Patents by Inventor Richard Mellick Zock

Richard Mellick Zock 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: 11938771
    Abstract: A shock absorber mounting assembly for an off-road vehicle is provided. The shock absorber mounting assembly provides a shock absorber adapter bracket that selectively interconnects a lower portion of the shock absorber and the original equipment manufacturer A-arm of the off-road vehicle. The present invention thus enables any model year shock absorber to be adapted to operatively associate with the steering system of any off-road vehicle of the same make and model, regardless of model year. The shock absorber adapter bracket may be of unitary construction of resilient material adapted to provide a main portion for selectively and rotatably connecting the original shock fork, wherein two fork portions of the shock absorber adapter bracket operatively associate with the lower portion of the shock absorber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Inventors: Richard Mellick Zock, Miles John Zock
  • Patent number: 11938770
    Abstract: A shock absorber mounting assembly for an off-road vehicle is provided. The shock absorber mounting assembly may provide A-arm brackets dimensioned and adapted to interconnect body and wheel framing of the off-road vehicle, wherein the lower bracket adjustably engages a lower portion of the shock absorber. The present invention also enables any model year shock absorber to be adapted to operatively associate with the steering system of any off-road vehicle of the same make and model, regardless of model year, through a shock absorber adapter bracket assembly that attaches to the original equipment manufacturer A-arms of the off-road vehicle adding the non-model year shock absorbers. The brackets may be of unitary construction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Inventors: Richard Mellick Zock, Miles John Zock
  • Patent number: 11927160
    Abstract: A mounting bracket for a handlebar of a discontinued All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) is provided. The mounting bracket includes a U-shape body, wherein a lower portion of both legs of the U-shape body are tilted at an approximately thirty-degree degree angle relative to a remaining portion of the mounting bracket; and a plurality of mounting holes only provided along said lower portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Zoom Zoom Parts LLC
    Inventors: Miles John Zock, Richard Mellick Zock
  • Patent number: 11898505
    Abstract: An improvement to snowmobile choke lever lift pull on/off assemblies that use a manual style choke system incorporating a single or plurality cable system. The sockets that engage the cables of the cable system may be provide lateral or upper access ports. The choke lever at the distal end of the assembly may be movable from a first position to a second position by engaging the cable system, wherein an actuating element returns the choke lever to the first position. The present invention affords replacement of existing choke lever assemblies, wherein the choke lever and other components of the present invention may be made from metallic materials that increase the assembly's durability and half-life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Inventor: Richard Mellick Zock
  • Publication number: 20240035568
    Abstract: An improved star shift detent mechanism for an All-terrain vehicle. The improved star shift detent mechanism has a neutral-position ridge element with a trough formed therein, wherein the trough has a greater arc length and larger radius of curvature than the prior art for improving the finding of the neutral position. Relatedly, the remaining ridge elements of the improved star shift detent mechanism have the same spacing as the prior art but have smaller amplitudes, thereby enabling a smoother and faster selection of gears.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventor: Richard Mellick Zock
  • Patent number: 11795893
    Abstract: A system for facilitating a visual inspection of an All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) is provided. The system includes a transparent air box cover and an electrical system outputting light from the air box cover lid. The system may include a transparent intake/inlet valve cover lid, a transparent exhaust/outlet valve cover lid, and a transparent cylinder head cover lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Zoom Zoom Parts LLC
    Inventors: Miles John Zock, Richard Mellick Zock
  • Patent number: 11795844
    Abstract: An oil cooling assembly for an All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) and a method of improving the efficiency of the ATV's cooling system is provided. The assembly or kit may include a relocating bracket that can be used to affix the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) oil cooler to a front portion of the ATV after the OEM oil cooler is removed from underneath the ATV frame. The kit may include a new reservoir tank that is larger than the OEM oil tank, as the relocation of the OEM oil cooler affords more spaced to accommodate the larger reservoir tank. The kit includes fluid conduits and barbed fittings to fluidly connect the relocated oil cooler to the reservoir tank, the reservoir tank to the motor, and the motor to the relocated oil cooler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Inventor: Richard Mellick Zock
  • Patent number: 11788590
    Abstract: A rear brake conversion assembly for all-terrain vehicles is provided. The rear brake conversion assembly may include a leg-and-foot shaped assembly bracket for operatively associating a dual piston caliber braking component with the rear wheel plate by way of a wheel bracket. The leg-and-foot shaped assembly bracket provides a first attachment hole at the hip portion, a second attachment hole at the knee portion, a third attachment hole at the heel portion, and a fourth attachment hole at a toe portion, wherein the leg portion and the foot portion of the leg-and-foot shaped assembly bracket is at an obtuse angle relative to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Inventor: Richard Mellick Zock
  • Patent number: 11754026
    Abstract: A pair of engine mounting brackets for an All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) is provided. The engine mounting bracket includes the following: a first portion having a mitten shape; a hole in a fingertip portion of the mitten shape; a hole in a thumb portion of the mitten shape; a second portion parallel to the first portion; a middle portion interconnecting the first portion and the second portion at first and second interfaces, respectively, the middle portion being oriented transversely relative to the first and second portions wherein the first portion and the second portion are parallel to each other; and a middle hole in the middle portion just downward of the first interface, wherein the first portion, the second portion, the holes of the first portion and the middle hole being mirror images of each other relative to each engine mounting bracket of the pair though not the middle portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Zoom Zoom Parts LLC
