Motor vehicles – Frame – With structure adapted to receive or support a motor,...
Reexamination Certificate
2003-12-10
2008-07-15
Bottorff, Christopher (Department: 3616)
Motor vehicles
Frame
With structure adapted to receive or support a motor,...
C180S311000, C180S377000, C180S292000, C074S60600R
Reexamination Certificate
active
07398853
ABSTRACT:
In a frame structure of a vehicle that includes a flywheel housing, an intermediate housing and a transmission case that are connected to each other along a longitudinal axis of the vehicle to constitute a vehicle frame, the intermediate housing has a hollow shape with a first end and a second end located along the longitudinal axis of the vehicle, the first end having an abutting surface against which the second end of the flywheel housing abuts, a support surface located radially inwardly of the abutting surface so as to support the forward/rearward movement switching unit, and an opening surrounded by the support surface, the opening serving as a first-end opening of the intermediate housing along the longitudinal axis of the vehicle. The abutting surface and the support surface along the longitudinal axis of the vehicle are located so that at least a portion of the forward/rearward movement switching unit is accommodated within the flywheel housing.
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Hasegawa Toshiyuki
Ishimaru Yoshitaka
Ohtsuki Kazuhiko
Yoshina Atsuo
Bottorff Christopher
Kanzaki Kokyukoki Mfg. Co. Ltd.
Spisich George D.
Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
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