Patents by Inventor Robert Jacobus VREEDE

Robert Jacobus VREEDE 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: 20240001748
    Abstract: A truck, comprising a rear axle, comprising a motor housing extending laterally between rear wheels of the truck, and an electric motor and power transmission coaxially aligned in said motor housing and arranged for driving the rear wheels; and a suspension system, for suspending the rear axle to a chassis of the truck, said suspension system at least comprising a pair of springs and shock absorbers, and an anti-roll stabilizer and a guiding rod linkage for allowing movement in a vertical direction relative to the chassis; wherein the motor housing is limited by a minimum vertical ground clearance between the road surface and a bottom surface of the motor housing; wherein the motor housing comprises a reinforced central top section providing a guiding rod mount for pivotally mounting the guiding rod linkage to the rear axle; wherein the motor housing further comprises suspension yokes integrated into the housing and extending on either side of the motor housing near both axial ends, said suspension yokes prov
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: DAF Trucks N.V.
    Inventor: Robert Jacobus VREEDE
  • Publication number: 20230415673
    Abstract: A truck with cable support, comprising a chassis, accommodating an electric power source for powering an electric motor, an E-axle, comprising said electric motor and arranged as a rear wheel driving axle of the truck, a suspension system, suspending the E-axle to the chassis and allowing movement of the E-axle in a vertical direction relative to the chassis, a power cable, electrically connecting the electric power source to the E-axle, and a support beam, forming a mechanical support structure to lead the power cable along a cable path extending between a chassis mount and an E-axle mount, wherein the support beam comprises one or more bending stiffness elements, forming a stiffness of the support beam that is highest in a middle section and that decreases towards the chassis mount and the E-axle mount, evenly distributing the bending stress in the support beam along the cable path when the E-axle moves relative to the chassis, to prevent local fatigue failure of the power cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventor: Robert Jacobus VREEDE
  • Patent number: 10793203
    Abstract: A commercial motor vehicle having a chassis, an engine compartment defined between parallel elongate beams of the chassis, and a driver cabin positioned at least partially over the engine compartment. The driver cabin being supported on the chassis by spaced resilient suspension devices, and includes an upper cabin part and a lower cabin part. The upper cabin part is tiltable to allow access to the engine compartment by being hinged about a lower edge, while the lower cabin part remains associated with the chassis when the upper cabin part is tilted. The lower part of the driver cabin is supported by the resilient suspension devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: DAF Trucks N.V.
    Inventor: Robert Jacobus Vreede
  • Publication number: 20190002033
    Abstract: A commercial motor vehicle having a chassis, an engine compartment defined between parallel elongate beams of the chassis, and a driver cabin positioned at least partially over the engine compartment. The driver cabin being supported on the chassis by spaced resilient suspension devices, and includes an upper cabin part and a lower cabin part. The upper cabin part is tiltable to allow access to the engine compartment by being hinged about a lower edge, while the lower cabin part remains associated with the chassis when the upper cabin part is tilted. The lower part of the driver cabin is supported by the resilient suspension devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: DAF Trucks N.V.
    Inventor: Robert Jacobus VREEDE