Patents Assigned to SAF-Holland GmbH
  • Patent number: 11273702
    Abstract: An axle end arrangement includes a stator unit and a rotor unit, wherein the stator unit is configured to be fixed in a secured manner against rotation about a stub axle relative to an axle stub, wherein the rotor unit is configured to be fixed indirectly or directly on a hub, wherein the stator unit includes a coil arrangement in which, upon rotation of the rotor unit, a voltage is generated, wherein the rotor unit includes a maximum outer radius measured perpendicular to the stub axle, which outer radius is smaller than the smallest distance of a fastening region for a vehicle wheel on the hub from the stub axle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: SAF-Holland GmbH
    Inventor: Olaf Drewes
  • Patent number: 11255393
    Abstract: A brake shoe having brake linings for a brake apparatus includes a carrier element, and a first brake lining segment configured to be mounted on the carrier element, and a second brake lining segment configured to be mounted on the carrier element, the first brake lining segment and the second brake lining segment being spaced apart from one another in a mounted state, and the first brake lining segment and the second brake lining segment differing from one another with regard to material composition, force loading and/or shape to configure a friction profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: SAF-Holland GmbH
    Inventor: Mark Hartmann
  • Publication number: 20220024269
    Abstract: An air suspension system, includes an air suspension bellows connected to a vehicle frame, and an air suspension piston connected to a link, wherein the air suspension bellows and the air suspension piston are connected to each other and enclose an inner air volume, the air suspension piston has a rolling surface for rolling of the air suspension bellows, the air suspension bellows has a contact portion for rolling on the rolling surface, the rolling surface or the contact portion has at least one opening, wherein contacting areas of the rolling surface and the contact portion define a contact surface, and wherein a fluidic connection for an air flow through the at least one opening between the inner air volume and an environment is enabled and prevented by a change in the contact surface that includes a relative movement of the air suspension bellows to the air suspension piston.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: SAF-HOLLAND GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Brunsch, Konstantin Diener, Matthias Bönig
  • Publication number: 20220001693
    Abstract: A hub configured to rotate about an axis of rotation in the circumferential direction, and having a connection surface and a connection opening, the connection opening configured to at least partially receive a connector, the connection surface configured to contact indirectly and/or directly with a contact surface of a brake disc, where the contact surface does not include connection openings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: SAF-HOLLAND GmbH
    Inventor: Mark Hartmann
  • Patent number: 11215249
    Abstract: A bearing element for use in a drum brake includes a holding region for interlocking on a brake shoe and a support region for indirect or direct support on a carrying unit, wherein the holding region has a first holding geometry which is designed to form an undercut with the brake shoe along a first holding axis, wherein the support region is designed to transmit a support force, which acts along the holding axis, indirectly or directly to the carrying unit, and vice versa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: SAF-HOLLAND GmbH
    Inventors: Rainer Stegmann, Marco Krebs
  • Patent number: 11198326
    Abstract: Axle system for use in utility vehicles includes a suspension arm and a clamping unit, wherein the clamping unit has a base element and a clamping element, wherein the base element is substantially arranged on a first side and the clamping element on the second side of the suspension arm lying opposite the first side, wherein the base element is configured to be secured to an axle element, and wherein a tensile element is configured to apply a tensile force between the clamping element and the base element, such that the suspension arm is held by force fit between the clamping element and the base element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: SAF-HOLLAND, GmbH
    Inventors: Jean Khoury, Christopher Nagel
  • Patent number: 11174909
    Abstract: A connection device for connecting a brake disk to a wheel hub, wherein the connection device is arrangeable at least in part in a recess of the wheel hub and is transferable into a fixed state in which the connection device interacts in a non-positive locking manner with the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: SAF-HOLLAND GmbH
    Inventor: Elmar Weber
  • Patent number: 11148495
    Abstract: An air spring system for a vehicle axle includes a link element which can be pivotably arranged on a vehicle frame for mounting the vehicle axle, an air spring which can be arranged on the link element and has a piston, and an additional reservoir, the link element having an upper side which faces the vehicle frame and a lower side which faces away from the vehicle frame, the additional reservoir being configured to be mounted on the lower side of the link element, and the air spring being configured to be mounted on the upper side of the link element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: SAF-HOLLAND GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Fäth, Stefan Wallmeier, Stephan Dehlwes
  • Publication number: 20210316799
    Abstract: A fifth-wheel coupling arrangement includes, a plurality of wear sensors, a fifth-wheel coupling plate, a lock claw mounted on the fifth-wheel coupling plate configured to be movable in a first closing direction, a locking mechanism, with a stop, configured to be mounted on the fifth-wheel coupling plate configured to be movable in a second closing direction, wherein the fifth-wheel coupling plate has an insertion opening for a king pin, wherein the lock claw positively prevents the king pin from moving out of the insertion opening in a closed state of the fifth-wheel coupling arrangement and allows the king pin to move out of the insertion opening in an open state of the fifth-wheel coupling arrangement, wherein the wear sensor is configured to monitor a wear parameter of the fifth-wheel coupling arrangement, and wherein the wear sensor has a data output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: SAF-HOLLAND GmbH
