Scott A Dilling

US Patent:

6508482, Jan 21, 2003

Filed:

Dec 15, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/737672

Inventors:

Phillippi R. Pierce - Canton OH
Mohamad A. Bachir - Medina OH
Scott A. Dilling - Canton OH
William L. McGrath - Alliance OH
John E. Ramsey - Canton OH
Joseph M. Ross - Canton OH

Assignee:

The Boler Company. - Itasca IL

International Classification:

B60G 902

US Classification:

280124116, 280124157, 280124163

Abstract:

A trailing arm axle/suspension system includes rigid or spring beams for mounting the axle directly to the beam without any or minimal, respectively, additional mounting hardware or structure. An axle mounting plate is formed as part of the preassembled rigid beam or attached to the spring beam, and is formed with a recess that can range from significantly smaller than to generally the same size as the smallest axle which will be seated therein. The axle is extruded into the recess to eliminate clearance and create intimate contact between the axle and the axle mounting plate. The force typically deforms the axle from its normal cross-sectional shape, such as round, into a generally oval or elliptical cross-sectional shape. Such clearance-free intimate contact also creates a constant preload or compression between the axle and the axle mounting plate in the recess area. Continuous welds; disposed in windows formed in the axle mounting plate, or, alternatively bolts, are circumferentially offset from recess-defining edges of the axle mounting plate and the vertical axis plane of the axle.

US Patent:

20120277070, Nov 1, 2012

Filed:

Apr 25, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/455557

Inventors:

Phillip Sienna - Los Gatos CA, US
Scott A. Dilling - Canton OH, US

International Classification:

A63B 21/06

US Classification:

482 94

Abstract:

An architecture is presented that provides a full assist resistance device designed to assist users in weight training by allowing the users to start pushing and pulling exercises in full extension or full flexion positions, respectively. The device comprises a jack device and an actuating means for operating the jack device. The actuating means is mounted to a mounting plate and is in communication with the jack device. Generally, the jack device comprises at least one foot pedal that a user would manipulate to raise and lower the weight stack, and to adjust the resistance for moving the weight stack. Furthermore, the full assist resistance device would be used in conjunction with a weight-stacked type exercise machine.

US Patent:

56428960, Jul 1, 1997

Filed:

Aug 30, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/705787

Inventors:

Phillippi Randsome Pierce - Canton OH
Scott Allen Dilling - Canton OH
John Edward Ramsey - Canton OH

Assignee:

The Boler Company - Itasca IL

International Classification:

B62D 5306

US Classification:

2801492

Abstract:

A movable subframe for tractor-trailers, commonly referred to as a slider, includes a retractable pin mechanism having improved locking pins for locking the movable subframe in a selected position relative to the tractor-trailer body. The improved pin includes a tapered or truncated conical-shaped portion which nests in a tapered enclosure when the pins are in the fully extended or locked position. When one or more of the pins of the retractable pin mechanism become jammed in the locked position due to slight misalignment between the respective slider and trailer body openings through which each pin extends when in the locked position, a generally uniformly distributed contact surface pressure exists between the truncated conical-shaped portion of the pin and the tapered enclosure. Other parts of the pin are subjected to relatively intense contact point pressures. Such pressures in turn cause shear forces which resist retraction of the jammed pins.

US Patent:

57204896, Feb 24, 1998

Filed:

May 17, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/443210

Inventors:

Phillipi Randsome Pierce - Canton OH
Scott Allen Dilling - Canton OH
John Edward Ramsey - Canton OH

Assignee:

The Boler Company - Itasca IL

International Classification:

B62D 3308
B62D 2100

US Classification:

2801492

Abstract:

A movable subframe or slider for a tractor-trailer includes a pair of elongated spaced-apart parallel main members and at least one generally K-shaped cross member structure which extends between and is attached to the main members. Specifically, the K-shaped cross member structure includes a base member which extends perpendicularly between and is attached to the main members, and further includes a pair of inclined members, each of which extends angularly between and is attached to a respective one of the main members and the base member. Each of the main members is adapted to be slidably mounted on a respective one of a pair of depending parallel rails of a trailer, and a retractable pin mechanism enables selective positioning of the slider along the rails for variable load distribution of cargo contained in the trailer. A hanger depends from each of the main members adjacent to the ends of the base member for supporting an axle/suspension system. Components of the axle/suspension system also are mounted directly on and adjacent to the inclined members.

US Patent:

59969814, Dec 7, 1999

Filed:

May 5, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/841795

Inventors:

Scott Allen Dilling - Canton OH

Assignee:

The Boler Company - Itasca IL

International Classification:

F16F 138

US Classification:

267153

Abstract:

An air-ride beam-type axle suspension system for tractor-trailers and other heavy-duty wheeled vehicles having a brake chamber of an air brake assembly mounted on the beam, wherein the beam is tapered. Specifically, each beam of the axle suspension system tapers from a narrower width at its end that is pivotally attached to a frame rail of the trailer, to a wider width at its opposite end. The tapered beam provides easier mounting of the suspension system on existing trailer frame rails and incorporation of a reduced-size pivot bushing at the narrower end of the beam, and optimizes the weight of the axle suspension system.

US Patent:

53662377, Nov 22, 1994

Filed:

Apr 20, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/230136

Inventors:

Scott Dilling - Canton OH
Michael J. Keeler - Canton OH
John Ramsey - Canton OH
Joseph M. Ross - North Canton OH

Assignee:

The Boler Company - Itasca IL

International Classification:

B60G 1126

US Classification:

280711

Abstract:

A beam-type axle suspension system particularly applicable to trailers and which is subject to torsional forces includes an elongated beam, a pneumatic bellows located on the beam, a hanger bracket located at one end of the beam, a connection for rigidly connecting the beam to the axle and a resilient pivot connection for resiliently connecting the beam to the hanger bracket wherein the beam includes an orifice through which the axle is slid or pressed and rigidly attached thereto, thereby preventing the axle from assuming a cross-sectional shape substantially different from its unstressed shape due to the torsional forces imposed on the axle. This beam-type axle suspension system also includes a resilient pivot connection for connecting the hanger bracket to the beam, thereby allowing the brake components to be attached to the beam instead of to the axle, and having the effect of eliminating stress risers on the axle due to welding the brake components to the axle. This is achieved by the combination of a pivot connection having a resilient bushing with different deflection in the beamwise and hangerwise directions and the rigid axle-to-beam connection which maintains a constant distance between the axle and the brake components.