Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Regenerative differential for differentially steered and front-wheel steered vehicles
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Application No.: US16138814Application Date: 2018-09-21
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Publication No.: US10697528B2Publication Date: 2020-06-30
- Inventor: Shaun Chu
- Applicant: Shaun Chu
- Agency: McCarter & English, LLP
- Main IPC: F16H48/36
- IPC: F16H48/36 ; B60K17/04 ; B60K17/08 ; B62D11/16 ; B60K23/04 ; B60K17/16 ; B62D11/10 ; F16H48/08 ; F16H37/08

Abstract:
Disclosed herein are systems, gearing assemblies and methods for controlling a differential rotation rate between shafts of a vehicle using a variable speed reversible motor. An embodiment includes a gearing assembly including a differential configured to engage a first axle shaft, a second axle shaft, and a drive shaft of a vehicle. The gearing assembly further includes a first plurality of alignment gears and a second plurality of adjustment gears configured to engage the differential, configured to be driven by a variable speed reversible motor of the vehicle, and configured to controllably alter a rotation rate of a first axle shaft relative to a rotation rate of the second axle shaft based on rotation produced by the variable speed reversible motor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190128396A1 REGENERATIVE DIFFERENTIAL FOR DIFFERENTIALLY STEERED AND FRONT-WHEEL STEERED VEHICLES Public/Granted day:2019-05-02
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