Patent application number | Description | Published |
20120125693 | POST HOLE DIGGER WITH INTEGRATED SAFETY FEATURES - Embodiments provide safety features for a post hole digger, such as for attachment to a tractor or other utility device. The post hole digger has a boom and a yoke for pivotally connecting to the tractor or similar device, a driveline for transmitting rotational energy, and an auger for forming holes in a ground or floor surface. Rotating features of the post hole digger are isolated by various guard members, thereby enhancing the safety of the device. | 05-24-2012 |
20130000785 | LOG SPLITTER WITH TWO HANDED OPERATION FEATURES - Embodiments herein provide systems, devices, and methods for splitting logs, wood, and other materials. A splitting device safety feature is disclosed, the safety feature comprising a safety locking mechanism that generally requires operation or activation by at least one hand of a user and an activation mechanism which generally requires activation or use with the other hand of a user. Both mechanisms are required to be activated, each by at least one hand of a user, in a simultaneous manner in order to activate at least some features. For example, a safety lock out mechanism is provided that prevents or blocks the activation of the device from initiating log splitting processes. Therefore, two distinct features requiring the use of at least one hand of a user are required to be activated or operated in order to perform log splitting functions. | 01-03-2013 |
20140124097 | LOG SPLITTING APPARATUS HAVING LOG SPLITTER FRAME WITH STRIPPER PLATES - A log splitting apparatus having stripper plates for stripping logs from a blade member as a piston is retracted into a cylinder. In one arrangement, the stripper plates are removably securable to opposing sides of a log splitter frame of the apparatus to allow for replacement of the stripper plates with other stripper plates or other components (e.g., stroke reducing devices), use of multi-way (e.g., 4-way) wedge systems, and/or the like. | 05-08-2014 |
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20090078491 | STRADDLE TYPE VEHICLE WITH ELECTRIC POWER STEERING APPARATUS - A straddle type vehicle with an electric power steering apparatus includes a vehicle body frame, a bar handle disposed in a front portion of the vehicle body frame, a steering shaft transmitting a turning operation of the bar handle to a pair of right and left front wheels, an electric power steering apparatus mounted in an intermediate portion of the steering shaft for assisting a steering motion of the bar handle, and an engine unit mounted in a center lower portion of the vehicle body frame in rear of the steering shaft. The electric power steering apparatus includes an electric motor arranged in front of the steering shaft. | 03-26-2009 |
20090078492 | STRADDLE TYPE VEHICLE WITH ELECTRIC POWER STEERING APPARATUS - A straddle type vehicle is provided with a body frame of a vehicle, a bar handle provided in a front portion of the vehicle body frame, a steering shaft transmitting a turning operation of the bar handle to a pair of right and left front wheels, and an electric power steering apparatus mounted in an intermediate portion of the steering shaft for assisting a steering motion of the bar handle. The electric power steering apparatus includes, in a state of the vehicle capable of being traveled, an electric power steering main body including an electric motor, a gear unit, an input shaft and an output shaft, an upper steering shaft in which the bar handle is attached to an upper end portion and an upper end of the input shaft is connected to a lower end portion, and a support member supporting the upper steering shaft. | 03-26-2009 |