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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 1995
Filed:
Sep. 08, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Clive M Sinclair, London, GB;
Assignee:
Sinclair Research Limited, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
474139 ; 474148 ;
Abstract
Drive apparatus (2) for a cycle (4), which drive apparatus (2) comprises a frame (6), a motor (8), a first pulley (10) which is driven by the motor (8), a second pulley (12), and an endless belt (14) which passes around the two pulleys (10, 12) and which is driven by the first pulley (10), the drive apparatus (2) being such that during use the belt (14) as in driving engagement with a tire (16) of a wheel (18) of the cycle (4), and the drive apparatus (2) being such that during use the first pulley (10) does not engage the tire (16).