Patents by Inventor Jack A. Schaeffer

Jack A. Schaeffer 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: 4292782
    Abstract: A structural element having two opposed and parallel U-shaped members opening toward one another with a web of elongated corrugated form extending between the first and second U-shaped members. The web has a first set of coplanar flats fixed to opposed coplanar first sides of the two U-shaped members and a second set of coplanar flats fixed to opposed coplanar second sides of the two U-shaped members. The first coplanar flats alternate with and are joined to the second coplanar flats by secondary flats which have stepped relief cutouts and are spaced apart from the U-shaped members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 1979
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1981
    Assignee: Dana Corporation
    Inventor: Jack A. Schaeffer
  • Patent number: 4200165
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved independent suspension system for vehicle wheels which may be used either for driven or non-driven wheels including dirigible wheels of a vehicle having front wheel drive. One of the independently suspended driven wheels is mounted on an end of a transversely extending stamped metal suspension arm pivoted about the other end for movement relative to a point on the vehicle chassis. The other driven wheel is mounted on a second transversely extending stamped metal suspension arm which also is pivoted for movement relative to a point on the vehicle chassis. The second arm mounts a differential which is connected through axle shafts to drive the wheels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1978
    Date of Patent: April 29, 1980
    Assignee: Dana Corporation
    Inventors: Miles A. Bowman, Jr., Jack A. Schaeffer