Patents by Inventor Christian Pritz

Christian Pritz 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).

  • Patent number: 8517433
    Abstract: The invention relates to a locking device for sliding doors, or for swinging-sliding doors of vehicles, particularly of rail vehicles, by which a locking pin connected to a door leaf is fixed in the closed position thereof. The device is characterized in that in the closed position of the locking pin the same is fixed in this position by a latch, a guide bar connected to the latch and having a notch assumes a position in which a locking element of a locking lever projects into the notch, thus fixing the position of the guide bar and the locking lever in turn is held in the closed position by a toggle lever mechanism that is located in the beyond dead point position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Knoor-Bremse GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Pritz, Peter Jetzinger, Reinhold Jarolim
  • Publication number: 20110209306
    Abstract: The invention relates to the suspension of a door leaf of a sliding door in rail-bound, mass transportation vehicles, such as underground railways, passenger train cars, means of local public transportation, and the like. The suspension mechanism includes carrying rollers in a carrying rail arranged in the upper region of the door leaf or above the door leaf. The invention includes a steel insert having an at least substantially circular track inserted into the carrying rail; the carrying rollers are designed as steel rollers having a concave cross-sectional shape on the running surface, and an adjustment roller is provided, which abuts the adjustment surface of the carrying rail opposite of the steel insert under preload.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: KNORR-BREMSE GMBH
    Inventors: Christian Pritz, Peter Jetzinger
  • Publication number: 20100276945
    Abstract: The invention relates to a locking device for sliding doors, or for swinging-sliding doors of vehicles, particularly of rail vehicles, by which a locking pin connected to a door leaf is fixed in the closed position thereof. The device is characterized in that in the closed position of the locking pin the same is fixed in this position by a latch, a guide bar connected to the latch and having a notch assumes a position in which a locking element of a locking lever projects into the notch, thus fixing the position of the guide bar and the locking lever in turn is held in the closed position by a toggle lever mechanism that is located in the beyond dead point position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: KNORR-BREMSE GMBH
    Inventors: Christian Pritz, Peter Jetzinger, Reinhold Jarolim