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US3331464A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Four wheel belt variable transmission drive

Assignee: DOORNE S AUTOMOBIELFABRIEK N V
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Filing: 1965-01-08
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Granted: 1967-07-18
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Expires: 1985-01-08
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Herbertus J Van Doorne

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-23 05:58
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60K; B60K17/00; B60K17/34; B62; B62D; B62D1/00; B62D1/02; B62D1/22

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 1
Claim 1
Independent Claim 179 words
A FOUR WHEEL DRIVE FOR A VEHICLE COMPRISING A POWER PLANT, CONTROL MEANS FOR DRIVING SAID VEHICLE COMPRISING AN ACCELERATOR AND A BRAKE PEDAL, A DRIVE SHAFT DRIVEN BY SAID POWER PLANT, AN AUTOMATIC CENTRIFUGAL CLUTCH CONNECTING SAID POWER PLANT TO SAID DRIVE SHAFT, A PRIMARY AXIALLY EXPANDABLE AND CONTRACTIBLE PULLEY HAVING A FIXED PULLEY HALF AND A SLIDABLE PULLEY HALF DRIVEN BY SAID DRIVE SHAFT, MEANS TO ADAPT THE MUTUAL DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID PULLEY HALVES TO THE ENGINE SPEED AND THE DRIVING RESISTANCE, A SECONDARY AXIALLY EXPANDABLE AND CONTRACTIBLE PULLEY, A FLEXIBLE DRIVE BETWEEN SAID PRIMARY PULLEY AND SAID SECONDARY PULLEY, A SHAFT DRIVEN BY SAID SECONDARY PULLEY, A REAR AXLE UPON WHICH THE REAR WHEELS OF SAID VEHICLE ARE SAID SECONARY PULLEY TO SAID REAR AXLE, A FRONT AXLE HAVING THE FRONT WHEELS OF SAID VEHICLE MOUNTED THEREON, A TELESCOPING SHAFT CONNECTING SAID REDUCTION MEANS TO SAID FRONT AXLE, WHEREBY SAID VEHICLE MAY BE DRIVEN AND CONTROLLED UNDER ALL CONDITIONS BY SAID ACCELERATOR AND BRAKE PEDAL AND A DRUM COMPRISING BRAKE MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID TELESCOPING SHAFT.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1970-07-17 1971-01-16 1971-07-18 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1974-07-17 1975-01-16 1975-07-18 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1978-07-17 1979-01-16 1979-07-18 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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