公开(公告)号：US07712754B2

公开(公告)日：2010-05-11

申请号：US11615817

申请日：2006-12-22

Applicant: Roger P. Penzotti

Inventor： Roger P. Penzotti

IPC: B60G11/10

CPC classification number: B60G11/12 ,  B60G17/023 ,  B60G2202/112 ,  B60G2204/121 ,  B60G2206/428 ,  B60G2500/20

Abstract: A leaf spring assembly for a vehicle having a frame and an axle. The leaf spring assembly includes a first leaf spring and a trailing arm having first and second ends. The first end of the trailing arm adapted to be coupled to the frame to form a trailing arm attachment point. The first leaf spring is disposed beneath the trailing arm and includes a width defining a lateral direction and first and second ends defining a longitudinal direction. The first end of the first leaf spring being concentrically wound with the first end of the trailing arm and adapted to be attached to the frame.

Abstract translation: 一种用于具有框架和轴的车辆的板簧组件。 板簧组件包括第一板簧和具有第一端和第二端的拖臂。 牵引臂的第一端适于联接到框架以形成拖臂附接点。 第一片弹簧设置在牵引臂下方并且包括限定横向的宽度和限定纵向的第一和第二端。 第一片簧的第一端与牵引臂的第一端同心地缠绕并且适于附接到框架。

公开(公告)号：USD436558S1

公开(公告)日：2001-01-23

申请号：US29114465

申请日：1999-11-24

Applicant: Kenneth S. Fischer ,  David A. Melton ,  Roger P. Penzotti ,  Jonathan L. Land

Designer： Kenneth S. Fischer ,  David A. Melton ,  Roger P. Penzotti ,  Jonathan L. Land

公开(公告)号：US06758302B2

公开(公告)日：2004-07-06

申请号：US10397093

申请日：2003-03-24

Applicant: Roger P. Penzotti

Inventor： Roger P. Penzotti

IPC: B60K1722

CPC classification number: B60K17/22

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a driveline configuration for a heavy-duty truck having multiple drive axles. The driveline configuration reduces the torsional vibrations associated with second order torsional excitation produced by the driveline's universal joints in both nominal and off-design conditions. The forward drive axle (101) and rearward drive axle (102) are oriented such that the interaxle drive shaft (110) utilizes a parallel shaft geometry with small joint operating angles. A double cardan joint (115) connects the main drive shaft (107) to the forward drive axle.

Abstract translation: 本发明涉及一种具有多个驱动轴的重型卡车的传动系结构。 传动系统配置减少了在额定和非设计条件下由传动系统万向接头产生的二次扭转激励相关的扭转振动。 前驱动轴（101）和后驱动轴（102）被定向成使得齿间驱动轴（110）利用具有小的关节操作角度的平行轴几何形状。 双重万向接头（115）将主驱动轴（107）连接到前驱动轴。

公开(公告)号：US5246242A

公开(公告)日：1993-09-21

申请号：US593119

申请日：1990-10-05

Applicant: Roger P. Penzotti

Inventor： Roger P. Penzotti

IPC: B60G11/27 ,  B62D13/02 ,  F16F1/40

CPC classification number: B62D13/02 ,  B60G11/27 ,  Y10S280/14

Abstract: A steering system for steering a vehicle, including a subframe disposed at the rear end of the vehicle for supporting the vehicle, the subframe being pivotably connected to the vehicle, a pair of axles attached in tandem to the subframe, the axles having wheels disposed thereon and a pivot restricting mechanism for partially restricting the pivotable movement of the tandem axle with respect to the vehicle. The pivot restricting mechanism exerts a torsional force on the subframe so as to bias the subframe in such a manner as to align the subframe in an aligned position where the wheels are aligned with the vehicle. The pivot point of the subframe is offset in the direction of one of the axles from the midpoint of the axles with respect to one another.

