Patents by Inventor Markus NYFFENEGGER

Markus NYFFENEGGER 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).

  • Vehicle axle and its arrangement on a vehicle
    Patent number: 12679450
    Abstract: A vehicle axle having: a rigid axle body; two steering knuckles, each articulated pivotably about a respective steering axis to an axial end region of the axle body relative to a longitudinal axis parallel to the track direction; a main steering actuator device formed as a pressure-medium-operated piston-cylinder assembly having two piston rods that extend parallel to the longitudinal axis of the axle body and on the free ends of which an end of a main coupling member is arranged at a respective articulation point, the other end of which main coupling member is articulated to a respective steering knuckle at a respective articulation point; and an auxiliary steering actuator device that acts on one of the steering knuckles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: BUCHER MUNICIPAL AG
    Inventors: Alexander Zipes, Markus Nyffenegger
  • VEHICLE AXLE AND ITS ARRANGEMENT ON A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20250313263
    Abstract: A vehicle axle having: a rigid axle body; two steering knuckles, each articulated pivotably about a respective steering axis to an axial end region of the axle body relative to a longitudinal axis parallel to the track direction; a main steering actuator device formed as a pressure-medium-operated piston-cylinder assembly having two piston rods that extend parallel to the longitudinal axis of the axle body and on the free ends of which an end of a main coupling member is arranged at a respective articulation point, the other end of which main coupling member is articulated to a respective steering knuckle at a respective articulation point; and an auxiliary steering actuator device that acts on one of the steering knuckles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2024
    Publication date: October 9, 2025
    Inventors: Alexander ZIPES, Markus NYFFENEGGER