Patents by Inventor Travis Barkey
Travis Barkey 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).
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Publication number: 20240122101Abstract: A riding-type electric work machine including a vehicle body frame, an electrically driven operating unit, a swing arm swingably supported by the vehicle body frame, a traction motor held by the swing arm, a battery and a suspension coupled to the swing arm. The swing arm includes a housing base enclosing the traction motor and an arm connecting the housing base to the swing shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Nathaniel Artemis Lenfert, Travis Barkey, Christopher W. Vaughn, Scott J. Kaskawitz
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Publication number: 20220192095Abstract: According to some embodiments of the disclosed subject matter, a ride-on mower can include a main frame, a side member pivotally connected to the main frame, and a transaxle. The transaxle can include a pump portion that has a pump housing fixed on the main frame and a fluid displacement structure located in the pump housing. The transaxle can further include a motor portion including a motor housing and a fluid driven structure located in the motor housing. The motor housing can be separate from the pump housing, and the motor housing can be carried on and movable with the side member. Tubing can interconnect the pump portion and the motor portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2020Publication date: June 23, 2022Inventors: Travis BARKEY, Christopher D. MEEKS, Nathaniel A. LENFERT, Christopher W. VAUGHN, Scott J. KASKAWITZ
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Patent number: 10800471Abstract: A motor vehicle includes a frame body defining a cabin area and an engine area. The engine area is primarily accessible from the cabin area during installation of the engine assembly. A seat frame is removably attached to the frame body in the cabin area, and a seat assembly is removably attached to the seat frame. A method of installing the engine assembly during the assembly of the motor vehicle includes the steps of lowering the engine assembly into the cabin area of the frame body, moving the engine assembly along a longitudinal axis into the engine area of the frame body, lowering the engine assembly onto an engine mount in the engine area of the frame body, attaching the seat frame to the frame body in the cabin area, and attaching the seat assembly to the seat frame.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2018Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Dakota D Kirtland, Jason M Owens, Dustin L Hinders, Daniel T Sellars, Travis Barkey
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Patent number: 10800470Abstract: A frame assembly for a vehicle can include a fixed frame assembly, a removable frame assembly and a bracket. The fixed frame assembly can include a rear frame member extending along a longitudinal direction of the vehicle. The removable frame assembly can be selectively removed and attached to the fixed frame assembly. The removable frame assembly can include a tubular frame member extending along the rear end of the fixed frame assembly, and can be configured to deform in a predictable and predetermined controlled manner if a load or kinetic energy input to the tubular frame member is greater than a first predetermined threshold. The bracket can be connected to the tubular member and the rear frame member, and the bracket can be configured to deform in a predictable and predetermined controlled manner if a load or kinetic energy input to the bracket is greater than a second predetermined threshold.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2018Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Travis Barkey, Robert T. Wilson, III, Dustin L. Hinders, Dakota D. Kirtland, AshaLatha Papa
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Publication number: 20200017153Abstract: A frame assembly for a vehicle can include a fixed frame assembly, a removable frame assembly and a bracket. The fixed frame assembly can include a rear frame member extending along a longitudinal direction of the vehicle. The removable frame assembly can be selectively removed and attached to the fixed frame assembly. The removable frame assembly can include a tubular frame member extending along the rear end of the fixed frame assembly, and can be configured to deform in a predictable and predetermined controlled manner if a load or kinetic energy input to the tubular frame member is greater than a first predetermined threshold. The bracket can be connected to the tubular member and the rear frame member, and the bracket can be configured to deform in a predictable and predetermined controlled manner if a load or kinetic energy input to the bracket is greater than a second predetermined threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2018Publication date: January 16, 2020Inventors: Travis BARKEY, Robert T. WILSON, III, Dustin L. HINDERS, Dakota D. KIRTLAND, AshaLatha PAPA
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Publication number: 20180251173Abstract: A motor vehicle includes a frame body defining a cabin area and an engine area. The engine area is primarily accessible from the cabin area during installation of the engine assembly. A seat frame is removably attached to the frame body in the cabin area, and a seat assembly is removably attached to the seat frame. A method of installing the engine assembly during the assembly of the motor vehicle includes the steps of lowering the engine assembly into the cabin area of the frame body, moving the engine assembly along a longitudinal axis into the engine area of the frame body, lowering the engine assembly onto an engine mount in the engine area of the frame body, attaching the seat frame to the frame body in the cabin area, and attaching the seat assembly to the seat frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2018Publication date: September 6, 2018Inventors: Dakota D KIRTLAND, Jason M OWENS, Dustin L HINDERS, Daniel T SELLARS, Travis BARKEY
