 |
2016-01-28 |
Alexander MOSTOVOY; Victor SHLAKHETSKI |
An apparatus for coupling mechanical power between the rotor of a Brushless DC Motor and an external mechanical load comprises: a) two concentric rings; b) an equal number of magnets connected to the inner ring and to the outer ring; and c) an opposite orientation of the poles of each couple of facing magnets, wherein one magnet is placed on the inner ring, and its facing magnet is placed on the outer ring; wherein the first of said two concentric rings is rotatable around an axis by the application of a force not applied by the second ring, and wherein when said first concentric ring rotates, the second ring rotates as well by the action of magnetic forces. |
186 |
Electric actuator module for selectable clutch |
US13838336 |
2013-03-15 |
US09127730B2 |
2015-09-08 |
Darrell Greene; Adrian Cioc |
A clutch module which includes a first rotating member including at least one strut actuation module and a second engaged member including cam surfaces thereon for engagement by said strut actuation module. The strut actuation module includes a frame with a strut pivotally movable with respect to the frame. The strut includes an engagement end and a base end including a first side and a second side thereof. A pin or post portion extends from the frame and has an insulated bobbin with an energizable coil surrounding the bobbin. A U-shaped member including a pair of actuation legs is attached to the pin member and forms a magnetic gap between the base end of the strut and peripheral ends of the legs, such that when the coil is energized the peripheral ends of the legs are polarized in a first polarity and the frame and the strut are polarized with an opposite polarity thereby biasing the strut toward the peripheral ends and pivoting the actuation end into engagement with a cam surface of the engagement member. |
187 |
DRIVE DEVICE FOR MOTOR VEHICLES |
US14400248 |
2013-05-10 |
US20150123452A1 |
2015-05-07 |
Thomas Boeer; Armin Baader |
A drive device for motor vehicles including one or more electric motors, each of which is associated with at least one drive wheel rotatable on a steering knuckle and drives the wheel via a step-down gearbox. The gearbox is installed in the wheel hub of the respective drive wheel and a disconnect device for coupling and decoupling the respective electric motor from the respective gearbox is provided. The steering knuckle is formed as an axle tube in which a drive shaft is rotatably mounted, the drive shaft being able to be brought into a driving connection to the rotor of the electric motor at the inner end of the shaft and to the input of the gearbox at the outer end of the shaft when it is to perform driving. |
188 |
Reverse rotation prevention device |
US11333570 |
2006-01-17 |
US08979506B2 |
2015-03-17 |
Omar M. Kabir; Edward S. Czechowski |
Apparatus and methods to prevent the rotation of a shaft in one direction using a device comprising a collar disposed around the shaft, a locking arm with an unlocked position and a locked position, and an actuator capable of moving the locking-arm between the unlocked and locked position. When the locking arm is in the unlocked position, the collar and shaft are allowed to rotate in a first direction. However, when the locking arm is in the locked position, the collar and shaft are prevented from rotating in a second direction. This device can also be used to prevent the reverse rotation of a rotating compressor. |
189 |
Electromagnetic one-way coupling |
US13669561 |
2012-11-06 |
US08925705B2 |
2015-01-06 |
Dennis N. Wys; Norman J. Bird |
A one-way coupling includes a cam plate including cams, a pocket plate including pockets, struts, each strut located in one of the pockets, and an electromagnet for engaging one of the struts with one of the cams, including a coil, a core and poles that extend from the coil to said strut, a gap between the poles and the pocket plate exceeding a gap between the poles and said strut. |
190 |
ELECTRIC ACTUATOR MODULE FOR SELECTABLE CLUTCH |
US13838336 |
2013-03-15 |
US20140102844A1 |
2014-04-17 |
Darrell Greene; Adrian Cioc |
