A ball detent is a simple mechanical arrangement used to hold a moving part in a temporarily fixed position relative to another part. Usually the moving...

A detent is a mechanical or magnetic means to resist or arrest the movement of a mechanical device. Such a device can be anything ranging from a simple...

the gap between the magnets. A ball detent type limiter transmits force through hardened balls which rest in detents on the shaft and are held in place...

thicker titanium handles, a thicker titanium lock bar, a stronger ceramic ball detent system, a larger titanium spacer (sometimes called a “stand off”), a...

reduction. The barrel-cylinder gap is 0.006 inches (0.15 mm), with a ball-detent lockup between the frame and cylinder crane that provides increased strength...

form uses a ball detent and spring, with the spring preloaded by an adjustable screw thread, calibrated in torque units. The ball detent transmits force...

Lockup is accomplished by a center-pin in the rear of the cylinder and a ball detent in the frame. The advanced design of the firearm helps in counteracting...

motors, fans, turbines, disc brakes, disc drives, propellers and pumps. Ball detent – a simple mechanical arrangement used to hold a moving part in a temporarily...

mm, a little over 3⁄8 inches). The swivel is kept in place by a four ball detents connected to the push button, which presses against the walls of the...

High-precision guide plate Advanced interlock system Anti-friction roller ball detents Hollow shafts and webbed gears Three-piece end load design aluminum housing...

designs, but the most common are the spring detent and pivoted detent. In both of these, a small detent locks the escape wheel and allows the balance...

18th century, several improvements were added to the musket. In 1750, a detent was added to prevent the sear from catching in the half-cock notch. A roller...

lack ball detents because the ball will roll down, and potentially out of, the barrel. This results in either a dry fire in the event that the ball fell...

stress. An additional feature of the Linerlock is the addition of a ball detent. This additional feature eliminates rubbing and scratch-marks when the...

addition of a ball-and-spring-type detent on the shift sleeve and detents on the shift rail assists the driver in shifting quicker. The detent raises the...

anti-friction roller, for more precise control of shift detents and positive shift feel. Anti-friction ball struts, sintered hubs and fine-pitch splines on all...

adjustment knobs (colloquially called "tracking turrets") often have internal ball detents to help accurately index their rotation, which provide a crisp tactile...

shifters used on many automatics in the 1950s. Typical detent systems use either a detent spring and ball or a cantilever spring and this spring moves up and...

bodies use Autococker threaded barrels and Angel threaded feednecks and ball-detents. This made the powerfeed tube design obsolete since chopping was no longer...

operator to hold the switch in the position. Other positions may have a detent to hold the position when released. A rotary switch may have multiple levels...

lockring which is screwed into the freehub. Shimano uses a lockring with detents to hold cassette sprockets in place, and this resists precession. Sturmey-Archer...

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heat-treated stop pin to align the blade in the open position. Walker added a detent ball to hold the blade in the closed position using the same spring force...

elsewhere on the mouse. The wheel is often, but not always, engineered with detents to turn in discrete steps, rather than continuously as an analog axis,...

with a rotating table where cards were spread around the center using a detent with variable pressure. In 1901, Benjamin Bellows filed a patent for his...

individual who has only one arm, and 5) a knife "that contains a spring, detent, or other mechanism designed to create a bias toward closure of the blade...

safely schedule trains drove improvements in accuracy. The engineer Webb C. Ball, established around 1891 the first precision standards and a reliable timepiece...

changes include a more sculpted handle, the introduction of a ceramic ball lockup/detent system and the use of 'Large Hollow Grind Technology" on the blade...

phase, since the bolt is in a "back" position. Thus, a rubber detent keeps the "chambered" ball from rolling out of the barrel before the marker is fired...

receptacle around its neck. From the Wujing Zongyao. An 'igniter fire ball' and 'barbed fire ball' from the Wujing Zongyao. A thunderclap bomb as depicted in the...