Patents by Inventor Egon Zenglein

Egon Zenglein 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).

  • Device for pivoting a rigid axle driven by a universal shaft to the frame of an automotive vehicle
    Patent number: 4789182
    Abstract: A device for pivoting a rigid axle driven by a universal shaft to the frame of an automotive vehicle by means of linkage elements one end of each of which has a frame-side support on an imaginary transverse axis which is common to all supports and perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle and in connection with which the transverse axis intersects the universal shaft perpendicularly at the midway point between the universal joints of the transmission shaft and the rigid axle. The rigid axle is connected by spring elements to the supported part of the vehicle. Four links are provided, two of which, one individual link 1 and 2, on each side of the vehicle are pivoted in the region close to the wheel at their other end to the axle housing 11 of the rigid axle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1988
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1988
    Assignee: O&K Orenstein & Koppel Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Egon Zenglein