Abstract translation: 一种用于转向车辆的转向系统，包括设置在车辆的后端的用于支撑车辆的副车架，所述车架可枢转地连接到车辆，一对轴与所述车架串联连接，所述轴具有设置在其上的车轮 以及用于部分地限制串联轴相对于车辆的可枢转运动的枢转限制机构。 枢轴限制机构在子框架上施加扭转力，以便使子框架偏置，以使子框架对准车轮与车辆对齐的对准位置。 子框架的枢转点相对于彼此从轴的中点在轴中的一个轴的方向上偏移。

公开(公告)号：US06149142A

公开(公告)日：2000-11-21

申请号：US233403

申请日：1999-01-19

Applicant: Roger P. Penzotti

Inventor： Roger P. Penzotti

IPC: B60G17/052 ,  B60G21/067 ,  F16F9/04

CPC classification number: B60G21/067 ,  B60G17/0521 ,  B60G2202/152 ,  B60G2202/1524 ,  B60G2204/81 ,  B60G2204/8304 ,  B60G2300/026 ,  B60G2300/04 ,  B60G2400/206 ,  B60G2400/91 ,  B60G2500/20

Abstract: A pneumatic suspension system for a vehicle providing minimum pneumatic spring stiffness to minimize frame beaming in the vehicle frame. In one embodiment of the invention, the pneumatic suspension system has a first pneumatic spring connected to a first axle and to the frame. A second pneumatic spring is connected to the second axle and to the frame. The first and second pneumatic springs contain pneumatic fluid. A conduit containing pneumatic fluid is in fluid communication with the first and second pneumatic springs. The conduit allows the fluid to move between the first and second pneumatic springs. The pneumatic fluid in the conduit has a fluid resonant frequency. The first and second pneumatic springs and the conduit define a system having a variable stiffness dependent upon an input vibration frequency. The input vibration frequency is a predetermined fraction of the fluid resonant frequency. The pneumatic conduit is sized so the predetermined fraction of the fluid resonant frequency corresponds to the frame beaming frequency, thereby providing minimum stiffness of the system at the frame beaming frequency.

Abstract translation: 一种用于车辆的气动悬挂系统，其提供最小气动弹簧刚度，以使车架中的框架横梁最小化。 在本发明的一个实施例中，气动悬挂系统具有连接到第一轴和框架的第一气动弹簧。 第二气动弹簧连接到第二轴和框架。 第一和第二气动弹簧包含气动流体。 包含气动流体的导管与第一和第二气动弹簧流体连通。 导管允许流体在第一和第二气动弹簧之间移动。 导管中的气动流体具有流体共振频率。 第一和第二气动弹簧和导管限定根据输入振动频率具有可变刚度的系统。 输入振动频率是流体共振频率的预定分数。 气动导管的尺寸使得流体共振频率的预定分数对应于帧发射频率，从而在帧发射频率下提供系统的最小刚度。

公开(公告)号：US5374077A

公开(公告)日：1994-12-20

申请号：US2601

申请日：1993-01-11

Applicant: Roger P. Penzotti ,  Donald L. Stephens

Inventor： Roger P. Penzotti ,  Donald L. Stephens

IPC: B60G11/30 ,  B60G11/46 ,  B60G17/04 ,  B60G17/052 ,  B60G21/06 ,  F16F9/04

CPC classification number: B60G17/052 ,  B60G11/30 ,  B60G11/465 ,  B60G17/0416 ,  B60G21/06 ,  F16F9/0472 ,  B60G2202/154 ,  B60G2500/20

Abstract: A pneumatically damped vehicle suspension system. The suspension system provides damping which is load-dependent, i.e., the amount of damping varies in approximate proportion to the load supported by the suspension system, thereby maintaining a nearly constant fraction of critical damping over the normal range of operating loads. The damping provided by the system is also frequency-dependent, a characteristic not achievable with hydraulic dampers. Two independent damping circuits provide maximum damping at the suspension's two resonant frequencies, or modes of vibration--the bounce mode and the axlehop mode. Relatively little damping is provided at other frequencies, resulting in improved isolation of road inputs.

