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Motor vehicles September class, title,number 09/10

20100243342 - Omni-wheel based drive mechanism: An omni-wheel based driving mechanism includes a spherical wheel, a pair of first omni wheels, and a pair of second omni wheels. The first omni wheels are arranged at two sides of the spherical wheel to space from each other by a predetermined distance in a first direction, so that... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20100243343 - Snomobile exhaust system: An exhaust system is provided for a snowmobile having a front portion in which an engine is mounted, a rearward portion, and a track belt for propelling the snowmobile. The track belt is in a track belt tunnel that extends from behind the engine to a rear portion of the... Agent: Barzee Law Office

20100243344 - Electromechanically counterbalanced humanoid robotic system: Systems and methods related to construction, configuration, and utilization of humanoid robotic systems and aspects thereof are described. A system may include a mobile base, a spine structure, a body structure, and at least one robotic arm, each of which is movably configured to have significant human-scale capabilities in prescribed... Agent: VistaIPLaw Group LLP

20100243345 - Battery safety features: The invention broadly provides improved safety features for batteries utilized in electronic devices. The invention provides an improved CID design that allows for more reliable disconnection (breaking the electrical circuit) during abnormal pressure or temperature events inside the cell. The invention provides a multi-layered CID configured to force electric current... Agent: Ference & Associates LLC

20100243346 - Battery pack for a vehicle: A battery system is provided for a vehicle. The battery system includes, but is not limited to, comprising: a heat transfer loop, a battery cell, a thermoelectric semiconductor device coupled to the battery cell and the heat transfer loop, a variable voltage source coupled to the thermoelectric semiconductor device, and... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (gm)

20100243347 - Drive apparatus for vehicle: A drive apparatus for a vehicle, which supplies more electric power to a motor which supplements the drive power of an engine and collects energy from an exhaust to be able to improve fuel consumption and reduce the total amount of the exhaust, is realized by comprising an engine coupled... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20100243348 - Hybrid vehicle: A hybrid vehicle includes an engine; a motor; a power transmission mechanism and an oil pump for lubricating the engine and the power transmission mechanism with the rotation of a crankshaft. The oil pump has an oil pump shaft with an oil pump driven gear on one end thereof through... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20100243349 - Vehicle: A technique for enabling reduction of fuel consumption without greatly changing an engine structure and without impairing a feeling of operation of a vehicle as a motorcycle. An engine includes a crankshaft and a primary gear integrated with the crankshaft that is attached such that the power of the engine... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20100243350 - Motor-driven vehicle: A motor-driven vehicle capable of increasing the degree of freedom of wiring for a motor. A drive wheel having a motor with a stator and a rotor serving as a drive source disposed in a wheel hub is rotatably supported on a wheel shaft between right and left forks. The... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20100243351 - Drive unit for movable member: A drive unit for a movable member includes the movable member adjusting aerodynamic characteristics of a vehicle while the movable member is changing a position thereof, an electric motor operating the movable member, a preventing device preventing the movable member from operating beyond a specified operating range by making contact... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20100243352 - Movable grille shutter device for vehicle: An movable grille shutter device for a vehicle is provided, which includes a case adapted to be attached to a vehicle body; a plurality of louvers arranged in the case, the plural louvers being allowed to change between fully opened and closed postures for permitting and preventing, respectively, an air... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20100243353 - Arrangement of canister in saddle-riding type vehicle: A canister is provided which efficiently purges in a saddle-riding type vehicle having an engine disposed downwardly of a rider seat so as to develop a drive power for driving a rear wheel, a fuel tank storing fuel to be supplied to the engine, and a canister adsorbing fuel vapors... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20100243355 - Arrangement structure for canister of saddle type vehicle: An arrangement structure is provided for a canister of a saddle type vehicle wherein a canister can be arranged closely to a fuel tank to simplify a pipe arrangement structure. A fuel tank disposed forward of an engine is structured such that a tank upper half and a tank lower... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20100243354 - Evaporated fuel treatment apparatus in motorcycle: Shorter charge and purge lines are provided in a compactly built motorcycle having an engine disposed downwardly of a rider seat, a fuel tank disposed forwardly of the engine and storing fuel to be supplied to the engine, and a canister adsorbing fuel vapor evaporated in the fuel tank. A... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20100243356 - Motorcycle axle assembly: An axle assembly for a motorcycle having a plurality of drive wheels. The axle assembly is configured to permit a user to replace an endless power-transmitting element without substantially disassembling the axle housing assembly. A method for forming the axle assembly and a method for replacing an endless power-transmitting element... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20100243357 - Mobile robot: The present invention relates to a mobile robot having jump function. An exemplary mobile robot according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a robot body, a pair of wheels, a driving motor, a leaf spring, and a leaf spring control unit. The pair of wheels are rotatably connected... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20100243358 - Canister mounting structure for a saddle-type vehicle, and vehicle incorporating same: A saddle-type vehicle includes a canister mounting structure. The vehicle includes a vehicle body frame, an engine fastened to the vehicle body frame, an exhaust pipe connected to the engine, a fuel tank mounted on the vehicle body frame, a canister for storing gasoline vapors form the fuel tank and... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20100243359 - Step holder attachment structure for a saddle-type vehicle, and vehicle incorporating same: A saddle-type vehicle includes a passenger step member, a brake pedal, a step holder having the passenger step member and the brake pedal mounted thereon, and a master cylinder adapted to convert a tread force from the brake pedal into brake pressure. The master cylinder is mounted on a support... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20100243360 - Motorcycle: A motorcycle is provided having an engine disposed on a vehicle body frame, a storage box disposed downward of a rider seat, a fuel tank for storing fuel to be supplied to the engine, and a canister for adsorbing fuel vapors generated in the fuel tank. The canister does not... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20100243361 - Motorcycle: A motorcycle includes a vehicle body frame, an engine, a pivot shaft, a swing arm, a rear wheel, a gear case, a drive shaft section, and a bearing section. The drive shaft section includes a first drive shaft connected to an output power shaft of the engine through a first... Agent: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C.

