Patents Assigned to L'Equipe Fabconcept Inc.
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Patent number: 8800696Abstract: A vehicle equipped with a double wishbones and double tandem members suspension system to suspend the vehicle, the double tandem members being operatively interconnected together and adapted to receive idling wheels adapted to support and guide an endless belt thereon to provide significant suspension travel and prevents an endless belt disengagement from the idling wheels. A suspension system and a kit thereof are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2013Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: L'Équipe Fabconcept Inc.Inventor: Marius Allaire
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Patent number: 8708069Abstract: A vehicle equipped with a double tandem members suspension system to suspend the vehicle, the double tandem members being operatively interconnected together and adapted to receive idling wheels adapted to support and guide an endless belt thereon to provide significant suspension travel and prevents an endless belt disengagement from the idling wheels.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2012Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: L'Équipe Fabconcept Inc.Inventor: Marius Allaire
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Patent number: 8640797Abstract: An endless belt tensioner system adapted to apply a minimum tensioning force on a ground-contacting endless belt of a vehicle is provided, the minimum tensioning force being managed to prevent the endless belt to disengage from an operating configuration. A vehicle and a method of use thereof are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2013Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: L'Équipe Fabconcept Inc.Inventor: Marius Allaire
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Publication number: 20130181507Abstract: An endless belt tensioner system adapted to apply a minimum tensioning force on a ground-contacting endless belt of a vehicle is provided, the minimum tensioning force being managed to prevent the endless belt to disengage from an operating configuration. A vehicle and a method of use thereof are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2013Publication date: July 18, 2013Applicant: L'EQUIPE FABCONCEPT INCInventor: L`EQUIPE FABCONCEPT INC
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Patent number: 8469124Abstract: An endless belt tensioner system adapted to dynamically apply a tensioning force on a ground-contacting endless belt of a vehicle is provided, the tensioning force being managed to prevent the endless belt to disengage from an operating configuration when the suspension is actuated. A vehicle and a method of use thereof are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2013Date of Patent: June 25, 2013Assignee: L 'Équipe Fabconcept Inc.Inventor: Marius Allaire
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Publication number: 20130118817Abstract: A vehicle equipped with a double wishbones and double tandem members suspension system to suspend the vehicle, the double tandem members being operatively interconnected together and adapted to receive idling wheels adapted to support and guide an endless belt thereon to provide significant suspension travel and prevents an endless belt disengagement from the idling wheels. A suspension system and a kit thereof are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2013Publication date: May 16, 2013Applicant: L'EQUIPE FABCONCEPT INCInventor: L'EQUIPE FABCONCEPT INC
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Publication number: 20130119754Abstract: An endless belt tensioner system adapted to dynamically apply a tensioning force on a ground-contacting endless belt of a vehicle is provided, the tensioning force being managed to prevent the endless belt to disengage from an operating configuration when the suspension is actuated. A vehicle and a method of use thereof are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2013Publication date: May 16, 2013Applicant: L'EQUIPE FABCONCEPT INCInventor: L'EQUIPE FABCONCEPT INC
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Patent number: 8403082Abstract: A vehicle equipped with a double wishbones and double tandem members suspension system to suspend the vehicle, the double tandem members being operatively interconnected together and adapted to receive idling wheels adapted to support and guide an endless belt thereon to provide significant suspension travel and prevents an endless belt disengagement from the idling wheels. A suspension and a kit thereof are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2012Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: L'Equipe Fabconcept Inc.Inventor: Marius Allaire
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Patent number: 8371402Abstract: An endless belt tensioner system adapted to apply a tensioning force on a ground-contacting endless belt of a vehicle is provided, the tensioning force being substantially proportional to an endless belt drive force applied to the endless belt to move the vehicle. A vehicle and a method about the same are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2010Date of Patent: February 12, 2013Assignee: L'Equipe Fabconcept Inc.Inventor: Marius Allaire
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Patent number: 8302710Abstract: A suspension system adapted to receive an endless belt drive is provided, the suspension system comprising a first wishbone adapted to be secured at a first end thereof to a frame of a vehicle a second wishbone adapted to be secured at a first end thereof to the frame, a hub connecting the first wishbone and the second wishbone at second ends thereof, a tandem member pivotally secured to the hub, and at least one pair of wheels attached to the tandem member, the at least one pair of wheels being adapted to contact the endless belt to support the vehicle. A method of using same and a kit providing same are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2010Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Assignee: L'Equipe Fabconcept Inc.Inventor: Marius Allaire
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Publication number: 20100237574Abstract: A suspension system adapted to receive an endless belt drive is provided, the suspension system comprising a first wishbone adapted to be secured at a first end thereof to a frame of a vehicle a second wishbone adapted to be secured at a first end thereof to the frame, a hub connecting the first wishbone and the second wishbone at second ends thereof, a tandem member pivotally secured to the hub, and at least one pair of wheels attached to the tandem member, the at least one pair of wheels being adapted to contact the endless belt to support the vehicle. A method of using same and a kit providing same are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2010Publication date: September 23, 2010Applicant: L'EQUIPE FABCONCEPT INC.Inventor: Marius Allaire
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Publication number: 20100237658Abstract: A vehicle frame comprises a structural portion of sheet material provided with a series of bents formed therein to increase the stiffness of the structural portion, portions of the sheet material being alternatively located on each side of a neutral flexion axis of the structural portion. A method and a kit providing same are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2010Publication date: September 23, 2010Applicant: L'EQUIPE FABCONCEPT INC.Inventors: MARIUS ALLAIRE, Étienne Loiselle, Laurier Tremblay
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Publication number: 20100230184Abstract: An endless belt tensioner system adapted to apply a tensioning force on a ground-contacting endless belt of a vehicle is provided, the tensioning force being substantially proportional to an endless belt drive force applied to the endless belt to move the vehicle. A vehicle and a method about the same are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2010Publication date: September 16, 2010Applicant: L'EQUIPE FABCONCEPT INC.Inventor: Marius Allaire
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Patent number: D632613Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2009Date of Patent: February 15, 2011Assignee: L'Equipe Fabconcept Inc.Inventors: Marius Allaire, Etienne Loiselle, Laurier Tremblay