Patents by Inventor Rainer Forster

Rainer Forster 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: 9868330
    Abstract: A leaf spring assembly for a wheel suspension of a motor vehicle comprises a leaf spring of fibre-reinforced plastics for resiliently supporting a wheel carrier of the motor vehicle. The leaf spring comprises a first end portion, a spring portion, a bendable portion and a second end portion. The leaf spring further comprises a first receiving device for supporting the first end portion and a second receiving device for supporting a second end portion. The first receiving device and the second receiving device are designed such that the first end portion and the second end portion are held in a non-displaceable way relative to one another. At least one of the first and second receiving devices are designed such that the respective associated end portion is supported in a moment-free way in the receiving device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Muhr und Bender KG
    Inventors: Christoph Hahn, Rainer Forster, Vladimir Kobelev, David Muller, Lutz Manke
  • Publication number: 20160159181
    Abstract: A leaf spring assembly for a wheel suspension of a motor vehicle comprises a leaf spring of fibre-reinforced plastics for resiliently supporting a wheel carrier of the motor vehicle. The leaf spring comprises a first end portion, a spring portion, a bendable portion and a second end portion . The leaf spring further comprises a first receiving device for supporting the first end portion and a second receiving device for supporting a second end portion. The first receiving device and the second receiving device are designed such that the first end portion and the second end portion are held in a non-displaceable way relative to one another. At least one of the first and second receiving devices are designed such that the respective associated end portion is supported in a moment-free way in the receiving device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Christoph Hahn, Rainer Forster, Vladimir Kobelev, David Muller, Lutz Manke
  • Publication number: 20080284070
    Abstract: The invention relates to a leaf spring (1) consisting of a fibre-composite material for use in a vehicle. To prevent cracking or the escape of leaf spring material on the longitudinal edges (10) of said leaf spring (1) when the latter is fixed to a vehicle, according to the invention at least the upper face (13) and/or the lower face (14) of the leaf spring (1) are convex transversally to the longitudinal extension of said spring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2006
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Applicant: IFC COMPOSITE GMBH
    Inventors: Clemens Aulich, Rainer Forster, Heiko Kempe
  • Publication number: 20080284069
    Abstract: The invention relates to a leaf spring (1) consisting of a fibre-composite material and having a central longitudinal section (2) and two adjoining axial end sections for a wheel suspension in a vehicle, the end sections of said leaf spring tapering with respect to the leaf spring width. The leaf spring (1) is composed of resin-impregnated fibre layers and axially orientated uncut first fibres (6) of the fibre-composite material extend the full length of the leaf spring (1) to the two axial ends (5) of said spring. The axial ends (5) of the unfinished untreated leaf spring (1?), when viewed from above, have an essentially V-shaped geometry or an essentially V-shaped notch and thus form two respective limbs (8, 9) lying transversally to the longitudinal extension of the axis of the untreated leaf spring (11), said limbs (8, 9) abutting one another in the finished leaf spring (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2006
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Applicant: IFC COMPOSITE GMBH
    Inventors: Clemens Aulich, Rainer Forster, Heiko Kempe
  • Patent number: D615110
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: mk Sorting Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Flory, Rainer Forster, Christian Weinsheimer