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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2004
James C. Leblanc, Sr., Rochester, MI (US);
James C. Leblanc, Jr., Washington, MI (US);
Paul D. Bentley, Rochester, MI (US);
James C. LeBlanc, Sr., Rochester, MI (US);
James C. LeBlanc, Jr., Washington, MI (US);
Paul D. Bentley, Rochester, MI (US);
GPV, LLC, Southfield, MI (US);
Abstract
A wheel assembly for a vehicle having a body, a power plant and a drivetrain for transmitting drive to said wheel assembly, generally consisting of a wheel including rim and hub portions; a roller bearing having inner and outer races, disposed within the rim portion of the wheels, coaxially therewith; first support means having a steering axis, mounted on the outer race of the bearing connectable to the body; second support means mounted to the inner race of the bearing and rigidly secured to the hub portion of the wheel; and an axle operatively connected at an inner end thereof to a portion of the drivetrain and an outer end extending into the inner race of the bearing and connected by means of a single universal joint to one of the second support means and the hub portion of the vehicle; wherein the steering axis intersects the center of the single universal joint.
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