Patents by Inventor Lawrence M. Garrett

Lawrence M. Garrett 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).

  • Patent number: 6318483
    Abstract: A drive arrangement for a remotely controlled unmanned ground vehicle which has both tracks and wheels. The track drive and the wheel are both connected to a drive shaft assembly which includes a spring loaded axially movable splined shaft engagable and disengagable with a motor driven gear train. A ball lock key assembly is mateable with an extraction knob located at the end of the splined shaft to quickly and effortlessly disengage the shaft to allow for free-wheeling in the event of a power failure, or like problem, and to thereafter reengage the shaft for normal operation after the problem is remedied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Assignee: Northrup Grumman Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence M. Garrett, Bart Weaver