Patents by Inventor Franz Ribo

Franz Ribo 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: 7862106
    Abstract: Utility vehicle, in particular for military purposes, with a chassis and a cab arranged on it frame so that it can be tilted, and guarded in certain places by affixed armor plating. The cab has a front module and a rear module, whereby the front module has a front wall, two side walls, a rear wall, a floor and a roof forming a cabin for the driver and co-driver. The rear module has a bearer frame enclosed at least in part by walls that form a hood-like protective and stowage space for the power aggregate and other vehicle parts and accessories. The rear module is releaseably attached to the rear of the front module and supported by it. Rear armoring of the cab is implemented by armor plating fitted between its front module and rear module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: MAN Nutzfahzeuge Österreich AG
    Inventors: Peter Hinze, Franz Ribo, Robert Wimmer
  • Patent number: 7600808
    Abstract: A utility vehicles, in particular for military purposes, with a chassis and a cab arranged on the frame of said chassis so that it can be tilted. The cab has a front module and a rear module. The front module forms a cabin for the driver and co-driver. The rear module forms a hood-like protective and stowage space for vehicle aggregates, parts and accessories. The floor of the front module is reinforced by two longitudinal floor members extended through the front module rear wall by supporting brackets to support the rear module. There are supports so that the rear module, can rest on the extended supporting brackets of the longitudinal floor members. On the front module rear wall and at the front of the rear module bearer frame there are matching supporting and joining elements at different levels with flush boreholes or through-holes through which screws can be threaded to securely join the two cab modules on a longitudinal, crosswise and vertical axis, and also enabling them to be released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: MAN Nutzfahrzeuge Österreich AG
    Inventors: Peter Hinze, Friedrich Beer, Franz Ribo, Robert Wimmer
  • Publication number: 20090058137
    Abstract: The subject of the invention is utility vehicles, in particular for military purposes, with a chassis and a cab (1) arranged on the frame (4) of said chassis so that it can be tilted. According to the invention the cab (1) is composed of a front module (5) and a rear module (6). The front module (5) forms a cabin for the driver and co-driver. The rear module (6), by comparison, forms a hood-like protective and stowage space for vehicle aggregates, parts and accessories. The floor (11) of the front module (5) is reinforced by two longitudinal floor members (18, 19) extended through the front module rear wall (10) by supporting brackets (22, 23) to serve as support for the rear module (6). On the bottom of the bearer frame (17) of the rear module (6) there are means of support (28, 29) so that the rear module (6), when attached to the front module (5), can rest on the extended supporting brackets (22, 23) of the longitudinal floor members (18, 19).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: MAN NUTZFAHRZEUGE OSTERREICH AG
    Inventors: Peter HINZE, Friedrich Beer, Franz Ribo, Robert Wimmer
  • Publication number: 20090056529
    Abstract: The subject of the invention is utility vehicles, in particular for military purposes, with a chassis and a cab (1) arranged on its frame (4) so that it can be tilted, and guarded in certain places by affixed armour plating (88). The inventive cab (1) is composed of a front module (5) and a rear module (6), whereby the front module (5) exhibits a front wall (7), two side walls (8, 9), a rear wall (10), a floor (11) and a roof (12), and forms a cabin for the driver and co-driver. The rear module (6), by comparison, exhibits a bearer frame (17) enclosed at least in part by walls (13, 14, 16), and forms a hood-like protective and stowage space for the power aggregate and other vehicle parts and accessories. Furthermore, the rear module (6) is attached to the rear of the front module (5) and supported by it, and may also be released. The rear armouring of the cab (1) is implemented by armour plating (88) fitted between its front module (5) and rear module (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: Man Nutzfahrzeuge Osterreich AG
    Inventors: Peter HINZE, Franz Ribo, Robert Wimmer