Apparatus for supporting the trailer of a tractor-semitrailer

US7398959B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Jost-Werke GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Ervin K. VanDenberg · North Canton, US
• Jose Gallego · Aschaffenburg, DE
• Gerald Muller · Rodgau, DE
• Steffen Pfister · Langen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 21, 2003
• Grant date: Jul 15, 2008
• Expiry date: Mar 19, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60S9/08
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for supporting a trailer of a tractor semitrailer has a supporting element that is telescopically adjustable by way of a gear shifting mechanism having a gear input shaft running vertically onto a spindle. In this way, the supporting element has an especially compact construction and can be installed very easily. The gear shift also has a free floating gear between two shift positions and can be shifted very conveniently.