US Patent Issued to ZF Friedrichshafen on Feb. 24 for "Steering axle for a steerable vehicle and industrial truck" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,172, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to ZF Friedrichshafen AG (Friedrichshafen, Germany).

"Steering axle for a steerable vehicle and industrial truck" was invented by Wolfgang Mauritz (Furstenzell, Germany), Wolfgang Klinger (Passau, Germany) and Max Leitner (Immenstaad, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steering axle for a steerable vehicle includes an axle housing, a steering motor, a steering gear, a first steering knuckle with a first steering arm, a second steering knuckle with a second steering arm, a coupling rod, a first tie rod, and a second tie rod. The first and second steering arms are each rigidly arranged on a re...