IP Library Granted Patent US 7,207,544
Granted Patent B1
US 7,207,544 · App. 09/786,041 · Granted Apr 24, 2007

Supporting device

Assignee: Jost-Werke GmbH & Co. KG
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Patent No.
US 7,207,544
App. No.
09/786,041
Granted
Apr 24, 2007
Kind
B1
Abstract

The invention relates to a supporting device, which comprises a larger clearance for the spindle, whereby the foot receiving device should comprise a high level of stability. The foot-receiving device comprises a component, which occludes the inner sleeve. Said component comprises an opening for admitting the spindle, at least one bracing element located on the upper and/or bottom sides thereof, and two opposing bearing points for the support foot.

Claims (27)

1. A supporting device for semi-trailers comprising:

an outer sleeve a telescopic inner sleeve;

the spindle for a telescopic inner sleeve; and

a foot-receiving device for attaching a support foot, the foot receiving device connected to a bottom end of the inner sleeve, the foot-receiving device comprising:

a component comprising a plate that occludes the inner sleeve;

an opening in the component plate for penetration of the spindle past a lower end of the inner sleeve;

at least one bracing element at a top or bottom end of the foot-receiving device; and

two opposing bearing points adapted to accommodate the support foot.

2. The supporting device according to claim 1 , wherein the bracing element is arranged within the inner sleeve.

3. The supporting device according to claim 1 , wherein the bracing element extends at least between the bearing points.

4. The supporting device according to claim 1 , wherein the bracing element is a bracing rib.

5. The supporting device according to claim 1 , wherein the bracing element is a bracing rib which has a curved shape and is located around the opening.

6. The supporting device according to claim 1 , wherein the component is said plate having an edge section located outside of the bracing element which is a bracing rib for attachment of the inner sleeve.

7. The supporting device according to claim 1 , wherein the bearing points are arranged on a plane of the component which is said plate.

8. The supporting device according to claim 1 , wherein the bracing element is a circumferential bracing rib, which engages the inner sleeve in a forced fit, is arranged on the top of the component which is said plate and forms a bottom part that constitutes a cover at the bottom of the circumferential bracing rib.

9. A supporting device according to claim 8 , wherein the foot receiving device consists of two laterally reversed halves.

10. A supporting device according to claim 1 , wherein the component comprises a vertically arranged tube whose outside diameter is less than or equal to the inside diameter of the inner sleeve in at least one section.

11. A supporting device according to claim 10 , wherein the tube is a rectangular tube.

12. A supporting device according to claim 10 , wherein the bearing points are attached to the outer surface of the tube.

13. A supporting device according to claim 1 , wherein the opening is closed off by a cover.

14. The supporting device according to claim 2 , wherein the bracing element extends at least between the bearing points.

15. The supporting device according to claim 14 , wherein the component is said plate and the bracing element is a bracing rib.

16. The supporting device according to claim 15 , wherein the bracing rib has a curved shape and is located around the opening.

17. The supporting device according to claim 16 , wherein the plate has an edge section located outside of the bracing rib for attachment of the inner sleeve.

18. The supporting device according to claim 17 , wherein the bearing points are arranged on the plate plane.

19. The supporting device according to claim 18 , wherein a circumferential bracing rib, which engages the inner sleeve in a forced fit, is arranged on the top of the plate and forms a bottom part that constitutes a cover at the bottom of the circumferential bracing rib.

20. A supporting device according to claim 19 , wherein the foot receiving device consists of two laterally reversed halves.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 1, 2008
From: JOST-WERKE GMBH & CO. KG
To: JOST-WERKE GMBH
Reel/Frame 020442/0547 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 14, 2001
From: GALLEGO, JOSE MANUEL ALGUERA; MULLER, GERALD; PFISTER, STEFFEN
To: JOST-WERKE GMBH & CO. KG.
Reel/Frame 011804/0081 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 198 39 359 · Aug 28, 1998 · national