Patents by Inventor David M. ANKIN

David M. ANKIN 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).

  • Drive train and systems for a three-wheeled vehicle
    Patent number: 9188198
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a housing, an input portion including an input gear, an idler portion including an idler gear, and an output portion including an output gear and an output member disposed outside of the housing and substantially coplanar with a drive portion of a rear wheel assembly. The housing can couple to an engine assembly such that rotation of an engine output member rotates the input gear. The input gear can move within the housing between a first position, in which the input gear engages the idler gear and is spaced apart from the output gear to indirectly rotate the output gear in a first direction via the idler gear, and a second position, in which the input gear engages the output gear and is spaced apart from the idler gear to directly rotate the output gear in a second direction. The output member rotates with the output gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Tanom Motors, LLC
    Inventors: Merrill C. Hall, David M. Ankin, Jody L. Rawson, John A. Willes, Sr.
  • DRIVE TRAIN AND SYSTEMS FOR A THREE-WHEELED VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20150114740
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a housing, an input portion including an input gear, an idler portion including an idler gear, and an output portion including an output gear and an output member disposed outside of the housing and substantially coplanar with a drive portion of a rear wheel assembly. The housing can couple to an engine assembly such that rotation of an engine output member rotates the input gear. The input gear can move within the housing between a first position, in which the input gear engages the idler gear and is spaced apart from the output gear to indirectly rotate the output gear in a first direction via the idler gear, and a second position, in which the input gear engages the output gear and is spaced apart from the idler gear to directly rotate the output gear in a second direction. The output member rotates with the output gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: Tanom Motors, LLC
    Inventors: Merrill C. HALL, David M. ANKIN, Jody L. RAWSON, John A. WILLES, SR.