Motor vehicles inventions 11/07

20070272452 - Self propelled trailer: A self propelled trailer for boats or other loads in which the trailer includes two tracked propulsion units. The propulsion units raise to a position adjacent the frame to allow the trailer to be towed by a towing vehicle, and lower to a position in contact with a road surface... Agent: Dykas, Shaver & Nipper, LLP

20070272456 - Apparatus and method for controlling hybrid vehicle: An apparatus for controlling a hybrid vehicle including a first coupling element disposed between an engine and a motor-generator, a second coupling element disposed between the motor-generator and driving wheels of the hybrid vehicle, a sensor for sensing temperatures of the first coupling element and/or the second coupling element and... Agent: Young & Basile, P.C.

20070272459 - Grille arrangement for a drive unit enclosure: A grille arrangement for an enclosure of a drive unit of a self-propelled agricultural applicator is provided. The grille arrangement includes a screen, and a frame mounted by the screen. The frame includes a first strut connected by at least one movable latch assembly to the enclosure, and a second... Agent: Cnh America LLC

20070272460 - Radiator and isolation and mount system: A heat exchanger and mount isolation system (10) is provided and includes a heat exchanger (12) for a vehicular application, a pair of side frame members (14,16) for mounting the heat exchanger (12) to a vehicle, and four pairs (18) of isolation mount assemblies (19) for mounting the heat exchanger... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20070272461 - Working machine: On the premise that a partition wall for defining an engine room is provided on the left side of a rear portion of an upper frame the partition wall constituting an upper rotating body and that an engine and a cooler are disposed in the engine room, a front support... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070272462 - Vehicle instrument panel device: An instrument panel device includes an instrument panel incorporating a speed meter, an odometer, a main switch and a meter cover covering the instrument panel and the main switch. The main switch is provided with a key cylinder projecting inwardly from the side surface of the meter cover. An inclined... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070272451 - Suspended front steering system for multiple rotation cycles: The invention relates to a suspended front steering system for multiple rotation cycles. The invention relates to the technical field concerning vehicle-steering elements and, more specifically, elements belonging to front steering systems for cycles that are used to perform acrobatic figures. The inventive steering system is of the telescopic type... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070272453 - Power plant and driveline for vehicles: A power plant and driveline arrangement for a vehicle having at least two wheel units and a body supported on the wheel units generally consisting of an engine supported on the body; a transmission supported on such body disposed on the underside of the engine; a first transfer case for... Agent: Stevens Davis Miller & Mosher, LLP

20070272454 - Light vehicle comprising a swing axle: The invention relates to a light vehicle, e.g. a golf caddie, comprising a body (1) and at least two wheels (2) that are respectively connected to the body by means of an axle journal (3, 4) applied to the body in an articulated manner. Said axle journals (3, 4) can... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

20070272455 - Drive train with an international combustion engine and two electrical drive units: In accordance with a known design, the drive torque of an internal combustion engine is superimposed on a drive torque of an electric drive unit by a planet set to which the drive torque of the internal combustion engine is fed via the sun gear. The torque of the electric... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070272457 - Vehicle and control method of vehicle: In the hybrid vehicle of the invention, when the sum of a regenerative braking force BFr produced by a motor and an operational braking force BFpmc based on a master cylinder pressure Pmc is insufficient for a braking force demand BF* required by the driver in response to the driver's... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070272458 - Wheel supporting and driving device: A wheel supporting and driving device, comprising a motor (20) fixed to a vehicle body (12), a drive gear (24) coaxially rotated by the motor (20), and a driven gear (30) coaxially and integrally rotated with a wheel (14) which are installed in a vehicle. The drive gear (24) is... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070272463 - Omni-directional robot cleaner: An omni-directional robot cleaner, composed of a platform and a plurality of driving units for driving and controlling the movement of the platform, in which the platform further comprises: a sensing unit, for obstacle detection; a-cleaning unit, for collecting and removing dust and dirt; a processing unit, capable of receiving... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070272464 - Vehicle driving assist system: A vehicle driving assist system is provided that calculates the risk potential of the host vehicle with respect to a preceding object existing in front of a host vehicle. A first driving assistance control system controls at least one of an actuation reaction force exerted by a driver-operated driving operation... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070272465 - Solar skateboard: A solar skateboard includes a board and a solar cell. The board includes a wheel, a motor, and an accumulation unit. The motor drives the wheel. The solar cell is disposed on the board to supply power to the motor through the accumulation unit to drive the wheel. The accumulation... Agent: Wpat, PC Intellectual Property Attorneys

