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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7980350 | Chassis mounted electric, independent, steering axle of a vehicle A chassis frame (10) has a cross member (22) that bridges right and left side rails (18, 20). Right and left wheel units (14, 16) comprising respective right and left steered road wheels (24, 26) are suspended from the frame by res... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7909127 | Wheel hub cartridge and carrier A two piece wheel hub assembly includes a hub cartridge assembly and a vehicle-mounted carrier. The cartridge assembly can be readily attached to and removed from the carrier without removal of the carrier from the vehicle. ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7900734 | Rider lift truck A rider lift truck with a drive portion, in which is arranged a travelling drive featuring at least one electric travelling motor for at least one steered driving wheel, with a steering device for the driving wheel, a load portion featuring a mast, an electric contr... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7866432 | Chassis for electric vehicles The present invention discloses an electric vehicle chassis applicable to the field of the electric vehicle technology. The object is to provide an electric vehicle with light weight and good driving stability. The electric vehicle chassis according the present inve... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7690470 | Hydrostatic transaxle A hydrostatic transaxle comprises: a motor casing; at least one hydraulic motor disposed in the motor casing; at least one output shaft disposed in the motor casing so as to be driven by the at least one hydraulic motor; and a pair of steerable wheel support units a... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7591340 | Steering and driving system for an industrial truck A steering and driving system (1, 53, 54) for an industrial truck with a driving engine (2), a driving transmission (21), a steering engine (4) and a steering transmission (5, 32, 32′), through that one rotor (23) arranged... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7392116 | Method for operating a chassis regulating system and a device to carry out the method A method for operating a chassis regulating system of a vehicle, in which a control quantity is generated for an actuator, includes providing a first signal, which is representative of the transverse acceleration of the vehicle, providing a second signal, which is r... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7366327 | System for recognizing wheels by artificial vision The system includes wheel locating equipment, image capturing equipment, lighting equipment, a first control device, first communicating installations for communications between the first control device and the image capturing equipment, and second communicating ins... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7357210 | Vehicle power transmission system A vehicle power transmission system comprises: a prime mover mounted on a vehicle body frame; a first axle and a first transaxle for driving the first axle disposed at one of front and rear portions of a vehicle, the first transaxle having a first input part project... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7350605 | In-wheel motor capable of efficiently cooling electric motor and reduction gear An in-wheel motor includes a wheel disc, a wheel hub, a case, a motor, a planetary gear and a shaft. The wheel disc is connected to the wheel hub. The planetary gear is connected to the motor's rotor. The case includes subcases and a diaphragm. One subcase is arrang... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7331419 | Dual-circuit steer-by-wire steering system comprising a common cradle The invention relates to a steer-by-wire steering system comprising a hydraulic control unit that acts on the steerable wheels (1, 20), the control unit having at least one cradle (4, 23), which is displaceably mounted on at least one guide rod (5, ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7326144 | Vehicle transmission systems A vehicle transmission system includes an input shaft connected to a differential mechanism, which has two output shafts. The two output shafts carry first and second coaxially mounted sun wheels, respectively, of an epicyclic gear system which mesh with first and s... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7302979 | Vehicle tire inflation system and sensor and method of use A combined tire inflation system and a wheel speed sensor for a vehicle steer axle has a steerable spindle with a substantially hollow interior portion. A shaft, located in the hollow interior portion, connects a rotatable hub cap adjacent the spindle and a sensor a... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7296647 | Transport drive in particular for stage elements, fork-lift vehicles and moving platforms A transport drive, in particular for stage elements, fork-lift vehicles and moving platforms (R), comprising at least one element which is driven or may be driven, integrated in a base region of the stage element (R), whereby the at least one element for raising and... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7291247 | Absorbent sheet made with papermaking fibers with durable curl A process for bleaching high bulk cellulosic fiber and producing a durable elevated curl index includes: (a) concurrently bleaching, heat treating and convolving cellulosic fiber pulp at elevated temperature and pressure at high consistency generally under condition... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7222007 | Attitude sensing system for an automotive vehicle relative to the road A system (18) for controlling a safety system (44) of an automotive vehicle (10) includes a longitudinal acceleration sensor (36), a vehicle speed sensor (20), a lateral acceleration sensor (32), a yaw rate sensor, and a con... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7201247 | All wheel drive utility vehicle with bogey beam suspension A utility vehicle that has a bogey beam suspension for the front steered wheels is also provided with all wheel drive by mounting a drive shaft within the bogey beam so that power can be furnished to the front axle. For a six wheel vehicle the middle axle is mounted... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7199536 | Power steering device An electric power steering apparatus provides stable steering assist force by positively precluding actuation of an electric motor while it is rotating in a reverse direction, so as to prevent demagnetization of the electric motor. A motor reverse rotation detecting... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7198130 | V-drive motor arrangement A V-drive motor arrangement for a motor vehicle, with the motor vehicle including a pair of frame members maintained in a spaced apart relationship. The V-drive motor arrangement includes a first motor mounted between the two frame members and coupled to a first gea... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7118182 | Axle unit for driving wheel A drive-wheel axle unit which prevents the mutual contact portion between a caulk portion (29a) of a hub (6a) and an outer-end face (39) of a housing portion (11) of a drive shaft member (31) from being exhausted, the... