Vehicle jack

US5782456A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• August Bilstein GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Peter Brosius · Ayl, DE
• Ludger Hilvert · Irsch, DE
• Andreas Huber · Holzgerlingen, DE
• Ferdinand Alten · Losheim am See, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 19, 1996
• Grant date: Jul 21, 1998
• Expiry date: Jun 19, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B66F3/12
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle jack with an upright assembly and an arm articulated thereto around a fixed horizontal axis. The free end of the arm bends toward the vehicle and is directly or indirectly raised away from and lowered toward the ground by a spindle. To simplify obtaining an angle in the arm, the main section of the arm is straight and an angled section is form fit onto its free end.