Patents by Inventor Udo Szczepanek

Udo Szczepanek 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: 8684391
    Abstract: A hook coupling with a hook body (12), which has a hook-in opening (14), and with a closure latch (16) which can be adjusted between an open position and a closed position furthermore comprises: a blocking lever (26) which is displaceable between a blocking position, in which it blocks an adjustment of the closure latch (16) from the closed position towards the open position, and a release position in which it permits an adjustment of the closure latch (16) from the closed position towards the open position, and a triggering device (36) which, in its basic position, whenever blocking lever (26) is in the blocking position, prevents displacement of the blocking lever (26) into the release position, and which, when actuated out of its basic position, permits displacement of the blocking lever (26) into the release position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Jost-Werke GmbH
    Inventor: Udo Szczepanek
  • Patent number: 8485545
    Abstract: The invention refers to a trailer coupling (10) for a towing vehicle (26), comprising a base body (12), a coupling unit (14) with a coupling element (16), that works with a counter-coupling element (18) of a trailing towing vehicle (22), whereby the coupling unit (14) relative to the base body (12) is adjusted between a coupling position and a release position, and a securing device (40), with a securing element (42), that can be adjusted between a securing position and a release position, whereby, in its securing position, it secures the coupling unit (14) in its coupling position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Jost-Werke GmbH
    Inventor: Udo Szczepanek
  • Publication number: 20110227316
    Abstract: The invention refers to a trailer coupling (10) for a towing vehicle (26), comprising a base body (12), a coupling unit (14) with a coupling element (16), that works with a counter-coupling element (18) of a trailing towing vehicle (22), whereby the coupling unit (14) relative to the base body (12) is adjusted between a coupling position and a release position, and a securing device (40), with a securing element (42), that can be adjusted between a securing position and a release position, whereby, in its securing position, it secures the coupling unit (14) in its coupling position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2011
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: Jost-Werke GmbH
    Inventor: Udo Szczepanek
  • Publication number: 20110209310
    Abstract: A hook coupling with a hook body (12), which has a hook-in opening (14), and with a closure latch (16) which can be adjusted between an open position and a closed position furthermore comprises: a blocking lever (26) which is displaceable between a blocking position, in which it blocks an adjustment of the closure latch (16) from the closed position towards the open position, and a release position in which it permits an adjustment of the closure latch (16) from the closed position towards the open position, and a triggering device (36) which, in its basic position, whenever blocking lever (26) is in the blocking position, prevents displacement of the blocking lever (26) into the release position, and which, when actuated out of its basic position, permits displacement of the blocking lever (26) into the release position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2008
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: Jost-Werke GmbH
    Inventor: Udo Szczepanek
  • Patent number: 6179319
    Abstract: A tractor-trailer (10) comprises a tractor (12) and a trailer (14), a trailer coupling (12b) and a supply coupling (16/18) between the two component vehicles (12, 14) with a tractor-side coupling half (16) and a trailer-side coupling half (18), which can be coupled together by bringing them together along a predefined coupling axis (K). One of the coupling halves (16) is connected to the supply unit of the associated first component vehicle (12) through a flexible supply line (16d). To establish the coupled state between the two coupling halves (16, 18), an actuator (20) is arranged on the first component vehicle (12) that moves the first coupling half (16) toward the second coupling half (18) and joins the one to the other along the predefined coupling axis (K). The first coupling half (16) is arranged on the actuator (20) such that it can be oriented in all spatial directions at least within predetermined limits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Assignee: Rockinger Spezialfabrik f{umlaut over (u)}r Anhangerkupplungen GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Roman Malisch, Alois Knopf, Udo Szczepanek, Gottfried Ogris
  • Patent number: 4300405
    Abstract: Central guide means for the piston rod of apparatus provided with a piston reciprocating in a cylinder and comprising a piston rod centrally journaled proximate its free end between two journaling points of a guide lever, the guide lever being essentially oriented in the axial direction of the cylinder and being journaled at two journaling points on a pair of connecting rods of equal length. Fixed pivoting shafts are disposed parallel to each other and spaced equidistantly on opposite sides of a longitudinal axis of the cylinder, the pivoting shafts being coupled to the connecting rods and separated relative to the longitudinal axis of the cylinder by a distance corresponding to the distance between the journaling points of the guide lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1980
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1981
    Assignee: Bauer Kompressoren, GmbH
    Inventor: Udo Szczepanek