Motor vehicles – Special wheel base – Having only two wheels
Patent
1993-03-10
1994-08-30
Focarino, Margaret A.
Motor vehicles
Special wheel base
Having only two wheels
180 655, 2802884, B62K 1110
Patent
active
053418921
ABSTRACT:
A motor and pedal driven bicycle having a motor driving unit for providing driver power to a wheel in which the motor driving unit includes a disc-like casing having a space formed therein and dividable into two portions, a battery powered wheel driving motor, and a speed reducer coupled to the motor to reduce a revolution speed of the motor. The casing is composed of a fixed portion secured to a hub spindle of the wheel and a rotatable portion provided on a hub shell mounted on the hub spindle to be rotatable along with the hub shell. Either the motor or both the motor and the speed reducer are provided on the inside of the fixed portion of the casing.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3773131 (1993-11-01), Jaulmes
patent: 4280581 (1981-07-01), Rudwick
patent: 4346777 (1982-08-01), Restelli
patent: 4559462 (1985-12-01), Hernandez-Badillo
patent: 5272938 (1993-12-01), Hsu et al.
"An Electric Wheel Motor Unit Applied to Two Wheeled Vehicles", P. Campbell, pp. 57-62.
Hirose Yasuo
Yamaguchi Yukifumi
Focarino Margaret A.
Hurley Kevin
Morrison Thomas R.
Sanyo Electric Co,. Ltd.
LandOfFree
Motor and pedal driven bicycle does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Motor and pedal driven bicycle, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Motor and pedal driven bicycle will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-24856