Patents by Inventor Nicole Zandbergen

Nicole Zandbergen 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: 11001113
    Abstract: An axle suspension for a vehicle includes a spring assembly with a leaf spring and a connecting arm, wherein the leaf spring supports a vehicle axle and, on an end side, is pivotably connected to a vehicle structure and pivotably connected to the connecting arm. In order to provide an optimized axle suspension with two-stage suspension, the spring assembly in a region of the connecting arm has a first stop element and the vehicle structure has a second stop element, which stop elements under normal load of the vehicle are spaced apart from one another and, when a limit load is exceeded, contact one another, whereby at least one stop element is elastically deformable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Marc Simon, Thomas Gerhards, Ralf Hintzen, Rainer Souschek, Nicole Zandbergen
  • Patent number: 10933707
    Abstract: A leaf spring assembly resiliently supporting a wheel carrier on a vehicle body of a motor vehicle. The leaf spring assembly including first and second spring leaves and a clamp having a clamping part exerting a clamping force whereby the first and second spring leaves are held together by the clamp. A bridging part arranged between the first spring leaf and the clamping part transmits at least part of the clamping force from the clamping part to the first spring leaf bridging the second spring leaf and reducing the clamping force exerted thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Gerhards, Alberto Girelli Consolaro, Ralf Hintzen, Daniel Mainz, Rainer Souschek, Friedrich Peter Wolf-Monheim, Nicole Zandbergen
  • Patent number: 10933919
    Abstract: A mount located in a wheel housing of a motor vehicle, the mount receiving an upper end of a shock absorber. The mount has a plurality of upper receiving points each mounting point for allowing a different shock absorber orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ralf Hintzen, Friedrich Peter Wolf-Monheim, Daniel Mainz, Timothy Drotar, Paul Zandbergen, Nicole Zandbergen
  • Patent number: 10406879
    Abstract: A wheel suspension unit for a motor vehicle having a longitudinal link, having a first end for pivotable vehicle-side connection, a second end for connection to a wheel carrier, and a blade-like link portion resilient in the direction of the transverse axis (Y) and rigid transversely relative thereto. The wheel suspension reduces the number of components by providing a longitudinal link having a resilient portion resilient toward the longitudinal axis (X), wherein the longitudinal link is at least partially produced from a fiber-reinforced plastics material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Nicole Zandbergen, Rainer Souschek, Thomas Gerhards, Ralf Hintzen, Daniel Mainz, Paul Zandbergen, Alberto Girelli Consolaro, Friedrich Peter Wolf-Monheim
  • Publication number: 20190210420
    Abstract: A leaf spring assembly resiliently supporting a wheel carrier on a vehicle body of a motor vehicle. The leaf spring assembly including first and second spring leaves and a clamp having a clamping part exerting a clamping force whereby the first and second spring leaves are held together by the clamp. A bridging part arranged between the first spring leaf and the clamping part transmits at least part of the clamping force from the clamping part to the first spring leaf bridging the second spring leaf and reducing the clamping force exerted thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Gerhards, Alberto Girelli Consolaro, Ralf Hintzen, Daniel Mainz, Rainer Souschek, Friedrich Peter Wolf-Monheim, Nicole Zandbergen
  • Publication number: 20190111749
    Abstract: An axle suspension for a vehicle includes a spring assembly with a leaf spring and a connecting arm, wherein the leaf spring supports a vehicle axle and, on an end side, is pivotably connected to a vehicle structure and pivotably connected to the connecting arm. In order to provide an optimized axle suspension with two-stage suspension, the spring assembly in a region of the connecting arm has a first stop element and the vehicle structure has a second stop element, which stop elements under normal load of the vehicle are spaced apart from one another and, when a limit load is exceeded, contact one another, whereby at least one stop element is elastically deformable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Marc SIMON, Thomas GERHARDS, Ralf HINTZEN, Rainer SOUSCHEK, Nicole ZANDBERGEN
  • Publication number: 20190016186
    Abstract: The disclosure concerns a motor vehicle with at least one rear axle having exclusively longitudinal control arms for wheel suspension. In order to create additional installation space in the region of the rear axle and at the same time improve a cornering stability of the motor vehicle, at least one vehicle component is arranged at least partially between wheel carriers of the rear axle, and at least one sliding body or rolling body is arranged on at least one wheel carrier, via which body this wheel carrier is or may be supported on the vehicle component in the vehicle transverse direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Ralf HINTZEN, Paul ZANDBERGEN, Nicole ZANDBERGEN, Thomas GERHARDS
  • Publication number: 20170355240
    Abstract: A wheel suspension unit for a motor vehicle having a longitudinal link, having a first end for pivotable vehicle-side connection, a second end for connection to a wheel carrier, and a blade-like link portion resilient in the direction of the transverse axis (Y) and rigid transversely relative thereto. The wheel suspension reduces the number of components by providing a longitudinal link having a resilient portion resilient toward the longitudinal axis (X), wherein the longitudinal link is at least partially produced from a fiber-reinforced plastics material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Nicole Zandbergen, Rainer Souschek, Thomas Gerhards, Ralf Hintzen, Daniel Mainz, Paul Zandbergen, Alberto Girelli Consolaro, Friedrich Peter Wolf-Monheim
  • Publication number: 20170355239
    Abstract: A wheel suspension unit of a motor vehicle, for example a trailing arm, the trailing arm produced, at least in part, from a fiber-reinforced plastic. The trailing arm including a molded member or tube formed of braided and/or wound continuous fibers. The continuous fibers of the molded member or tube interlinked with a plastic matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Rainer Souschek, Freidrich Peter Wolf-Monheim, Thomas Gerhards, Ralf Hintzen, Daniel Mainz, Paul Zandbergen, Nicole Zandbergen, Alberto Girelli Consolaro
  • Publication number: 20170120708
    Abstract: A spring system for a motor vehicle including a spring extending along an extension axis (A) and supported on a spring seat by a resilient spring support. The spring seat including a rigid support structure positioned radially inside the spring. The spring support having a side portion, positioned between the support structure and the spring, and a front portion, connected to the side portion, located axially in front of the spring. The spring exerts a force against the side portion and the side portion exerts a force against the support structure. The spring system provides vibration damping and spring stabilization relative to lateral forces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Mainz, Friedrich Peter Wolf-Monheim, Nicole Zandbergen, Paul Zandbergen, Ralf Hintzen, Timothy Drotar
  • Publication number: 20170050680
    Abstract: A mount located in a wheel housing of a motor vehicle, the mount receiving an upper end of a shock absorber. The mount has a plurality of upper receiving points each mounting point for allowing a different shock absorber orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ralf Hintzen, Friedrich Peter Wolf-Monheim, Daniel Mainz, Timothy Drotar, Paul Zandbergen, Nicole Zandbergen