Patents by Inventor Johan SAMSON

Johan SAMSON 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).

  • Independent rear suspension with lifting device
    Patent number: 9469172
    Abstract: An independent suspension and an independent suspension arrangement for a liftable rear axle of a heavy vehicle are provided. The independent suspension includes a lower wishbone and an upper wishbone hingedly suspended in a support assembly and a hub carrier, and an air bellows and a lifting bellows, where the air bellows is arranged outside of a plane defined by the web of a main frame beam and the lifting bellows is arranged inside of a plane defined by the web of a main frame beam. The independent suspension arrangement includes a left wheel suspension, a right wheel suspension and at least one sub-frame assembly extending between the left and right wheel suspensions, where the left and right wheel suspensions are mounted directly to the sub-frame assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Volvo Truck Corporation
    Inventors: Jörgen Andersson, Johan Samson
  • INDEPENDENT REAR SUSPENSION WITH LIFTING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20150298518
    Abstract: An independent suspension and an independent suspension arrangement for a liftable rear axle of a heavy vehicle are provided. The independent suspension includes a lower wishbone and an upper wishbone hingedly suspended in a support assembly and a hub carrier, and an air bellows and a lifting bellows, where the air bellows is arranged outside of a plane defined by the web of a main frame beam and the lifting bellows is arranged inside of a plane defined by the web of a main frame beam. The independent suspension arrangement includes a left wheel suspension, a right wheel suspension and at least one sub-frame assembly extending between the left and right wheel suspensions, where the left and right wheel suspensions are mounted directly to the sub-frame assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jörgen ANDERSSON, Johan SAMSON