20070272466 - Motorcycle with in-line radial engine: A motorcycle, comprising: a frame; a front wheel connected to the frame; a back wheel connected to the frame; and a radial engine connected to the frame, wherein the radial engine is positioned in-line with the front and back wheels. The radial engine comprises a plurality of cylinders disposed in... Agent: Gordon & Rees LLP

20070272467 - Motorcycle frame adapter: An adapter (30) for a motorcycle frame (10) configured with a vertical suspension system, as in Harley-Davidson® Sportster®, Dyna®, FXR™ and Road King™ style motorcycles that widens the shock (16) upper attachment points in order to permit the installation of a wider rear wheel. The adapter (30) is configured to... Agent: Law Office Of Craig Bohn

20070272468 - Method for activating personal protection means: A method for activating personal protection means using at least one signal derived from an acceleration sensor. A forward displacement is determined from the signal, and the forward displacement is compared to at least one threshold value surface, which is set as a function of a velocity decrease and a... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070272469 - Pump unit and working vehicle: A pump unit for supply and discharge of hydraulic fluid into and from an actuator upon receiving driving power from a driving source is provided, in which said actuator is fluidly connected to said pump unit via a hydraulic circuit. The pump unit includes an input member operatively connected to... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070272470 - Motor for electric power steering apparatus: An electric power steering apparatus has an EPS motor 100 which is coupled to a steering system and generates a torque for assisting a steering torque and an ECU 101 for controlling and driving the EPS motor 100. The EPS motor 100 is coupled to the ECU 101 via an... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070272472 - Motor and electric power steering system: The invention provides a motor including: a cylindrical motor case having a bottom that supports an outer circumferential surface of a stator core by an inner circumferential surface thereof; and a bracket that supports an output shaft side bearing and closes an opening of the motor case; wherein the stator... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070272471 - Method for producing electric power steering apparatus: A second housing is aligned with a first housing at a predetermined position using positioning means that determines the mounting position of the housing with respect to the first housing at the predetermined position; steering shaft supporting sections and output shaft supporting sections are provided in the first housing and... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070267232 - Diagnostic control device for a hybrid vehicle: A diagnostic control device for a hybrid vehicle is provided for shortening the time required for a failure diagnosis of an evaporation purge system. After introducing the inlet-pipe's negative pressure into the evaporation purge system 51, the evaporation control unit 52 diagnoses failure states concerning the evaporation purge system 51... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20070267234 - Wheel hub drive for industrial trucks: A wheel hub drive with drive motor and drive gear system for industrial trucks, with the following features: driving and output axis of the drive gear system, rotation axis of the wheel and driving axis of the drive motor are disposed coaxially; the drive gear system is a single step... Agent: Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.A.

20070267236 - Integrated automotive tie bar and upper condenser, radiator and fan module brackets: An upper CRFM attachment modality which provides assembly simplification, structural strength, design efficiency, and reduced vehicle weight. The tie bar, particularly the inner tie bar component thereof, is integrally provided with a pair of upper CFRM brackets. A pair of elastomeric frustoconical studs are attached to the top end of... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070267230 - Robotic platform: An articulated tracked vehicle that has a main section, which includes a main frame, and a forward section. The main frame has two sides and a front end, and includes a pair of parallel main tracks. Each main track includes a flexible continuous belt coupled to a corresponding side of... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070267231 - Control device for a hybrid electric vehicle: In a hybrid electric vehicle, an output shaft of an engine can be coupled with a rotary shaft of an electric motor of which a driving force can be transmitted to driving wheels. A power cut relay cuts off power supply from a power source to a starter motor through... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20070267233 - Electrically-driven transfer case with power take-off: A hybrid drive system for a four-wheel drive system arranged to supply motive power to a first output shaft of a transfer case from an internal combustion engine and to a second output shaft from an electric motor/generator. The transfer case includes a reduction gearset driven by the electric motor/generator,... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070267235 - Vehicle with variable air intake arrangement: A vehicle, such as a motorcycle, includes an air intake assembly having a fixed funnel for introducing air to an intake port of an engine, and a movable funnel that selectively cooperates with the fixed funnel to introduce air to the intake port. The vehicle also includes a rotary shaft... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070267237 - Plastic wheel wells: A vehicle is provided with a body panel mounted to a frame. The body panel includes a first surface having a first guide member formed thereon. An electrical accessory wire can extend along the first surface of the body panel and be engaged with the first guide member.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070267238 - Method of inhibiting the automatic stop control system of the heat engine of a vehicle in the absence of a driver: The invention relates to a method of controlling the stopping and starting of a heat engine (2) of a vehicle. The invention is of the type in which (i) it is necessary for the vehicle to be in an engine stop request phase, and not in pre-defined operating conditions that... Agent: Nicolas E. Seckel Patent Attorney

