Patents by Inventor Jan Jozef Verhaeghe

Jan Jozef Verhaeghe 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).

  • Undercarriage for a vehicle and method for manufacturing longitudinal beams for it
    Patent number: 7156422
    Abstract: An undercarriage for a vehicle including at least two longitudinal beams, at least one transverse beam and at least one wheel axle. The height of the foremost part of the longitudinal beams has a reduction in height that defines a swan-neck. The longitudinal beams are made of a composite material including a thermoplastic synthetic material with reinforcing fibers. The height of the foremost part of the longitudinal beams is reduced by means of plastic deformation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: Groep Stevens International, naamloze vennootschap
    Inventor: Jan Jozef Verhaeghe
  • Undercarriage for a vehicle and method for manufacturing longitudinal beams for it
    Publication number: 20030001376
    Abstract: The invention relates to an undercarriage for a vehicle, which is of the type with a swan-neck, and comprises at least two longitudinal beams (6) the height of the foremost part of the longitudinal beams being reduced in height, said swan-neck being thus formed by a change in height of the longitudinal beams; at least one transverse beam (7) and at least one wheel axle (11), whereby at least the longitudinal beams (6) are made of a composite material consisting of a thermoplastic synthetic material with reinforcing fibres. The height of the foremost part of the longitudinal beams (6) is reduced by means of plastic deformation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2002
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Inventor: Jan Jozef Verhaeghe