Patents by Inventor Hellmuth Binder

Hellmuth Binder 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: 4403553
    Abstract: A motor vehicle which may be utilized in a track or rail bound conveyance or on a normal roadway, with the vehicle including steerable supporting wheels and at least one transverse guide member arranged between opposite steerable supporting wheels on a horizontally pivotable track guide lever. The transverse guide member acts on the steerable supporting wheels and extends, in an operating position, below a tread level of the supporting wheels and, by way of a horizontal swivel joint in the track guide lever, can automatically be retracted from the operating position into an ineffective or waiting position and/or lowered into an operating position by roadway responsible roller feelers or the like movably guided at right angles to the driving direction. An expanding drive or force transmission system is coupled with the roller feeler with the system producing, upon a roller feeler movement, a movement oriented in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1981
    Date of Patent: September 13, 1983
    Assignee: Daimler-Benz AG
    Inventor: Hellmuth Binder
  • Patent number: 4389945
    Abstract: A transverse guide roller arrangement for a vehicle which can be guided mechanically along a guide track or the like provided on the side of a lane. The transverse guide roller arrangement includes at least one rolling surface which is approximately vertical when the guide roller is in an operating position. The rolling surface is formed by a rubber tire mounted on a rim having a hub rotatably supported on a fixed journal attached to an end of a supporting arm or the like. The hub forms radially, without transistion on an outside thereof the rim without a wheel disk, spokes, screw on flange, or the like. The hub and rim are combined structurally into one piece, with the journal being exchangeably attached to the supporting arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1980
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1983
    Assignee: Daimler-Benz Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Friedrich Bahrle, Hellmuth Binder, Wolfram Meyer, Helmut Wulf
  • Patent number: 4346659
    Abstract: A bi-modal mechanically trackable vehicle adapted to be rail driven with or without a guide track, the vehicle including at least one non-steerable axle having non-steerable wheels mounted thereon, a plurality of tracking transverse guide rollers are provided for guiding the vehicle along the track. The transverse guide rollers are at least indirectly mounted at the non-steerable axle in an area of the respective wheels so as to be transversely displaceable. The non-steerable axle is mounted on the vehicle so as to be freely pivotable about a vertical axis. An arrangement is provided for automatically selectively locking the at least one non-steerable axle in an exact transverse position for driving without a guide track and for unlocking the at least one non-steerable axle from the exact transverse position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1980
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1982
    Assignee: Daimler-Benz Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Hellmuth Binder
  • Patent number: 4267779
    Abstract: A bi-mobile mechanically trackable road vehicle which includes a steerable axle having steerable wheels and at least one additional unsteerable axle having unsteerable wheels. Tracking transverse guide rollers are provided in an area of the vehicle axles. The non-steerable axle is mounted in the manner of a turntable so as to be freely pivotable about a vertical axis with an arrangement being provided for automatically selectively rocking the at least one non-steerable axle in an exact transverse position when the vehicle leaves a guide track and for automatically unlocking the non-steerable axle upon an entry of a vehicle onto the guide track. At least one of the transverse guide rollers is mounted so as to be freely transversely displaceable within mechanical preset limits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1981
    Assignee: Daimler-Benz Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Hellmuth Binder