Patents by Inventor Gerd Bittlingmayer

Gerd Bittlingmayer 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).

  • Short-circuiting device for an electric railway system having a conductor rail for supplying power to drive the vehicles
    Patent number: 7143954
    Abstract: A short circuiting device for an electric railway system having a conductor rail for supplying electric power to drive the vehicles. The function of the device is to provide a short circuit between a track rail and the conductor rail. The short circuiting device contains a first contact element providing a face to make contact with the track rail and a contact arm that is coupled to the contact element via a jointed connection and has a contact face for making contact with the conductor rail. The jointed connection is a multi-hinged connecting facility containing two levers which are joined to each other via a knee-type joint and joined via the respective first and second connection hinges to the contact element and the contact arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Alcan Technology & Management Ltd.
    Inventors: Timo Netzel, Gerd Bittlingmayer
  • Short-circuiting device for an electric railway system having a conductor rail for supplying power to drive the vehicles
    Publication number: 20040223280
    Abstract: A short circuiting device for an electric railway system having a conductor rail for supplying electric power to drive the vehicles. The function of the device is to provide a short circuit between a track rail and the conductor rail. The short circuiting device contains a first contact element providing a face to make contact with the track rail and a contact arm that is coupled to the contact element via a jointed connection and has a contact face for making contact with the conductor rail. The jointed connection is a multi-hinged connecting facility containing two levers which are joined to each other via a knee-type joint and joined via the respective first and second connection hinges to the contact element and the contact arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2003
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Applicant: Alcan Technology & Management Ltd.
    Inventors: Timo Netzel, Gerd Bittlingmayer