Patents by Inventor Reinhold Riedl

Reinhold Riedl 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: 10682991
    Abstract: A height-adjustable support for a vehicle having an outer support pipe, an inner support pipe displaceably supported in the outer support pipe and deployable out of and retractable into the outer support pipe by a drive spindle, a gear unit arranged in the outer support pipe and a drive unit for driving the gear unit for moving the inner support pipe relative to the outer support pipe, wherein the drive unit has a motor arranged outside the cross section of the outer support pipe and a transmission unit, wherein a rotation axis defined by a motor shaft extends outside the outer support pipe and the transmission unit is configured to transmit a torque from the motor shaft to the gear unit, and wherein the transmission unit has a housing and a drive pinion protruding out of the housing and engaging the gear unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: SAF-HOLLAND GmbH
    Inventor: Reinhold Riedl
  • Patent number: 10246062
    Abstract: A semi-trailer landing gear, in particular for trailers of utility vehicles, wherein the semi-trailer landing gear extends along a longitudinal axis and comprises an outer supporting tube and/or a transmission box, wherein the outer supporting tube and/or the transmission box comprise an outer wall, and wherein the outer wall comprises a fastening side, wherein at least one fastening portion is formed in the region of the fastening side, and wherein the fastening portion is designed to fasten and/or to arrange the semi-trailer landing gear on a further element, in particular a trailer, characterized in that a transmission is arranged in the transmission box, which transmission is coupled to a spindle drive, in that the fastening portion comprises at least one fastening element, and/or in that the fastening portion comprises at least one arrangement portion for arranging and/or fastening the at least one fastening element, and in that a ratio of a distance between the fastening elements and/or the arrangement
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: SAF-HOLLAND GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Wallmeier, Reinhold Riedl
  • Patent number: 9790067
    Abstract: A support device, preferably for commercial vehicles such as semi-trailers, includes an inner support tube and an outer support tube moveable relative to one another along a longitudinal axis in a retraction and extension direction; a spindle rotated via a gear section and is arranged such that the spindle is stationary relative to the outer support tube; and a spindle nut which is mounted on the spindle, wherein the spindle nut is fixed on a mounting region of the inner support tube, and the mounting region is configured as a support edge facing the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: SAF-HOLLAND GmbH
    Inventor: Reinhold Riedl
  • Patent number: 9731689
    Abstract: The invention relates to a supporting device of a vehicle, in particular of a semi-trailer or trailer, comprising an outer pipe which is designed to be attached to the vehicle in a stationary manner, an inner pipe which is arranged in the outer pipe so as to be movable in the insertion and extension direction, an actuating device for moving the inner pipe between a transport position and an operating position, and an engagement device which is designed, in a first operating state, to fix the inner pipe in the operating position in relation to the outer pipe in such a way that a movement of the inner pipe in the insertion direction is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: SAF-HOLLAND, GmbH
    Inventor: Reinhold Riedl
  • Patent number: 9623847
    Abstract: A support winch, in particular for utility vehicle trailers, is configured to provide for a height adjustment, and comprises a steep thread drive, wherein the steep thread drive comprises a threaded spindle, wherein a pitch of the thread is adapted for rapid height adjustment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: SAF-HOLLAND GmbH
    Inventor: Reinhold Riedl
  • Publication number: 20160325717
    Abstract: A semi-trailer landing gear, in particular for trailers of utility vehicles, wherein the semi-trailer landing gear extends along a longitudinal axis and comprises an outer supporting tube and/or a transmission box, wherein the outer supporting tube and/or the transmission box comprise an outer wall, and wherein the outer wall comprises a fastening side, wherein at least one fastening portion is formed in the region of the fastening side, and wherein the fastening portion is designed to fasten and/or to arrange the semi-trailer landing gear on a further element, in particular a trailer, characterized in that a transmission is arranged in the transmission box, which transmission is coupled to a spindle drive, in that the fastening portion comprises at least one fastening element, and/or in that the fastening portion comprises at least one arrangement portion for arranging and/or fastening the at least one fastening element, and in that a ratio of a distance between the fastening elements and/or the arrangement
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: SAF-HOLLAND GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Wallmeier, Reinhold Riedl
  • Publication number: 20160264107
