Patents by Inventor Detlev Beckmann

Detlev Beckmann 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).

  • Modular chassis for commercial vehicles
    Patent number: 7207600
    Abstract: A chassis of modular construction for commercial vehicles has a front vehicle subframe and a rear vehicle subframe connected thereto, an individual wheel suspension having a spring and/or shock-absorber strut and also an upper transverse link and a lower transverse link formed on the front vehicle subframe on each side of the vehicle. The front vehicle subframe is composed of two side consoles assigned in each case to one side of the vehicle, an upper crossmember connecting the two side consoles to each other at the top and a lower crossmember connecting the two side consoles to each other at the bottom. Each side console is connected to the rear vehicle subframe. One of the upper transverse links is mounted on each side console and one of the spring and/or shock-absorber struts is supported thereon. The two lower transverse links are mounted on the lower crossmember.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Detlev Beckmann, Karl-Heinz Grimm, Georg Stefan Hagemann
  • Modular chassis for commercial vehicles
    Publication number: 20060055162
    Abstract: A chassis of modular construction for commercial vehicles has a front vehicle subframe and a rear vehicle subframe connected thereto, an individual wheel suspension having a spring and/or shock-absorber strut and also an upper transverse link and a lower transverse link formed on the front vehicle subframe on each side of the vehicle. The front vehicle subframe is composed of two side consoles assigned in each case to one side of the vehicle, an upper crossmember connecting the two side consoles to each other at the top and a lower crossmember connecting the two side consoles to each other at the bottom. Each side console is connected to the rear vehicle subframe. One of the upper transverse links is mounted on each side console and one of the spring and/or shock-absorber struts is supported thereon. The two lower transverse links are mounted on the lower crossmember.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2002
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Inventors: Detlev Beckmann, Karl-Heinz Grimm, Georg Stefan Hagemann