Steering knuckle for a driving apparatus
Granted 23 Aug 2016 · 2 office actions
Current assignee: Brown & Brown of Massachusetts, LLC · originally Hitachi, Ltd.
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Inventors: Rick Bowen, Aaron Conner, Ronald Walker · Examiner: Michael A Pratt · AU 2914 · TC 2900
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1 parts›FIG. 1 is a front view of a…
FIG. 1 is a front view of a steering knuckle comprising an opening hole (environment), a recess having an omega-like cross-section, and a beam connecting between the two (environment) as showing our new design;
FIG. 2 is a perspective view thereof;
FIG. 3 is an X-plane cross section view of a steering knuckle as showing our new design;
FIG. 4 is a first Y-plane cross section view of a steering knuckle as showing our new design;
FIG. 5 is a second Y-plane cross section view of a steering knuckle as showing our new design;
FIG. 6 is a third Y-plane cross section view of a steering knuckle as showing our new design;
FIG. 7 is an fourth Y-plane cross section view of a steering knuckle as showing our new design;
FIG. 8 is a first Z-plane cross section view of a steering knuckle as showing our new design;
FIG. 9 is a second Z-plane cross section view of a steering knuckle as showing our new design;
FIG. 10 is a third Z-plane cross section view of a steering knuckle as showing our new design;
FIG. 11 is a front view of a second embodiment of the steering knuckle;
FIG. 12 is a perspective view of the second embodiment of the steering knuckle;
FIG. 13 is a front view of a third embodiment of the steering knuckle;
FIG. 14 is a perspective view of the third embodiment of the steering knuckle;
FIG. 15 is a front view of a fourth embodiment of the steering knuckle;
FIG. 16 is a perspective view of the fourth embodiment of the steering knuckle;
FIG. 17 is a front view of a fifth embodiment of the steering knuckle; and,
FIG. 18 is a perspective view of the fifth embodiment of the steering knuckle.
The broken line showing of portions of the steering knuckle forms no part of the claimed design.
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3 members · 3 offices›IP5 & PCT — 2 members
| Office | Publication | Kind | Published | Filed | Status | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USthis patent | US-D764359-S | S1 | 23 Aug 2016 | 30 Sep 2014 | granted | Steering knuckle for a driving apparatus |
| JP | JP-1549551-S | S | 23 May 2016 | 26 Mar 2015 | granted | no title held |
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| Office | Publication | Kind | Published | Filed | Status | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA | CA-161701-S | S | 5 Jul 2016 | 25 Mar 2015 | granted | Steering knuckle for a driving apparatus |
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