US Patent Issued to ZF Friedrichshafen on Sept. 1 for "Steering axle for a steerable vehicle, and industrial truck" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,688, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to ZF Friedrichshafen AG (Friedrichshafen, Germany).

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

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steering axle for a steerable vehicle has an axle housing and a steering drive with an electric motor and motor shaft. A first planetary stage includes a first sun gear, first planet gears, and a first planet carrier. A last planetary stage includes a last sun gear, last planet gears, a last planet carrier, and a ring gear. A force flux from the motor shaft runs via the first sun gear and the first...