20100243362 - Impact member for a saddle-type vehicle, and vehicle incorporating same: A saddle-type vehicle is provided with an impact member for deflecting a front wheel sideways in the event of a collision. The saddle-type vehicle includes a body frame having a head pipe for rotatably supporting a steering shaft for the front wheel, main frames extending rearwards from the head pipe,... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20100243363 - Seat belt retractor and seat belt apparatus: The disclosed seat belt retractor and seat belt apparatus may comprise: an electric motor; a spool that is capable of winding and unwinding a seat belt for occupant restraint in association with the driving of the electric motor; and a controller for controlling the electric motor. A starting condition can... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20100243364 - Connection structure arrangement between a frame member and an engine of a saddle-type vehicle, and vehicle incorporating same: A saddle-type vehicle has an engine-fastening structure which stabilizes a seating face contact between a collar and a vehicle body frame on one side, and between the collar and an engine on the other side. The vehicle includes a vehicle body frame having an engine-supporting portion, and an engine block... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20100243365 - Motorcycle engine: A motorcycle is provided that includes intake system parts connected to a front side of a cylinder of an engine, and exhaust system parts connected to the rear side of the cylinder. The cylinder is inclined rearward, and the intake system parts are disposed forward and upward of the cylinder.... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20100243366 - Motorcycle engine: A motorcycle is provided that includes a connecting pipe, a throttle body, an intake pipe, and an air cleaner, which are intake system parts disposed forward of a cylinder of an engine and are connected to the front side of the cylinder. The motorcycle further includes an exhaust pipe and... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20100243367 - Power steering apparatus: A power steering apparatus includes a worm wheel mounted on the steering shaft, a worm shaft engaged with the worm wheel, a gear housing having a wheel accommodating portion to accommodate the worm wheel and a shaft accommodating portion to accommodate the worm shaft, a bearing mounted on the worm... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20100243368 - Steering apparatus: A steering apparatus includes: a steering wheel, a shaft that transfers a rotational force from the steering wheel, a steering column that supports the shaft, a fitting bracket with which the steering column is fitted to a vehicle body-side member, a rotational force assist mechanism that applies a rotational force... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20100236844 - Fast tracked ground vehicle: An unmanned guided vehicle that is at least twice as fast as those of the prior art, lighter, less vulnerable, and more reliable than the prior art having at least one of: a dual-action dogleg suspension system; a track system comprising a plurality of cleats, a rubber insert secured to... Agent: Mesmer & Deleault, PLLC

