Patents by Inventor Beat Wegmüller

Beat Wegmüller 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: 20230415792
    Abstract: An articulated vehicle arrangement for a rail freight train is disclosed including an articulated vehicle for the transporting of containers having a first vehicle part and a second vehicle part. The first and the second vehicle parts are coupled together by an articulated coupling about a vertical articulation axis. The first vehicle part includes on its top side a first container parking place for one or more containers and the second vehicle part includes on its top side a second container parking place for one or more containers, and further including a power supply unit for the power supply of containers loaded on the articulated vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventor: Beat WEGMÜLLER
  • Publication number: 20190222054
    Abstract: The invention relates to an energy supply (11) for supplying an energy consumer with electrical energy. The energy supply (11) comprises a mounting device (20) as well as a battery (29), a charger device (30) and a load connection (33). The energy supply (11) also comprises an energy connection for connecting an energy source, and an energy converter (31) for converting the energy received at the energy connection into a form of electrical energy which is suitable for charging the battery (29). The energy which is stored in the battery (29) can then be made available at the load connection (33) for supplying one or more energy consumers which are connected thereto. The mounting device (20) is provided here with connecting devices (23, 24) which are compatible with those attachment devices with which corresponding transportation containers can usually be connected to a transportation vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Applicant: RailCare AG
    Inventors: Josef ZETTEL, Philipp WEGMÜLLER, Beat WEGMÜLLER
  • Publication number: 20130272827
    Abstract: A transshipment device for horizontal transshipment in a container transport system for the rail and/or road sector includes at least one sliding and lifting plate, which is operated hydraulically, pneumatically or electro-mechanically, and is detachably mounted on a truck, and which interacts with at least one adapter frame which is detachably installed on a container-carrying wagon. Two sliding and lifting plates are positioned on the truck to grip and hold a container from below so that it can be carried.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: INNOVA TRAIN AG
    Inventor: Beat Wegmüller