# US 10,246,062 B2 · Semi-trailer landing gear > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,246,062 B2 - Document ID: US10246062B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/111,579 - Filed: 2015-01-13 - Published: 2016-11-10 - Granted: 2019-04-02 - Earliest claimed: 2014-01-14 - Assignees: SAF-HOLLAND GmbH - Applicants: SAF-HOLLAND GmbH - Inventors: Stefan Wallmeier; Reinhold Riedl - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10246062B2 ## CPC - B60S 9/22: Means for attaching lifting, supporting, or manoeuvring devices to vehicles (for separate devices B60S11/00) - B60S 9/04: mechanically - B60S 9/08: the screw axis being substantially vertical - B60S: SERVICING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, SUPPORTING, LIFTING, OR MANOEUVRING OF VEHICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract A semi-trailer landing gear, in particular for trailers of utility vehicles, wherein the semi-trailer landing gear extends along a longitudinal axis and comprises an outer supporting tube and/or a transmission box, wherein the outer supporting tube and/or the transmission box comprise an outer wall, and wherein the outer wall comprises a fastening side, wherein at least one fastening portion is formed in the region of the fastening side, and wherein the fastening portion is designed to fasten and/or to arrange the semi-trailer landing gear on a further element, in particular a trailer, characterized in that a transmission is arranged in the transmission box, which transmission is coupled to a spindle drive, in that the fastening portion comprises at least one fastening element, and/or in that the fastening portion comprises at least one arrangement portion for arranging and/or fastening the at least one fastening element, and in that a ratio of a distance between the fastening elements and/or the arrangement portions of two fastening portions transversely to the longitudinal axis of the semi-trailer landing gear to a width of the transmission box or the outer supporting tube in this region is less than 1. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A semi-trailer landing gear, comprising: a housing configured to fasten to a further element of a vehicle, wherein the semi-trailer landing gear extends along a longitudinal axis, the housing including an outer wall, the outer wall including a fastening side having at least two fastening portions located in the region of the fastening side, wherein each of the at least two fastening portions are configured to at least one of fasten and arrange the semi-trailer landing gear on the further element; wherein each fastening portion of the at least two fastening portions includes at least one of at least one fastening element for fastening the at least one fastening portion and at least one arrangement portion for arranging the at least one fastening portion, and wherein a ratio of a distance between at least one of the fastening elements and the arrangement portions of the two fastening portions transversely to the longitudinal axis of the semi-trailer landing gear to a width of the housing in this region is less than 1, wherein the outer wall has at least one assembly opening that provides an access to the arrangement portion from an inner side of the semi-trailer landing gear, and wherein the assembly opening is configured to be closed by moving an inner supporting tube of the semi-trailer landing gear along the longitudinal axis, and wherein the assembly opening is closed in a first or rest position of the inner supporting tube. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The semi-trailer landing gear as claimed in claim 1, wherein the fastening portion is formed by at least one of the outer wall and the reinforcement element, which is arranged on the fastening side. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The semi-trailer landing gear as claimed in claim 2, wherein a wall thickness of the fastening portion is greater than a wall thickness of the outer wall, and wherein the wall thickness of the fastening portion includes at least one of the reinforcement element and a reshaping of the outer wall, wherein the reshaping results in a doubling of the outer wall. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The semi-trailer landing gear as claimed in claim 1, wherein the wall thickness of the fastening portion is about 1.1 to 3.5 times greater than a wall thickness of the outer wall. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The semi-trailer landing gear as claimed in claim 4, wherein a ratio of a distance between at least one of the fastening elements and the arrangement portions of two fastening portions transversely to the longitudinal axis of the semi-trailer landing gear to a width of the housing in this region is about 0.7 to 0.9. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The semi-trailer landing gear as claimed in claim 1, wherein a wall thickness of the fastening portion is greater than a wall thickness of the outer wall, and wherein the wall thickness of the fastening portion includes at least one of the reinforcement element and a reshaping of the outer wall, wherein the reshaping results in a doubling of the outer wall. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The semi-trailer landing gear as claimed in claim 1, wherein a wall thickness of the fastening portion is about 1.1 to 3.5 times greater than a wall thickness of the outer wall. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The semi-trailer landing gear as claimed in claim 1, wherein a ratio of a distance between at least one of the fastening elements and the arrangement portions of two fastening portions transversely to the longitudinal axis of the semi-trailer landing gear to a width of the housing in this region is about 0.7 to 0.9. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The semi-trailer landing gear as claimed in claim 1, wherein the outer wall has a recess that is closed toward the inner side of the semi-trailer landing gear and in which the fastening element can be arranged at least in regions in such a way that the movement of the inner supporting tube along the longitudinal axis is not hindered by the fastening element. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The semi-trailer landing gear as claimed in claim 1, wherein the arrangement portion has at least one access region that enables arrangement of the fastening element transversely to the longitudinal axis. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The semi-trailer landing gear as claimed in claim 1, wherein the fastening element extends substantially away from the fastening portion, and wherein the fastening portion and the fastening element are configured as one piece. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The semi-trailer landing gear as claimed in claim 1, wherein the housing comprises an outer supporting tube. ### Claim 13 A semi-trailer landing gear, comprising: a housing configured to fasten to a further element of a vehicle, wherein the semi-trailer landing gear extends along a longitudinal axis, the housing an outer wall, the outer wall including a fastening side having at least two fastening portions located in the region of the fastening side, wherein each of the at least two fastening portions are configured to at least one of fasten and arrange the semi-trailer landing gear on the further element; wherein each fastening portion of the at least two fastening portions includes at least one of at least one fastening element for fastening the at least one fastening portion and at least one arrangement portion for arranging the at least one fastening portion, and wherein a ratio of a distance between at least one of the fastening elements and the arrangement portions of the two fastening portions transversely to the longitudinal axis of the semi-trailer landing gear to width of the housing in this region is less than 1; and wherein the outer wall has at least one assembly opening that provides an access to the arrangement portion from an inner side of the semi-trailer landing gear. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The semi-trailer landing gear as claimed in claim 13, wherein the assembly opening is configured to be closed by moving an inner supporting tube of the semi-trailer landing gear along the longitudinal axis, and wherein the assembly opening is closed in a first or rest position of the inner supporting tube. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The semi-trailer landing gear as claimed in claim 14, wherein the outer wall has a recess that is oriented toward the inner side of the semi-trailer landing gear and in which the fastening element can be arranged at least in regions in such a way that the movement of the inner supporting tube along the longitudinal axis is not hindered by the fastening element. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The semi-trailer landing gear as claimed in claim 15, wherein the reinforcement element and at least one of the outer wall and the doubled outer walls are distanced from one another at least in regions substantially perpendicularly to the fastening side in such a way that a gap is formed. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The semi-trailer landing gear as claimed in claim 15, wherein the arrangement portion has at least one access region that enables arrangement of the fastening element transversely to the longitudinal axis. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The semi-trailer landing gear as claimed in claim 17, wherein the fastening element extends substantially away from the fastening portion, and wherein the fastening portion and the fastening element are configured as one piece. ### Claim 19 A semi-trailer landing gear, comprising: a housing configured to fasten to a further element of a vehicle, wherein the semi-trailer landing gear extends along a longitudinal axis, the housing including an outer wall, the outer wall including a fastening side having at least two fastening portions located in the region of the fastening side, wherein each of the at least two fastening portions are configured to at least one of fasten and arrange the semi-trailer landing gear on the further element; wherein each fastening portion of the at least two portions includes at least one of at least one fastening element for fastening the at least one fastening portion and at least one arrangement portion for arranging the at least one fastening portion, wherein a ratio of a distance between at least one of the fastening elements and the arrangement portions of the two fastening portions transversely to the longitudinal axis of the semi-trailer landing gear to a width of the housing in this region is less than 1, and wherein the reinforcement element and at least one of the outer wall and the doubled outer walls are distanced from one another at least in regions substantially perpendicularly to the fastening side in such a way that a gap is formed. ### Claim 20 A semi-trailer landing gear, comprising: a housing configured to fasten to a further element of a vehicle, wherein the semi-trailer landing gear extends along a longitudinal axis, the housing including an outer wall, the outer wall including a fastening side, at least two fastening portions located in the region of the fastening side, wherein each of the at least two fastening portions are configured to at least one of fasten and arrange the semi-trailer landing gear on the further element; wherein each fastening portion of the at least two fastening portions includes at least one of at least one fastening element for fastening the at least one fastening portion and at least one arrangement portion for arranging the at least one fastening portion, and wherein a ratio of a distance between at least one of the fastening elements and the arrangement portions of the two fastening portions transversely to the longitudinal axis of the semi-trailer landing gear to a width of the housing in this region is less than 1; wherein the fastening portion is formed by at least one of the outer wall and the reinforcement element, which is arranged on the fastening side; wherein a wall thickness of the fastening portion is greater than a wall thickness of the outer wall, and wherein the wall thickness of the fastening portion includes at least one of the reinforcement element and a reshaping of the outer wall, wherein the reshaping results in a doubling of the outer wall; wherein the wall thickness of the fastening portion is about 1.1 to 3.5 times greater than a wall thickness of the outer wall; wherein a ratio of a distance between at least one of the fastening elements and the arrangement portions of two fastening portions transversely to the longitudinal axis of the semi-trailer landing gear to a width of the housing in this region is about 0.7 to 0.9; wherein the outer wall has at least one assembly opening that provides an access to the arrangement portion from an inner side of the semi-trailer landing gear; wherein the assembly opening is configured to be closed by moving an inner supporting tube of the semi-trailer landing gear along the longitudinal axis, and wherein the assembly opening is closed in a first or rest positon of the inner supporting tube; wherein the outer wall has a recess that is oriented toward the inner side of the semi-trailer landing gear and in which the fastening element can be arranged at least in regions in such a way that the movement of the inner supporting tube along the longitudinal axis is not hindered by the fastening element; wherein the reinforcement element and at least one of the outer wall and the doubled outer walls are distanced from one another at least in regions substantially perpendicularly to the fastening side in such a way that a gap is formed; wherein the arrangement portion has at least one access region that enables arrangement of the fastening element transversely to the longitudinal axis; wherein the fastening element extends substantially away from the fastening portion, and wherein the fastening portion and the fastening element are configured as one piece, and wherein the housing comprises an outer supporting tube.