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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2011
Applicants:
Ivan Eugene Fox, Mattoon, IL (US);
Brian Laymon, Mattoon, IL (US);
Inventors:
Ivan Eugene Fox, Mattoon, IL (US);
Brian Laymon, Mattoon, IL (US);
Assignee:
Hydro-Gear Limited Partnership, Sullivan, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 1/02 (2006.01); B60W 10/18 (2012.01); B60W 10/184 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/184 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle connectable to an auxiliary power unit capable of energizing a pair of fail-safe brakes that arrest rotation of a pair of electric transaxles mounted to the vehicle. Each brake has an external connector and requires electrical power to assume a non-braked state that permits free rotation of an electric motor engaged to the brake and incorporated in each of the electric transaxles. The auxiliary power unit having first and second circuits and first and second connectors compatible with the external connectors of one of the brakes.