20100236846 - Battery pack with dual mode cooling scheme: A battery pack includes a plurality of battery modules mounted within a casing. A heat exchanger receives a fluid and a valve selectively connects one of two sources of fluid to the heat exchanger. One of the two sources is at a higher temperature for providing heating fluid to the... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20100236847 - Hybrid propulsion system: A hybrid system having an engine, a motor, a transmission, a clutch connecting the engine and the transmission, and a continuously variable transmission connecting the motor and the transmission is provided... Agent: Anthony An-tao Yang

20100236851 - Control of a starter-alternator during a high-voltage battery fault condition: A method sustains auxiliary power generation aboard a mild hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) in response to a high-voltage (HV) electrical fault condition and executes one of a pair of default limp-home modes depending on the state of the engine at the time of the fault. Each limp-home mode sustains auxiliary... Agent: Quinn Law Group, PLLC

20100236850 - Method and apparatus for adding electric auto function to a gas-driven auto: The operating shaft of an auto radiator fan is adapted for connection with an electric motor whereby the electric motor rotates the operating shaft, per se, to provide rotation to the auto drive shaft. A control circuit is arranged for connecting the supplemental battery with the electric motor when the... Agent: Richard A. Menelly

20100236848 - Axial thrust control for gearing: An outboard thrust bearing assembly includes: a drawbolt, an inner end cap, an outer end cap, and at least one race of thrust bearings; the drawbolt for clamping the inner end cap to the outer end cap and about a pinion gear of a planetary gear, wherein the at least... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20100236849 - Brushless counter-rotating electric apparatus and system: A brushless counter-rotating electric apparatus, motor, wheel hub motor, and associated vehicle includes a brushless counter-rotating electric motor that has oppositely rotating armature and stator components, oppositely rotating armature and stator output drives and, when associated with a vehicle, a control assembly for speed-on/off control of the motor and a... Agent: John P. O'banion O'banion & Ritchey LLP

20100236845 - Electric transaxle unit: An electric transaxle unit includes an axle, an electric motor for driving the axle, a motor shaft serving as an output shaft of the electric motor, the motor shaft being not coaxial to the axle, a deceleration gear train interposed between the motor shaft and the axle, a brake adapted... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20100236852 - Ecu arrangement structure for a vehicle: An engine controller structure for a vehicle, can include a duct cover having a box-like portion on a vehicle body front side thereof. The box-like portion can include an opening formed therein, and can be configured to have an intake duct of an engine connected thereto. The duct cover can... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20100236853 - Battery pack with extended operating temperature range: A battery pack includes a plurality of battery modules mounted within a casing. A liquid heat exchanger and at least one fan are both mounted at a position within the casing such that they are intermediate the plurality of battery modules. An electronic driveline incorporating a battery pack, and a... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20100236854 - Battery pack and vehicle: Provided is a battery pack, which comprises a bipolar secondary battery (120) to be used as a power source for an automobile, and a cooling passage for passing a cooling medium. The cooling passage is integrated with a casing (101). The cooling passage includes an introduction passage formed along a... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20100236855 - Construction machine: A machine room (15) is provided between a cab (14) and a counterweight (6) which are mounted on a revolving frame (5) to accommodate an engine (7). The machine room (15) is built of a left front support member (20), a rear support member (21), a connecting support member (22)... Agent: Mattingly & Malur, P.C.

20100236856 - Hybrid vehicle: A hybrid vehicle in which an electric motor is disposed in the vicinity of a center of a vehicle body to reduce lateral expansion. The hybrid vehicle includes an engine, a motor, and a power transmission mechanism for transmitting power of the engine and the motor to a rear wheel.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20100236857 - Operator compartment assembly: A work machine includes a frame supported for movement over the ground, a prime mover for driving movement of the frame, an operator compartment supported on the frame and a cradle coupling the operator compartment to the frame. The cradle is pivotable between an operating position and a service position... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20100236858 - Vehicle transmission: A vehicle having a main transmission and a front-axle transmission, the connection of which to the main transmission is effected by a connecting shaft of rigid design, a main axis of the connecting shaft and the center line of the main transmission being positioned in such a way relative to... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20100236859 - Lubricant composition, speed reduction gear employing the composition and electric power steering apparatus employing the speed reduction gear: There provided a lubricant composition that without any excess increase of the steering torque of an electric power steering apparatus and without any generation of sliding noise, reduces rattling sound thereby excel in the effect of noise reduction in automobile compartment, and is capable of favorably sustaining the above effect... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20100236860 - Electric power steering: An electric power steering system, and in particular a power-assisted steering system for a vehicle, comprises a steering transmission housing and a housing cover which forms an axial closure of the steering transmission housing and which is penetrated by an axially displaceable component of the steering transmission. In order to... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20100230183 - Unmanned autonomous vehicle for displacing feed: An unmanned autonomous vehicle for substantially lateral displacement of feed lying on a ground, comprising two wheels separately drivable by separate drive units, a torque difference adjusting device for adjusting the torque difference between the wheels, a control unit for controlling the vehicle and moving it in a direction of... Agent: Howrey LLP-eu

