Michael Lloyd Howe

US Patent:

20200377161, Dec 3, 2020

Filed:

Aug 7, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/534061

Inventors:

- Waterboro ME, US
Michael Howe - Limerick ME, US
Cote Taylor - Dearborn MI, US

International Classification:

B62D 55/02
B60D 1/48

Abstract:

Example apparatuses and techniques have been presented for towing tracked vehicles at high speeds without various deficiencies and for allowing a vehicle to be configured to extend supplemental wheels from a storage configuration into a ground support configuration in which the vehicle is able to make use of the supplemental wheels for additional ground support.

US Patent:

20190315413, Oct 17, 2019

Filed:

Apr 16, 2018

Appl. No.:

15/953836

Inventors:

- Waterboro ME, US
Michael Howe - Limerick ME, US

Assignee:

Howe and Howe Technologies - Waterboro ME

International Classification:

B62D 33/06
B62D 55/06
B62D 55/108
B62D 55/14
B62D 55/24
F16F 15/023

Abstract:

An overland vehicle is provided which includes a chassis with a roll-over protection structure, a powertrain configured to generate power to drive the overland vehicle, a first suspension system configured as a chassis to ground suspension system, and an operator compartment. The vehicle may also include a second suspension system configured to pneumatically suspend the operator compartment within the chassis, where the second suspension system includes a plurality of pneumatic couplers, including at least a first pneumatic coupler suspending the operator compartment to the chassis along a first vector extending in a first direction, and a second countering pneumatic coupler suspending the operator compartment to the chassis along a second vector extending in a second direction, where the second direction is generally opposite the first direction. In another embodiment, the second suspension system may include a plurality of spaced apart pneumatic couplers, including at least a first pneumatic coupler suspending the operator compartment to a first side of the chassis, and a second pneumatic coupler suspending the operator compartment to a second side of the chassis.