US Patent Issued to ZF Friedrichshafen on March 3 for "Vehicle with one front axle and at least two suspended rear axles" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,075, issued on March 3, was assigned to ZF Friedrichshafen AG (Friedrichshafen, Germany).

"Vehicle with one front axle and at least two suspended rear axles" was invented by Stefan Spuhler (Markdorf, Germany), Eike Helm (Diepholz, Germany), Konrad Feyerabend (Hannover, Germany) and Johann Lucas (Sehnde, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "For a vehicle with a front axle (1) and at least two suspended rear axles (2, 3), a level relative to the roadway can be adjusted by controlling pressurized suspension elements (7, 8) arranged on the rear axles (2, 3), where the rear axles (2, 3) are each driven electrically by an electric motor ...