US PATENT SUBCLASS 180 / 239
.~.~.~ Including longitudinally extending, endless element for transmitting drive to wheels

Current as of: June, 1999
Click HD for Main Headings
Click for All Classes

Internet Version by PATENTEC © 1999      Terms of Use


180 /   HD   MOTOR VEHICLES

233  DF  HAVING FOUR WHEELS DRIVEN {7}
234  DF  .~ With means for steering all driven wheels {5}
237  DF  .~.~ Comprising swingable, plural-wheel-carrying axles on individual, vertical axes of pivot {2}
239.~.~.~ Including longitudinally extending, endless element for transmitting drive to wheels

DEFINITION

Classification: 180/239

Including longitudinally extending, endless element for transmitting drive to wheels:

(under subclass 237) Vehicle wherein a means for transferring the driving effort, developed by the motor, to the wheels of the vehicle includes a member which operates in a plane extending generally fore-and-aft of the vehicle and is in the nature of a belt or chain.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

217, for a motor vehicle having a wheel arrangement comprising three wheels and wherein two of the wheels, which have a common axis of rotation, are driven and further wherein the mechanism for transferring driving effort to the wheels includes an endless element.

231, for a motor vehicle having a wheel arrangement comprising two wheels in tandem relationship and wherein the mechanism for transferring driving effort to a wheel includes an endless element.

241, and 251, for other motor vehicles of the four-driven-wheel type which include a longitudinally extending, endless, drive-transmitting element.

350+, 357, 366, and 373, for a motor vehicle having transmission mechanism in the nature of one or more belts or chains for transmitting drive to its wheels.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

474, Endless Belt Power Transmission Systems or Components, appropriate subclasses for a power transmission using an endless belt.