    Inventors: Miles John Zock, Richard Mellick Zock
  • Publication number: 20230220821
    Abstract: A system for enhancing performance of a carburetor engine and peripherals of an all-terrain vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Miles John Zock, Richard Mellick Zock
  • Patent number: 11624343
    Abstract: A system for enhancing performance of a carburetor engine and peripherals of an all-terrain vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Zoom Zoom Parts LLC
    Inventors: Miles John Zock, Richard Mellick Zock
  • Patent number: 11618389
    Abstract: An adjustable grab bar assembly for selectively adjusting the height of the grab bar, as well as a vehicular carrying rack having a cage frame with arms acting as side supports for engaging pre-existing, OEM or grab bars of the associated adjustable grab bar assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Inventors: Richard Mellick Zock, Miles John Zock
  • Patent number: 11603162
    Abstract: An axle bearing carrier assembly having a swing arm of unitary construction that operatively associates with an adjustable tension plate for selectively connecting one of two different types of axle bearing carriers to the swing arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Inventor: Richard Mellick Zock
  • Publication number: 20230068333
    Abstract: A modified fuel tank for utility, off-road and all-terrain vehicles. The modified fuel tank has a built-up first side and a thinner second side, wherein a modified opening is formed through a portion of both. A modified insert is dimensioned and adapted to engage the periphery of the modified opening through a sidewall including a curved portion and a tapered portion to accommodate the transition between the first side and the second side. A pump assembly with a built-in regulator is supported by the modified insert, by way of a retaining lip and a seal and retaining ring, so that the pump assembly is fluidly coupled to the fuel compartment of the modified fuel tank, and an outlet protrudes just above the modified insert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventor: Richard Mellick Zock
  • Publication number: 20220379718
    Abstract: An air scoop device having a sidewall longitudinally defined by a leading edge and a trailing edge, the sidewall extending between a top portion and a bottom portion, wherein the top portion, the bottom portion and sidewall define an interior space; an inner portion extending approximately orthogonally from a distal end of the bottom portion, wherein the inner portion further defines the interior space; the top portion having a top leading edge and a top trailing edge; a top cutout extending from the top trailing edge to a top distal end of the top portion; the bottom portion having a bottom leading edge and a bottom training edge; and bottom cutout extending from the trailing edge to the inner portion. The present invention may be configured in a kit of two air scoop devices and a set of installation instructions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventor: Richard Mellick Zock
  • Publication number: 20220381303
    Abstract: A rear brake conversion assembly for all-terrain vehicles is provided. The rear brake conversion assembly may include a leg-and-foot shaped assembly bracket for operatively associating a dual piston caliber braking component with the rear wheel plate by way of a wheel bracket. The leg-and-foot shaped assembly bracket provides a first attachment hole at the hip portion, a second attachment hole at the knee portion, a third attachment hole at the heel portion, and a fourth attachment hole at a toe portion, wherein the leg portion and the foot portion of the leg-and-foot shaped assembly bracket is at an obtuse angle relative to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventor: Richard Mellick Zock
  • Patent number: 11459984
    Abstract: An intake manifold with a blow off/pressure release valve, wherein the intake manifold may be a unitary construction of aluminum. The intake manifold utilizes a flat gasket at engine interface that, in combination with the aluminum construction, reduces the amount of heat transferred from the cylinder head to the intake manifold. The unitary construction of aluminum provides a strong bridge and conduit between the cylinder head and the carburetor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Zoom Zoom Parts LLC
    Inventor: Richard Mellick Zock
  • Publication number: 20220227449
    Abstract: An axle bearing carrier assembly having a swing arm of unitary construction that operatively associates with an adjustable tension plate for selectively connecting one of two different types of axle bearing carriers to the swing arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventor: Richard Mellick Zock
  • Publication number: 20220220928
    Abstract: An intake manifold with a blow off/pressure release valve, wherein the intake manifold may be a unitary construction of aluminum. The intake manifold utilizes a flat gasket at engine interface that, in combination with the aluminum construction, reduces the amount of heat transferred from the cylinder head to the intake manifold. The unitary construction of aluminum provides a strong bridge and conduit between the cylinder head and the carburetor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventor: Richard Mellick Zock, II
  • Publication number: 20220186689
    Abstract: A pair of engine mounting brackets for an All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) is provided. The engine mounting bracket includes the following: a first portion having a mitten shape; a hole in a fingertip portion of the mitten shape; a hole in a thumb portion of the mitten shape; a second portion parallel to the first portion; a middle portion interconnecting the first portion and the second portion at first and second interfaces, respectively, the middle portion being oriented transversely relative to the first and second portions wherein the first portion and the second portion are parallel to each other; and a middle hole in the middle portion just downward of the first interface, wherein the first portion, the second portion, the holes of the first portion and the middle hole being mirror images of each other relative to each engine mounting bracket of the pair though not the middle portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Miles John Zock, Richard Mellick Zock