    Inventor: Mario Sebastian Köster
  • Publication number: 20210284258
    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: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: SAF-HOLLAND GmbH
    Inventor: Mario Sebastian Köster
  • Publication number: 20210188375
    Abstract: A kingpin arrangement for an automatic coupling system including a kingpin extending in a kingpin direction, a turntable mounted rotatably about the kingpin direction relative to the kingpin and mounted on a plain-bearing, the turntable having an opening, through which the kingpin extends, and a support structure extending in a radial direction, the support structure including a fastener for indirectly and/or directly fastening and/or for mounting a plug connector, the support structure being fixed indirectly and/or directly to an end of the turntable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: SAF-HOLLAND GmbH
    Inventor: Mario Sebastian Köster
  • Patent number: 11002323
    Abstract: A drum brake includes a brake drum with an attaching region for arranging the brake drum on a vehicle part, such as a wheel hub, and a shell region with a first contact face, and a friction lining with a second contact face which faces toward the shell region, the first and second contact face being curved along or in a radial plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: SAF-HOLLAND GmbH
    Inventors: Muhammet Arpaci, Rainer Stegmann, Elmar Weber
  • Publication number: 20210115989
    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: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: SAF-Holland GmbH
    Inventor: Kerstin KREINER
  • Patent number: 10935185
    Abstract: A container assembly, in particular of an air pressure system of a utility vehicle, includes a first region and a second region, wherein the first and the second region together enclose at least part of a container interior, wherein the first and the second region are connected to each other via a joining region, and wherein the joining region is subjected to a shearing load in the event of loading from the container interior side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: SAF-HOLLAND GmbH
    Inventor: Bernd Brunsch
  • Patent number: 10920838
    Abstract: A brake device for braking a wheel includes a brake drum, a brake pad carrier which is arranged or can be arranged in the brake drum and has at least one brake pad, and an actuator apparatus for the reversible transfer of the brake pad carrier between a braking state, in which the brake pad is operatively connected to the brake drum, and a freewheeling state, in which the operative connection between the brake pad and the brake drum is canceled, the brake pad carrier being elastically deformable for the transfer from the freewheeling state into the braking state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: SAF-HOLLAND GmbH
    Inventor: Karsten Weber
  • Patent number: 10919355
    Abstract: A chassis system for commercial vehicles includes a trailing arm and a plunger piston which are connected or can be connected to one another via a connecting region, the connecting region having an adjusting device which includes an engagement element and a guide element, and it being possible for the engagement element to be moved relative to the guide element in such a way that a displacement, in particular a translational movement, of the plunger piston relative to the trailing arm is made possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: SAF-HOLLAND GmbH
    Inventor: Elmar Weber
  • Patent number: 10894457
    Abstract: A holding mount for a commercial vehicle trailer includes two side walls which extend along a vertical axis and which form an arrangement region for arranging the holding mount on a load-bearing element, the holding mount further including an insert part which has a connecting section and a reinforcing section, the connecting section forming the arrangement region, and the reinforcing section extending between the side walls along the vertical axis for the reinforcement purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: SAF-Holland GmbH
    Inventors: Gregory Galazin, Edward Hammer
  • Patent number: 10875374
    Abstract: A frame unit for utility vehicles includes outer and inner parts and a transverse region, wherein the transverse region extends substantially transversely to the outer part and/or the inner part, wherein the transverse region is integrally formed with the outer part or the inner part, the outer part and/or the inner part has a fastening region for being secured to a vehicle frame, the outer part has an outer bearing region and the inner part has an inner bearing region, an axle guide can be arranged between the outer and inner bearing regions and can be secured to the bearing regions such that the axle guide can pivot about a bearing axis, and wherein the transverse region secures the outer part and/or the inner part against pivoting about an orthogonal in relation to the bearing axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: SAF-HOLLAND GmbH
    Inventors: Florian Borde, Muhammet Arpaci, Philipp Bergmann
  • Patent number: 10843515
    Abstract: A trailer control device for mounting on a trailer, wherein the trailer control device includes a receiver unit configured to receive a signal from an external transmitter unit, a comparator connected to the receiver unit and configured to compare the received signal with a pre-defined signal stored in the comparator, and a transmitter unit connected to the comparator and configured to send a response signal to an external receiver unit for locating and/or identifying the trailer control device if the received signal matches the pre-defined signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: SAF-HOLLAND GmbH
    Inventor: Mario Sebastian Köster
  • Patent number: D909937
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: SAF-HOLLAND GmbH
    Inventor: Muhammed Arpaci