Abstract translation: 气动阻尼车辆悬挂系统。 悬架系统提供负载依赖的阻尼，即阻尼量与由悬架系统支撑的负载大致成比例地变化，从而在正常工作载荷范围内保持几乎恒定的临界阻尼分数。 由系统提供的阻尼也是频率依赖的，这是液压阻尼器不能实现的特性。 两个独立的阻尼电路在悬架的两个谐振频率或振动模式 - 反弹模式和车轴模式下提供最大阻尼。 在其他频率提供相对较小的阻尼，从而改善道路输入的隔离。

公开(公告)号：US4465299A

公开(公告)日：1984-08-14

申请号：US445724

申请日：1982-11-30

Applicant: Thomas R. Stone ,  Roger P. Penzotti

Inventor： Thomas R. Stone ,  Roger P. Penzotti

IPC: B60G17/08 ,  F16F9/18 ,  F16F9/46 ,  B60G17/00

CPC classification number: F16F9/46 ,  B60G17/08 ,  F16F9/18 ,  F16F2230/183

Abstract: A vehicle suspension system with load-controlled damping for a vehicle having a leveling valve actuated by changes in the distance between the axles and the frame and connected to air springs and to a damper to provide load control of the damper. The damper has two cylinders, an inner one filled with oil and in which a piston moves, and an outer one with an annular space between them mostly filled with oil. A jounce metering valve passes oil from below the piston into the annular space upon downward movement of the piston, the resistance to the fluid flow being varied by pressure applied by the leveling valve in accordance with vehicle load. A high-speed-jounce blow-off valve passes oil in the same manner in larger amount when actuated by high-velocity downward movement of the piston, the actuation speed depending on the pressure applied by the leveling valve. Similarly a rebound metering valve sends oil through the piston upon its upward movement, and there is a high-speed-rebound blow-off valve for sending additional oil therethrough, and the resistance of the pressure and the actuation velocity of the latter depend on the pressure applied by the leveling valve, which depends on the frame-supported load.

Abstract translation: 一种具有用于车辆的负载控制阻尼的车辆悬架系统，其具有通过轴和框架之间的距离的变化并且连接到空气弹簧和阻尼器来致动的调平阀，以提供阻尼器的负载控制。 阻尼器具有两个气缸，一个填充有油的内部气缸，活塞在其中移动，另外一个气缸之间具有环形空间，主要充满油。 活塞计量阀在活塞向下运动时将油从活塞下方传递到环形空间中，流体流动的阻力根据车辆载荷由调平阀施加的压力而变化。 当由活塞的高速向下运动致动时，高速回转吹扫阀以相同的方式通过油，致动速度取决于调平阀施加的压力。 类似地，回弹计量阀在其向上运动时通过活塞传送油，并且存在用于通过其传送附加油的高速回弹吹扫阀，并且压力和其驱动速度的阻力取决于 由平整阀施加的压力，这取决于框架支撑的负载。