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Patent number: 9988116Abstract: A motor vehicle includes a frame body defining a cabin area and an engine area. The engine area is primarily accessible from the cabin area during installation of the engine assembly. A seat frame is removably attached to the frame body in the cabin area, and a seat assembly is removably attached to the seat frame. A method of installing the engine assembly during the assembly of the motor vehicle includes the steps of lowering the engine assembly into the cabin area of the frame body, moving the engine assembly along a longitudinal axis into the engine area of the frame body, lowering the engine assembly onto an engine mount in the engine area of the frame body, attaching the seat frame to the frame body in the cabin area, and attaching the seat assembly to the seat frame.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2016Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Dakota D Kirtland, Jason M Owens, Dustin L Hinders, Daniel T Sellars, Travis Barkey
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Publication number: 20180057084Abstract: A motor vehicle includes a frame body defining a cabin area and an engine area. The engine area is primarily accessible from the cabin area during installation of the engine assembly. A seat frame is removably attached to the frame body in the cabin area, and a seat assembly is removably attached to the seat frame. A method of installing the engine assembly during the assembly of the motor vehicle includes the steps of lowering the engine assembly into the cabin area of the frame body, moving the engine assembly along a longitudinal axis into the engine area of the frame body, lowering the engine assembly onto an engine mount in the engine area of the frame body, attaching the seat frame to the frame body in the cabin area, and attaching the seat assembly to the seat frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2016Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventors: Dakota D. KIRTLAND, Jason M. OWENS, Dustin L. HINDERS, Daniel T. SELLARS, Travis BARKEY
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Patent number: 8985260Abstract: A vehicle includes a frame, an engine, and an exhaust system. The frame includes a main frame and a sub-frame movably attached to the main frame. The sub-frame includes an exhaust bracket that includes a hollow collar. The engine includes an engine casing and an exhaust port. The engine is releasably attached to the sub-frame. The exhaust system includes a conduit, a conduit bracket, and a muffler. The conduit includes an upstream end and a downstream end. The upstream end is connected to the exhaust port. The conduit bracket includes a first end and a second end. The first end is attached to the conduit at a location intermediate the upstream end of the conduit and the downstream end of the conduit. The second end of the conduit bracket is movably attached to the hollow collar. The muffler is attached to the downstream end of the conduit.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2014Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ryan J. Holoweiko, Travis Barkey
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Publication number: 20140216843Abstract: A vehicle includes a frame, an engine, and an exhaust system. The frame includes a main frame and a sub-frame movably attached to the main frame. The sub-frame includes an exhaust bracket that includes a hollow collar. The engine includes an engine casing and an exhaust port. The engine is releasably attached to the sub-frame. The exhaust system includes a conduit, a conduit bracket, and a muffler. The conduit includes an upstream end and a downstream end. The upstream end is connected to the exhaust port. The conduit bracket includes a first end and a second end. The first end is attached to the conduit at a location intermediate the upstream end of the conduit and the downstream end of the conduit. The second end of the conduit bracket is movably attached to the hollow collar. The muffler is attached to the downstream end of the conduit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2014Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ryan J. Holoweiko, Travis Barkey
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Patent number: 8096582Abstract: A carrier rack for a vehicle is provided that includes a tubular frame member and a plurality of strapping members. The tubular frame member includes at least four corner portions and defines an outer perimeter of the carrier rack and also defines a carrier plane. Each of the strapping members is secured to a respective one of the corner portions, and is spaced apart from the carrier plane and positioned entirely interior of the outer perimeter of the carrier rack. The carrier plane is generally horizontally oriented, and each of the strapping members is below the carrier plane, when the carrier rack is attached to a vehicle and oriented to carry objects.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2009Date of Patent: January 17, 2012Assignee: Honda Motor Company, Ltd.Inventors: Kelly Ann Longwell, Matthew J. Alexander, Travis Barkey, Timothy Adam Hahn, Stephen George Hlopick, Yoshiaki Noda, Thomas Howerton Pollock
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Publication number: 20100301592Abstract: A carrier rack for a vehicle is provided that includes a tubular frame member and a plurality of strapping members. The tubular frame member includes at least four corner portions and defines an outer perimeter of the carrier rack and also defines a carrier plane. Each of the strapping members is secured to a respective one of the corner portions, and is spaced apart from the carrier plane and positioned entirely interior of the outer perimeter of the carrier rack. The carrier plane is generally horizontally oriented, and each of the strapping members is below the carrier plane, when the carrier rack is attached to a vehicle and oriented to carry objects.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2009Publication date: December 2, 2010Inventors: Kelly Ann Longwell, Matthew J. Alexander, Travis Barkey, Timothy Adam Hahn, Stephen George Hlopick, Yoshiaki Noda, Thomas Howerton Pollock