Patents by Inventor Christian Küter
Christian Küter has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11845477Abstract: A bogie of a rail vehicle has at least one wheelset with two oppositely situated wheels that are rigidly connected to one another, a wheelset bearing arrangement of the wheelset within the two wheels, a traction motor which directly drives the wheelset, and an aerodynamic paneling enclosure of the bogie. The traction motor is a permanently excited synchronous motor with liquid cooling.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2019Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignees: Siemens Mobility GmbH, Siemens Mobility Austria GmbHInventors: Christian Kueter, Andreas Schaefer-Enkeler, Martin Teichmann, Christoph Adam, Olaf Koerner, Peter Seitz
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Patent number: 11198452Abstract: A chassis for a rail vehicle, in particular with inboard wheel sets, with at least one transmission, at least one transversely mounted drive motor and at least one chassis frame, wherein the chassis frame includes at least one crossmember and at least a first longitudinal carrier and a second longitudinal carrier, where at least a first elastic bearing, a second elastic bearing and a third elastic bearing are arranged between the drive motor and the chassis frame, and where in each case one of the elastic bearings is arranged on at least one of the longitudinal carriers in order to provide advantageous construction conditions.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2017Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: SIEMENS MOBILITY AUSTRIA GMBHInventors: Marko Falkenstein, Christian Kueter, Klaus Montesi-Heimerl, Martin Teichmann, Gerhard Weilguni, Stefan Zierler, Xabier Gonzalez Larrache, Radovan Seifried
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Publication number: 20200398871Abstract: A bogie of a rail vehicle has at least one wheelset with two oppositely situated wheels that are rigidly connected to one another, a wheelset bearing arrangement of the wheelset within the two wheels, a traction motor which directly drives the wheelset, and an aerodynamic paneling enclosure of the bogie. The traction motor is a permanently excited synchronous motor with liquid cooling.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2019Publication date: December 24, 2020Inventors: CHRISTIAN KUETER, ANDREAS SCHAEFER-ENKELER, MARTIN TEICHMANN, CHRISTOPH ADAM, OLAF KOERNER, PETER SEITZ
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Patent number: 10745035Abstract: A connecting member for connecting two longitudinal members of a bogie frame of a rail vehicle includes at least one fastening point for receiving add-on components, at least a first member element with a first member portion and a second member element with a second member portion, wherein the first and second member elements are connected to one another in a force-fitting manner by at least two connecting devices such that the member portions overlap one another at least in certain portions in order to damp vibrations that occur and to thus prevent oscillation of the system.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2016Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: SIEMENS MOBILITY AUSTRIA GMBHInventors: Jochen Brandstetter, Christian Kueter, Gerald Schobegger, Martin Teichmann
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Patent number: 10392034Abstract: A device for reducing vibrations of a vehicle, in particular a rail vehicle, wherein the device includes at least a vehicle frame, a brake carrier, a mechanically operative brake unit and a suspension bracket that interconnects the vehicle frame and brake carrier, where the suspension bracket includes at least one element elastically connecting the vehicle frame to the brake carrier that allows movement of the brake carrier in the transverse direction of the vehicle frame in order to dampen vibrations.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2014Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Siemens Mobility GMBHInventors: Christian Küter, Hugo Rackl, Gerald Schobegger, Martin Teichmann
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Publication number: 20190031210Abstract: A chassis for a rail vehicle, in particular with inboard wheel sets, with at least one transmission, at least one transversely mounted drive motor and at least one chassis frame, wherein the chassis frame includes at least one crossmember and at least a first longitudinal carrier and a second longitudinal carrier, where at least a first elastic bearing, a second elastic bearing and a third elastic bearing are arranged between the drive motor and the chassis frame, and where in each case one of the elastic bearings is arranged on at least one of the longitudinal carriers in order to provide advantageous construction conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2017Publication date: January 31, 2019Inventors: Marko FALKENSTEIN, Christian KUETER, Klaus MONTESI-HEIMERL, Martin TEICHMANN, Gerhard WEILGUNI, Stefan ZIERLER, Xabier GONZALEZ LARRACHE, Radovan SEIFRIED
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Patent number: 9994240Abstract: A chassis for rail vehicles, particularly with inside-supported wheelsets, wherein the drive unit is elastically supported transversely to the travel direction via spring devices within the chassis frame, where the vibrational behavior is optimized and the space available for the drive unit is enlarged because the spring devices are supported directly on the housing of the bearing of the wheelset.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2014Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: Siemens AG ÖsterreichInventors: Andreas Haigermoser, David Kreuzweger, Olaf Koerner, Christian Kueter, Hugo Rackl, Andreas Schaefer-Enkeler, Peter Seitz, Martin Teichmann
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Patent number: 9908538Abstract: A rail vehicle includes a concealed undercarriage, particularly a bogie, wherein the covering or fairing comprises at least side elements that are arranged along the rail vehicle on the sides of the undercarriage and a bottom element that is arranged on the underside of the undercarriage, where the side elements are fixedly connected to the carriage body of the rail vehicle, the bottom element is fixedly connected to the undercarriage, and a gap is provided between the bottom element on one side and the side elements on the other side, and where the gap provides a distance between the wheels of the undercarriage and the bottom element on one side and the side elements on the other side, both in the fully turned and in the partially turned state of the undercarriage.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2014Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignee: Siemens AG ÖsterreichInventors: David Kreuzweger, Christian Kueter, Gerald Schobegger, Martin Teichmann
