Patents by Inventor Randy Kübler

Randy Kübler 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).

  • Publication number: 20240043074
    Abstract: A king pin arrangement includes a king pin and a mounting member, the mounting member comprising a receiving plate, the king pin having a base section and a king pin head, the king pin extending in a king pin direction, wherein a positive king pin direction points from the base section to the king pin head, wherein the king pin is fastened directly and/or indirectly to the mounting element by the base section in a form-fitting, force-fitting and/or material-fitting manner, the king pin being fastened such that the king pin is rotationally fixed to the mounting element in a circumferential direction about the king pin direction, wherein the mounting element and/or the king pin has a first measuring surface which has a continuous height profile along an extension of the remaining surface in the direction of the king pin direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: SAF-HOLLAND GmbH
    Inventors: Randy Kübler, Mario Sebastian Köster, Daniel Muller
  • Publication number: 20230211837
    Abstract: A fifth-wheel coupling arrangement includes a primary coupling apparatus and a fifth-wheel plate that includes a semitrailer surface having an outward-pointing normal, and an insertion opening that extends in an insertion direction, the primary coupling apparatus includes a main body, a drive mechanically connected to a cover apparatus via a coupling mechanism, and a plug element having energy conducting contacts that point in a plug-in direction, wherein the cover apparatus includes a cover element displaceable by the drive between a first position where the plug element is exposed, and a second position where the plug element is covered, and wherein the insertion direction is substantially parallel to the plug-in direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Mario Sebastian Köster, Randy Kübler
  • Publication number: 20230174174
    Abstract: A fifth wheel coupling includes a fifth wheel coupling plate having a bearing surface having a normal and an retraction opening for a king pin and configured to prevent the king pin from being moved out of the retraction opening when in a closed position, and allow the king pin to be moved out of the retraction opening when in an open position, an actuating device having an actuating area extending along a longitudinal axis and configured to transfer the locking mechanism from the closed position to the open position, and a transmission area configured to transfer forces to the locking mechanism, and a safety device including a locking arrangement pivotably mounted about a pivot axis such that the locking arrangement can be moved into a locking position and into a release.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Randy Kübler, Mario Sebastian Köster
  • Publication number: 20220281539
    Abstract: An adapter arrangement, in particular fifth wheel adapter arrangement, for a semitrailer train, comprising a base body, a coupling arrangement, in particular a fifth wheel coupling plate, and a king pin, wherein the king pin is fixed indirectly and/or directly to the base body, wherein in particular the coupling arrangement is stationary relative to the king pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: SAF-HOLLAND GmbH
    Inventors: Alan Feltham, Randy Kübler, Mario Sebastian Köster