IP Library Granted Patent US 7,182,367
Granted Patent B2
US 7,182,367 · App. 11/358,251 · Granted Feb 27, 2007

Arrangement of a motor on a support winch

Assignee: Jost-Werke GmbH & Co. KG
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Patent No.
US 7,182,367
App. No.
11/358,251
Granted
Feb 27, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

An arrangement of a motor on twin landing gears is described. The landing gears are interconnected via a connecting shaft and can be telescoped by starting up the motor. To minimize damage to the motor and at the same time to ensure cost-effective production, it is provided that the motor with its driveshaft engages with the connecting shaft and is supported on a component that is fixed relative to the motor.

Claims (19)

1. An apparatus, comprising: arrangement of a motor on twin landing gears, particularly on a semi-trailer of a tractor-trailer, wherein the landing gears are interconnected via a connecting shaft and can be telescoped by starting up the motor, wherein a driveshaft of the motor engages with the connecting shaft and the motor is supported on a component that is fixed relative to the motor, wherein the fixed component is an underside of a semi-trailer floor itself, and wherein a spiral spring or a shock absorber is arranged between the motor and the underside of the semi-trailer floor.

2. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the spiral spring comprises an upper and a lower partial spring disposed on a guide tube, and the outer ends of said partial springs can each be mounted via a limit stop, wherein a mounting bushing is disposed on the guide tube between the upper and the lower partial spring.

3. The apparatus as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the mounting bushing or the gas shock absorber is connected with the motor at a stop point.

4. The apparatus as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the guide tube is placed onto an inner tube with which it can be connected in various positions in an axial direction.

5. An apparatus, comprising: arrangement of a motor on twin landing gears on a semi-trailer of a tractor-trailer, wherein the landing gears are interconnected via a connecting shaft and can be telescoped by starting up the motor, wherein a driveshaft of the motor engages with the connecting shaft and the motor is supported on a component that is fixed relative to the motor, wherein a spring element is arranged between the driveshaft and the connecting shaft.

6. The apparatus as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the spring element is an elastic sleeve, a belt drive or a slip coupling.

7. The apparatus as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the elastic sleeve is configured as an air chamber sleeve.

8. The apparatus as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the fixed component is at least one of the landing gears, a semi-trailer floor or a vehicle support member, wherein the fixed component is rigidly connected with the motor.

9. The apparatus as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the elastic sleeve is non-rotatably mounted on the connecting shaft and the driveshaft.

10. The apparatus as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the belt drive comprises a drive belt, which loops around a driving wheel non-rotatably mounted on the driveshaft and a driven wheel non-rotatably mounted on the connecting shaft.

11. The apparatus as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the drive belt is made of an elastic material.

12. The apparatus as claimed in claim 10 , wherein a fixed, elastically supported tension roller engages with the drive belt.

13. The apparatus as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the slip coupling has a driving gear wheel with internal teeth which is mounted on the driveshaft and engages with a complementary driven gear wheel with external teeth which is mounted on the connecting shaft, wherein the driving gear wheel and/or the driven gear wheel is mounted on the driveshaft or the driven shaft in a non-positive fit with a predefinable friction coefficient.

14. The apparatus as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the driveshaft is configured as a hollow shaft.

15. The apparatus as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the hollow shaft has a circular cross section.

16. The apparatus as claimed in claim 5 , wherein (a) the motor is not self-locking, (b) the motor comprises an electric motor, or (c) the motor is designed for a torque of 5 to 15 Nm, or combinations thereof.

17. An apparatus, comprising: arrangement of a motor on twin landing gears, particularly on a semi-trailer of a tractor-trailer, wherein the landing gears are interconnected via a connecting shaft and can be telescoped by starting up the motor, wherein a driveshaft of the motor engages with the connecting shaft and the motor is supported on a component that is fixed relative to the motor, wherein the fixed component is an underside of a semi-trailer floor, wherein a spiral spring or a shock absorber is arranged between the motor and the underside of the semi-trailer floor, wherein the spiral spring comprises an upper and a lower partial spring disposed on a guide tube, and the outer ends of said partial springs can each be mounted via a limit stop, and wherein a mounting bushing is disposed on the guide tube between the upper and the lower partial spring.

18. The apparatus as claimed in claim 17 , wherein the mounting bushing or the gas shock absorber is connected with the motor at a stop point.

19. The apparatus as claimed in claim 18 , wherein the guide tube is placed onto an inner tube with which it can be connected in various positions in an axial direction.

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 Oct 25, 2006
From: ALGUERA, JOSE; RICHTER, MARTIN; EIERMANN, MICHAEL
To: JOST-WERKE GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 018437/0041 →
Continuity (2)
Division 1065532000 · Sep 4, 2003
Related Publication 20060170189A1 · Aug 3, 2006