Patents by Inventor Bart Vandepitte

Bart Vandepitte 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).

  • Transmission for a vehicle having a motor arranged outside its longitudinal center plane
    Patent number: 6105710
    Abstract: A transmission (14) for a vehicle (2) having a motor (9) including a motor unit (33) and an output shaft, the motor (9) being arranged outside the longitudinal center plane (7) of the vehicle (2). The transmission (14) comprises a reducing transmission (19) including a housing (22) for a fixed connection to the motor unit (33) and an output shaft (37) arranged out of line with respect to its input shaft (16), a transfer transmission (21) for driving drive shafts (11) arranged in the region of the longitudinal center plane of the vehicle (2), the transfer transmission (21) including a housing (27) and an output shaft (18) arranged out of line with respect to its input shaft (38). The housing (27) of the transfer transmission (21) is provided for a fixed connection to the housing (22) of the reducing transmission (19).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Assignee: Clark Equipment Beigium N.V.
    Inventor: Bart Vandepitte