Robby Gordon patents

[pyrocoyote1]

How many patents does Robby Gordon have?

 

[Doris]

Ooodles.

 

[pyrocoyote1]

I hope he pattend the speed UTV front grill.
Because the NFL made one and used it as an announcer table….

 

[DWRAT]

What good is a patten, RG said he had the "shock on the lower a-arm" patented only to see the Pro-R now has it.

 

[CampfiresNbrews]

What good is a patten, RG said he had the "shock on the lower a-arm" patented only to see the Pro-R now has it.

Guess by using a Clevis Polaris was able to get around that Patent. The Clevis is mounted to the lower Arm then to the shock. Seems like that’s enough of a change for the patent office?

Wonder what Can am will do to get around it once their new car/um I mean bike comes out.

 

[brecht]

What good is a patten, RG said he had the "shock on the lower a-arm" patented only to see the Pro-R now has it.

The patent forced them to jump through those hoops though - that's the point. If they want it bad enough they have to do some hokey bs. Its a bad design - even the one in the Pro R comparison video had an aftermarket piece. The stock ones keep breaking

 

[pyrocoyote1]

Has anyone heard of robby sending any cease-and-desist letters yet? I remember there was an aftermarket company that made a similar engine head as speed for Polaris or can am and he pointed it out in one of his videos. Did anything become of that?

 

[PropDr]

The patent forced them to jump through those hoops though - that's the point. If they want it bad enough they have to do some hokey bs. Its a bad design - even the one in the Pro R comparison video had an aftermarket piece. The stock ones keep breaking

Making a guess here.
The shock connection to the lower A-Arm is nothing new.
Only RG, by using the offset A-Arms, can use the full-length shock without having it sticking a foot out of the hood.
On the Pro R setup, they have to use a relatively short shock and, to get full suspension travel, it has to be connected to the lower A-Arm further inboard.
And that puts greater bending loads on the arm due to the longer lever outboard of the connection point.

 

[CampfiresNbrews]

The patent forced them to jump through those hoops though - that's the point. If they want it bad enough they have to do some hokey bs. It’s a bad design - even the one in the Pro R comparison video had an aftermarket piece. The stock ones keep breaking

Exactly. Or they can just pay royalties to RG to use his license/ patent. That’s why it’s funny when you hear people say this car will be outdated by the time it comes out. How, if he has patents that protect him?