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Class 280/93.513 - Gearing arrangement


Subclass of Class 280 - Land vehicles
Definition: Subject matter comprising an intermeshing drive mechanism
No. of patents: 30
Last issue date: 07/03/2007


NumberTitleIssue Date
7237629Zero-turn radius vehicle with steerable front wheels
The present invention relates to a zero turning radius vehicle having at least one steerable front wheel and a multistage steering input system separately capable of steering the at least one front wheel and selectively driving the drive wheels. A front wheel steeri...
07/03/2007
7152709Industrial vehicle
A steering system for steering front and rear wheels of an industrial vehicle has an upper frame rotatably coupled on an upper side of a lower frame, a steering system rotating the front and rear wheels in a predetermined direction as a steering wheel is rotated, a ...
12/26/2006
7121377Dual shaft rack and pinion steering assembly
A dual shaft rack and pinion steering assembly for a vehicle includes a housing mounted to the vehicle and containing first and second parallel shafts linked to one another for synchronized axial movement. The first and second shafts are slidably positioned within t...
10/17/2006
7044244Multi-wheel vehicle
A vehicle comprises a steering operation device, a pair of running-driving wheels, which differentially drive when the steering operation device is manipulated, a pair of steerable running wheels interlocking with the steering operation device, and a steering mechan...
05/16/2006
6951259Multi-wheel vehicle
A vehicle comprises a steering operation device, a pair of running-driving wheels, which differentially drive when the steering operation device is manipulated, a pair of steerable running wheels interlocking with the steering operation device, and a steering mechan...
10/04/2005
6729647Folding steering assemblies for wheeled devices
An arrangement is provided for folding and stowing of a steering assembly in combination with virtually any nature of wheeled devices which include at least one “steerable” wheel, so that a more thin, stowed profile is achieved. All components of the steering as...
05/04/2004
6375206Steering apparatus for four-wheeled vehicle
A steering apparatus for a four-wheeled vehicle transmits a steering force through a steering shaft, a reduction gear mechanism, a steering lever and right and left tie rods to right and left knuckles. The reduction gear mechanism includes a pinion gear t...
04/23/2002
6334623Steering apparatus for four-wheeled vehicle
A steering apparatus for a four-wheeled vehicle transmits a steering force through a steering shaft, a spur gear type reduction gear mechanism, a steering lever and right and left tie rods to right and left knuckles. The reduction gear mechanism includes ...
01/01/2002
6302441Steering control method and apparatus
A base transmission ratio Gbase is determined according to the vehicle speed and a compensation amount ଱ is determined for each of feed steering case and return steering case during acceleration/deceleration. Based on this, the transmission ratio G ...
10/16/2001
6279676Vehicle steering gear mounted in suspension part
A steering apparatus (10) for use in a vehicle (12) having a steerable road wheel (14) includes a steering member (30) supporting the road wheel for rotation relative to the steering member. A vehicle suspension part (22) supports the steering member (30)...
08/28/2001
6105983Steering mechanism for off-road vehicles
A steering mechanism includes a flexible drive element configured as a segment of drive belt which engages the toothed drive pulley attached to the lower end of a steering post. The ends of the belt segment art attached to a drag link which translates rot...
08/22/2000
5308095Steering axle for vehicles
An axle is disclosed which comprises a beam designed for conventional installation on the load-bearing structure of a vehicle, and has, journalled on its opposite ends, road wheel hubs subject to be steered through a steering actuator and being interlinke...
05/03/1994
5297447Steering axle for vehicles, particularly for agricultural tractors
A steering axle includes a beam pivotally mounted on a load-bearing structure of a vehicle. A steering actuator is mounted on the beam and includes a casing which provides a journal formation for pivotally mounting the beam on the load-bearing structure....
03/29/1994
5267625Steering apparatus with variable steering angle ratio for pitman arm steering mechanism
A steering apparatus has a sector shaft rotatable in response to rotation of a steering wheel for steering road wheels through a pitman arm coupled to the sector shaft. A torque sensor for detecting a steering torque applied to the steering wheel is posit...
12/07/1993
5161813Vehicle steering apparatus and a vehicle provided with the same
