Patents by Inventor Olaf Schutte

Olaf Schutte 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).

  • Rigid vehicle axle with integral trailing arms
    Patent number: 7370872
    Abstract: In a rigid vehicle axle comprising an axle beam with axle journals forming wheel carriers arranged at the ends thereof, and at least two trailing arms rigidly fixed to the axle beam, each half of the rigid vehicle axle comprises an axle beam section, a trailing arm section and a wheel head section arranged adjacent one after another and the ends of the axle tube sections overlap with the adjoining ends of the trailing arm sections and their end faces are congruent with the respectively adjoining end faces of the wheel head sections, at least in some areas, and the adjoining sections are welded together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Dunja Abrat, Olaf Schütte
  • Rigid vehicle axle with integral trailing arms
    Publication number: 20050156462
    Abstract: In a rigid vehicle axle comprising an axle beam with axle journals forming wheel carriers arranged at the ends thereof, and at least two trailing arms rigidly fixed to the axle beam, each half of the rigid vehicle axle comprises an axle beam section, a trailing arm section and a wheel head section arranged adjacent one after another and the ends of the axle tube sections overlap with the adjoining ends of the trailing arm sections and their end faces are congruent with the respectively adjoining end faces of the wheel head sections, at least in some areas, and the adjoining sections are welded together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2005
    Publication date: July 21, 2005
    Inventors: Dunja Abrat, Olaf Schutte