Patents Represented by Attorney Stephen A. Kucchianeri
  • Patent number: 7201247
    Abstract: A utility vehicle that has a bogey beam suspension for the front steered wheels is also provided with all wheel drive by mounting a drive shaft within the bogey beam so that power can be furnished to the front axle. For a six wheel vehicle the middle axle is mounted on the rear of the bogey beam and driven from the rear drive axle by a universal drive assembly. In the four wheel version in which a resilient member is attached between the vehicle and the rear of the bogey beam, the rear drive axle is interconnected with the rear of the front wheel drive shaft by a universal drive assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: CNH America LLC
    Inventor: Joseph C. Hurlburt