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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2015
Applicant:
Ontario Drive and Gear, Ltd., New Hamburg, CA;
Inventor:
Peter Visscher, Lakeside, CA;
Assignee:
Ontario Drive and Gear, Ltd., New Hamburg, CA;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60F 3/00 (2006.01); B60K 1/00 (2006.01); B60G 21/045 (2006.01); B60K 17/342 (2006.01); B60G 1/04 (2006.01); B60G 5/02 (2006.01); B60G 21/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60F 3/0007 (2013.01); B60G 1/04 (2013.01); B60G 5/02 (2013.01); B60G 21/045 (2013.01); B60G 21/05 (2013.01); B60K 1/00 (2013.01); B60K 17/342 (2013.01); B60G 2200/422 (2013.01); B60G 2204/421 (2013.01); B60G 2204/8102 (2013.01); B60G 2204/8302 (2013.01); B60G 2204/8306 (2013.01); B60G 2300/07 (2013.01); B60G 2300/28 (2013.01); B60G 2300/50 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/60 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle drive unit and land vehicle comprising the drive unit are disclosed. Each drive unit comprises a pair of longitudinally aligned and longitudinally spaced apart ground wheels. The land vehicle comprises a pair of drive units on opposite sides thereof. The drive units comprise an electric motor for powering the pair of wheels and a gear drive assembly comprising structure for disengaging the electric motor from the ground wheels. The drive units may be remotely controllable, may be water-tight and may be floatable. The vehicle comprising the drive unit may be amphibious.