Patents
US 9188198 B2: Drive train and systems for a three-wheeled vehicle
- Granted
- 2015-11-17
- Filed
- 2014-10-28 application 14526074
- Type
- Utility · 27 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
An apparatus includes a housing, an input portion including an input gear, an idler portion including an idler gear, and an output portion including an output gear and an output member disposed outside of the housing and substantially coplanar with a drive portion of a rear wheel assembly. The housing can couple to an engine assembly such that rotation of an engine output member rotates the input gear. The input gear can move within the housing between a first position, in which the input gear engages the idler gear and is spaced apart from the output gear to indirectly rotate the output gear in a first direction via the idler gear, and a second position, in which the input gear engages the output gear and is spaced apart from the idler gear to directly rotate the output gear in a second direction. The output member rotates with the output gear.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg151117.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TANOM MOTORS, LLC 8 patents | US company or organization | Culpeper, VA | TANOM MOTORS LLC State business registration EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merrill C. Hall | Culpeper, VA | 8 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| David M. Ankin | Jamestown, NC | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Jody L. Rawson | Charlotte, NC | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| John A. Willes | Charlotte, NC | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| F16H | Gearing | F16H3/22 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| B62K | Cycles; cycle frames; cycle steering devices; rider-operated terminal controls specially adapted for cycles; cycle axle suspensions; cycle side-cars, forecars, or the like | B62K5/027 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| B62M | Rider propulsion of wheeled vehicles or sledges; powered propulsion of sledges or ; single-track; cycles; transmissions specially adapted for such vehicles | B62M9/04 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| Y10T | Technical subjects covered by former us classification | Y10T74/19585 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-03-02 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | CONCORD MACHINING & FABRICATION, LLC signed 2015-02-23 | TANOM MOTORS, LLC CULPEPER, VA | 35068/369 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2015-03-02 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | HALL, MERRILL C. signed 2014-12-10 ANKIN, DAVID M. signed 2015-02-24 | TANOM MOTORS, LLC CULPEPER, VA | 35068/352 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2015-03-02 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | RAWSON, JODY L. signed 2015-02-23 WILLES, JOHN A., SR signed 2015-02-23 | CONCORD MACHINING & FABRICATION, LLC CONCORD, NC | 35068/328 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.
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