Patents Assigned to L'Equipe Fabconcept Inc.
  • Patent number: 8403082
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: L'Equipe Fabconcept Inc.
    Inventor: Marius Allaire
  • Patent number: 8371402
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: L'Equipe Fabconcept Inc.
    Inventor: Marius Allaire
  • Patent number: 8302710
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: L'Equipe Fabconcept Inc.
    Inventor: Marius Allaire
  • Publication number: 20100237574
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: L'EQUIPE FABCONCEPT INC.
    Inventor: Marius Allaire
  • Publication number: 20100237658
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: L'EQUIPE FABCONCEPT INC.
    Inventors: MARIUS ALLAIRE, Étienne Loiselle, Laurier Tremblay
  • Publication number: 20100230184
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2010
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: L'EQUIPE FABCONCEPT INC.
    Inventor: Marius Allaire
  • Patent number: D632613
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: L'Equipe Fabconcept Inc.
    Inventors: Marius Allaire, Etienne Loiselle, Laurier Tremblay