    Abstract: A height-adjustable support for a vehicle having an outer support pipe, an inner support pipe displaceably supported in the outer support pipe and deployable out of and retractable into the outer support pipe by a drive spindle, a gear unit arranged in the outer support pipe and a drive unit for driving the gear unit for moving the inner support pipe relative to the outer support pipe, wherein the drive unit has a motor arranged outside the cross section of the outer support pipe and a transmission unit, wherein a rotation axis defined by a motor shaft extends outside the outer support pipe and the transmission unit is configured to transmit a torque from the motor shaft to the gear unit, and wherein the transmission unit has a housing and a drive pinion protruding out of the housing and engaging the gear unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2015
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: SAF-HOLLAND GmbH
    Inventor: Reinhold RIEDL
  • Publication number: 20150224966
    Abstract: The invention relates to a supporting device of a vehicle, in particular of a semi-trailer or trailer, comprising an outer pipe which is designed to be attached to the vehicle in a stationary manner, an inner pipe which is arranged in the outer pipe so as to be movable in the insertion and extension direction, an actuating device for moving the inner pipe between a transport position and an operating position, and an engagement device which is designed, in a first operating state, to fix the inner pipe in the operating position in relation to the outer pipe in such a way that a movement of the inner pipe in the insertion direction is prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventor: Reinhold Riedl
  • Publication number: 20150166022
    Abstract: A support winch, in particular for utility vehicle trailers, is configured to provide for a height adjustment, and comprises a steep thread drive, wherein the steep thread drive comprises a threaded spindle, wherein a pitch of the thread is adapted for rapid height adjustment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventor: Reinhold Riedl
  • Publication number: 20150158465
    Abstract: The invention relates to a support winch, in particular for trailers of utility vehicles, comprising a support unit extending along a vertical axis, wherein the support unit comprises an upper part and a lower part, and wherein the upper part and the lower part each have a longitudinal axis, wherein an angle between the longitudinal axes can be adjusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventor: Reinhold Riedl
  • Publication number: 20150014608
    Abstract: A support device, preferably for commercial vehicles such as semi-trailers, includes an inner support tube and an outer support tube moveable relative to one another along a longitudinal axis in a retraction and extension direction; a spindle rotated via a gear section and is arranged such that the spindle is stationary relative to the outer support tube; and a spindle nut which is mounted on the spindle, wherein the spindle nut is fixed on a mounting region of the inner support tube, and the mounting region is configured as a support edge facing the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventor: Reinhold Riedl
  • Publication number: 20140131986
    Abstract: A support device for commercial vehicles, that includes a support outer pipe adapted to be fixed to a chassis of the commercial vehicle, and a support inner pipe displaceably mounted in the support outer pipe, wherein the support inner pipe is connected to a nut in engagement with a spindle driven by a gearbox comprising an output shaft, a bevel gear step and a switchable region composed of a low gear wheel and a fast gear pinion that are fixed on the output shaft, a low gear intermediate gear wheel set having a low gear intermediate gear wheel and a low gear intermediate pinion engaged with the low gear wheel, a fast gear wheel engaged with the fast gear pinion, and a low gear pinion engageable with the low gear intermediate gear wheel and the fast gear wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Inventor: Reinhold Riedl
  • Patent number: 8622425
    Abstract: A height adjustable support for semi-trailers includes a shaft tube body modable on a chassis of a semi-trailer, a slidable support inner tube arranged in the shaft tube and having a foot mounted to an end region thereof by a nut located on a spindle which is drivable by a transmission, wherein the transmission has a switchable spur gear region and beveled gear assemblies. The switching region of the transmission is formed from a lower-gear pinion and a fast-gear pinion each adapted to engage a crank drive, and a low-gear gearwheel and a fast-gear pinion each adapted to engage clutch coupling elements, wherein power is transmitted from the crank drive via the low-gear pinion to the low-gear gearwheel and alternatively from the crank drive via the fast-gear gearwheel to the fast-gear pinion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: SAF-Holland GmbH
    Inventor: Reinhold Riedl
  • Patent number: 8622426
