US PATENT SUBCLASS 242 / 390.7
.~.~.~ Vehicle motor (e.g., power take-off)


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242 /   HD   WINDING, TENSIONING, OR GUIDING

370  DF  REELING DEVICE {11}
389  DF  .~ With particular drive (e.g., ratchet drive, motor drive) {6}
390  DF  .~.~ Motor powered {6}
390.7.~.~.~ Vehicle motor (e.g., power take-off)


DEFINITION

Classification: 242/390.7

Vehicle motor (e.g., power take-off):

(under subclass 390) Subject matter wherein a land, air, or water conveyance derives its locomotive power from a motor that also rotates the spool or orbits a wrapping guide either directly or via a power take-off transmission.

(1) Note. This subclass excludes vehicle supported reeling devices in which either: (a) the spool is driven by traction (e.g., ground-driven or a ground-driven wheel), or (b) the spool is related to the vehicle solely by being fixed to a vehicle supporting wheel.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

74, Machine Element or Mechanism, particularly

13, 15 for a wheel-powered take-off device of general use.

180, Motor Vehicles,

7.5, for a vehicle-mounted winch on a tow truck.

254, Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force, particularly 282, and 328 for a hoist drum mounted on a vehicle and rotated by the motor of the vehicle.