Patents by Inventor Klaus-Peter Scheucher

Klaus-Peter Scheucher 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).

  • Motor vehicle with connection elements between a chassis frame and a vehicle body having a changeable transverse rigidity
    Patent number: 8196959
    Abstract: A motor vehicle having a chassis frame and a vehicle body has switchable connection elements between the chassis frame and the vehicle body. The connection elements are arranged both in front of and behind the connection line of the wheel contact points of the front wheels and/or the connection line of the wheel contact points of the rear wheels. As a result, during cornering, the vehicle body exercises a bending moment upon the chassis frame, which results in a self-steering behavior of the front axle and/or of the rear axle. This self-steering behavior can be influenced in that either the connection elements in front of or the connection elements behind the corresponding axle are triggered such that they exhibit a transverse rigidity that is as high as possible. While the respective other connection elements are triggered such that they exhibit a transverse rigidity that is as low as possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Klaus-Peter Scheucher
  • Motor Vehicle with Connection Elements Between a Chassis Frame and a Vehicle Body Having a Changeable Transverse Rigidity
    Publication number: 20110278829
    Abstract: A motor vehicle having a chassis frame and a vehicle body has switchable connection elements between the chassis frame and the vehicle body. The connection elements are arranged both in front of and behind the connection line of the wheel contact points of the front wheels and/or the connection line of the wheel contact points of the rear wheels. As a result, during cornering, the vehicle body exercises a bending moment upon the chassis frame, which results in a self-steering behavior of the front axle and/or of the rear axle. This self-steering behavior can be influenced in that either the connection elements in front of or the connection elements behind the corresponding axle are triggered such that they exhibit a transverse rigidity that is as high as possible. While the respective other connection elements are triggered such that they exhibit a transverse rigidity that is as low as possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Klaus-Peter SCHEUCHER