Patents by Inventor Erhard Foerster

Erhard Foerster 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: 4941409
    Abstract: A wheel set guidance for trucks of rail vehicles, especially commuter traffic vehicles. To have a continuously extending floor on as low a level as possible, a truck with free wheels is proposed where the free wheels are mounted in pedestal bearings that are connected with a frame structure that is connected to the truck frame in such a way as to be pivotable in a vertical direction. One of the wheel sets can be driven, with the free wheels thereof being connected in a twist-resistant manner via gear arrangement, so that from a motion standpoint the same effect is achieved as if the driven wheel set were connected with a rigid wheel set shaft, but without this shaft being in the way of the floor, so that a vehicle equipped with this truck can have a continuously extending floor on a low level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 17, 1990
    Assignees: MAN Gutehoffnungshutte AG, Bremer Strassenbahn AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang-Dieter Richter, Engelbert Weeger, Lutz Uebel, Erhard Foerster