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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7328763 | Hybrid drive system of vehicle A hybrid electric drive system for a vehicle comprises a combustion engine (1), a transmission (2), a first clutch (3) disposed between the engine (1) and the transmission (2), a rotating electric machine (4) which serves as... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7318404 | Piston engine A piston engine has a crank assembly, a piston assembly, a crank case assembly and a cylinder head assembly. The crank assembly has a central axle, two counterweight blocks and a crank axle. The central axle has two connecting segments and two flanges. The flanges a... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7285896 | Electrically-actuated A.C. or D.C. motor for providing differential vehicle traction The device includes a housing and an outer shell including tightly wound wire coils fitted within the housing. Rotatable armatures including associated commutators are disposed at outer end portions thereof. The armatures further include spring loaded brushes and a ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7232003 | Motor vehicle with lowerable drive unit In a motor vehicle comprising a vehicle body having a support structure for supporting a main drive unit and at least one support block disposed on the support structure by which the main drive unit is supported in the vehicle body, each support block comprises bott... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7229099 | Chassis auxiliary-frame arrangement for improving the safety in a crash A chassis auxiliary-frame arrangement on a preferably self-supporting vehicle body is designed for improving the safety in a crash in such a manner that, in a frontal impact of the vehicle, the deformation zones of the vehicle body can be adequately and uniformly de... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7182167 | Hybrid propulsion system for two-wheeled vehicle A hybrid-type unit for a two-wheeled vehicle can include an engine, a motor for driving a wheel of a vehicle, a power distribution mechanism, and a generator. The generator and the motor can be disposed at different positions offset longitudinally from each other an... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7066530 | Filler panel apparatus and method for reinforcing a vehicle body A filler panel for inserting within a vehicle body section that has a plurality of slats positioned substantially parallel with respect to one another, and each slat has a slat connector mechanism. The apparatus further has a molded encasing exhibiting a shape suita... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7047715 | Running mower A running mower includes a traveling body 1 supported by a pair of front wheels 2 and a pair of rear wheels 3, a rotary mowing unit 12 vertically movably mounted to the traveling body between the front wheels and the rear wheels, and an o... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7040294 | Fuel piping To manufacture fuel piping for connecting a fuel tank and a drive unit including an engine using a resin material at a low cost and to cause the fuel piping to suitably follow the movement of the fuel tank and the drive unit when the vehicle is being operated. A fue... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7017702 | Transport engine and drive arrangement A parallel engine and transmission drive arrangement with application to both land and marine vehicles reduces the large moment arm and moment about the rear axle in the case of land vehicles, and provides trim and stability and compact arrangement of the drive arra... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7011360 | Front panel of a motor vehicle comprising a bumper beam The invention relates to a front panel of a motor vehicle comprising a bumper beam and at least one heat exchanger. This heat exchanger (5) is located below the bumper beam (3) with a substantially vertical orientation and comprises, in a horizontal pl... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7004502 | Frontal impact energy dissipation zone The invention capitalizes upon the absence of an engine compartment forward of the passenger compartment in the vehicle body and provides a frontal impact energy dissipation compartment forward of the passenger compartment. The frontal impact energy dissipation comp... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6905138 | Chassis with energy-absorption zones A chassis having systems responsive to nonmechanical control signals and a simplified body-attachment interface includes regions optimized for energy absorption from an impact to the chassis periphery. A structural frame defines open spaces within which chassis syst... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6761242 | Power unit layout structure At the time of head-on collision of a vehicle, an intermediate portion of a subframe 6 is folded and deformed downwardly into a form of L-shape, an engine body 8 is moved downward, a radiator core upper rail 11 is rearwardly deformed and moved, ... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6651968 | Portable collapsible engine support apparatus A portable, collapsible engine support apparatus. The device is attachable to the fender or firewall of the vehicle and is mountable either transversely or longitudinally above the engine compartment. A pair of primary load bearing metal angles are secure... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6502658 | Engine supporting structure for motorcycle To provide an engine supporting structure for a motorcycle, which is capable of integrating an engine with a body frame so as to make the engine effectively function as a member for reinforcing the body frame, while preventing the supporting structure of ... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6397965 | Engine configuration for mass transit vehicle A public transit vehicle is driven by a hybrid drive system including a diesel engine, a generator driven by the engine, two battery packs for storing energy from the generator and from re-generated braking energy and a transmission in the form of a motor... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6394213 | Power clutch mechanism of scooter A scooter is provided with a power clutch mechanism enabling the scooter to be moved by a motor of the mechanism, or by pushes made by one foot of a rider of the scooter. The mechanism has a drive wheel mounted on an output shaft of the motor which is mou... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6273205 | Power clutch mechanism of scooter A power clutch mechanism of a scooter is formed of a power unit, an elastic member, a connection rod set, and an urging member. The power unit comprises a suspension seat pivoted with a footboard of the scooter, and a motor mounted on the suspension seat ... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6250413 | Motor mount for a go-cart A motor mount for securing a motor to the frame of a go-cart includes a mounting plate and a clamp. The mounting plate is designed to be attached to the motor and then to remain with the motor as an adaptor for quick attachment to the clamp. The clamp gri... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6193006 | Dynamic all wheel drive control A selective all wheel drive powertrain has an engine and transaxle adapted to normally drive the front wheels of a vehicle. A transfer gear set, drive shaft, clutch and differential are connectable between the output of transaxle and the rear wheels of th... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6095274 | Engine drive for scooter An "all terrain" scooter is provided with a large central tubular chassis having two central brackets supporting a platform. At the rear, the tubular frame is offset to one side of the chassis for cantilevered support of the rear driven wheel. From this p... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6059058 | Modular vehicle construction and transportation system A modular vehicle comprises a preassembled undercarriage module, a preassembled overcarriage module, and coupling means for releasably coupling the overcarriage module to the undercarriage module. The undercarriage module includes wheels for permitting tr... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6050358 | Dual pivot swing-out engine tray A scissors lift (20) including an engine compartment (22) having an engine (24) therein. An engine mount (25) which permits rotation of the engine (24) outward about two pivot axes and out of the engine compartment (22) so that items on the back side of t... | 04/18/2000 |
| 5960901 | Battery-powered vehicle A three-wheeled, battery-powered personal vehicle has a single rear wheel at the end of a swing arm pivotally supported on the vehicle chassis. A motor, also pivotally supported on the chassis, pivots about the same axis as the swing arm, pivots and power... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5901800 | High clearance tractor An agricultural tractor having a central structure which includes a rotatable cab and a platform on which an engine is slideably mounted and the location of which is hydraulically controlled.... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5836733 | Material-handling vehicle A material-handling vehicle comprising a structure having a ground engageable propulsion device, a loader arm, having a longitudinal axis, mounted at the rear of the structure for up and down swinging movement, an operator's cab disposed on the structure ... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5816355 | Power assist apparatus for a manually operated vehicle A power assist apparatus which includes a battery powered motor which is mounted on a manually operated vehicle such as a bicycle, which is to be selectively usable by the rider of the bicycle to not only assist in the manual operation of the bicycle but ... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5456371 | Lifting bridge for installing and removing of motor vehicle parts The lifting bridge is used to install and remove motor vehicle parts and is provided with a support frame (1), which has support straps (7) with support feet (5, 6), by which the support frame can be supported at the edges of an engine space opening (43) ... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5449140 | Mobile motor device A mobile motor device is provided to be used interchangeably with motorless equipment shells. The mobile motor device includes a carrying handle, an universal motor, a support plate, and a latch for attaching to a motorless equipment shell. The motorless ... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5419131 | Mobile machine containing displaceably mounted power unit or power unit components The mobile machine is provided with a power unit containing a prime mover and a hydraulic system connected thereto for supplying power to hydraulically operated machine parts. The power unit includes a number of components and is mounted at a support fram... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5346034 | Vehicle engine mounting system A sweeper vehicle having a unique engine/motor mounting arrangement whereby the engine/motor and accessories may be rotated out of the vehicle into a more accessible position for maintenance and the like, as well as a novel apparatus for clamping the engi... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5297914 | Mobile ramp for unloading trucks An apparatus for unloading belly dump trucks into piles comprises a ramp onto which the unloading truck drives, a hopper for reception of dumped material, and a conveyor running under the hopper and onto a side conveyor arm for disposal of the material Th... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5251721 | Semi-hybrid electric automobile A semi-hybrid electric automobile includes a compartment, adapted to receive an easily removable fuel propulsion unit therein, and a transmission, adapted to establish a torque-transmitting connection between an output shaft of a fuel propulsion unit, pla... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5248012 | Detachable frame for motorcycle A motorcycle having leading and trailing front and rear arm suspensions for the front and rear wheels. The motorcycle has a frame that is made up of a pair of side pieces that are integrally connected with each other with portions of the side pieces remov... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5137108 | Vehicle engine mounting system A sweeper vehicle having a unique engine/motor mounting arrangement whereby the engine/motor and accessories may be rotated out of the vehicle into a more accessible position for maintenance and the like, as well as a novel apparatus for clamping the engi... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5131714 | General delivery load carrying vehicle A general delivery load carrying vehicle comprising a unitized load and stress bearing monocoque body and a front wheel drive engine unit. The body comprises a base floor, side walls and a top wall or roof structurally interconnected to support the vertic... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5020615 | Electric drive unit mounted to a vehicle A drive unit (D) including a front axle (18) with front axle shafts (20, 22) rotatably supported therein, an electric motor (24), and a reduction gear unit operatively connecting the electric motor to the front axle shafts. A housing (26) for the reductio... | 06/04/1991 |
| 4984645 | Vehicle and powertrain therefor for use by children A vehicle comprises a main frame, a pair of front wheels and at least a rear wheel operably associated with the frame for engagement with the ground, a steering mechanism, a seat associated with the frame for an operator, an engine including a drive shaft... | 01/15/1991 |
| 4796721 | System for displacing a power pack from a vehicle A system used in a vehicle having a ground-engaging attitude to effect the displacement from a compartment in the vehicle of a power pack adapted for driving the vehicle. The system elevates the power pack from a vehicle driving position within the compar... | 01/10/1989 |
