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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2025
Filed:
May. 31, 2023
Applicant:
Herkules Equipment Corporation, Walled Lake, MI (US);
Inventors:
Todd John Bacon, Northville, MI (US);
Eliana Virginia Podolski Bacon, Northville, MI (US);
Assignee:
Herkules Equipment Corporation, Walled Lake, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 1/22 (2006.01); B66F 7/06 (2006.01); B66F 7/28 (2006.01); F16H 7/02 (2006.01); F16H 7/06 (2006.01); F16H 7/12 (2006.01); F16H 19/06 (2006.01); H02K 7/10 (2006.01); H02K 7/116 (2006.01); H02P 5/685 (2006.01); H02P 5/695 (2006.01); F16H 7/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66F 7/065 (2013.01); B66F 7/28 (2013.01); F16H 1/22 (2013.01); F16H 7/02 (2013.01); F16H 7/06 (2013.01); F16H 7/1263 (2013.01); F16H 19/06 (2013.01); H02K 7/1004 (2013.01); H02K 7/116 (2013.01); H02P 5/685 (2013.01); H02P 5/695 (2013.01); F16H 2007/0806 (2013.01); F16H 2007/0865 (2013.01); F16H 2007/0891 (2013.01); F16H 2007/0895 (2013.01); F16H 2019/0668 (2013.01);
Abstract
A drive mechanism includes a mount block extending along an axis and a plurality of electric motors supported by the mount block. The electric motors are arranged in series along the axis to define an initial electric motor, one or more intermediate electric motors, and a final electric motor. The drive mechanism also includes a gear mounted to each of the electric motors, and an output member driven by the gear mounted to the final electric motor to receive the combined rotational torque from the gears of the series of electric motors.