US Patent Issued to Harley-Davidson Motor on Aug. 26 for "Reverse drive system for a motorized vehicle" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,786, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Harley-Davidson Motor Co. Inc. (Milwaukee).

"Reverse drive system for a motorized vehicle" was invented by Johann Voges (Brookfield, Wis.) and Karl Monis (Hartland, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motorized vehicle includes a multi-speed transmission having a plurality of forward gears configured to be selectively engaged to drive the motorized vehicle, an internal combustion engine selectively coupled to the transmission, and a reverse drive system selectively coupled to the transmission to provide torque to drive the motorized vehicle in a reverse direction. The reverse drive system inc...