20070267239 - Device for side impact protection: In a device for the side impact protection for a vehicle door of a vehicle, at least one arrangement is provided for moving the vehicle door before and/or during an impact outwards in the direction away from the vehicle interior.... Agent: Hudak, Shunk & Farine, Co., L.p.a.

20070267240 - Transmission mechanism permitting both automatic and manual transmission gear change: A transmission driving mechanism of a transmission in an internal combustion engine is provided in which where a separate transmission driving mechanism for manual operation is not required in addition to an automatic transmission driving mechanism, whereby the number of parts is reduced, the structure is simple, no maintenance is... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20070267241 - Small utility vehicle frame with prevailing torque weld nuts: A small utility vehicle frame can have prevailing torque nuts welded thereto. The frame utilizes attachment features having the prevailing torque nuts welded thereto. The prevailing torque nuts allow the coupling of components of the small utility vehicle to the structural members of the frame. The prevailing torque nuts develop... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070267242 - Snowmobile throttle control top hat design: A snowmobile throttle control apparatus includes a pair of bushings with a hole and closed ends and a separate axle pin. The bushings are assembled to a thumb lever and mounted over the axle pin. The axle pin allows for a controlled gap to be maintained between the throttle lever,... Agent: Bryan Anderson Attorney, Intellectual Property

20070267243 - Multi-purpose key switch for lightweight utility vehicle: A vehicle operation control switch for a light-weight utility vehicle is provided. The vehicle operation control switch includes an ‘Off’ setting or position. When the switch is placed in the ‘Off’ position, the switch disables a vehicle prime mover that generates motive forces utilized to propel the vehicle when enabled.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070267244 - Working vehicle: An object of the invention is to change a layout structure of a hydraulic continuously variable transmission apparatus (HST) particularly constituting a hydromechanical continuously variable transmission apparatus (HMT) as a continuously variable transmission apparatus, thereby achieving a simplification of structures of a working vehicle and a traveling drive system, and... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070267245 - Floating torque tube propeller shaft assembly: A torque tube propshaft assembly having an outer tube free to float with movements of an inner shaft (propshaft) by being free of rigid anchorage at each end. A plurality of shaft bearings interface the outer tube with the inner shaft, wherein the outer tube is generally co-extensive with the... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070261897 - Motorized wheelchair: A motorized wheelchair having right and left motorized rear wheels, and fixed front wheels in which a plurality of rollers rotatable in a direction orthogonal to an alignment direction of wheels are disposed therearound, comprises transmission rollers to transmit the rotation of the rear wheels to the front wheels while... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20070261899 - Subscription-based pre-provisioned towable unit facilitation method: One provides (101, 102) at least one towable rolling terrestrial container and emergency survival items. The emergency survival items are positioned (103) in the towable rolling terrestrial container(s) to provide at least one corresponding pre-provisioned towable unit. Consideration-based private civil security subscriptions are then accepted (107) from one or more... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20070261896 - Vehicular body panel energy generator system: A vehicular body panel energy generator system is disclosed. An illustrative embodiment of the system includes a vehicle body and a plurality of body panels forming the vehicle body. At least one of the body panels comprises a vehicular solar panel. A method of generating and utilizing electrical power in... Agent: Tung & Associates

