Patents by Inventor Sixten A. M. Johansson

Sixten A. M. Johansson 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: 4324417
    Abstract: A vehicle such as a dumper with articulated steering has a load-carrying portion supported by two wheel-pairs mounted on bogies. One wheel-pair can be raised from the ground while the other, still on the ground, has softer suspension. In a vehicle with its two portions relatively swingable around a longitudinal axis, the two wheels on the ground are coupled so as to move relatively identically in relation to the vehicle frame. With one wheel-pair raised and the other suspended, the vehicle is still laterally stable. Spring suspension is obtained by tipping the bogies using a mechanism actuated by a hydraulic cylinder with a gas accumulator attached to the feeder line of the hydraulic cylinder. Gas spring suspension thus occurs only when one wheel-pair is raised.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1980
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1982
    Assignee: Volvo BM AB
    Inventor: Sixten A. M. Johansson