Patents by Inventor Arne E. Pelkonen

Arne E. Pelkonen 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: 8292315
    Abstract: A three wheeled vehicle features a front frame, a seat thereon, a front wheel on the front frame, a rear frame, and a pair of wheels on the rear frame. A flexible joint exists between the front and rear frame sections ahead of the seat and rear wheels and behind the front wheel to enable relative pivoting of the front frame about a tiltable axis. A pair of link arms each have spherical joints with the front and rear frames at opposite sides thereof at a distance behind the flexible joint. A dynamic articulation axis intersects the flexible connection and an axis passing through the connections of the link arms to the front frame. The front frame is tiltable relative to the rear frame to shift the dynamic axis relative to either side from a default position positioning the front wheel in a straight orientation relative to the rear wheels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Inventor: Arne E. Pelkonen