Patents Assigned to SAF-Holland GmbH
  • Patent number: 11958411
    Abstract: A mobile sensor device for a vehicle combination with a tractor and a trailer, in particular a semitrailer train with a semitrailer tractor and a semitrailer includes a recording device for recording information, a transmission device for transmitting the information to a central device, and a connection area for detachably coupling the mobile sensor device to the trailer, in particular the semitrailer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SAF-HOLLAND GmbH
    Inventors: Mark Hartmann, Bernd Brunsch
  • Patent number: 11945268
    Abstract: A connecting system and a method for connecting a towing vehicle to a semitrailer includes a first plug unit configured to be fixed to a rotor of a semitrailer unit rotatably mounted on the semitrailer unit about an axis of rotation and having a first coupling portion, and a second plug unit having at least one mounting portion configured to be attached to a coupling plate of a commercial vehicle and a second coupling portion, wherein the first and second coupling portions are configured to be coupled together along a coupling axis such that the coupling axis is substantially parallel to the axis of rotation and spaced from the axis of rotation, and such that the first coupling portion is displaceable relative to the rotor and/or the second coupling portion is displaceable relative to the mounting portion along the coupling axis to engage or disengage the respective opposite coupling portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: SAF-HOLLAND GmbH
    Inventor: Mario Sebastian Köster
  • Patent number: 11938753
    Abstract: A wheel hub includes an outer collar region, as seen in the radial direction, and an inner core region, as seen in the radial direction, wherein, as seen in the axial direction, the inner core region is thicker than the outer collar region, and wherein, in the inner core region, the wheel hub has a substantially axially running primary recess for the connection of a brake disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SAF-HOLLAND GmbH
    Inventors: Frederik Biewer, Jonas Mattern, Muhammet Arpaci, Petr Tukac, Stefan Wallmeier
  • Publication number: 20240043074
    Abstract: A king pin arrangement includes a king pin and a mounting member, the mounting member comprising a receiving plate, the king pin having a base section and a king pin head, the king pin extending in a king pin direction, wherein a positive king pin direction points from the base section to the king pin head, wherein the king pin is fastened directly and/or indirectly to the mounting element by the base section in a form-fitting, force-fitting and/or material-fitting manner, the king pin being fastened such that the king pin is rotationally fixed to the mounting element in a circumferential direction about the king pin direction, wherein the mounting element and/or the king pin has a first measuring surface which has a continuous height profile along an extension of the remaining surface in the direction of the king pin direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: SAF-HOLLAND GmbH
    Inventors: Randy Kübler, Mario Sebastian Köster, Daniel Muller
  • Patent number: 11724755
    Abstract: A device for transferring a line between a retracted state and an extended state includes a line arranged in an interface region between a semitrailer train and a semitrailer, wherein the line has a first line section and a second line section and wherein the line is longer in the extended state than in the retracted state, and an envelope element via which the first line section and the second line section are connectable for transfer between the retracted state and the extended state by forming a telescopic mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: SAF-HOLLAND GmbH
    Inventor: Mario Sebastian Köster
  • Publication number: 20230211763
    Abstract: An axle for utility vehicles includes a first wheel end and a second wheel end arranged opposite each other and rotatably on the axle, a recovery device connected to the first wheel end configured to recover rotational energy of the first wheel end, a braking device configured to decelerate the second wheel end, and a control unit configured to determine information on a deceleration of the first wheel end which results from the recovery and/or a deceleration of the second wheel end, and to control the braking device and/or the recovery device such that the deceleration of the first wheel end and the deceleration of the second wheel end are matched to each other, wherein the control unit is configured to determine the information on the deceleration of the first wheel end based on the recovered rotational energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: SAF-HOLLAND GmbH
    Inventor: Olaf Drewes
  • Patent number: 11691472
