Patents Assigned to Voestalpine BWG GmbH & Co. KG
  • Patent number: 9683332
    Abstract: A superstructure device (10) for a set of points having a switch support which is composed of a block of high-strength steel and which has stock and short point rails which delimit said switch support and are formed integrally from the block, wherein the block is connected to a lower part composed of a material other than the high-strength steel, such as mild steel, and is in particular connected in a materially joined fashion, wherein the block extends essentially over the entire length of a switch rail device as the superstructure device on both sides beyond the switch support, and the lower part is a means of supporting the block in the form of at least two supports which are spaced apart from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignees: VOESTALPINE BWG GMBH & CO. KG, VOESTALPINE VAE GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Christ, Thomas Bergk, Jurgen Hellbach, Harald Kopilovitsch
  • Patent number: 9243370
    Abstract: A superstructure device (10) for a set of points having a switch support which is composed of a block of high-strength steel and which has stock and short point rails which delimit said switch support and are formed integrally from the block, wherein the block is connected to a lower part composed of a material other than the high-strength steel, such as mild steel, and is in particular connected in a materially joined fashion, wherein the block extends essentially over the entire length of a switch rail device as the superstructure device on both sides beyond the switch support, and the lower part is a means of supporting the block in the form of at least two supports which are spaced apart from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignees: VOESTALPINE BWG GMBH & CO. KG, VOESTALPINE VAE GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Christ, Thomas Bergk, Jürgen Hellbach, Harald Kopilovitsch
  • Patent number: 8931709
    Abstract: A rail or grooved rail having upper and lower parts made of different materials, the upper part having a head and being made of a water-resistant material, and the lower part being made of structural steel, and wherein the lower part of the rail is a profile element having a web or a flat element forming a web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignees: Voestalpine BWG GmbH & Co. KG, Voestalpine VAE GmbH
    Inventor: Thomas Christ
  • Patent number: 8302879
    Abstract: Rail expansion device having stock and tongue rails which can be displaced longitudinally with respect to one another and bear against one another transversely with respect to the longitudinal direction of the rails under the application of force, wherein a holder releasably holds the tongue rail at a distance from the region thereof which bears against the stock rail, and wherein the tongue rail in the holder is non-positively and positively connected to a standard rail passing into it or to a section thereof or to a section of the holder having a profile which merges with that of the standard rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignees: Voestalpine BWG GmbH & Co. KG, VAE GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Christ, Tomas Bergk
  • Publication number: 20120168569
    Abstract: A rail or grooved rail having upper and lower parts made of different materials, the upper part having a head and being made of a water-resistant material, and the lower part being made of structural steel, and wherein the lower part of the rail is a profile element having a web or a flat element forming a web.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicants: VOESTALPINE VAE GMBH, VOESTALPINE BWG GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Thomas Christ
  • Publication number: 20100193597
    Abstract: Rail expansion device having stock and tongue rails which can be displaced longitudinally with respect to one another and bear against one another transversely with respect to the longitudinal direction of the rails under the application of force, wherein a holder releasably holds the tongue rail at a distance from the region thereof which bears against the stock rail, and wherein the tongue rail in the holder is non-positively and positively connected to a standard rail passing into it or to a section thereof or to a section of the holder having a profile which merges with that of the standard rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2008
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicants: VOESTALPINE BWG GMBH & CO. KG, VAE GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Christ, Tomas Bergk