Patents by Inventor Clemens HACKER

Clemens HACKER 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: 10759243
    Abstract: A wheel suspension (1) for a motor vehicle, having a wheel carrier (3) which is mounted so that the wheel carrier (3) can pivot relative to a wheel-guiding control arm (4). The wheel-guiding control arm (4) includes a longitudinal control arm section (4a) with a forward body-side bearing (11) and a transverse control arm section (4b) with a rear body-side bearing (12). The rear body-side bearing (12) is designed as a ball joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Clemens Hacker, Knut Heidsieck
  • Publication number: 20190308477
    Abstract: A leaf spring holder for connecting a leaf spring to an axle via a first fixing device and a second fixing device. Due to co-operation of the first fixing device with the second fixing device, a first mounting is spaced away from a second mounting to provide space for mounting the leaf spring between the first fixing device and the second fixing device. Co-operation of the first fixing device with the second fixing device enables deformation of a leaf spring section of the leaf spring between the first mounting and the second mounting. In order to increase the rigidity as a function of the spring deflection and/or to produce a rising-rate suspension, the leaf spring holder includes a stop surface for limiting deformation of the leaf spring section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventor: Clemens HACKER
  • Publication number: 20190309815
    Abstract: A leaf spring device (1, 101) for a vehicle with a spring leaf (2, 102) made from a fiber-enforced plastic. In order to realize the stiffness and/or a progressive suspension of the leaf spring device (1, 101) during increasing spring stress, the spring leaf is has an inner space (5, 6, 105, 106), which is at least partially or completely filled with an elastic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Marcel PLEYER, Thomas RUPFLIN, Sami Uddin SIDDIQUI, Clemens HACKER
  • Publication number: 20190126702
    Abstract: A wheel suspension (1) for a motor vehicle, having a wheel carrier (3) which is mounted so that the wheel carrier (3) can pivot relative to a wheel-guiding control arm (4). The wheel-guiding control arm (4) includes a longitudinal control arm section (4a) with a forward body-side bearing (11) and a transverse control arm section (4b) with a rear body-side bearing (12). The rear body-side bearing (12) is designed as a ball joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Clemens HACKER, Knut HEIDSIECK
  • Publication number: 20190061451
    Abstract: A wheel suspension (1) for a motor vehicle, having a wheel carrier (3) which is mounted so that the wheel carrier (3) can pivot relative to a wheel-guiding control arm (4) that includes a longitudinal control arm section (4a), with a forward body-side bearing (11), and a transverse control arm section (4b), with a rear body-side bearing (12). The rear body-side bearing (12) is axially orientated parallel to a rotational axis (20) of the wheel-guiding control arm (4) that extends through the body-side bearings (11, 12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Clemens HACKER, Sami Uddin SIDDIQUI, Ewgeni FINKBEINER, Matthias MOELLER