20100230182 - Windrower tractor with rear wheel suspension: A tractor has front wheels mounted on the frame at fixed angles and a pair of rear wheels each mounted on a respective castor assembly. Each of the castor assemblies has a vertical pivot axis mounted in a swivel support of an axle of the frame and a bottom transverse... Agent: Mr. Adrian D. Battison Ade & Company Inc.

20100230184 - Endless belt tensioner system and method of use thereof: An endless belt tensioner system adapted to apply a tensioning force on a ground-contacting endless belt of a vehicle is provided, the tensioning force being substantially proportional to an endless belt drive force applied to the endless belt to move the vehicle. A vehicle and a method about the same... Agent: Joseph Bain Novak Druce & Quigg LLP

20100230185 - Endless belt drive for a vehicle: A drive system has a drive-system frame operatively connectable to a vehicle. The drive-system frame is capable of pivotal movement relative to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle to steer the vehicle. The drive-system frame is incapable of pivotal movement with respect to the frame of the vehicle in a... Agent: Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP (brp)

20100230186 - Car: A car includes a car body having a bottom portion, a wheel that is rotatable, and a supporting member for supporting the wheel, the supporting member being provided to the bottom portion. At least eight pairs of the wheel and the supporting member are provided. The supporting member has a... Agent: Nutter Mcclennen & Fish LLP

20100230187 - Vacuum generation in hybrid-drive vehicles: A device and a method for generating a vacuum in a brake system of a vehicle equipped with a hybrid drive. The hybrid drive includes an internal combustion engine and at least one electric drive, which is selectively uncoupled from the internal combustion engine with the aid of a clutch.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20100230188 - Electric vehicle having exchangeable battery modules and method of resupply therefor: An Electric Vehicle Having Exchangeable Battery Modules and Method of Resupply Therefor. The device of the present invention is a electrically-powerable vehicle that provides the user with a usage pattern very similar to one experienced through use of an internal-combustion-powered vehicle. That is to say that the operating cost for... Agent: Steins & Associates

20100230189 - Cooling system for a vehicle: A cooling system is provided for a vehicle having an electric power producing device and a power-plant operable to propel the vehicle. The cooling system includes a primary heat exchanger arranged relative to the power-plant. The primary heat exchanger is operable to receive coolant from the power-plant, reduce temperature of... Agent: Quinn Law Group, PLLC

20100230191 - Electrochemical cell with a non-graphitizable carbon electrode and energy storage assembly: c

20100230190 - Transportation vehicle with economical fuel consumption: A transportation vehicle with economical fuel consumption consumes fuel to generate primary energy. Besides, the transportation includes an electrolytic device and a fuel cell. The electrolytic device is used to decompose water into oxygen and hydrogen gases by using electricity generated from a primary energy of the transportation vehicle. The... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20100230192 - Hybrid vehicle: A hybrid vehicle having a parallel power train configuration and a modular chassis is provided. They hybrid vehicle includes two separate power trains configured to operate independent of one another without any interface or communication, such as a transmission or electrical sensors, between them. The hybrid vehicle chassis includes a... Agent: Mcdonald Hopkins LLC

20100230193 - Plug-in vehicle function indication: A vehicle having a vehicle body has an interior portion with a plurality of trim components. A plurality of windows are supported on the body and positioned next to the interior portion. An electrical charging system having a rechargeable battery is attached to the vehicle body and configured to receive... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20100230194 - Direct drive electric traction motor: A direct drive traction vehicle motor system for a wheeled vehicle includes an electric motor rotor for mechanically attachment to a vehicle wheel for rotational movement with the vehicle wheel. An attachment structure is concentrically mounting the rotor to the vehicle wheel. An electric motor stator is mounted in a... Agent: Law Offices Of Larry K. Roberts, Inc.

