Patents by Inventor Lee B. Arnold

Lee B. Arnold 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).

  • Manual transaxle
    Patent number: 6067870
    Abstract: A compact six-speed fully-synchronized manual transaxle includes an input shaft having four fixed input gears, a first intermediate shaft rotatably supporting four speed gears meshing with four of the input gears, a second intermediate shaft rotatably supporting two speed gears meshed with two of the input gears and a reverse gear meshed with a speed gear on the first intermediate shaft, and a differential. A transfer gear on each intermediate shaft is meshed with a final drive gear fixed to the differential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2000
    Assignee: New Venture Gear, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Fleishman, K. K. Natarajan, Robert S. Hatton, Alan P. Zajac, David Wenthen, Lee B. Arnold