Anthony A Muehling

40700585, Jan 24, 1978

Oct 15, 1976

5/732681

Anthony A. Muehling - Detroit MI

A47C 1027

297374

A seat recliner including seat back and cushion supports connected about a pivotal axis and positioned relative to each other against pivoting in an infinite position adjustable manner. A housing is fixed to one of the supports and defines a pair of locking surfaces extending about the pivotal axis on opposite sides thereof with curved shapes that have increasing radii from the axis in opposite directions. A pair of cam members pivotal on the housing about the axis have respective cam surfaces that oppose the locking surfaces of the housing from opposite sides of the pivotal axis with curved shapes that have increasing radii in the same direction as their associated locking surfaces. A pair of locking slides are slidably mounted on the other support in a pivotally fixed relationship. Each slide has a first end slidably engaged with one of the locking surfaces on the housing and a second end slidably engaged with the cam surface on the opposite side of the pivotal axis from its first end such that the slides are positioned between the locking and cam surfaces and thereby prevent relative pivoting between the supports in either direction.

40953700, Jun 20, 1978

Jan 24, 1977

5/761915

Anthony A. Muehling - Detroit MI

E05F 1148

49352

A vehicle window regulator of the disclosure includes a band trained over upper and lower idler rollers whose axes of rotation are parallel to the window and each other and also trained over a manually driven drive roller located intermediate the idler rollers and rotatable about an axis perpendicular to a plane through the idler roller axes. An inboard reach of the band extends between the idler rollers and is trained over the drive roller while including a half twist so that the natural configuration thereof accommodates for the different orientations of the drive roller axis and the idler roller axes without stressing the band. An outboard reach of the band is secured to the window by a connector to move the window as the drive roller moves the band. Preferably, a vertically extending housing of the band includes upper and lower ends that mount the idler rollers and an intermediate portion that mounts the drive roller. At the intermediate housing portion, a one way clutch and a counterbalance spring are utilized in driving the band and providing counterbalancing of the window.

45245193, Jun 25, 1985

Mar 19, 1984

6/590918

Anthony A. Muehling - Detroit MI

B27B 1702

30382

A flexible saw is disclosed, including a plurality of toothed cutting links forming a continuous loop wherein the cutting links are arranged in two side-by-side rows with the cutting links in a staggered relationship. The links of each row each have opposite ends, respectively, aligned with the opposite ends of a pair of adjacent links of the other row. Rivets pivotally connect the aligned ends of the cutting links directly to each other. The flexible loop is mounted on a guide bar. The cutting links of each row each have a cutting tooth which extends away from the links of the other row. A safety bar is located between the teeth of the two rows of links to provide protection against accidental cutting.

42767997, Jul 7, 1981

Apr 18, 1979

6/031271

Anthony A. Muehling - Detroit MI

Black & Decker Inc. - Newark DE

B27B 524

83473

The invention is directed to a power tool apparatus such as a table saw which includes a housing having a table top with an appropriate opening for a motor driven tool. Pivotally mounted within the housing is an assembly which in the disclosed embodiment includes a frame having a subassembly pivotally mounted therein. A subassembly includes the tool, such as a saw blade, and the means for driving same. A first control includes a lever connected to the subassembly for pivoting same. The pivotal movement effected by the lever allows for quick and coarse setting of the tool at a desired elevation with respect to the tabletop. The control lever further includes a locking arrangement disposed thereon which is manipulatable by the same hand used to coarsely set the tool elevation. The locking arrangement secures the lever to the frame at the desired coarse setting. A second control means likewise operable by the same hand of the operator, is connected to the subassembly, whereby the subassembly is pivoted independently of the first control.

40360784, Jul 19, 1977

Jun 3, 1976

5/692418

Anthony A. Muehling - Detroit MI

G05G 522
G05G 116

74529

A vehicle parking brake pedal positioning mechanism of the disclosure positions a parking brake pedal in an actuated condition against pivotal movement toward a released position by an infinite position locking action. A frame of the mechanism rotatably supports the brake pedal and a locking member about a common pivotal axis so as to be rotatable with respect to the frame and each other. The frame and the locking member respectively include first and second cam surfaces extending about the pivotal axis and having portions with increasing radii from the axis in a direction corresponding to the brake pedal movement from the released position to the actuated condition. A slide mounted to rotate with the brake pedal but to slide relative thereto has first and second opposite ends respectively engaged in a slidable manner with the first and second cam surface portions on the frame and the locking member such that the slide is locked between the cam surface portions to hold the pedal in the actuated condition in an infinite position manner. The locking member is normally spring biased about the pivotal axis in a direction so as to maintain the engaged condition between the second cam surface portion thereof and the second end of the slide and is selectively moved in the opposite direction to release the pedal for movement back to the released position. Preferably, the frame of the mechanism has a plate-like construction that is stamped to form a depression having a round aperture concentric with the pivotal axis and first and second round depression portions, with the first round depression portion defining the first cam surface, and with the second round depression portion mounting the locking member which has a round configuration and a round aperture that defines the second cam surface.

51311500, Jul 21, 1992

Apr 11, 1991

7/683984

Anthony A. Muehling - Detroit MI

B23D 4500
B26D 146

301663

A flexible saw blade particularly well suited to the cutting of tree limbs, having a predetermined rivet pressure which assures that just the right degree of rivet pressure will act on transversely adjacent cutting links so that pivoting is easy but not too loose; having teeth pointed in predetermined directions to ensure sufficient kerf width to allow the flexible saw blade to pass through the limb as it cuts and prevents uncut wood from forming a ridge between the rows of cutting links, which would otherwise have the effect of impeding the cutting operation; and having a turn-link optionally incorporated which causes the flexible saw blade to automatically right itself with respect to the limb surface upon being passed over the limb and before actual cutting begins.