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Publication number: 20180043909Abstract: A connecting member for connecting two longitudinal members of a bogie frame of a rail vehicle includes at least one fastening point for receiving add-on components, at least a first member element with a first member portion and a second member element with a second member portion, wherein the first and second member elements are connected to one another in a force-fitting manner by at least two connecting devices such that the member portions overlap one another at least in certain portions in order to damp vibrations that occur and to thus prevent oscillation of the system.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2016Publication date: February 15, 2018Inventors: Jochen BRANDSTETTER, Christian KUETER, Gerald SCHOBEGGER, Martin TEICHMANN
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Publication number: 20170297590Abstract: A rail vehicle for transporting people, which is in the form of an articulated train-type multiple unit, includes at least two car bodies. Adjoining car bodies are supported on a common central running gear and end car bodies are additionally supported on end running gears. All of the running gears have a distance between the centers of the bogies of two adjoining running gears of from 18 to 21 m, and the end car bodies have a length of from 24 to 27 m.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2015Publication date: October 19, 2017Applicants: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, SIEMENS AG OESTERREICHInventors: BERND BILSTEIN-HEMMER, MARTIN GLINKA, MICHAEL GOERNER, MARC GOTTWALD, MICHAEL KAMMLER, CHRISTIAN KUETER, KLAUS PAFFRATH, MARTIN TEICHMANN
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Patent number: 9776646Abstract: A wheelset bearing for the wheelset of a rail vehicle having an internally mounted truck that includes one bearing housing per side of the wheelset that encloses the wheelset bearing for the wheelset, where the wheelset bearing and bearing housing are within the wheels in an installed state and a torsion spring serves as a roll stabilizer that is connected to the bearing housing such that the torsion springs are rigidly connected to one bearing housing each on the two ends thereof (without interconnection of draw-pressure rods) so as to implement roll stabilization for the wheelsets in a manner that is as technically simple as possible.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2014Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: Siemens AG ÖsterreichInventors: David Kreuzweger, Christian Kueter, Martin Teichmann
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Publication number: 20160257318Abstract: A device for reducing vibrations of a vehicle, in particular a rail vehicle, wherein the device includes at least a vehicle frame, a brake carrier, a mechanically operative brake unit and a suspension bracket that interconnects the vehicle frame and brake carrier, where the suspension bracket includes at least one element elastically connecting the vehicle frame to the brake carrier that allows movement of the brake carrier in the transverse direction of the vehicle frame in order to dampen vibrations.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2014Publication date: September 8, 2016Inventors: Christian KÜTER, Hugo RACKL, Gerald SCHOBEGGER, Martin TEICHMANN
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Publication number: 20160152248Abstract: A rail vehicle includes a concealed undercarriage, particularly a bogie, wherein the covering or fairing comprises at least side elements that are arranged along the rail vehicle on the sides of the undercarriage and a bottom element that is arranged on the underside of the undercarriage, where the side elements are fixedly connected to the carriage body of the rail vehicle, the bottom element is fixedly connected to the undercarriage, and a gap is provided between the bottom element on one side and the side elements on the other side, and where the gap provides a distance between the wheels of the undercarriage and the bottom element on one side and the side elements on the other side, both in the fully turned and in the partially turned state of the undercarriage.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2014Publication date: June 2, 2016Inventors: David KREUZWEGER, Christian KUETER, Gerald SCHOBEGGER, Martin TEICHMANN
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Publication number: 20160082986Abstract: A wheelset bearing for the wheelset of a rail vehicle having an internally mounted truck that includes one bearing housing per side of the wheelset that encloses the wheelset bearing for the wheelset, where the wheelset bearing and bearing housing are within the wheels in an installed state and a torsion spring serves as a roll stabilizer that is connected to the bearing housing such that the torsion springs are rigidly connected to one bearing housing each on the two ends thereof (without interconnection of draw-pressure rods) so as to implement roll stabilization for the wheelsets in a manner that is as technically simple as possible.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2014Publication date: March 24, 2016Inventors: David KREUZWEGER, Christian KUETER, Martin TEICHMANN
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Publication number: 20160001793Abstract: A chassis for rail vehicles, particularly with inside-supported wheelsets, wherein the drive unit is elastically supported transversely to the travel direction via spring devices within the chassis frame, where the vibrational behavior is optimized and the space available for the drive unit is enlarged because the spring devices are supported directly on the housing of the bearing of the wheelset.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2014Publication date: January 7, 2016Applicant: Siemens AG OesterreichInventors: Andreas HAIGERMOSER, David KREUZWEGER, Olaf KOERNER, Christian KUETER, Hugo RACKL, Andreas SCHAEFER- ENKELER, Peter SEITZ, Martin TEICHMANN
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Publication number: 20120111675Abstract: A brake carrier for bogies of rail vehicles has an open cross-section with flexible torsion. A connection to two longitudinal members of the bogie is designed as a rigid non-articulated connection and a braking device is fixed to the brake carrier in such a way that a line of action of braking forces runs through the shear centre that lies outside the cross-section of the brake carrier.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2010Publication date: May 10, 2012Inventors: Anton Diemling, Karl Drobesch, Markus Hubmann, Christian Küter, Christian Madritsch, Armin Schank, Gerald Schobegger, Florian Semrad, Martin Teichmann