US PATENT SUBCLASS 180 / 294
.~.~.~ With means enabling repositioning of motor and gearing or clutch

Current as of: June, 1999
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180 /   HD   MOTOR VEHICLES

54.1  DF  POWER {19}
291  DF  .~ Having specific motor-to-body-frame relationship {6}
292  DF  .~.~ Including change-speed gearing, or clutch, mounted in common with motor {3}
294.~.~.~ With means enabling repositioning of motor and gearing or clutch

DEFINITION

Classification: 180/294

With means enabling repositioning of motor and gearing or clutch:

(under subclass 292) Vehicle provided with means for moving, or facilitating the movement of, the motor and the gearing or clutch either into a different attitude or location on the body frame or from or to the body frame.

(1) Note. The repositioning usually is for either changing the relative location of the motor (e.g., for adjusting the tension of a drive belt) or making the motor more easily accessible for service or repair.

(2) Note. See (2) Note of subclass 298 below.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

232, for a motor vehicle provided with means for (a) protecting the vehicle's motor from the impact of a collision, (b) utilizing the mass of the motor to absorb the force of a collision, or (c) protecting the occupant region of the vehicle from an impact-induced shifting of the motor, which last-named category of means may include tracks, etc., for guiding the resultant movement of the motor.