Patents by Inventor Alan F. Treadwell

Alan F. Treadwell has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Final drive units for motor vehicles
    Patent number: 4244241
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a final drive unit for a motor vehicle in which a differential has a rotatable planet wheel carrier formed with hollow axial extensions on both sides thereof through which the output drives extend. One of the extensions is supported for rotation of the planet wheel carrier in a first bearing and an input ring gear is secured to the other extension. The input ring gear is supported directly on a bearing mounted on a carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1978
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1981
    Assignee: Chrysler United Kingdom Limited
    Inventor: Alan F. Treadwell