Patents by Inventor Hans Jurgen Brandl

Hans Jurgen Brandl 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: 7784806
    Abstract: The invention relates to an independent wheel suspension for the rear wheels of motor vehicles, having a wheel support which is hinge-connected to at least one upper and one lower control arm, the lower control arm being connected by way of two more or less horizontal arm bearings forming pivot axes on the body of the motor vehicle and on the wheel support and a guide arm of the wheel support to another bearing, and also having a bearing spring resting on the wheel support and a more or less vertically oriented telescopic shock absorber. For the creation of a structurally and elastokinematically favorable wheel suspension it is proposed, as viewed from above, that the other guide rod is mounted more or less in the lower guide rod plane and diagonally forward from the exterior toward the interior, in such a way that the intersection of imaginary extensions of the other guide rod and the rear bearing points of the lower guide rod is positioned beyond the extended wheel center axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Audi AG
    Inventors: Walter Schmidt, Hugo Muller, Hans Jurgen Brandl, Friedrich Killian
  • Patent number: 7784807
    Abstract: The invention relates to a suspension for the wheels of an axle of a motor vehicle, especially for the steered front wheels. Said wheel suspension comprises wheel carriers that rotatably bear the wheels and are arranged so as to create straight-line steering via several individual links which are pivotally connected to the motor vehicle body and one respective track rod. Resilient means which directly or indirectly impress a certain prestress that acts around the spread axle of the wheels and in the opposite direction are provided in the wheel suspension in order to improve steering return and steering precision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Audi AG
    Inventors: Hans-Jurgen Brandl, Jaromir Kur
  • Publication number: 20090218783
    Abstract: The invention relates to a suspension for the wheels of an axle of a motor vehicle, especially for the steered front wheels. Said wheel suspension comprises wheel carriers that rotatably bear the wheels and are arranged so as to create straight-line steering via several individual links which are pivotally connected to the motor vehicle body and one respective track rod. Resilient means which directly or indirectly impress a certain prestress that acts around the spread axle of the wheels and in the opposite direction are provided in the wheel suspension in order to improve steering return and steering precision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2003
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Hans-Jurgen Brandl, Jaromir Kur