Patents by Inventor Fredrick Charles Brown

Fredrick Charles Brown 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: 8172014
    Abstract: A vehicle steering means with a first front ground-engaging steerable wheel located in the front center of the vehicle; second and third front ground-engaging wheels located either side of the first front ground-engaging wheel with means for adjusting the steer angle and the height depending on the steer angle of the first front ground-engaging wheel. When the first front ground-engaging wheel has a straight-ahead steer angle, the second and third wheels are also straight-ahead and all three front ground-engaging wheels are in contact with the ground; and when the steer angle of the first front ground-engaging wheel is turned, the steer angle of the front ground-engaging wheel on the outside of said curve is turned at least partly towards the steer angle of the first front ground-engaging wheel, the steer angle of the front ground-engaging wheel on the inside of said curve is not substantially turned towards the steer angle of the first front ground-engaging wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Advanced Vehicle Concepts Limited
    Inventors: Fredrick Charles Brown, Graham Reginald Nicholls
  • Publication number: 20090314568
    Abstract: A vehicle comprising: steering means for operation by a user, —one or more rear ground-engaging wheels; a first front ground-engaging steerable wheel (34) located substantially in the centre at substantially the front of the vehicle; second and third front ground-engaging wheels (36, 37) located either side of the first front ground-engaging wheel (34) with adjustment means for adjusting the steer angle and the height depending on the steer angle of the first front ground-engaging wheel, the adjustment means being configured such that: when the first front ground-engaging wheel (34) has a straight-ahead steer angle, the steer angles of the second and third front ground-engaging wheels (36, 37) are also straight-ahead and all three front ground-engaging wheels are in contact with the ground; and when the steer angle of the first front ground-engaging wheel (34) is turned such that motion of the vehicle would describe a curve, the steer angle of the front ground-engaging wheel on the outside of said curve is tu
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2007
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Inventors: Fredrick Charles Brown, Graham Reginald Nicholls