Patents by Inventor Michael Kassan

Michael Kassan 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).

  • Publication number: 20240149926
    Abstract: A magnetic track braking device for a rail vehicle includes at least one pressure-medium-actuated actuation cylinder, which has a cylinder housing and an actuation piston movable relative to the cylinder housing, at least one magnet apparatus, which can be lowered into a low position onto a rail by the at least one actuation cylinder to generate, by a magnetic short circuit with the rail, a magnetic attractive force between the rail and the at least one magnet apparatus, and which can be placed, by the actuation cylinder, into a high position raised from the rail and into any intermediate positions between the low position and the high position; at least one high-position detecting apparatus, which generates a high-position signal when the high position is assumed by the at least one magnet apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Dominik KATZLER, Michael KASSAN, Daniel TIPPELT, Volker JOERGL
  • Patent number: 11312401
    Abstract: An electromagnetic rail brake device of a rail vehicle having at least one brake magnet which has a magnet coil body and at least one magnetic core, and wherein the magnet coil body carries at least one magnet coil winding, and having an electric connector device, by way of which the at least one magnet coil winding is supplied with current, wherein the electric connector device has at least one pin-shaped electric connector body which is connected via a releasable electric connection to at least one current-conducting electric cable which is guided from the outside to the at least one pin-shaped connector body in relation to the brake magnet. The at least one pin-shaped electric connector body may be arranged on a free and outer surface of the magnet coil body or an element which is connected to the magnet coil body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Kassan, Hermann Koidl
  • Publication number: 20200239047
    Abstract: An electromagnetic rail brake device of a rail vehicle having at least one brake magnet which has a magnet coil body and at least one magnetic core, and wherein the magnet coil body carries at least one magnet coil winding, and having an electric connector device, by way of which the at least one magnet coil winding is supplied with current, wherein the electric connector device has at least one pin-shaped electric connector body which is connected via a releasable electric connection to at least one current-conducting electric cable which is guided from the outside to the at least one pin-shaped connector body in relation to the brake magnet. The at least one pin-shaped electric connector body may be arranged on a free and outer surface of the magnet coil body or an element which is connected to the magnet coil body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Michael KASSAN, Hermann KOIDL
  • Patent number: 8033365
    Abstract: A magnetic rail brake device includes a brake magnet with a solenoid former supporting a solenoid. A horseshoe-shaped magnet core is disposed adjacent to the solenoid former. The horseshoe-shaped magnet core includes a yoke having cheeks that project away from the yoke. Pole shoes are formed at ends of the cheeks. The solenoid includes an upper part, with an upper height and an upper width, and a lower part, with a lower height and a lower width. The solenoid is disposed between the cheeks and engages vertically around the yoke. The upper height is less than the lower height, and the upper width is greater than the lower width. The upper and lower heights are measured parallel to a vertical center axis of the brake magnet, and the upper and lower widths are measured transversely with respect to the vertical center axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Knorr-Bremse Systeme fur Schienenfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Kassan, Henry Lehmann
  • Publication number: 20100101898
    Abstract: A magnetic rail brake device includes a brake magnet with a solenoid former supporting a solenoid. A horseshoe-shaped magnet core is disposed adjacent to the solenoid former. The horseshoe-shaped magnet core includes a yoke having cheeks that project away from the yoke. Pole shoes are formed at ends of the cheeks. The solenoid includes an upper part, with an upper height and an upper width, and a lower part, with a lower height and a lower width. The solenoid is disposed between the cheeks and engages vertically around the yoke. The upper height is less than the lower height, and the upper width is greater than the lower width. The upper and lower heights are measured parallel to a vertical center axis of the brake magnet, and the upper and lower widths are measured transversely with respect to the vertical center axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2008
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Inventors: Michael Kassan, Henry Lehmann