Jamie W Larson

US Patent:

20180178705, Jun 28, 2018

Filed:

Dec 27, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/391572

Inventors:

- Bloomington MN, US
Gordon R. Schmidt - Farmington MN, US
David A. Plautz - Woodbury MN, US
Timothy P. McLeod - Cottage Grove MN, US
Jamie R. Larson - Farmington MN, US
Erik A. Wiebold - Shakopee MN, US

International Classification:

B60P 3/42

Abstract:

A utility vehicle has a frame that is separable at a location passing through an operator compartment of the vehicle into front and rear sections with the seat base and seat assembly of the operator compartment remaining with the rear section and the rest of the operator compartment remaining with the front section. A seat extension kit is provided having a frame extension, a seat module, and a floorboard module that may be inserted between the split front and rear sections with the frame extension being fastened to such sections using pre-existing fastener holes in the vehicle frame and the frame extension. When so inserted, the seat module forms a new front row of seating with the floorboard module extending between the seat module and the original seat base and seat assembly, which now form a rear row of seating. This expands the vehicle seating capacity from two people to four people.

US Patent:

20140332307, Nov 13, 2014

Filed:

May 8, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/273134

Inventors:

Jamie R. Larson - Farmington MN, US
Jeremy A. Fohrenkamm - River Falls WI, US

Assignee:

THE TORO COMPANY - Bloomingon MN

International Classification:

F16H 9/12
B60K 17/08

US Classification:

180366, 474 13

Abstract:

A continuously variable transmission for a vehicle comprises a primary pulley, a secondary pulley, and a belt entrained around both pulleys in an opposite manner between the fixed and movable sheaves thereof. One pulley carries a selectively deployable stop that may be placed into position to mechanically limit the range of motion between the fixed and movable sheaves. This establishes an actual maximum transmission ratio that is larger than the nominal minimum transmission ratio but smaller than the nominal maximum transmission ratio achievable by the transmission during normal operation thereof. When such a transmission is used on a utility vehicle attached to a substance dispensing applicator operatively driven by the vehicle's engine, the application rate stays substantially constant despite changes in engine speed when the user keeps the transmission upshifted to the actual maximum transmission ratio set by the position of the deployed stop.