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7114591 | Steering system for working truck One of the mode lamps 38a, 38b and 38c of the mode indicator 38 corresponding to the current steering mode is turned on yellow and the other mode lamps are turned on green or turned off, thereby indicating whether fro... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7096988 | Snowmobile power steering system A snowmobile comprises a frame assembly. An internal combustion engine is mounted to the frame assembly. A steering assembly is mounted to the frame assembly. The steering assembly comprises a steering shaft having a first portion and a second portion. The first por... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7073625 | Exhaust gas muffler and flow director Either or both of an exhaust pipe coupled to the output end of an automobile engine collector pipe or the plurality of pipes coupled to the input apertures of the collector pipe from the engine are apertured along their lengths and contained within a further surroun... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7044258 | Direct drive suspension A skid steer vehicle is supported on four gearboxes that function both as control arms and as speed reduction gearboxes. Each side of the vehicle's chassis has two gearboxes to which it is coupled. A hydraulic motor is fixed to each side of the chassis to drive the ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7028583 | Axle assembly with transverse mounted electric motors An axle assembly includes a first and a second electric motor which drive a gearbox assembly substantially therebetween. The electric motors drive the gearbox assembly which drives the vehicle wheels through a first and second axle shaft located along a first axis. ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7025168 | Steering cylinder shield A sliding shield structure is attached to the rod of a steering cylinder and moves with the rod to fully protect the rod at all times and to eliminate interference between the shield and steerable wheel throughout the steering range of the implement. Primarily suppo... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7007761 | Emergency response vehicle A small emergency response vehicle having a wedge-shaped nose and triangular wheel base for improved accessibility to emergency sites previously inaccessible to conventional fire fighting vehicles. A main overhead tank and two modular auxiliary tanks provide 2400 li... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7004269 | Driving apparatus for a robot cleaner Disclosed is a driving apparatus for a robot cleaner enabling drive wheels to be in contact with a floor all the time. The driving apparatus for a robot cleaner includes a robot cleaner main body, driving motors mounted in the robot cleaner main body, and for transf... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6966399 | Small vehicle with power steering assembly An all terrain vehicle has a pair of front wheels that support a frame assembly. An engine is supported by the frame assembly and a steering column is supported by the frame assembly at a location generally forward of the engine. A set of handlebars are connected to... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6948576 | Driving and transmission unit for use in rolling vehicles A driving unit for use with a rolling vehicle is provided containing a first and second motor mechanically coupled to two wheels via a transmission unit which is pivotable about the steering axis of the driving unit and adapted to establish a driving relationship be... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6889790 | Front axle of an agricultural tractor A vehicle axle has two supporting members, which are engaged in rotary manner by respective vehicle wheels, are hinged to a frame of the axle, and are movable about respective hinge axes by at least one steering actuating cylinder acting on one of the supporting mem... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6862512 | Method and system for controlling the performance of a motor vehicle A method for controlling the handling characteristics of a vehicle, including the steps of ascertaining setpoint values that are associated with specific controlled variables, and measuring forces at wheels of the vehicle, the controlled variables being forces or to... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6862506 | Method for automatically adjusting reference models in vehicle stability enhancement (VSE) systems A method for automatically adjusting a vehicle stability enhancement (VSE) system is disclosed. The VSE system is used in conjunction with a steering system having a plurality of driver-selectable steering modes associated therewith. In an exemplary embodiment, the ... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6688416 | Working vehicle with transverse travel system Front wheels (3) are attached to transmission devices (30) which are mounted to the vehicle body (2) to be rotatable around vertical axes (27), and rotating means (55) are provided between the side of the vehicle body (2) and the transmission devices (30)... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6654671 | Vehicle rollover detection having variable sensitivity A vehicle rollover sensing apparatus and method are provided for detecting a rollover condition of the vehicle. The rollover sensing apparatus includes an angular rate sensor for sensing attitude rate of change of a vehicle and a lateral accelerometer for... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6637535 | Driving apparatus for vehicles The invention provides a driving apparatus for use in vehicles of the type wherein both the front and rear wheels are driven. The apparatus effectively prevents the steerable wheels from skidding while transmitting power to the steerable wheels when turni... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6561594 | Wheel shaft structure of monocycle A wheel shaft structure of a monocycle includes a wheel rim, and a shaft assembly mounted in a center of the wheel rim. The shaft assembly includes a wheel shaft passed through the wheel rim, two opposite single-direction bearings symmetrically mounted on... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6553293 | Rear steering control for vehicles with front and rear steering The invention provides a method and computer usable medium, including a program, for steering a vehicle having driver-controlled front wheel steering and active rear wheel steering. A rear wheel steering angle static portion is determined based on a contr... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6543559 | Vehicle propulsion system A propulsion system for a vehicle comprised of two wheels, both of which are in the shape of hemispheres. Each of the hemisphere wheels is mounted through a bearing on a fork with two pivots attached to the inner race of the bearing, allowing the wheel to... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6491127 | Powered caster wheel module for use on omnidirectional drive systems A drive system base or platform, such as for a mobile robot, is disclosed having multiple caster wheels, each wheel having its own first motor for independent driving and its own second motor for independent steering. Each wheel is rotably and pivotably m... | 12/10/2002 |
