Patents Assigned to SAF-Holland GmbH
  • Patent number: 11530006
    Abstract: A system for pivoting a coupling component for an outrigger, for a coupling between a tractor unit and a semi-trailer includes a rotation 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, wherein the system is configured such that the at least one line forms a loop in the primary position in a defined area, and the loop is reduced in size when pivoted to the secondary position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: SAF-HOLLAND GmbH
    Inventor: Mario Sebastian Köster
  • Patent number: 11518439
    Abstract: A system for securing a pivoting bolt to a vehicle frame, on which, in a mounted state, a link element, is mounted pivotably, including a sleeve element for receiving the pivoting bolt, wherein a collar region is provided or formed on the sleeve element, wherein the collar region is configured in such a manner that, in a mounted state, the collar region interacts in a form-fitting manner with a vehicle-frame-side engagement region, including a protrusion or an indentation, in order to avoid twisting of the sleeve element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: SAF-HOLLAND GmbH
    Inventor: Dusan Backulja
  • Patent number: 11519929
    Abstract: The present invention proposes a device for positioning a wheel speed sensor relative to a pole wheel, comprising a fastening mechanism for attaching the device to an axle body part, a receiving region for receiving the wheel speed sensor, and a positioning mechanism for the controlled setting of a distance between the receiving region and the pole wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: SAF-HOLLAND GmbH
    Inventors: Armin Christ, Kerstin Kreiner
  • Patent number: 11519472
    Abstract: A brake rotor, includes at least one friction element and one adapter element, wherein the brake rotor is configured to rotate about an axis of rotation, wherein the friction element has at least one friction surface and one connection region, wherein the adapter element has an installation region and a transfer region, wherein the installation region is configured for fixing the brake rotor to a hub, wherein the connection region indirectly or directly engages in positively locking fashion in a circumferential direction with the transfer region such that a torque about the axis of rotation can be transferred between the connection region and the transfer region from the friction element to the adapter element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: SAF-HOLLAND GmbH
    Inventors: Weber Elmar, Thomas Josef Naber, Stefan Wallmeier, Michael Roos
  • Patent number: 11511578
    Abstract: A trailer controller for mounting on a trailer, wherein the trailer controller has at least one position-determining unit which is designed to detect a current position of at least two regions predefined on a trailer, in order to determine a current position and an alignment. In addition, the invention relates to a trailer having a trailer controller and a coupling system, as well as to a method for carrying out a coupling process between a tractor unit and a trailer with a coupling system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: SAF-HOLLAND GmbH
    Inventor: Mario Sebastian Köster
  • Publication number: 20220332154
    Abstract: A coupling system for a towing vehicle that includes at least one sensor, and a fifth wheel arrangement that includes a fifth wheel plate and at least one bearing block, wherein the fifth wheel plate has a trailer surface and an entry opening, wherein the trailer surface has an outwardly pointing normal, wherein the entry opening extends in an entry direction, wherein the fifth wheel plate is pivotably beard about a transverse axis relative to the bearing block, wherein the bearing block has a contact surface, wherein the contact surface lies in a contact plane, wherein the sensor indirectly and/or directly detects a pitch angle about the transverse axis contactlessly, and wherein the sensor is arranged in the immediate vicinity of the fifth wheel plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: SAF-HOLLAND GmbH
    Inventor: Mario Sebastian Köster
  • Patent number: 11473635
    Abstract: A brake drum for utility vehicles configured to mount rotatably about an axis of rotation and including a friction section and a connection section, wherein the friction section includes a friction surface and a plurality of transmission structures, wherein the connection section comprises at least one mounting surface and a plurality of transfer structures, wherein the transfer structures engage positively and/or nonpositively in the respective complementary transmission structures so that a torque about the axis of rotation can be transmitted positively, and wherein the mounting surface serves to fix the brake drum indirectly or directly to a hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: SAF-HOLLAND GmbH
    Inventor: Kerstin Kreiner
  • Patent number: 11459043
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle combination having a towing vehicle and a trailer, wherein the trailer has a drive which is coupled to a wheel of the trailer, wherein a control unit is provided and is designed to receive a signal of a sensor, wherein the control unit controls the operation of the drive as a function of the signal. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a method for controlling a drive in a vehicle combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: SAF-HOLLAND GmbH
    Inventors: Florian Hößle, Rainer Stegmann, Stefan Wallmeier
  • Patent number: 11453292
    Abstract: A semitrailer includes a wheel and an electric machine for driving the wheel, wherein the electric machine is configured so as to be operable as an electromotive brake in a braking state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: SAF-Holland GmbH
    Inventor: Olaf Drewes
  • Publication number: 20220289317
    Abstract: A fifth wheel configured to reversibly couple a trailer to a tractor including a coupling plate configured to receive a journal element of the trailer and a bearing block configured to pivotably bear the coupling plate about a pivot axis, in particular about a horizontally extending pivot axis, at least one distance sensor being provided which determines a distance with respect to a reference surface, the at least one distance sensor and/or the reference surface being arranged as part of the bearing block or on the bearing block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: SAF-HOLLAND GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Dominik Dieter, Dominik Haßler, Kilian Köbschall, Björn Poss, Patrick Scholl, Gunnar Vorwerk-Handing, Mario Sebastian Köster
  • Publication number: 20220281539