    Abstract: A height-adjustable support for semi-trailers and the like includes a shaft tube body, a slidable support inner tube arranged in the shaft tube and body and having a foot mounted to an end region thereof by a nut located on a spindle which is drivable by a transmission, wherein the transmission has a switchable spur gear region and a beveled gear stage. The shifting region of the transmission comprises a low-gear pinion and a fast-gear wheel, wherein the low-gear pinion is coupled to a drive shaft that can mesh with a low-gear gearwheel, the fast-gear gearwheel is adapted to drive a fast-gear pinion, and wherein the fast-gear gearwheel is coupled to the drive shaft. The drive shaft is supported in an unrotatable and axially slidable manner in a sleeve bearing that is supported rotatably in at least a select one of a bearing block or load bearing base supporting the spindle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: SAF-HOLLAND GmbH
    Inventor: Reinhold Riedl
  • Patent number: 8276941
    Abstract: A height-adjustable support (10) for semi-trailers or similar, comprising a locally fixed external support tube (13), an internal support tube (14), which is fixed to a nut (18) on a spindle (17), the spindle being driven by a change-over gear and a bevel gear assembly. The change-over gear has two gear wheel stages which can be alternately activated, a separate gear stage comprising bevel gear toothing being provided for the distribution of forces after each gear wheel stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: SAF-Holland GmbH
    Inventor: Reinhold Riedl
  • Patent number: 8136840
    Abstract: A height-adjustable support (10) for semi-trailers or the like, comprising a support outer tube (13) which can be fastened to a chassis of the semi-trailer, a slidable support inner tube (14) arranged in the support outer tube (13), at whose lower end region a foot (15) is fastened and which is connected with a nut (17) located on a spindle (16) which is drivable by means of a transmission wherein the transmission has at least a bevel gear stage (20, 24) and a shiftable transmission area located upstream having gearwheels with spur toothing for a fast-gear operation and a low-gear operation, and wherein the at least present gearwheels and pinions, i.e.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: SAF-Holland GmbH
    Inventor: Reinhold Riedl
  • Publication number: 20110266784
    Abstract: A height-adjustable support for semi-trailers and the like includes a shaft tube body, a slidable support inner tube arranged in the shaft tube and body and having a foot mounted to an end region thereof by a nut located on a spindle which is drivable by a transmission, wherein the transmission has a switchable spur gear region and a beveled gear stage. The shifting region of the transmission comprises a low-gear pinion and a fast-gear wheel, wherein the low-gear pinion is coupled to a drive shaft that can mesh with a low-gear gearwheel, the fast-gear gearwheel is adapted to drive a fast-gear pinion, and wherein the fast-gear gearwheel is coupled to the drive shaft. The drive shaft is supported in an unrotatable and axially slidable manner in a sleeve bearing that is supported rotatably in at least a select one of a bearing block or load bearing base supporting the spindle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2010
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Inventor: Reinhold Riedl
  • Publication number: 20110115205
    Abstract: A height adjustable support for semi-trailers includes a shaft tube body modable on a chassis of a semi-trailer, a slidable support inner tube arranged in the shaft tube and having a foot mounted to an end region thereof by a nut located on a spindle which is drivable by a transmission, wherein the transmission has a switchable spur gear region and beveled gear assemblies. The switching region of the transmission is formed from a lower-gear pinion and a fast-gear pinion each adapted to engage a crank drive, and a low-gear gearwheel and a fast-gear pinion each adapted to engage clutch coupling elements, wherein power is transmitted from the crank drive via the low-gear pinion to the low-gear gearwheel and alternatively from the crank drive via the fast-gear gearwheel to the fast-gear pinion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Inventor: Reinhold Riedl
  • Publication number: 20110057430
    Abstract: A height-adjustable support (10) for semi-trailers or the like, comprising a support outer tube (13) which can be fastened to a chassis of the semi-trailer, a slidable support inner tube (14) arranged in the support outer tube (13), at whose lower end region a foot (15) is fastened and which is connected with a nut (17) located on a spindle (16) which is drivable by means of a transmission wherein the transmission has at least a bevel gear stage (20, 24) and a shiftable transmission area located upstream having gearwheels with spur toothing for a fast-gear operation and a low-gear operation, and wherein the at least present gearwheels and pinions, i.e.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Inventor: Reinhold Riedl
  • Publication number: 20100164213
    Abstract: A height-adjustable support (10) for semi-trailers or similar, comprising a locally fixed external support tube (13), an internal support tube (14), which is fixed to a nut (18) on a spindle (17), the spindle being driven by a change-over gear and a bevel gear assembly. The change-over gear has two gear wheel stages which can be alternately activated, a separate gear stage comprising bevel gear toothing being provided for the distribution of forces after each gear wheel stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2007
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: GEORG FISCHER VERKEHRSTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventor: Reinhold Riedl