Patents by Inventor Dietmar Thauer

Dietmar Thauer 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: 5943958
    Abstract: A rail vehicle, has at least two vehicle sections joined pivotably to one another so as to provide an intermediate space dimension to suit relative motions while traveling around curbs as well as over dips and humps, at least one line provided for each of the vehicle sections for electrical current, air or hydraulic fluid, the at least one line having a line segment that compensates a relative motion of the vehicle sections, a sleeve which spans the intermediate space between the vehicle sections, the sleeve enveloping the line and being connected to the line in a shear-resistant manner, the line segment that compensates for the relative motions of the vehicle sections outside the sleeve extending in a horizontal disposition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1999
    Assignee: Duewag Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Lothar Hofmann, Reinhold Ippers, Dietmar Thauer, Oswald Schmidt, Felix Mayer