Patents by Inventor Dale R. Hane

Dale R. Hane 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).

  • Reciprocal method and apparatus for transferring vehicle batteries
    Patent number: 4342533
    Abstract: Apparatus and the method for transferring heavy elongated batteries into and out of an electrically powered vehicle. Elongated loading stations are positioned in aligned relationship with an elongated battery chamber which extends completely through a vehicle. A battery in a first loading station is pushed into the chamber in the vehicle causing a battery in that chamber to be pushed into the other loading station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1979
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1982
    Inventor: Dale R. Hane