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7373315 Vehicle body business methods  
Various vehicle body business processes are described which capitalize upon the interchangeability of vehicle bodies on a flat rolling chassis. The ability to interchange vehicle bodies and...
7360816 Vehicle development process characterized by market responsiveness  
A vehicle development process is characterized by enhanced market responsiveness by decoupling the development of the chassis from the development of vehicle bodies. The chassis and bodies are...
7303033 Vehicle frame assembly and method for same  
A method for assembling vehicular structural frames employing elongated members and connectors interconnecting the elongated members increases flexibility in assembling chassis frames and body...
7292992 Methods of conducting vehicle business transactions  
Methods are provided for conducting a vehicle business transaction with a customer. Possession of a vehicle chassis is offered and/or granted to a customer in a first financial transaction for...
7281600 Pre-engineered frame portion and method of use therefor  
A vehicle chassis includes a structural frame having a frame portion that partially defines an open space and that has a predetermined configuration such that the open space maintains a...
7275609 Vehicle body connection system  
A vehicle chassis having substantially all of the mechanical, electrical, and structural componentry necessary for a fully functional vehicle includes at least an energy conversion system, a...
7121917 Concealed attack vehicle system  
A remotely controlled concealed attack toy vehicle has a relatively normal appearance when the hood is closed; and arrangements are provided for raising the hood, and an armed attack figure is also...
7083016 Mobile chassis and interchangeable vehicle body with waste heat rejection system  
A mobile chassis for vehicle body interchangeability has a waste heat rejection system packaged in a rolling platform. The system is connected to a powertrain cooling loop for waste heat...
7028791 Mobile chassis and interchangeable vehicle body with a heating, ventilation and air conditioning system  
A mobile chassis for vehicle body interchangeability has a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system packaged in a rolling platform. The system is connected to a powertrain cooling...
7000318 Method of designing and manufacturing vehicles  
An accelerated vehicle development process includes establishing a common, standardized interface system whereby different types of vehicle bodies may be attached to a single chassis design....
6986401 Systems packaged within flat vehicle chassis  
A vehicle chassis includes a braking system, an energy conversion system, a steering system and a suspension system wherein each system is operably connected to at least one of a plurality of...
6976307 Accelerated vehicle development process  
An accelerated vehicle development process includes establishing a common, standardized interface system whereby different types of vehicle bodies may be attached to a single chassis design....
6968918 Vehicle chassis having programmable operating characteristics and method for using same  
A vehicle includes a steering system, suspension system, braking system, and energy conversion system, wherein at least one of these systems is reprogrammable such that the vehicle's ride,...
6959475 Vehicle body business methods  
Various vehicle body business processes are described which capitalize upon the interchangeability of vehicle bodies on a flat rolling chassis. The ability to interchange vehicle bodies and...
6948226 Chassis frame packaging cavity loading method  
A method of assembling a vehicle chassis includes providing a vehicle frame having a plurality of packaging cavities opening in a plurality of different directions, mounting vehicle hardware...
6938712 Fuel cell powered chassis mobile electrical source and method of use thereof  
A vehicle chassis having substantially all of the mechanical, electrical, and structural componentry necessary for a fully functional vehicle includes at least an energy conversion system, a...
6935658 Chassis frame module and method of use for same  
A structural frame for a vehicle chassis includes transversely-oriented unitary structural members interconnecting at least three longitudinally-oriented elongated members. The use of unitary...
6935449 Vehicle electrical distribution system and method of use therefor  
An electrical distribution system for a vehicle having electrical devices includes at least one junction box and a plurality of terminals interconnected by at least one conductive path. The...
6923282 Chassis subassembly module and method for using same  
A chassis subassembly module having a portion of a chassis structural frame and vehicular componentry facilitates the assembly of a chassis having systems responsive to non-mechanical control...
6923281 Full size vehicle remote control technology  
A vehicle chassis is controlled remotely using a drive-by-wire system and a propulsion system, such as fuel cell technology. The remote control feature takes advantage of drive-by-wire technology...
6905138 Chassis with energy-absorption zones  
A chassis having systems responsive to nonmechanical control signals and a simplified body-attachment interface includes regions optimized for energy absorption from an impact to the chassis...
