Patents by Inventor Thomas Eastwood

Thomas Eastwood 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: 4014221
    Abstract: Transfer gearing for converting a vehicle with a single power-driven axle to four-wheel-drive is housed partially within the vehicle's gearbox. The transfer gearing comprises a train of gears on vertically spaced shafts, the lowermost shaft having a coupling flange adapted to be driveably connected by a cardan shaft to an auxiliary power-driven axle, and the uppermost shaft being disengageably connectible by clutch means to the output shaft of the vehicle's gearbox. The clutch means comprise a dog clutch sleeve slideable axially by a selector fork operated manually by means including an arm pivotally mounted externally upon the vehicle's gearbox.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1975
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1977
    Assignee: David Brown Tractors Limited
    Inventor: Thomas Eastwood