20070261898 - Traction assembly for vehicles and components therefor: This invention generally relates to traction assemblies for use as wheel replacements generally for heavy and/or large vehicles and also to components therefor. The traction assembly generally comprises a sprocket wheel adapted to be mounted to one of the axles of the vehicle, a frame adapted to be pivotally mounted... Agent: Brouillette & Partners

20070261900 - Children's ride-on vehicle: Children's ride-on vehicles. The ride-on, or ride-on vehicle, includes a frame having a seat adapted to support a child, and a drive assembly with a battery-powered motor assembly. The ride-on vehicle further includes one or more steerable wheels and one or more driven wheels. In some embodiments, the ride-on vehicle... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20070261901 - Hybrid electric drive system for a motor vehicle: A system for driving the wheels of a motor vehicle includes an engine or another prime mover, a transmission for transmitting rotary power to and from the engine, an electric machine, a clutch driveably connected to an output of the transmission; and a gearset driveably connected to the electric machine,... Agent: Macmillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20070261902 - Electric motor vehicle: An electric motor vehicle is provided which includes an apparatus for generating electric power from the movement of the motor vehicle. A pair of front wheels and a pair of rear wheels are mounted on the frame. At least one of the wheels includes a brake drum which extends outside... Agent: John Maier, Iii

20070261903 - Air intake screen with a polymer frame for a vehicle: An air intake screen protects the cooling system of motor vehicles from insects and other debris, especially for medium and heavy duty trucks and buses. The air intake screen has the perimeter of an interior mesh embedded in a solid frame. The frame is preferably a polymer.... Agent: International Truck Intellectual Property Company,

20070261904 - Snowmobile rider positioning: A snowmobile positions riders close to the center of gravity of the snowmobile, reduces jostling forces, and improves the comfort and ridability of the snowmobile. The snowmobile has a steering position on a steering device that is disposed forward of the forward-most drive axle and center of gravity of the... Agent: Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP (brp)

20070261905 - Electrically operated three-wheeled pushcart: A pushcart for carrying and transporting loads includes a main support frame supporting a load-carrying part and having a front end provided with a pair of front wheels and a rear end to which a wheel frame is attached pivotably, a rear wheel rotatably attached to the wheel frame, a... Agent: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld L.L.P.

20070261906 - Straddle-type all terrain vehicle: Aiming at providing a straddle-type all terrain vehicle effectively improved in the operational stability of vehicle and engine performance, power transmissions transmitting driving force of a power unit to a rear axle shaft, and braking devices exerting braking force to rear wheels are provided respectively at both side of an... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070261907 - Exhaust device and vehicle with exhaust device: A muffler for a vehicle, such as a scooter type motorcycle, comprises an inner tubular member and an outer tubular member. An inner surface of the outer tubular member faces an outer surface of the inner tubular member. A ring shaped or annular member is positioned between the outer surface... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070261908 - Seat deck assembly or compartment cover for a materials handling vehicle: A materials handling vehicle is provided. The vehicle comprises a main body, a seat deck assembly including an operator seat, and structure for movably mounting the seat deck assembly to the main body. The seat deck assembly moves relative to the main body along a varying radius path.... Agent: Stevens & Showalter LLP

20070261909 - Steering apparatus for vehicle: A steering apparatus for vehicle comprises a steering shaft including a first portion connected to a steering member and a second portion connected to steerable wheels; a transmission ratio variable mechanism capable of varying a transmission ratio as a ratio of a steered angle of the steerable wheels to a... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070256868 - Steering mechanism for self-propelled mower: A steering mechanism for a wheel of a self-propelled vehicle includes a wheel spindle on which the wheel is rotatably mounted, a steering motor turning a steering tube defining a generally vertical steer axis, a propulsion drive motor turning a propulsion drive shaft extending through the steering tube, and a... Agent: Deere & Company

