Patents by Inventor Michael Wingenbach

Michael Wingenbach 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).

  • Arrangement for simulating force effects on a wheel of a motor vehicle resulting during operation of the motor vehicle
    Patent number: 6684688
    Abstract: An arrangement for simulating force effects of a vehicle wheel has a multi-part housing and a frame-shaped wheel adapter mounted on the housing and arranged in a vertical plane. The wheel adapter defines a wheel center and a ground contact point of the wheel in the vertical plane. A first push rod is articulated on the wheel adapter and extends in a horizontal plane intercepting the vertical plane at the wheel center. It simulates a first longitudinal force. The wheel adapter has a U-shaped cutout near the ground contact point which is penetrated by a vertical bolt extending in the vertical plane through the wheel center and the ground contact point and connected by a first joint to the housing. A second push rod is connected to the housing transversely to the vertical plane. The axis of the second push rod intercepts the ground contact point and simulates a lateral force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: Benteler AG
    Inventors: Karl Egold, Hermann Relard, Michael Wingenbach