Patents by Inventor Herbert J. Cherry

Herbert J. Cherry has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Independent front suspension
    Patent number: 6116626
    Abstract: A steerable independent front suspension having upper and lower wishbone control arms, each control arm pivotally mounted to a suspension frame which in turn is adapted to be mounted to a vehicle frame. The other end of the control arms are pivotally mounted to an upper and lower end of a knuckle post, which has an opening extending therethrough. A steering knuckle is pivotally mounted to the knuckle post and mounts an S-cam brake assembly having a brake actuator extending therefrom. The knuckle post opening is positioned and sized to receive the brake actuator when the steering knuckle is pivoted to a maximum position to increase the steering angle of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Assignee: Holland Neway International, Inc.
    Inventors: Herbert J. Cherry, William J. Hicks
  • Axle support bracket for a drive axle suspension
    Patent number: 5288100
    Abstract: A support bracket is provided for adjusting the pinion angle of an axle when mounting the axle to a trailing arm in a vehicle suspension. The bracket comprises a pair of spaced arms connected by a web. Each of the arms has a first aperture and a second aperture with the corresponding apertures on the spaced arms being aligned. The first apertures are elongated in an arc with a radius having is origin centered in the second aperture. The support bracket fixedly supports an axle and is mounted to the trailing arm by pins extending through and between the apertures and through bushed connections in the trailing arm so that the bracket is pivotable relative to the trailing arm about the pin extending through the second apertures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 22, 1994
    Assignee: Nai Neway, Inc.
    Inventors: Herbert J. Cherry, Stefan Siarkiewicz
  • Liftable axle with load control
    Patent number: 4700968
    Abstract: A load control (24) for a vehicle (10) having a frame (14), a load-bearing body (12) mounted on the frame (14) and rear wheel-bearing axles. The rear wheel-bearing axles support the frame (14) through suspension systems. The load control (24) selectively renders one of the rear axles non-load-bearing or load-bearing and includes a sensor for sensing a load between the load-bearing body (12) and frame (14) and an actuator for rendering one of the rear axles load-bearing when the load sensed by the sensor is above a predetermined level and for rendering the rear axle non-load-bearing when the load sensed by the sensor is below a predetermined level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1987
    Assignee: Lear Siegler, Inc.
    Inventor: Herbert J. Cherry