Patents by Inventor Joseph B. Mahaney

Joseph B. Mahaney 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).

  • 2-way bicycle drive unit
    Patent number: 5884927
    Abstract: In a first form, a drive sprocket is driven constantly in a forward direction. It is mounted on a central main shaft. A pair of mutually opposed one-way clutches each have a driving part on the shaft and a driven part on the sprocket, and in pedaling in either of opposite directions, the corresponding clutch becomes active and drives the sprocket in corresponding direction which is the same forward direction. In a second form, there is a direct drive unit, and a reverse drive unit, respectively driving the sprocket in its same forward direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1999
    Inventors: Joseph B. Mahaney, Bennie E. Farmer