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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:
Oct. 08, 1996
Filed:
May. 08, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
James D Worden, North Andover, MA (US);
Edward D Trembly, Waltham, MA (US);
Assignee:
Solectria Corporation, Wilmington, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
180291 ; 180 651 ; 180 656 ;
Abstract
A new vehicle layout in which one or more electric driving motors are located to the rear of the vehicle's rear axle, and connected to a drive shaft that drives the vehicle's rear axle through a rearwards facing differential. This arrangement leaves the entire underside of the vehicle running from the front axle available to accommodate batteries or other large bulky devices.