6899194 Lower vehicle body structure and method of use therefor  
A lower vehicle body structure for a vehicle body defining an interior space includes structural elements that extend higher than the lower extent of the interior space. The structural elements...
6889785 Vehicle chassis having systems responsive to non-mechanical control signals  
A vehicle chassis having substantially all of the mechanical, electrical, and structural componentry necessary for a fully functional vehicle, including at least an energy conversion system, a...
6880856 Vehicle body configurations  
Various body configurations capitalize upon the interchangeability of vehicle bodies on a flat rolling chassis. The ability to interchange vehicle bodies and exchange modular interior components...
6845839 Vehicle body platform  
A vehicle chassis having substantially all of the mechanical, electrical, and structural componentry necessary for a fully functional vehicle, including at least an energy conversion system, a...
6843336 Vehicle belly pan  
A vehicle chassis having substantially all of the mechanical, electrical, and structural componentry necessary for a fully functional vehicle includes at least an energy conversion system, a...
6836943 Vehicle body manufacturing process  
A method of designing and manufacturing vehicle bodies includes establishing a common, standardized interface system for attaching vehicle bodies to vehicle chassis wherein connection components...
6830117 Vehicle chassis having systems responsive to non-mechanical control signals  
A vehicle chassis having substantially all of the mechanical, electrical, and structural componentry necessary for a fully functional vehicle, including at least an energy conversion system, a...
6824441 Toy with moving character  
The invention relates to a toy comprising a surface along which an article is moved, in one embodiment, by the use of magnetic attraction between a movable magnet or magnetic material under the...
6766873 Fuel cell vehicle with by-wire technology  
A vehicle chassis having substantially all of the mechanical, electrical, and structural componentry necessary for a fully functional vehicle, including at least an energy conversion system, a...
6726438 Chassis stacking  
A vehicle chassis having substantially all of the mechanical, electrical, and structural componentry necessary for a fully functional vehicle includes at least an energy conversion system, a...
6712164 Vehicle having systems responsive to non-mechanical control signals  
A vehicle chassis having substantially all of the mechanical, electrical, and structural componentry necessary for a fully functional vehicle, including at least an energy conversion system, a...
6206746 Control means for toy  
The invention relates to a toy comprising an article which is movable along a surface, the improvement of the article determined by a control, mounted under the surface. The control and article...
6193581 Toy with moving parts  
The invention relates to a toy having a play base and an article typically depicting a human or animal character which is movable along said play base by manipulation of magnetic or mechanical...
6102767 Control means for toy  
The invention relates to a toy comprising an article which is movable along a surface, the movement of the article determined by a control, mounted under the surface. The control and article...
5816888 Remote controlled three-in-one vehicle  
A radio controlled model vehicle that sheds one or more outer shells in response to successive radio control signals thereby changing in outer appearance from one type of vehicle to another or...
5785572 Transformable power wrench and engine for toy vehicle  
A power tool is transformable from a power wrench configuration for use in fastening elements forming a toy vehicle to an engine for the toy vehicle. The power wrench includes a handle having...
5441435 Trackway toy  
A trackway toy featuring a powered vehicle for movement along sections of track and action stations which may be in the form of an elevator and a crane in the vicinity of the trackway and provided...
4906215 Toy combination of toy article and toy attachments  
The toy combination includes a toy vehicle having one or more pairs of spaced apart shoulders on exterior sides of the vehicle body and one or more toy attachments releasably secured on the pairs...
4889516 Plug-in module for motorized toy vehicle  
A power module which when plugged into an open compartment in the body of a motorless toy vehicle and switched on, then acts to drive the vehicle in a selected direction. The compartment is...
4869700 Toy combination resembling a tractor trailer  
The toy combination includes a self-powered toy vehicle with driven wheels adjacent the front thereof and a toy trailer with non-driven wheels and with a receptacle on the trailer in front of its...
4585426 Mobile playset  
A motor driven toy mobile playset has three articulated deck sections. Each section has a wheel and axle assembly powered by a battery motor driving a single drive shaft that extends through all of...
4450650 Action play toy  
An action play toy which includes a housing having a plurality of apertures therein and a plurality of action elements and three dimensional elements which are detachably received in the apertures....
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