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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7997362 | Device for coupling a universal joint shaft with a power take-off shaft of a tractor A device for coupling a universal joint shaft to a power take-off shaft (1) of a tractor has a first coupling mechanism (48) that is non-rotatably arranged on the universal joint shaft. A second coupling mechanism (17) is non-rotatably arranged ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7913782 | Pull behind unit for use with a self-propelled unit A vehicle and a pull behind unit are disclosed. The pull behind unit may be attached to a hitch of the vehicle. The pull behind unit may include powered ground engaging members which may be powered by an engine of the vehicle or an engine of the pull behind unit. | 03/29/2011 |
| 7334645 | Articulated power transfer apparatus A hitch apparatus for connection between a tractor and a trailing implement such as a cutter includes a hitch arm at one end of the apparatus extending forwardly and pivotal so as to extend either inwardly or outwardly thus offsetting the apparatus across the rear o... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7328529 | Mower convertible into a tracked implement and vice versa This invention relates to a mower and a tracked implement that convert from one to the other by coupling a mower unit or a tracked unit to a common drive unit. The drive unit is thus used in both products to provide cost savings in the purchase of the equipment. In ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7290778 | Cradle for steering assembly The present invention is directed to a replacement steering assembly for a rear steer vehicle and requires no cutting/removal of suspension components or drilling holes or welding of vehicle frame rails. The replacement steering assembly includes a cradle for suppor... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7278502 | Implement and power take off attachment system A quick attaching coupler is mounted to a tractor three point hitch, with a first actuator linked to latches on both sides of the hitch. The first actuator may be moved by a seated operator between a first position wherein both latches are unlatched and a second pos... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7273114 | Elimination of jack-knifing of the tractor-trailers A tractor-trailer coupling mechanism for a powered tow vehicle and unpowered trailer vehicle which eliminates jack-knifing. The coupling includes at least one extension or more on the trailer vehicle which is constructed to slide into a receptor channel or recesses ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7228927 | Vehicle protection against the effect of a land mine A vehicle with protection against the effects of an exploding land mine is provided, in which a military wheeled vehicle is provided with wheel axels and drives built into front and/or rear building blocks. The vehicle is divided into multiple building blocks, altho... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7163068 | Hitch assembly A hitch assembly for use between a prime mover having a pair of moveable arms and a trailed vehicle. The hitch assembly includes a transverse member attached by a pivot attachment to each movable arm at spaced locations on the transverse member. Each of the movable ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7055618 | Hydraulic pump drive A hydraulic pump drive is mounted to the tongue of an agricultural implement. Connecting components between the pump and the drawbar extender of the towing tractor aim the pump input shaft toward the tractor. A short telescoping PTO assembly connects the pump shaft ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6935453 | Four-wheel-drive vehicle A four-wheel-drive vehicle includes: a body frame; a swing unit including a power unit, and a rear axle connected to the power unit so as to be driven by the power unit, the swing unit being supported on the body frame for vertical swing motion; a front reduction ge... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6880651 | Articulated vehicle, an articulation device and a drive transmission An articulated vehicle is made up of two independently moveable vehicle bodies, for instance tracked vehicle bodies. The first vehicle body has an engine and the second one has a motor/generator. An articulation device connects them to allow the first vehicle body t... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6877758 | Pivoting implement hitch extension A hitch extension apparatus for attaching an implement with a pto driven drive shaft having front and rear universal joints to a tractor drawbar. The apparatus comprises a first member adapted for attachment to the tractor drawbar by insertion of a drawbar pin throu... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6874807 | Coupling device for a handling trolley A coupling device for a handling trolley comprises a drawbar (22) arranged at the front of the trolley and designed to co-operate with the hook (24) provided at the back of a tractor, in particular a trolley preceding a line of trolleys. The drawbar ( | 04/05/2005 |
| 6631773 | Articulated truck for carrying a load through a plurality of work cycles An articulated truck for carrying a load through a plurality of work cycles is disclosed. An embodiment includes a frame assembly, an articulation. joint, a plurality of axles, a plurality of ground engaging devices, an operator compartment, a body, an en... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6581718 | Steering arrangement for articulated tracked vehicles An arrangement for the steering and coupling together of two associated tracked units to form an articulated tracked vehicle set, includes a first upright for releasable coupling to a fixture on one of the tracked units, a second upright for coupling to a... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6119789 | Implement tracking hitch Hitch for interconnecting a tractor to a towed implement such as a sprayer, operated by a power takeoff (PTO) of the tractor. The hitch has a turning axis located close to the front of the implement, and a universal joint in the PTO shall be in vertical a... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6039134 | Motor vehicle A motor vehicle comprising a first vehicle having a vehicle body defining a first inner space and a first drive for driving the first vehicle, and a second vehicle having a second vehicle body defining a second inner space and having a second drive for dr... | 03/21/2000 |