公开(公告)号：US4276953A

公开(公告)日：1981-07-07

申请号：US115763

申请日：1980-01-28

Applicant: Roger P. Penzotti ,  Gordon F. Schmeisser

Inventor： Roger P. Penzotti ,  Gordon F. Schmeisser

IPC: B60K20/04 ,  B62D33/073 ,  B62D27/06 ,  B60K23/00

CPC classification number: B62D33/073 ,  B60K20/04 ,  Y10T74/20018

Abstract: A gearshift linkage for a cab-over-engine type truck having a shift lever extending up through the cab floor enables the forward tilting of the cab on the frame, about the cab pivot axis, without disengagement of the shift linkage and without dislocation of the shift lever from the cab. In the preferred embodiment, a conventional shifter control unit is secured to the cab just below the floor, with the shift lever extending up from the control unit. The control unit is equipped to accept side-to-side movement of the shift lever and translate it into rotation of a control unit output shaft, and to accept forward and rearward movement of the shift lever and translate it into generally forward and rearward movement of the output shaft. The control unit output shaft is connected through a first universal joint to a control shaft which extends forwardly and downwardly from the cab, being connected at its other end to a specially configured universal joint. The special universal joint is at the forward end of a transmission linkage shaft which extends back to the transmission and mounted to the truck frame for both axial sliding movement and rotational movement. The specially configured universal joint is at the apex of a sharply acute angle between the control shaft and the transmission linkage shaft, and is located as close as possible to the cab pivot axis, about which the cab tilts forward on the frame. When the cab is tilted forward on its axis, all of the shift linkage remains connected. The offset of the special joint from the cab pivot axis causes the control shaft to undergo some translation relative to the shifter control unit, causing the shift lever to undergo minor changes of position not detrimental to the operation or to the shift linkage.

Abstract translation: 用于具有向上延伸通过驾驶室底板的变速杆的驾驶室型发动机型卡车的换档联动装置使得能够围绕驾驶室枢转轴线在框架上向前倾斜驾驶室，而不会使换档联动装置脱离，并且不会使 变速杆从驾驶室。 在优选实施例中，传统的换档器控制单元被固定在驾驶室的正下方，变速杆从控制单元向上延伸。 控制单元被配备为接受变速杆的侧面运动并将其转换成控制单元输出轴的旋转，并且接受变速杆的向前和向后运动并将其平移成大致向前和向后的运动 输出轴。 控制单元输出轴通过第一万向接头连接到从驾驶室向前和向下延伸的控制轴，其另一端连接到特殊构造的万向节。 特殊的万向接头位于传动联动轴的前端，传动联动轴向后延伸到传动装置，并安装在车架上用于轴向滑动运动和旋转运动。 专门配置的万向节在控制轴和传动联动轴之间处于锐角锐角的顶点，并且位于尽可能靠近驾驶室枢转轴线处，驾驶室围绕驾驶室枢转轴向前倾斜。 当驾驶室在其轴上向前倾斜时，所有的换档联动装置保持连接。 特殊接头与驾驶室枢转轴线的偏移导致控制轴相对于换档器控制单元经历一些平移，导致变速杆经历轻微的位置变化，而不会对操作或换档联动有害。

公开(公告)号：USD443848S1

公开(公告)日：2001-06-19

申请号：US29130882

申请日：2000-10-10

Applicant: Kenneth S. Fischer ,  David A. Melton ,  Roger P. Penzotti ,  Jonathan L. Land

Designer： Kenneth S. Fischer ,  David A. Melton ,  Roger P. Penzotti ,  Jonathan L. Land

公开(公告)号：US5201379A

公开(公告)日：1993-04-13

申请号：US712197

申请日：1991-06-07

Applicant: Roger P. Penzotti ,  James W. Saunders

Inventor： Roger P. Penzotti ,  James W. Saunders

IPC: B62D33/06 ,  B62D35/00

CPC classification number: B62D33/0612 ,  B62D35/001

Abstract: An improved cab for a cab-over-engine configured tractor has a driver's seat mounted to a floor of the cab wherein the floor is substantially flat. The tractor includes a frame for supporting the cab. An engine is mounted to the frame substantially beneath the cab, yet rearward of the floor so that the floor may be substantially flat. Auxiliary devices such as the radiator, radiator fan, and alternator are mounted to the frame remote from the engine and powered by a drive train that extends from the auxiliary devices to the engine.

Abstract translation: 用于驾驶室引擎配置的拖拉机的改进的驾驶室具有安装到驾驶室的地板上的驾驶员座椅，其中地板基本上是平的。 拖拉机包括用于支撑驾驶室的框架。 发动机大致在驾驶室的下方，而不是地板的后方安装在框架上，使得地板可以基本上平坦。 诸如散热器，散热器风扇和交流发电机的辅助装置安装到远离发动机的框架上，并且由从辅助装置延伸到发动机的传动系驱动。