Patents by Inventor Johann Hamperl

Johann Hamperl 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).

  • Patent number: 8562479
    Abstract: A tandem axle having two drivable axles, each axle including a differential gearing with a drive input gearwheel, drivable by a shaft, as a differential gearing input and with two drive input semi-axles driving the wheels of the axle using axle shaft wheels. The wheels of the first axle are permanently positively coupled to the drive input gearwheel of the axle. An activatable distributor wheel is seated on a drive input shaft of the drive input gearwheel of the first axle. The distributor wheel meshes with a through drive shaft wheel which is arranged in a rotationally rigid fashion on a through drive shaft. The output of the through drive shaft is coupled to the input-side drive input gearwheel of the second axle by means of intermediate members. Switchable clutches are arranged in the second axle between the axle shaft wheels and their adjacent wheels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Johann Hamperl, Michael Helfrich, Uwe Mierisch, Ferdinand Mulzer
  • Publication number: 20100248888
    Abstract: A tandem axle having two drivable axles, each axle including a differential gearing with a drive input gearwheel, drivable by a shaft, as a differential gearing input and with two drive input semi-axles driving the wheels of the axle using axle shaft wheels. The wheels of the first axle are permanently positively coupled to the drive input gearwheel of the axle. An activatable distributor wheel is seated on a drive input shaft of the drive input gearwheel of the first axle. The distributor wheel meshes with a through drive shaft wheel which is arranged in a rotationally rigid fashion on a through drive shaft. The output of the through drive shaft is coupled to the input-side drive input gearwheel of the second axle by means of intermediate members. Switchable clutches are arranged in the second axle between the axle shaft wheels and their adjacent wheels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2007
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Johann Hamperl, Michael Helfrich, Uwe Mierisch, Ferdinand Mulzer
  • Patent number: 7232140
    Abstract: In a wheel support structure of a commercial vehicle including an axle with a jaw structure having two bearing bores and a stub protruding into the jaw structure with a pin extending into the stub and into the bearing bores, the bearing bores are closed adjustably by screw caps threaded into the bearing bores for adjusting the pin position and setting a predetermined moment of friction between the bearing elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2007
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventor: Johann Hamperl
  • Patent number: 7066478
    Abstract: A front axle of a motor vehicle with steerable, driven or non-driven wheels on steering knuckles pivotably hinged at a wheel-guiding element with an upper and a lower bearing position, each of which accommodates a radial bearing for mounting a steering knuckle bolt with a pot-shaped sleeve with a sealed lubricant reservoir and forms a bearing bushing. A stop disk is arranged a bottom of the sleeve to absorb axial forces and roll bodies of the radial bearing are supported with the supporting surfaces at the stop disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignees: INA-Schaeffler KG, DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Siegfried Tisch, Johann Hamperl
  • Patent number: 6889802
    Abstract: A wheel bearing of a motor vehicle, with a wheel hub arranged rotatably on a transmission axle via at least one pair of rolling bearings and having a flanged surface for at least one running wheel. A brake disc is connected to the wheel hub. The wheel hub is of two-part or multi-part design and a first wheel-hub part is connected to a first rolling bearing and/or to a second rolling bearing and a second wheel-hub part is connected to the brake disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2005
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventor: Johann Hamperl
  • Publication number: 20040262875
    Abstract: In a steering knuckle pin bearing of an axle of a vehicle, in particular a commercial vehicle, for mounting a vehicle wheel on a vehicle chassis, wherein a wheel-side bearing element is mounted pivotally on a chassis-side bearing element and one of the bearing elements has a jaw structure in which two bearing bores are formed while the other bearing element has a stub which protrudes into the jaw structure and on which two bearing journals are formed which are mounted in the bearing bores via bearings, the one bearing bore is closed by a screw cap which interacts with a thread and on which the bearing is supported axially, with the screw cap being adjustable to an extent such that a predetermined relative axial position can be set between the bearing elements and the other screw cap being adjustable for setting a predetermined moment of friction between the bearing elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Inventor: Johann Hamperl
  • Publication number: 20030111893
    Abstract: A wheel bearing of a motor vehicle, with a wheel hub arranged rotatably on a transmission axle via at least one pair of rolling bearings and having a flanged surface for at least one running wheel. A brake disc is connected to the wheel hub. The wheel hub is of two-part or multi-part design and a first wheel-hub part is connected to a first rolling bearing and/or to a second rolling bearing and a second wheel-hub part is connected to the brake disc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2002
    Publication date: June 19, 2003
    Inventor: Johann Hamperl
  • Publication number: 20030075892
    Abstract: A front axle of a motor vehicle with steerable, driven or not driven wheels on steering knuckles, which have been pivotably hinged at a wheel-guiding element with an upper and a lower bearing position, each of which with a pot-shaped sleeve with a sealed lubricant reservoir, accommodating a radial bearing for mounting a steering knuckle bolt and forming a bearing bushing, a stop disk, which absorbs axial forces and at which the roll bodies of the radial bearing are supported with the supporting surfaces, being disposed at the bottom of the sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2002
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Inventors: Siegfried Tisch, Johann Hamperl