20070256870 - Hybrid powertrain with electrically variable transmission having parallel friction launch and method: A hybrid powertrain includes a control unit that regulates electric power interchange an energy storage device and a motor/generator for causing selective torque generation by the motor/generator and for controlling engagement of torque-transmitting mechanisms. The control unit is configured to place the torque-transmitting mechanism in slipping engagement to launch the... Agent: Christopher Devries General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070256871 - Hybrid vehicle and control method of the same: In response to the driver's gearshift operation from a parking position to a drive position, the control procedure of the invention controls a motor connected to a transmission to output a center adjustment torque Tset, while the transmission is in a state of disconnecting the motor from an axle of... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070256869 - Vehicle power transfer system and method, and vehicle using the same: A vehicle power transfer system and method, and vehicle using the same. The vehicle power transfer system including a differential unit coupled to a half axle, and an electric motor for supplying torque to propel a vehicle. The electric motor is collinear with the differential unit and the half axle.... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20070256872 - Electric wheelchair: The wheelchair is driven by a motor M to which electric power is supplied from the fuel cell 3 and the rechargeable battery 5. Electric power is supplied to the motor by hydraulic control based on load fluctuations corresponding to the travel conditions of the wheelchair T. The electric energy... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070256873 - Hybrid motorcycle: A hybrid motorcycle capable of mounting thereon a hybrid-type drive unit, which does not project in a vehicle width direction and can be mounted even on a motorcycle having a limited vehicle width, includes a power distributing device positioned between a generator and a motor, and a reduction device arranged... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070256875 - Biasing drive torque to a secondary axle in a motor vehicle powertrain: A method for transmitting power to the wheels of a motor vehicle includes driveably connecting an output of a transmission to a first set of wheels, varying the magnitude of torque transmitted to an input of a differential mechanism, varying the speed of the input of the first differential mechanism,... Agent: Macmillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20070256874 - Biasing drive torque to a secondary axle in a motor vehicle powertrain: A method for transmitting power to the wheels of a motor vehicle includes driveably connecting an output of a transmission to a first set of wheels, varying the magnitude of torque transmitted to an input of a differential mechanism, varying the speed of the input of the first differential mechanism,... Agent: Macmillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20070256876 - Method of establishing belt pullout in an occupant restraint system for vehicles and an occupant restraint system for vehicles: A method of establishing belt pullout in an occupant restraint system for vehicles with a safety belt includes the steps: detecting the vehicle acceleration, and establishing the belt pullout in dependence on the detected vehicle acceleration.... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20070256877 - Device for a motor vehicle that affords occupant protecton during the impact of energy directed against a motor vehicle door as a result of a collision: A device for a motor vehicle is disclosed that affords occupant protection during the impact of energy directed laterally against a motor vehicle door (6) as a result of a collision, the device having a connecting structure (7) comprising at least two parts, a first part and a second part... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070256878 - Method for enhancing stability of prime mover having an auxiliary vehicle: A method for providing enhanced stability, control and management for a prime mover connected to an auxiliary vehicle is disclosed. An auxiliary vehicle is connected to a prime mover with an auxiliary stability enhancing system and an electronic stability enhancing system, including at least one processor with a memory having... Agent: Buskop Law Group, P.C.

20070256879 - Device for blocking the steering shaft of a motor vehicle: Disclosed is a device for blocking the steering shaft (1) of a motor vehicle against rotation by means of a locking bolt (2) which can be axially moved back and forth between a locked position and a released position in a housing (10) via a two-directionally rotatable control member (34)... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070256880 - Golf car steel welded tubular frame: A frame for small utility vehicles. The frame allows for modular assembly such that the same frame can be utilized to manufacture small utility vehicles of varying configurations. The frame is configured to allow efficient assembly such that limited movement of the frame is required during the attachment of the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070256881 - Threaded inserts used in blind holes in frame tubes: A small utility vehicle frame has tubular frame members with blind holes therein. Threaded inserts are disposed in the blind holes and are axially and rotationally fixed to the tubular frame members. The threaded inserts allow attachment of components of the small utility vehicle to the frame without requiring access... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070256882 - Three-wheel vehicle: An three-wheel vehicle including a modular front structure having a storage compartment therein. The modular front structure is adapted to be mounted onto the chassis of the three-wheel vehicle and to support bodywork elements thereby providing ease of assembly of the vehicle and ease of disassembly for packaging the vehicle.... Agent: Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP (brp)