    Abstract: An adapter arrangement, in particular fifth wheel adapter arrangement, for a semitrailer train, comprising a base body, a coupling arrangement, in particular a fifth wheel coupling plate, and a king pin, wherein the king pin is fixed indirectly and/or directly to the base body, wherein in particular the coupling arrangement is stationary relative to the king pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: SAF-HOLLAND GmbH
    Inventors: Alan Feltham, Randy Kübler, Mario Sebastian Köster
  • Patent number: 11420691
    Abstract: A coupling system includes a coupling plug and a coupling receptacle, wherein the coupling plug and the coupling receptacle engage with one another in such a way that the first coupling part makes fluid-tight contact with the first receiving part, the second coupling part makes fluid-tight contact with the second receiving part and the third coupling part makes fluid-tight contact with the third receiving part, and wherein the contact surfaces of the coupling parts and the receiving parts are substantially rotationally symmetrical about the first axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: SAF-Holland GmbH
    Inventor: Mario Sebastian Köster
  • Publication number: 20220242498
    Abstract: A kingpin arrangement for arrangement a commercial vehicle trailer, includes a kingpin that extends in an extension direction, a stator rotationally fixed with respect to the kingpin and a rotor that includes (a plug connector adapted to be connectable or connected to a complementarily configured plug element of a towing vehicle, wherein the stator includes at least one connection that is connected to a distribution network of the trailer at least in an installed state, wherein the connection is connected to the energy connection in an electrically conductive manner via an energy transmission device, and wherein the rotor is freely rotatable relative to the stator about an axis of rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: SAF-HOLLAND GmbH
    Inventor: Mario Sebastian Köster
  • Patent number: 11365776
    Abstract: A device for actuating a brake shoe of a brake, in particular a disk brake, includes a pivotably mountable lever element, and a transmission element configured to be mounted in a longitudinally movable fashion is such that a pivot movement of the lever element is translated into a longitudinal movement of the transmission element wherein a hydraulic chamber configured to be filled with a hydraulic fluid is arranged between the brake shoe and the transmission element for the transmission of force between the brake shoe and the transmission element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: SAF-HOLLAND GmbH
    Inventor: Mark Hartmann
  • Patent number: 11353082
    Abstract: A closure device for an air spring system that includes an auxiliary vessel and an air spring device attachable to a link for an air spring system of a utility vehicle, wherein the closure device, in the installed state, seals off a fluid channel for gas exchange between the air spring device and the auxiliary vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: SAF-Holland GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Fäth, Stefan Wallmeier, Kerstin Bonness
  • Patent number: 11325436
    Abstract: An air spring system for a commercial vehicle including an air spring device configured to be arranged in an interface region on a link, the air spring system configured such that, in the case of locking of the air spring device, an engagement element can be introduced into a receiving region, and, by way of an offset movement along an offset direction, the engagement element can be transferred from the receiving region into a positively locking region, in which the engagement element interacts in a positively locking manner with a positively locking element along a positively locking direction which differs from the offset direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: SAF-HOLLAND GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Fäth, Stefan Wallmeier
  • Publication number: 20220135152
    Abstract: A fifth-wheel coupling arrangement includes a primary coupling device of a fifth wheel coupling arrangement or a trailer, in particular a semi-trailer, wherein the primary coupling device includes a base body, a drive and a connector element, wherein the base body is configured to be fixed to the fifth wheel coupling arrangement or the trailer, and wherein the connector element (is configured to be displaceable relative to the base body by the drive in a displacement direction
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: SAF-HOLLAND GmbH
    Inventor: Mario Sebastian Köster
  • Patent number: 11302120
    Abstract: A utility vehicle monitoring system includes a utility vehicle subsystem and a central system, wherein the utility vehicle subsystem is configured to be arranged proximate a part of a utility vehicle, wherein the central system includes a processing unit and an information transmission unit, wherein the central system is positioned independently of the utility vehicle, wherein the utility vehicle subsystem includes a transmitter unit, a receiver unit, a processing system and a sensor system, wherein the sensor system is configured to record at least one dynamic vehicle characteristic value and transmit the value to the processing system, wherein the transmitter unit and the receiver unit are configured to transmit the at least one dynamic vehicle characteristic value from the processing system to the central system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: SAF-Holland GmbH
    Inventors: Florian Hößle, Nicolas Pütz
  • Patent number: 11285995
    Abstract: A yaw angle measuring device for a separable coupling for fifth wheel couplings includes a sensor element and a measuring arrangement, wherein the sensor element is configured to be arranged on a first coupling partner and the measuring arrangement is configured to be arranged on a second coupling partner, wherein the first coupling partner is configured to be mounted by the coupling arrangement such that the first coupling partner is rotatable about an axis of rotation relative to the second coupling partner, wherein the sensor element generates a measuring signal in the measuring arrangement which serves to determine the yaw angle about the axis of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: SAF-Holland GmbH
    Inventor: Mario Sebastian Köster
  • Patent number: 11279174
    Abstract: An axle system includes an axle stub, a first connecting section and a second connecting section, wherein the axle stub is embodied on its outer side so as to be essentially rotationally symmetrical about a stub axis and has two ducts which extend parallel to the stub axis in certain regions, wherein the connecting sections lie in a connecting plane which is oriented orthogonally with respect to the stub axis, wherein the axle stub has an attachment region for securing a brake carrier which extends parallel to the connecting plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: SAF-HOLLAND, GmbH
    Inventors: Florian Hößle, Kerstin Kreiner, Armin Christ