    Abstract: A bearing device for mounting an axle guide for commercial vehicles includes a first connector which has an axial direction of extension, and a first axial centre in the axial direction of extension, a damping unit, having an outwardly peripheral retaining surface, and a second connector being fixed to the retaining surface, wherein the second connector extends along the axial direction of extension, wherein the second connector has a boundary surface on which an axle guide can be fixed, wherein the boundary surface has a second axial centre in the axial direction of extension, and wherein the first and the second axial centre are offset from each other along a vector of the axial direction of extension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: SAF-HOLLAND GmbH
    Inventor: Elmar Weber
  • Patent number: 11685450
    Abstract: A cantilevered coupling component for an interface area between a semitrailer and a tractor unit, which can be releasably connected to one another in the interface area by a pin element, the coupling component including a pin-side connection area for pivotally mounting the coupling component on the pin element, and a rail-side connection area for slidable mounting along a translation direction of the coupling component on a rail of the semitrailer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: SAF-HOLLAND GmbH
    Inventors: Mark Hartmann, Mario Sebastian Köster, Stefan Wallmeier
  • Patent number: 11623488
    Abstract: An axle mounting unit for commercial vehicles a surrounding element, an end element, at least one fastening element and a securing device, configured for mounting a first chassis part that comprises an axle, with a second chassis part that comprises a control arm, wherein a surrounding element is arranged on the first chassis part, an end element is arranged on the second chassis part, wherein the surrounding element has at least two legs extending in a leg direction, the end element extends between the two legs, the fastening element braces the end element with the surrounding element, the securing device creates a form-fit securing device that limits and/or prevents a displacement of the separated part in the leg direction in a positive-locking manner in the event of mechanical failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: SAF-HOLLAND GmbH
    Inventor: Bernd Brunsch
  • Patent number: 11602953
    Abstract: A housing unit for use in an axle end assembly including first and second housing parts, wherein one of the first and the second housing parts are disposed to be mutually rotatable and define a housing interior space, wherein the first housing part for establishing on a hub has a flange, wherein the second housing part for safeguarding against rotation in relation to a stator of a wheel suspension has an engagement portion, wherein a gear wheel assembly is disposed in the housing interior space to transmit a torque of a driveshaft to the first housing part, wherein one of the first and the second housing parts, when dismantling the housing unit from the wheel suspension, are mutually established that the housing interior space remains closed such that at least 70% of the outwardly protruding faces of the housing unit are closed in a fluid-tight manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: SAF-HOLLAND GmbH
    Inventor: Olaf Drewes
  • Patent number: 11597357
    Abstract: A mounting device for a support unit for commercial vehicles includes at least one supporting area, a first fixing area and a second fixing area, wherein the supporting area is configured to absorb the supporting forces in the supporting direction from the support unit or a support tube, wherein the first fixing area and the second fixing area are configured to fix the mounting device to a semi-trailer, wherein the first fixing area has at least one hole, wherein the second fixing area has at least one hole, and wherein the holes are configured to receive a fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: SAF-HOLLAND GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Wallmeier, Elmar Weber
  • Patent number: 11590796
    Abstract: A wheel hub is configured to rotate about an axis of rotation during operation, and includes a brake disk abutment surface against which a brake disk bears in an installed state, and a wheel-hub-side contact surface which is offset in an axial direction with respect to the brake disk abutment surface and which runs obliquely with respect to the axis of rotation and against which at least a part of a fastening assembly, by which the brake disk is fastenable or fastened to the wheel hub, bears in the installed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: SAF-HOLLAND GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Wallmeier, Ralf Aumüller
  • Publication number: 20230055942
    Abstract: A method for ascertaining an orientation of a trailer relative to a tractor vehicle, wherein the tractor vehicle comprises a detection device which detects a first object region on the trailer and a second object region on the trailer, including recording the first and second regions by the one detection device, providing the recording to an evaluation device, assigning first and second information items to the first and second regions, and determining the orientation of the trailer relative to the tractor vehicle on the basis of the first and second information items by the evaluation device, wherein the evaluation device is configured for recognition in the first and/or second object regions, wherein the component located inside the first and/or second object regions comprises a supporting jack and/or a supporting jack base and/or a reinforcing cross and/or a connecting shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: SAF-HOLLAND GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Brunsch, Mark Hartmann, Mario Sebastian Köster
