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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2026
Filed:
May. 12, 2022
Jason M. Klein, Springfield, MO (US);
Kevin C. Schlack, Ozark, MO (US);
Jason M. Klein, Springfield, MO (US);
Kevin C. Schlack, Ozark, MO (US);
Abstract
A front-wheel drive electric truck cab has a front axle/turntable with independent electric motor driven wheel ends. The front axle/turntable is able to execute various extreme maneuvers including a 'zero-cab-turn, pivot-in-place' maneuver at least through about a 90° pivot from a straight ahead heading. For example, left wheel end is going to be accelerated smoothly to two miles per hour rearward (not forward) speed at the same time, in unison but independently, the right wheel end is going to be accelerated smoothly to two miles per hour in forward speed. Thus, the left and right wheel ends are being driven in exactly opposite directions. The following happens. The cab does not move: —not forward, not backward; nor in a forward or backward turn. The turntable/front suspension assembly pivots in place counterclockwise about its central vertical axis (at least through about a 90° pivot from a straight ahead heading).