Patents Assigned to Gebr. Faller GmbH
  • Patent number: 8781648
    Abstract: A system for operating model vehicles comprising at least one model vehicle having an energy self-sufficient drive and a steering axle, which, with the aid of a magnet, follows a contact wire laid directly under a road, further comprising a positioning system, a control module and a wireless communication system for transmitting information to and/or from the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Gebr. Faller GmbH Fabrik fuer Qualitaetsspielwaren
    Inventor: Clemens Bernauer
  • Patent number: 8328111
    Abstract: The invention concerns a roadway system, the system for use with model vehicles with an energy-independent propulsion as well as a steering axle, which follow a driving wire laid directly beneath the roadway by means of a magnet, wherein the roadway system comprises individual, generally two-dimensional (meaning generally long and thin in cross section) roadway segments each having multiple respective connection edges and at least one groove on their roadway side with a diameter to accommodate the driving wire. The roadway system comprises straight, curved, flexible, and special-type roadway segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Gebr. Faller GmbH
    Inventors: Hendrik Mielke, Gerhard Kaltenbach
  • Publication number: 20110186645
    Abstract: The invention concerns a roadway system, the system for use with model vehicles with an energy-independent propulsion as well as a steering axle, which follow a driving wire laid directly beneath the roadway by means of a magnet, wherein the roadway system comprises individual, generally two-dimensional (meaning generally long and thin in cross section) roadway segments each having multiple respective connection edges and at least one groove on their roadway side with a diameter to accommodate the driving wire. The roadway system comprises straight, curved, flexible, and special-type roadway segments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2011
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: GEBR. FALLER GMBH
    Inventors: HENDRIK MIELKE, Gerhard Kaltenbach
  • Patent number: D696871
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Gebr. Faller GmbH Fabrik für Qualitaetsspielwaren
    Inventor: Werner Link