20070256883 - Toothed belt gearing: A toothed belt gearing includes a toothed pulley including pulley teeth having a first configuration and a toothed belt including belt teeth having a second configuration. The belt teeth are meshable with the pulley teeth, the first configuration and the second configuration being different from one another and being selected... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20070256884 - Stable steering control system: A steering control system is provided for a vehicle having a steering wheel, steerable wheels, and a hydraulic steering actuator for controlling a steering angle of the steerable wheels in response to a hydraulic control signal. The steering control system includes a hydro-mechanical valve coupled to the steering wheel and... Agent: Deere & Company

20070256885 - Steering system: A steering system (1) of a vehicle, having a steering wheel (2) which is connected mechanically to the steerable vehicle wheels (11) via a steering column (3). A superimposition actuator (26) which can be actuated independently of the driver by a control device (25) is provided for generating a superimposition... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel

20070256886 - Steering system: A steering system including a rack and pinion, and two tie rods is provided. The rack has a rack axis, and each of the two tie rods has a tie rod axis. The rack is engaged by the pinion, such that rotation of the pinion drives the rack to move... Agent: Daimlerchrysler Intellectual Capital Corporation Cims 483-02-19

20070256887 - Motor for electric power steering: A motor 1 for electric power steering has a motor section 12 for generating rotary torque and a motor cover 11 which houses the motor section 12 and is fixed to a column. The motor cover 11 has a yoke section 21 and a flange section 22 which is disposed... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070251735 - Coaxial two-wheel vehicle: A coaxial two-wheel vehicle is provided. The coaxial two-wheel vehicle includes a step plate for a rider to ride on; a vehicle body supporting the step plate to be capable of changing a posture in a roll direction of rotating around a roll axis as the center when a traveling... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070251736 - Hydrostatic-electric drive: A hydrostatic-electric drive has an internal combustion engine, a pump driven by the internal combustion engine and located together with at least one hydromotor in a hydraulic circuit, an electric energy storage device, and an electric motor which is connected to the energy storage device and which can be placed... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20070251737 - Reverse operation safety circuit: A control circuit for a lawn tractor having an engine and a power take off driven implement. The control circuit includes an inhibit circuit component for preventing operation of a power take off driven implement with the tractor in reverse. Two versions of the inhibit circuit are disclosed, one grounds... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20070251738 - Drill energized power module: A power module provides power to move a vehicle, such as a mini-bike, and includes a portable electric drill acting through a gear box and chain drive to rotate a wheel of the vehicle.... Agent: C. Robert Von Hellens Cahill, Von Hellens & Glazer P.L.C

20070251739 - Electronic all-wheel drive module with overrunning clutch differential: A drive train module with an electric motor, a clutch differential, a pair of wheel hubs and a pair of shafts, which rotatably couple the wheel hubs to the clutch differential. The clutch differential can have an input member, which can be coupled to an output shaft of the motor,... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070251740 - Method for controlling an electric drive machine: A method is provided for controlling an electric drive work machine including an engine and an electric motor that provides power to enable the work machine to travel across a surface terrain at certain ground speeds. In one embodiment, the method may include detecting a reverse directional shift of the... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20070251741 - Method and system for hybrid energy management control: A charging system for a hybrid vehicle comprises an internal combustion engine, an electric motor generator coupled to the internal combustion engine and operable to be driven as a generator to produce a charging voltage and a battery coupled to the electric motor generator and configured to receive a charge... Agent: Laura C. Hargitt General Motors Corporation

20070251742 - Vehicle with hybrid power train providing part-time all-wheel drive: A suspension module that includes a suspension component, a pair of wheel hubs coupled to the suspension component, and an auxiliary drive system. The auxiliary drive system has a pair of drive units, each of which being configured to selectively provide drive torque to an associated one of the wheel... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070251743 - Centrifugal clutch: A wheel drive assembly that can include a motor having an output shaft, a wheel mount that is adapted to have a wheel mounted thereto, a wheel shaft with a first end drivingly coupled to the wheel mount, and a clutch. The clutch can have a first body, a second... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070251744 - Motorcycle: A motorcycle has a duct that is simple in construction to introduce cooling air into a belt chamber while simultaneously preventing invasion of dust, etc. into the belt chamber. A rear fender defines a wall that separates the seat and a rear tire. An outside-air intake port of the duct... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070251745 - Straddle-type wheeled vehicle and frame thereof: A straddle-type three-wheeled vehicle has a frame having an upper frame member, a lower frame member, a forward cross member interconnecting a forward portion of the upper frame member with a forward portion of the lower frame member, and a rearward cross member interconnecting a rearward portion of the upper... Agent: Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP (brp)