| 5944130 | Trunnion mounted drive train arrangement First and second differentials are pivotally connected beneath the frame of a work machine by trunnion supporting members and first and second pairs of trunnions. Output and input shafts extend through bores disposed in the first and second trunnions and ... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5725063 | Articulated work vehicle A work vehicle includes an articulation joint between a front section and a rear section. The articulation joint comprises two vertically spaced pivotal support bearings defining a rotational axis of the joint. First and second drive trains extend through... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5664347 | Powertrain for trenching machine A trenching machine includes a vehicle, an engine transmission assembly, a transfer box assembly, an elevated differential gearbox, a trenching chain drive shaft, a pair of roller chains engaging the trenching chain drive shaft and the output shaft of the... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5632350 | Articulated vehicle An articulated vehicle made of a front and of a rear vehicle body of which the chassis are connected by an articulated joint. The articulated joint comprises a steering axis, a first longitudinal roll axis on the front chassis, and a second longitudinal r... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5462131 | Device for attaching an agricultural implement to a tractor A device which attaches an agricultural implement (2) to a tractor (1), and in addition, establishes a driving connection between the power take-off shaft of the tractor and the drive of the implement has, for this purpose, a drive unit (8) which includes... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5303790 | Quick attaching power take off A mechanism for the convenient and quick engagement of a power take-off of a farm tractor with a driven implement without the need for the operator to leave the tractor. The device is usable with a three point hitch for an implement and includes a spring ... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5222574 | Drive train for an articulated vehicle A vehicle includes front and rear sections which are pivotally connected to enable the rear section to articulate relative to the front section. A drive train connects a transmission on the front vehicle section to a differential on the rear vehicle secti... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5186271 | Swivel hitch with improved mounting of lower gearbox A primary drive line for delivering power from a power-take-off (pto) shaft on a tractor to an input shaft on an implement includes a swivel hitch comprised of an upper gearbox and a lower gearbox. The upper gearbox is fastened to a pair of spaced apart, ... | 02/16/1993 |
| 4934471 | Device for connecting working implement to tractor A tractor has a three-point link assembly comprising a top link and opposed lower links which are connected together by a connecting assembly at their ends toward a working implement. The connecting assembly comprises an upper connector and lower connecto... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4887680 | Device for connecting work machine to tractor A device for automatically connecting a work machine to a tractor includes a connector for interconnecting the rear ends of top link and lower links of a three-point link assembly pivoted to the body of the tractor. The connector has an upper engaging por... | 12/19/1989 |
| 4809489 | Riding mower The invention relates to a mower comprising a chassis which is provided with an engine. The chassis consists of a front and a rear section each section being provided with a pair of wheels and the front section supports a cutting attachment. The front and... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4805927 | Hitch adapter for use in connecting semi-integral, PTO-driven implements to tractor three-point hitch A hitch adapter couples a semi-integral, PTO-driven implement to a quick coupler carried by a tractor three-point hitch. The hitch adapter includes a drawbar located significantly below the level of the connection of lower three-point hitch link with the ... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4799563 | Device for mounting an implement on a tractor In a device for mounting an implement on a tractor wherein a body of the tractor is provided with an upwardly and downwardly movable hitch to which the implement is adapted to releasably mounted, a drive shaft associated to the hitch and drivingly connect... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4795135 | Power driven trailed skidder vehicle A trailed skidder vehicle driven from the power take-off of a tractor or other power driving vehicle performs the operations of a conventional skidder. The trailed skidder vehicle has an elongate structural frame supported by an axle and set of wheels at ... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4793430 | Hitch and drive structure for PTO-driven, semi-integral implement A hitch adapter is used to couple a PTO-driven implement to a three-point hitch arrangement of a towing tractor. The implement includes a transmission housing mounted for rotation about an upright axis that passes through a ball connection effected betwee... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4762191 | Articulated vehicle selectively driven at two axles from two power sources A vehicle, more especially in the form of an articulated omnibus, has a hybrid drive system comprising an IC engine and an electric motor, whose power is transmitted not only to an axle driven by the IC engine but in addition to a further drive axle in or... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4738461 | Implement hitch adaptor and transmission assembly for allowing towing tractor to turn sharply A towed implement includes apparatus adapted for being driven by a power take-off shaft of a towing tractor. The implement includes a tongue having a hitch bracket at its forward end, the bracket incorporating a ball coupler. A hitch adapter is provided f... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4735432 | Articulated vehicle The vehicle has a main chassis (2) pivotally supported by front and rear sub-chassis (1,6), one of which carries the engine. Constant velocity power is communicated between the two sub-chassis (1,6) by an intermediate shaft (20) connected to front and rea... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4714123 | Farm machine with improved transmission device The farm machine 2 according to the invention comprises a tongue 3 provided with a transmission device 5 fastened to the tongue 3 by a fastening housing 27 comprising a connecting pin 36 and connecting elements 37, 38 which limit the rotation of the trans... | 12/22/1987 |
| 4586578 | Articulated vehicle A trailing unit is pivotally supported by a tractor or leading unit at the front and a sub-chassis at the rear. Pivoting of the sub-chassis is controlled in accordance with turning of the leading unit so that the angle between sub-chassis and trailing uni... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4469187 | Articulated bus Articulated bus having a two-axle leading car and a single-axle trailing car. The leading car has a driving axle which is driven alternatively by an internal-combustion engine arranged in the trailing car and an electric motor arranged in the leading car.... | 09/04/1984 |
| 4368793 | Combination car system A combination car system made up from a first car and a second car, both of which are capable of running independently. The first car includes a pair of front wheels by which it is driven, a pair of rear wheels, an engine, a braking system, and a transmis... | 01/18/1983 |
