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Patent No.:

US 12715421 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026

Filed:

Apr. 03, 2024

Haul truck with modular drive system

Applicant:

Flanders Electric Motor Service, Llc, Evansville, IN (US);

Inventors:

Brian Curtis Havens, Columbia, SC (US);

Michael Gordon Onsager, Franklin, WI (US);

Benjamin Alex Balbach, Evansville, IN (US);

Miles Christopher Griggs, Evansville, IN (US);

Assignee:

FLANDERS ELECTRIC MOTOR SERVICE, LLC, Evansville, IN (US);

Attorney:

Lathrop GPM LLP

Primary Examiner:

Edwin A Young

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/10 (2016.01); B60K 1/00 (2006.01); B60K 1/02 (2006.01); B60K 1/04 (2019.01); B60K 11/02 (2006.01); B60K 25/00 (2006.01); B60L 5/20 (2006.01); B60L 7/18 (2006.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60W 10/08 (2006.01); B60W 10/26 (2006.01); B60W 10/30 (2006.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B62D 65/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/10 (2013.01); B60K 1/00 (2013.01); B60K 1/02 (2013.01); B60K 1/04 (2013.01); B60K 11/02 (2013.01); B60K 25/00 (2013.01); B60L 5/20 (2013.01); B60L 7/18 (2013.01); B60L 50/66 (2019.02); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/08 (2013.01); B60W 10/26 (2013.01); B60W 10/30 (2013.01); B60W 30/1819 (2013.01); B62D 65/10 (2013.01); B60K 2001/0405 (2013.01); B60L 2200/40 (2013.01); B60L 2210/10 (2013.01); B60W 2300/125 (2013.01);
Abstract

A vehicle including a chassis and an engine connected to the chassis. The vehicle also includes an alternator connected to the engine and a drive system connected to the alternator. The vehicle also includes a number of wheel motors connected to the drive system. The vehicle also includes a number of wheels connected to the wheel motors. The drive system includes a number of modules. Each of the modules is directly connected to at least one other module of the modules. Each of the modules is interchangeable with another of the modules. Each of the modules includes one or more switches for controlling a mode of operation of each of the modules. The one or more switches of each of the modules are set to control an electrical interface between the drive system and electrical components of the vehicle, the electrical components including at least the wheel motors.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Havens, Brian. (2026). Haul truck with modular drive system (U.S. Patent No. 12715421). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12715421

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