Patents by Inventor Paul GODESBERG

Paul GODESBERG 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).

  • Spring pad for vehicle suspension
    Patent number: 9944143
    Abstract: A spring pad arranged between a terminal winding of a helical spring of a vehicle wheel suspension. The winding defines a rolled spring end. A spring plate supports the helical spring. The spring pad having a layered structure having two layers different in their rigidity. The first layer has a higher rigidity than the second layer. The first layer is an outer layer of the layered structure that may engage the terminal winding of the helical spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Juergen Funke, Andreas Carlitz, Paul Godesberg, Jason Paulding
  • Spring isolators and suspension systems incorporating same
    Patent number: 9895948
    Abstract: A spring isolator for a wheel suspension may include a first side configured to rest on a spring plate of the suspension. The spring isolator may also include a second side, opposite the first side, configured to receive a last coil of a coil spring of the suspension to support the coil spring on the spring plate. The first side may have at least one cavity extending through a thickness of the isolator toward the second side. An elasticity of the isolator between the first and second sides may prevent the last coil from breaking contact with the second side during operation of the suspension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Jason Paulding, Juergen Funke, Jon Roland Watson, Thorsten Dirk Krupp, Paul Godesberg
  • SPRING PAD FOR VEHICLE SUSPENSION
    Publication number: 20170197483
    Abstract: A spring pad arranged between a terminal winding of a helical spring of a vehicle wheel suspension. The winding defines a rolled spring end. A spring plate supports the helical spring. The spring pad having a layered structure having two layers different in their rigidity. The first layer has a higher rigidity than the second layer. The first layer is an outer layer of the layered structure that may engage the terminal winding of the helical spring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Juergen Funke, Andreas Carlitz, Paul Godesberg, Jason Paulding
  • SPRING ISOLATORS AND SUSPENSION SYSTEMS INCORPORATING SAME
    Publication number: 20160107497
    Abstract: A spring isolator for a wheel suspension may include a first side configured to rest on a spring plate of the suspension. The spring isolator may also include a second side, opposite the first side, configured to receive a last coil of a coil spring of the suspension to support the coil spring on the spring plate. The first side may have at least one cavity extending through a thickness of the isolator toward the second side. An elasticity of the isolator between the first and second sides may prevent the last coil from breaking contact with the second side during operation of the suspension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Jason PAULDING, Juergen FUNKE, Jon Roland WATSON, Thorsten Dirk KRUPP, Paul GODESBERG