Patents by Inventor Alexander ZIPES

Alexander ZIPES 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: 12679450
    Abstract: A vehicle axle having: a rigid axle body; two steering knuckles, each articulated pivotably about a respective steering axis to an axial end region of the axle body relative to a longitudinal axis parallel to the track direction; a main steering actuator device formed as a pressure-medium-operated piston-cylinder assembly having two piston rods that extend parallel to the longitudinal axis of the axle body and on the free ends of which an end of a main coupling member is arranged at a respective articulation point, the other end of which main coupling member is articulated to a respective steering knuckle at a respective articulation point; and an auxiliary steering actuator device that acts on one of the steering knuckles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: BUCHER MUNICIPAL AG
    Inventors: Alexander Zipes, Markus Nyffenegger
  • Publication number: 20250313263
    Abstract: A vehicle axle having: a rigid axle body; two steering knuckles, each articulated pivotably about a respective steering axis to an axial end region of the axle body relative to a longitudinal axis parallel to the track direction; a main steering actuator device formed as a pressure-medium-operated piston-cylinder assembly having two piston rods that extend parallel to the longitudinal axis of the axle body and on the free ends of which an end of a main coupling member is arranged at a respective articulation point, the other end of which main coupling member is articulated to a respective steering knuckle at a respective articulation point; and an auxiliary steering actuator device that acts on one of the steering knuckles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2024
    Publication date: October 9, 2025
    Inventors: Alexander ZIPES, Markus NYFFENEGGER
  • Patent number: 11649597
    Abstract: A self-propelled sweeping machine, having a chassis comprising at least one driven drive axle with wheels, for cleaning drivable, preferably solid, ground surfaces such as roads, streets, paths and cycle paths, squares or the like, consists of a refuse collection container which is built onto the chassis for receiving refuse which is lifted from the ground surface by means of generated suction air and/or suction force of a suction air unit comprising a suction air blower, by a suction device provided at the front end of a suction air line, and which is supplied via the connected, preferably rising, suction air line to the interior of the refuse collection container, wherein the refuse collection container has a screening device which is arranged spaced apart from the upper container wall for separating the refuse and, for conducting the suction air, has a downstream air outlet line for the suction air to be discharged, and wherein for the emptying process the refuse collection container is configured at the r
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: BUCHER MUNICIPAL AG
    Inventors: Alexander Zipes, Thomas Zimmermann
  • Publication number: 20200362526
    Abstract: A self-propelled sweeping machine, having a chassis comprising at least one driven drive axle with wheels, for cleaning drivable, preferably solid, ground surfaces such as roads, streets, paths and cycle paths, squares or the like, consists of a refuse collection container which is built onto the chassis for receiving refuse which is lifted from the ground surface by means of generated suction air and/or suction force of a suction air unit comprising a suction air blower, by a suction device provided at the front end of a suction air line, and which is supplied via the connected, preferably rising, suction air line to the interior of the refuse collection container, wherein the refuse collection container has a screening device which is arranged spaced apart from the upper container wall for separating the refuse and, for conducting the suction air, has a downstream air outlet line for the suction air to be discharged, and wherein for the emptying process the refuse collection container is configured at the r
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Alexander ZIPES, Thomas ZIMMERMANN