Patents by Inventor Walter Krispler

Walter Krispler 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).

  • Chassis for a motorcycle
    Patent number: 5042609
    Abstract: In a chassis for a motorcycle including a frame with means for holding a rear wheel, a single pronged swing arm is connected to the forward area of the frame for pivotal movement about a pivot axis parallel to the axis of the rear wheel, with the swing arm near its free forward end being connected to a hub carrier for supporting a forward wheel, a steering mechanism with a handle bar carrier pivotally connected to the frame and a steering linkage with at least two hinge axes perpendicular to one another and to the pivot axis of the handle bar carrier, and a spring and damping device arranged between the swing arm and the frame for damping the movement of the wing, the hub carrier being supported on a stub axle connected with the swing arm for movement about a pivot axis perpendicular to the stub axle, which pivot axis of the hub carrier relative to the stub axle lies in a plane normal to the axis of the forward wheel and located in the middle of the forward wheel with said pivot axis of said hub carrier relat
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 27, 1991
    Assignee: Emco Maier Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Walter Krispler, Reinhold Widl