A clutch module which includes a first rotating member including at least one strut actuation module and a second engaged member including cam surfaces thereon for engagement by said strut actuation module. The strut actuation module includes a frame with a strut pivotally movable with respect to the frame. The strut includes an engagement end and a base end including a first side and a second side thereof. A pin or post portion extends from the frame and has an insulated bobbin with an energizable coil surrounding the bobbin. A U-shaped member including a pair of actuation legs is attached to the pin member and forms a magnetic gap between the base end of the strut and peripheral ends of the legs, such that when the coil is energized the peripheral ends of the legs are polarized in a first polarity and the frame and the strut are polarized with an opposite polarity thereby biasing the strut toward the peripheral ends and pivoting the actuation end into engagement with a cam surface of the engagement member. |
191 |
CONTROLLABLE OVERRUNNING COUPLING |
US13488699 |
2012-06-05 |
US20130319810A1 |
2013-12-05 |
Norman J. Bird |
A drive device includes a first one-way coupling including a cam plate, pocket plate and struts, a second one-way coupling including a second cam plate driveably connected to the pocket plate, second pocket plate extending in a partial 5 circular arc and secured to the cam plate, and second struts for opening and closing a drive connection between said second plates, and electromagnets for causing the second struts to close said drive connection. |
192 |
ACTIVE MATERIAL ACTUATOR HAVING A MAGNETORHEOLOGICAL OVERLOAD PROTECTOR |
US13836289 |
2013-03-15 |
US20130240320A1 |
2013-09-19 |
Alan L. Browne |
A system for and method of providing overload protection for actuators, such as shape memory alloy wires, including and utilizing a magnetorheological fluid mechanism connected in series with or parallel to the load driven by the actuator, and operable to effect tunable protection. |
193 |
Method for manufacturing connector of electronic clutch for compressor |
US12270618 |
2008-11-13 |
US07823280B2 |
2010-11-02 |
Suk-Jae Chung; Sung-Taeg Oh; Dae-Yong Park; Hwa-Yeop Shin |
The present invention relates to a connector of an electromagnetic clutch for a compressor and a manufacturing method thereof. The method includes the steps of arranging a leading end of a lead wire 62 or 72 of at least one discharge device 60 or remaining magnetic field removing device 70, which configures a surge absorbing circuit, to a terminal 50 installed in a connector 30 configuring a field coil assembly and having a coupling slot 56 formed in one side thereof; plastically deforming at least one slot bridge 57 to fix the lead wire 62 or 72 to the coupling slot 56; and making the connector 30 in a state where the terminal 50 is fixed to an assembly of at least the discharge device 60 or remaining magnetic field removing device 70 by injection molding. |
194 |
CLUTCH |
US12422301 |
2009-04-13 |
US20100163365A1 |
2010-07-01 |
KIM-YEUNG SIP; XIONG LI |
A clutch includes a driving member and a driven member. The driving member includes a rotatable shaft and four breaking blocks radially fixed to the rotatable shaft. Each breaking block includes a thermally deformable main body including an engaging surface, and a heating element and an engaging block formed on the engaging surface. The driven member includes a mounting surface and defines four engagement-receiving portions and a through hole in the mounting surface. The four engagement-receiving portions are positioned and shaped so as when the driving member is assembled to the driven member the four engaging blocks are correspondingly engaged with the four engagement-receiving portions. The rotatable shaft is rotatably inserted through the through hole. The heating element is configured for heating the breaking block to force it to bend the engaging blocks away from the engagement-receiving portions to disengage the clutch. |
195 |
Method, device and use thereof for operating a motor vehicle |
US10711851 |
2004-10-08 |
US07160225B2 |
2007-01-09 |
Reinhard Berger; Klaus Kupper; Georg Schneider |
A method, a device, and use thereof for operating a motor vehicle having a drive motor and a transmission in the drive train are proposed. |
196 |
Currency unit dispensing apparatus |
US10034737 |
2001-12-28 |
US20020117798A1 |
2002-08-29 |
Colin
Richard
French |
A coin (or banknote) dispenser has a plurality of cash stores, a common actuator and a clutch for each store selectively transmitting a driving force to cause dispensing of a currency unit. The clutch has a driving member which is driven by the actuator, a driven member which can move to cause a currency unit to be dispensed from the cash store, a coupling member which can cause a driving force to be transmitted from the driving member to the driven member depending upon whether the coupling member is in an engaged state or a disengaged state, and an electromagnet for moving the coupling member from one of the states to the other state. |
