Patents by Inventor Ivan R. Lucius

Ivan R. Lucius 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: 4917200
    Abstract: Improved steering systems are provided for skid-steering vehicles such as military tanks, track-type tractors and the like. A diesel engine may be used to rotate a drive shaft interconnected by port and starboard planetary gear assemblies, to apply driving power simultaneously to both track-drive mechanisms. Steering is provided by port and starboard hydraulically-actuated motors, each positively interconnected with the ring gear or other suitable component of its respective planetary gear assembly, whereby each track-drive mechanism may be controlled separately and independently of the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 17, 1990
    Inventor: Ivan R. Lucius