20070251746 - Truck with at least three steered wheels: A truck includes at least three steered wheels (5, 6, 7) that are mounted on a chassis (1). The arrangement of the wheels relative to the chassis (1) is predetermined to increase the stability of the truck during the pivoting of the steered wheels (5, 6) and to protect the... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070251747 - Shift actuator, vehicle, and method of integrating vehicle: A shift actuator comprises a drive shaft and a housing that rotatably supports the drive shaft. A shift position detecting apparatus detects a rotational position of the drive shaft. The drive shaft is connected to a shift mechanism by an operating lever and a shift rod. The operating lever and... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070251748 - Overrunning clutch and method of controlling engagement of same: A suspension module with a suspension component, wheel hubs coupled to the suspension component, and a drive system. The drive system has a pair of units that selectively provide drive torque to an associated one of the wheel hubs. Each unit includes a motor, a first reduction gearset and an... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070251749 - Vehicular seats with weight sensing capability: Vehicle seat including a seat portion including a container having an interior containing fluid and a mechanism, material or structure therein to restrict flow of the fluid from one portion of the interior to another portion of the interior, a back portion arranged at an angle to the seat portion,... Agent: Brian Roffe, Esq

20070251750 - Actuator mechanism for lifting a hood of a motor vehicle: The actuator mechanism of the present embodiment comprises the first cylinder, a rod protruding from the first cylinder to lift a hood and lock balls arranged along the outer periphery of the rod and digging into the rod when the rod is pushed back. The diameter of the lock balls... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070251751 - Cast aluminum frame component for golf cars and small utility vehicles: A small utility vehicle frame can include a unitary cast component. The unitary cast component can be a single, integral element or part having a variety of structural portions and/or attachment features formed therein. The attachment features can provide for the direct attachment of auxiliary frame components and other vehicle... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070251752 - Front steerable device for a vehicle: A motor-vehicle (AV), in particular a tractor, having a front steerable device (BL). The motor-vehicle (AV) is characterized in that the front steerable device (BL) (ballast, implement, PTO) is hinged to a chassis (FR), and in that the front steerable device (BL) is rotated by a mechanism (MC) partly integral... Agent: Cnh America LLC

20070251753 - Hydraulic steering: The invention concerns a hydraulic steering with a steering motor arrangement, a steering valve arrangement and a pressure supply comprising a first pump and a second pump. It is endeavoured to perform a change between the supplies by the pumps as unperceived as possible. For this purpose, the steering valve... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20070251755 - Hydraulic steering: The invention concerns a hydraulic steering with a steering motor arrangement having at least one steering motor, and with at least two steering circuits, each having a steering valve that interrupts a path from a pressure supply to the steering motor arrangement in the neutral position and releases a path... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20070251754 - Steering boost system: A hydraulic steering assistance system for vehicles, including a power steering pump and a variable-ratio gear, particularly a booster drive for the power-steering pump wherein the power steering pump hydraulically powers both the hydraulic steering assistance system and the variable-ratio gear.... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20070251756 - Automotive steering system: The invention relates to an automotive steering system with a variable transmission ratio for a vehicle which is provided with at least one steerable wheel. Said steering system comprises a steering linkage having at least one elongate control rod (40) defining a control rod longitudinal direction, and an elongate working... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070251757 - Worm reduction gear and electric power steering apparatus: A torsion coil spring 30 applies an elastic force to a worm shaft 29 in a direction towards a worm wheel, via a pre-load pad 70. The pre-load pad 70 restricts displacement in relation to the widthwise direction, by one side face portion of a holder 61 fixed to a... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070251758 - Worm reduction gear and electric power steering apparatus: A torsion coil spring 30 applies an elastic force to a worm shaft 29 in a direction towards a worm wheel, via a pre-load pad 70. The pre-load pad 70 restricts displacement in relation to the widthwise direction, by one side face portion of a holder 61 fixed to a... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group