197 |
Dental instrument with a drive tool and a transmission device with magnetic clutch elements |
US10003293 |
2001-12-06 |
US20020072033A1 |
2002-06-13 |
Thomas
Bierbaum; Ulf
Stein |
A dental instrument with a drive tool and a transmission device. The instrument has a neck drive with a drive shaft housed within a first and second shank. The drive shaft has a toothed wheel at one end and the transmission device at the other end. The transmission device has at least one magnetic and/or magnetizable clutch element and means for influencing the transmission torque of the magnetic and/or magnetizable clutch elements. |
198 |
Automatic readjusting assembly for an electromagnetic clutch or brake
apparatus |
US450839 |
1989-12-14 |
US4993532A |
1991-02-19 |
Harald Weiss; Winfried Hofler; Karl Schilling; Gunter Klinger |
An automatic air gap readjusting assembly in a clutch or brake unit is operated by electromagnetic and spring forces. A drive shaft 3 frictionally mounts, by a plurality of O-rings, an adjustment member. The adjustment member is readjusted by a contact or armature plate such that the air gap between the armature plate and the electromagnetic mechanism attracting the armature plate will remain constant, i.e. the stroke of the armature plate will remain constant. Torque is transmitted from the drive shaft to the armature plate via a radial flange having a plurality of axially movable torque transmitting bolt assemblies, which are clamped to an annular spring member secured to the armature plate. This arrangement allows for continuous readjustment for wear of the air gap between the armature plate and the electromagnetic mechanism; furthermore, the readjustment always takes place under uniform force conditions despite increasing wear. |
199 |
Supporting bracket for hydraulic pump and clutch |
US548314 |
1983-11-03 |
US4601378A |
1986-07-22 |
William C. Pierce; Jack E. West |
A supporting bracket for an electromagnetic clutch and a hydraulic pump driven through the clutch from a drive shaft, belt pulley or other power input by which the various forces exerted on the pump shaft by the clutch and power input are supported by the bracket thereby eliminating excessive wear on the supporting bearing structure for the pump shaft thereby prolonging the useful life of the hydraulic pump and maintaining the clutch components in properly oriented relation for proper and long lasting operation thereof. The bracket includes a supporting member to which the clutch is attached and to which the pump is attached and a supporting foot or pedestal engaged with a supporting surface and rigidly affixed thereto with the supporting bracket taking all of the load off the pump shaft with the pump shaft sliding into the clutch by a spline coupling or in the same manner as a pump shaft would be connected to a truck transmission or the like thereby reducing alignment problems and reducing the skill required by the person installing a hydraulic pump on a truck such as a truck with a trash compactor, lift or other mechanism operated by hydraulic pressure supplied by a hydraulic pump. |
200 |
Drive shaft coupling device |
US590311 |
1984-03-16 |
US4568310A |
1986-02-04 |
Charles F. deMey, II |
A drive shaft coupling apparatus which includes a first segment of a drive shaft, a ferromagnetic end piece mounted on one end of the first segment to provide linear play and angular flexibility with respect to the axis of rotation of the first segment, a second segment of said drive shaft, a motor for driving one of the segments of the drive shaft, a second end piece for providing a magnetic field which is mounted on one end of the second segment to provide linear play and angular flexibility with respect to the axis of rotation of the second segment, and insert for frictionally coupling the end pieces, the end pieces and the insert for frictionally coupling being arranged and dimensioned to provide a magnetic force between the end pieces sufficient to attract one end piece to the other end piece to gradually increase the rotational speed of said one end piece until it reaches the same speed as said other end piece, but insufficient to overload the motor and prevent it from turning. |