US 12,358,767 B2
Low-profile drive mechanism
Todd John Bacon, Northville, MI (US); and Eliana Virginia Podolski Bacon, Northville, MI (US)
Assigned to Herkules Equipment Corporation, Walled Lake, MI (US)
Filed by Herkules Equipment Corporation, Walled Lake, MI (US)
Filed on May 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/204,280.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/347,311, filed on May 31, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/347,333, filed on May 31, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0383815 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. F16H 1/22 (2006.01); B66F 7/06 (2006.01); B66F 7/28 (2006.01); F16H 7/02 (2006.01); F16H 7/06 (2006.01); F16H 7/12 (2006.01); F16H 19/06 (2006.01); H02K 7/10 (2006.01); H02K 7/116 (2006.01); H02P 5/685 (2006.01); H02P 5/695 (2006.01); F16H 7/08 (2006.01)
CPC B66F 7/065 (2013.01) [B66F 7/28 (2013.01); F16H 1/22 (2013.01); F16H 7/02 (2013.01); F16H 7/06 (2013.01); F16H 7/1263 (2013.01); F16H 19/06 (2013.01); H02K 7/1004 (2013.01); H02K 7/116 (2013.01); H02P 5/685 (2013.01); H02P 5/695 (2013.01); F16H 2007/0806 (2013.01); F16H 2007/0865 (2013.01); F16H 2007/0891 (2013.01); F16H 2007/0895 (2013.01); F16H 2019/0668 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A drive mechanism comprising:
a mount block extending along an axis;
a plurality of electric motors supported by said mount block, with said electric motors arranged in series along said axis to define an initial electric motor, one or more intermediate electric motors, and a final electric motor;
a gear mounted to each of said electric motors; and
an output gear driven by said gear mounted to said final electric motor to receive the combined rotational torque from said gears of said series of electric motors,
wherein said rotational torque provided to said output gear is exclusively provided by said gear of said final electric motor.