  • Patent number: 11584161
    Abstract: A wheel hub for a utility vehicle includes a brake element abutment surface against which a brake element bears in an installed state, and a positive-locking arrangement which interacts in positively locking fashion, as viewed in a direction of rotation, with the brake element in the installed state, and/or a receiving region for a positive-locking arrangement which interacts in positively locking fashion, as viewed in a direction of rotation, with the brake element in the installed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: SAF-HOLLAND GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Brunsch, Jonas Mattern, Muhammet Arpaci, Elmar Weber
  • Patent number: 11584176
    Abstract: A trailer having a kingpin or having a drawbar for coupling a tractor unit on a coupling side of the trailer, wherein the trailer has a detectable pattern on its coupling side, and a tractor unit for coupling to a kingpin or a drawbar of a trailer, wherein the tractor unit has, for the identification of a trailer and/or for assisting a coupling process, in particular on a coupling side of the drawbar, a detection unit for detecting a detectable pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: SAF-Holland GmbH
    Inventor: Mario Sebastian Köster
  • Patent number: 11571930
    Abstract: An axle system includes an axle stub and a clamping unit, the axle stub being formed in a substantially rotationally symmetrical manner about a stub axis, the clamping unit in an assembled state transmitting a clamping force to the axle stub, the clamping unit and the axle stub in the assembled state being secured non-positively to prevent movement relative to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: SAF-HOLLAND GmbH
    Inventors: Armin Christ, Rainer Stegmann
  • Patent number: 11566673
    Abstract: A bearing assembly for a brake carrier for a utility vehicle, includes a retaining element and a brake support element, wherein the retaining element is fixed to an axle or a chassis component by form fit, substance bonding and/or force fit, wherein the axle extends along an axial direction, wherein the brake support element has a first mounting region, wherein the retaining element has a first retaining region, and wherein the first mounting region is configured to be brought into direct or indirect engagement with the first retaining region such that a displacement along a first transverse direction between the retaining element and brake support element is prevented by form fit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: SAF-HOLLAND Gmbh
    Inventors: Mark Hartmann, Stefan Wallmeier
  • Patent number: 11548574
    Abstract: A system for pivoting a coupling component for a semi-trailer truck includes a rotation device configured to pivot the coupling component between a primary position and a secondary position, and at least one line, which is guided into the coupling component via the rotation device and wherein the system comprises a pivot arm for entraining the at least one line when the coupling component is pivoted between the primary position and the secondary position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: SAF-HOLLAND GmbH
    Inventor: Mario Sebastian Köster
  • Patent number: 11548572
    Abstract: A coupling system for a fifth wheel coupling includes a first plug unit having a plurality of first plug connectors, and a second plug unit having a plurality of second plug connectors to engage and transmit power and/or fluid with the first plug connectors, and an adjuster unit having a guide section configured to be brought into engagement with a retaining element on one of the plug units to transmit a force from the adjuster unit to the plug unit, which displaces the plug unit along a plug-in axis, wherein the adjuster unit can be displaced transversely and laterally to the plug-in axis or can be rotated about the plug-in axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: SAF-HOLLAND GmbH
    Inventor: Mario Sebastian Köster
  • Publication number: 20220415100
    Abstract: A system and method for checking the state of at least one component on a vehicle, in particular on a commercial vehicle, comprising a detection device configured to detect information in the form of a data set in a defined area on the vehicle, the defined area comprising the at least one component to be checked, and an evaluation device to which the data set is provided, wherein the evaluation device is configured to determine the state of the at least one component on the basis of the detected data set, and wherein the detection device is at least temporarily attached to the vehicle and/or can be carried along on the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: SAF-HOLLAND GmbH
    Inventor: Mark Hartmann