20100230195 - Arrangement of a radiator and a shock absorber and beam in a motor vehicle: The invention relates to an arrangement of a radiator (10), an absorber (12), and an impact beam (18) on a motor vehicle, the beam having a front face (19). The absorber comprises a top transverse element (14) and two vertical legs (16), the transverse element and the legs are arranged... Agent: Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP (cabinet Llr)

20100230196 - Vehicle having power stocking mechanism and vehicle system containing the same: A vehicle including an energy stocking mechanism having an elastic member connected to the driving wheel of the vehicle so that power of the driving wheel is stocked as elastic force in the elastic member and the stocked elastic force is output as power to the driving wheel, and an... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20100230197 - Auto-seek electrical connection for a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle: An auto-seek operating mode for a vehicle adjusts the vehicle in a direction transverse to a vehicle central axis using a vehicle power steering system and using a motor and a battery to advance the vehicle toward a target connector for a utility power grid for charging the battery. If... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20100230198 - Automated vehicle and system utilizing an optical sensing system: An automated vehicle includes a vehicle body, a power source, one or more motors, running gear for facilitating movement, and an optical system. The one or more motors are housed within the vehicle body and are in operable connection with the power source, and the running gear are in operable... Agent: Tillman Wright, PLLC

20100230199 - Motorcycle having a multi-functional rear brake caliper bracket: A motorcycle includes a rear brake caliper bracket coupled to the swingarm. In some constructions, the rear brake caliper bracket includes a caliper mounting portion and a license plate mounting portion. In some constructions, the rear brake caliper bracket includes an axle engaging portion secures and retains the axle relative... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20100230200 - Radiator mounting for a motorcycle: A motorcycle including at least two wheels. The at least two wheels include a front wheel and a rear wheel, the rear wheel defining a rotational axis. The motorcycle includes an engine for driving at least one of the wheels. A radiator assembly includes a radiator configured to receive coolant... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20100230201 - Three-wheel forklift truck: A forklift truck comprises two driven front wheels 12L, 12R and a single driven central rear wheel 14. The truck is operable in a sideways mode (FIGS. 2A-2C) in which the rear wheel is fixed at an angle substantially parallel to an axis passing through the two front wheels and... Agent: Van Dyke, Gardner, Linn & Burkhart, LLP

20100224426 - Electrically driven industrial vehicle: A shovel loader (1) has a vehicle body frame (9), a travel device (5), a loader device (20), and a drive power generation section for generating drive power for making the travel device (5) travel. The vehicle body frame (9) has a pair of side frames (9a, 9a) arranged on... Agent: Studebaker & Brackett PC

20100224427 - Omnidirectional vehicle, driving module, and mobile industrial robot: An omnidirectional vehicle has a driving module and a mobile industrial robot. The omnidirectional vehicle has omnidirectional wheels and a vehicle body, on which at least one of the omnidirectional wheels is mounted by means of an individual suspension.... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20100224428 - Power supply device and vehicle including the same, control method for power supply device, and computer-readable recording medium having program for causing computer to execute that control method recorded thereon: When request power required of a power supply device by a driving force generation unit is close to zero, a converter ECU controls first and second converters to prohibit respective amounts of current passage in the first and second converters from simultaneously becoming close to zero. That is, when the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20100224429 - Hybrid vehicle: A hybrid vehicle is not provided with an alternator which is mounted in the conventional engine-powered vehicle because electric power is generated by a motor generator having the rotation shaft mechanically linked to the output shaft of an engine. A DC/DC converter is separated from a power control unit and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20100224430 - Power axle for a commercial vehicle: A power axle for assisting an automotive vehicle in ascending and descending steep slopes and grades includes an electromagnetic motor mounted to one floating axle of the vehicle, a junction box mounted to and electrically connected to the electromagnetic motor, a DC/AC power inverter mounted to the cab interposed between... Agent: The Inventors Network, Inc.

