US PATENT SUBCLASS 180 / 205
.~ With mechanism of occupant-powered type for developing torque for supplementing, alternating with, or replacing torque of motor

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180 /   HD   MOTOR VEHICLES

21  DF  SPECIAL WHEEL BASE {6}
205.~ With mechanism of occupant-powered type for developing torque for supplementing, alternating with, or replacing torque of motor {2}
206  DF  .~.~> And means for controlling motor in response to either operation of occupant powered mechanism or vehicular movement resulting therefrom
207  DF  .~.~> Including member utilized in common by occupant-powered mechanism and by motor for transmitting torque output of each to wheel

DEFINITION

Classification: 180/205

With mechanism of occupant-powered type for developing torque for supplementing, alternating with, or replacing torque of motor:

(under subclass 21) Vehicle provided with a mechanism (e.g., pedal drive) for receiving physical effort on the part of an occupant of the vehicle and turning it into rotary force for

use in propelling the vehicle, which rotary force may be utilized (a) simultaneously with the rotary force of the vehicle's motor to increase the total force available for propelling the vehicle, (b) to substitute periodically for the rotary force of the motor, or (c) to substitute indefinitely for the rotary force of the motor (i.e., the mechanism becomes the sole, or at least the principal, source of rotary force).

(1) Note. See (1) Note through (4) Note of subclass 21 above.

(2) Note. The torque of the mechanism and that of the motor may be applied either to the same wheel or to different wheels.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

65.1+, for a motor vehicle, generally, provided with an electric motor for driving it; and particularly subclass 65.2, for a motor vehicle having other than a special wheel base and provided with both electric and nonelectric means for driving it.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

280, Land Vehicles, 212+, for a land vehicle of the wheeled type provided with means operable by an occupant for propelling the vehicle and wherein the means includes additional means for storing energy.