Patents by Inventor Nicole Wiethoff

Nicole Wiethoff 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: 20160244919
    Abstract: A system and an intermediate element for a system for fixing a rail for a rail vehicle onto a foundation. The intermediate element is arranged between an end section of a spring element and the rail such that the spring element exerts a retaining force on the rail by means of the intermediate element. The intermediate element has a supporting surface, on which the end section of the spring element rests during use, and a contact surface, with which the intermediate element sits on the rail during use. The intermediate element is elastically resilient in an active direction from the supporting surface towards the contact surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Nicole Wiethoff, Winfried Bosterling
  • Patent number: 9051694
    Abstract: A system for fixing a rail onto a foundation and to a guide plate. The system comprises a spring element, with at least one spring arm, which can be clamped against the foundation by means of a clamping element, an adapter piece, with a contact surface section, which sits on an end section of the spring arm, and a guide plate. The guide plate has a contact surface for the rail foot and a sliding surface which adjoins the contact surface via which the adapter piece can be moved from a pre-assembly position in which it sits on the guide plate with its contact surface section to an assembly position in which it is seated, with its contact surface section, on the rail foot of the rail to be fixed. A stop is provided on the sliding surface against which the adapter piece rests in the pre-assembly position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Vossloh-Werke GmbH
    Inventors: Winfried Bosterling, Adrian Bednarczyk, André Hunold, Nicole Wiethoff
  • Publication number: 20130240635
    Abstract: A system for fixing a rail onto a foundation comprises a spring element, which can be clamped against a foundation by means of a clamping element, with at least one spring arm and an adapter piece. The adapter piece has a holder, in which an end section of the spring arm of the spring element sits, and a contact surface section formed at its periphery, with which, when the system is assembled, it sits on the rail foot of the rail to be fixed, such that the elastic retaining force exerted by the spring element is transferred onto the rail foot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2011
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: VOSSLOH-WERKE GMBH
    Inventors: Winfried Bosterling, Adrian Bednarczyk, André Hunold, Nicole Wiethoff
  • Publication number: 20130153671
    Abstract: A system for fixing a rail onto a foundation and to a guide plate. The system comprises a spring element, with at least one spring arm, which can be clamped against the foundation by means of a clamping element, an adapter piece, with a contact surface section, which sits on an end section of the spring arm, and a guide plate. The guide plate has a contact surface for the rail foot and a sliding surface which adjoins the contact surface via which the adapter piece can be moved from a pre-assembly position in which it sits on the guide plate with its contact surface section to an assembly position in which it is seated, with its contact surface section, on the rail foot of the rail to be fixed. A stop is provided on the sliding surface against which the adapter piece rests in the pre-assembly position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: VOSSLOH-WERKE GMBH
    Inventors: Winfried Bösterling, Adrian Bednarczyk, André Hunold, Nicole Wiethoff