20100224431 - Optionally connectable four-wheel drive vehicle: An optionally connectable four-wheel drive vehicle provided with an engine having a drive shaft, two main drive wheels, a main power train permanently connecting the drive shaft to the main drive wheels, and in turn comprising a transmission and a main differential, two normally driven secondary drive wheels, and an... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20100224432 - Motorcycle: A motorcycle has at least two independently driven wheels to reduce energy consumption. The independently driven wheels are driven independently.... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20100224433 - Arrangement of electric part: A saddle-ride type vehicle, and arrangement of an electric part such as a controller for a saddle-ride type vehicle, can include a vehicle frame which has a left main frame and a right main frame which extend from a forward side to a rearward side of a vehicle body. An... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20100224434 - Steering assist for a rear caster wheel on a work machine: A steering arrangement for a work machine includes a frame, at least one caster wheel assembly carried by the frame, at least one turn assist cylinder, and a turn assist arrangement. Each turn assist cylinder is coupled between the frame and a corresponding caster wheel assembly. The turn assist arrangement... Agent: Deere & Company

20100224436 - Motor vehicle steering system: A motor vehicle steering system includes a transmission ratio variable mechanism capable of changing a transmission ratio, and a steering-assist-force imparting mechanism. The transmission ratio variable mechanism is provided with an input member and an output member capable of rotation about a first axis, a first bearing ring for differentially... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20100224435 - Oscillating gear device, transmission ratio variable mechanism, and motor vehicle steering system: An oscillating gear device includes an axially fixed gear piece rotatable around a first axis and an axially oscillating gear piece that oscillates while being inclined with respect to the first axis. A plurality of pins held by one of the gear pieces engage with a plurality of tooth grooves... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20100219003 - Hull robot steering system: A robot drive system preferably used for a vessel hull cleaning and/or inspection robot includes a first frame portion rotatably supporting a first axle with a first wheel thereon, and a second frame portion rotatably supporting a second axle with a second wheel thereon. A joint connects the first frame... Agent: Iandiorio Teska & Coleman

20100219004 - Snow traction unit for vehicles: A snow traction unit to replace a wheel of an all wheel drive vehicle which includes a frame supporting two carrier wheels; said carrier wheels being spaced apart a distance greater than their combined radii; an endless snow contacting track mounted for rotation on said carrier wheels; a track contacting... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20100219005 - Suspension for a telepresence robot: A differential drive suspension for a robot with a high height to weight ratio... Agent: Roy Benjamin Sandberg

20100219006 - Auxiliary power device of bicycle: An auxiliary power device of a bicycle includes a driving member and a base member provided at a first section and a second section of the bicycle respectively. The first section and the second section are two parts of the bicycle, which has a relative motion therebetween in cycling. An... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20100219007 - Hybrid vehicle drive system and method and idle reduction system and method: One embodiment relates to a hybrid vehicle drive system for a vehicle including a first prime mover, a first prime mover driven transmission, a rechargeable power source, and a PTO. The hybrid vehicle drive system further includes a hydraulic pump in direct or indirect mechanical communication with the PTO. The... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20100219008 - Construction machine: In a heat exchanger cover (17) covering upper sides of heat exchanger (13), an inlet port (21) is provided on a left side which is an upstream side of cooling air, and one exhaust port (22) for exhausting the cooling air which has passed through the heat exchanger (13) is... Agent: Mattingly & Malur, P.C.

20100219009 - Agricultural vehicle suspension: An agricultural vehicle having a hydraulic system, a cab for the vehicle operator includes a self-levelling cab suspension system having a plurality of suspension units each having a spring, a damper and an accumulator. The accumulator comprises a hydraulic working chamber which is separated by a movable wall from a... Agent: Cnh America LLC

20100219010 - Parking assist apparatus: A parking assist apparatus includes a guidance mode setting portion specifying a forward turning guidance controlling portion to perform a control when determining that a direct guidance control for driving a vehicle rearward to a target parking position without once driving the vehicle forward is unachievable. The forward turning guidance... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20100219011 - Movable apparatus: According to one embodiment, a movable apparatus includes a carriage, coaxial paired wheels configured to support the carriage, a wheel actuator configured to rotationally drive the paired wheels, a loading section provided above the carriage, a swinging section includes a first swinging mechanism configured to swing the loading section around... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.