A vehicle steering apparatus includes a steering mechanism adapted to transmit a steering angle of a steering wheel through a link mechanism to a wheel. The vehicle steering apparatus includes an angle increasing gear set disposed between the link mechani...
11/10/1992
5154437Vehicle steering system with independent steering for each wheel
In a steering mechanism wherein the turning angle of a steering wheel is transmitted to a wheel via a link mechanism employing a tire rod (3) and a knuckle arm (4), the link mechanism and the wheel (1) are coupled by a multiplying gear (2). Individual dri...
10/13/1992
4850606Steering gear
An automotive steering gear includes a transverse steering member and a steering shaft like the steering rack and pinion shaft, respectively, of a rack and pinion steering gear. The steering shaft is operatively connected to the steering member through a ...
07/25/1989
4821834Mounting of a steerable wheel
A mounting of a steerable wheel, in particular a driven wheel, which is carried on a front axle of an agricultural tractor, has a pivot axis which is displaced horizontally rearwardly with respect to the center of rotation of the wheel. The pivot axis is ...
04/18/1989
4621823Steering system for vehicles
A steering system for vehicles, in which the steered angle ratio of a rear wheel (20) to a front wheel (7) is controlled to be variable in accordance with the vehicle speed. The steered angle ratio is set stepwise with respect to the vehicle speed....
11/11/1986
4613144Steering system for vehicles
A steering system for vehicles in which the steered angle ratio of a rear wheel (20) to a front wheel (7) is controllable in accordance with the vehicle speed. The steering system is improved by providing a signal variation moderating device (34) for mode...
09/23/1986
4522417Steering system for vehicles
A steering system for a vehicle having front and rear wheels. The steering system includes a steering wheel, a front wheel steering sub-system for steering the front wheels in accordance with the steering angle of the steering wheel, an angle take-out mec...
06/11/1985
4518170Vehicular steering apparatus employing an eccentric actuator
An actuator (10) for effecting relative pivotal movement between two structures (12, 14) includes a bent beam member (18) having a first portion (20) rotatably secured to one structure and a second portion (22) supported for rotation and eccentric revolut...
05/21/1985
4515381Steering control mechanism
The steering control system of the present invention includes a steering gear box mounted on an axle of a vehicle substantially of the midpoint between steerable wheels journaled on and connected to knuckle joints on the ends of the axle. The input shaft ...
05/07/1985
4504074Steering system
A steering system for a four-wheeled vehicle which can rotate the front steering wheels unequally as the vehicle is turning in order to prevent excessive tire scuffing and which can provide a zero turning radius of the vehicle about its inside rear wheel....
03/12/1985
4487429Tilting wheel vehicle suspension system
A vehicle suspension system includes an independent suspension unit for each wheel pivotally secured to the chassis and interconnected with control linkage to simultaneously tilt the wheels into a turn when the vehicle is negotiating a turn. Each of the s...
12/11/1984
4441735Steering gear assembly for a lawn and garden tractor
A lawn and garden tractor includes an inclined steering input shaft and a vertical steering output shaft which are both journalled for oscillation in a support plate and which converge downwardly. Respectively axially shiftably keyed or splined on the inp...
04/10/1984
4423883Steering arrangement for motor vehicles
A steering arrangement for motor vehicles wherein two steerable wheels are coupled with a steering gear arm which is connected to a steering column. The steering gear arm is divided into at least two parts with one part of the steering gear arm being asso...
01/03/1984
4364577Steering mechanism
A steering mechanism for a use in a conveying and hoisting wheel vehicle having at least one steered vehicle wheel, comprises: a steering shaft; a first wheel rotatably driven by the steering shaft; a second wheel pivoting and steering the steered vehicle...
12/21/1982
4225148Steering systems
A steering assembly or system for vehicles such as a car comprises a speed increasing gear for the turning movement of the car steering wheel located under the steering wheel, at least one flexible shaft having the inner end connected to the speed increas...
09/30/1980
4223902Vehicle suspension
A steerable wheel mounting assembly of a vehicle, with a steerable element mounted relative to a non-steerable element, e.g. an axle beam, by bearings located wholly below the rotary axis of a wheel hub carried by the steerable element, the latter being s...
09/23/1980
 
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