Patents by Inventor Franz Meierhoefer

Franz Meierhoefer 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).

  • Device for supplying energy to a sensor arrangement in a rail vehicle
    Patent number: 12559145
    Abstract: A device supplies energy to a sensor arrangement in a rail vehicle. The device has a housing in which there is arranged a coil which can be inductively coupled to a motor cable carrying an alternating current. The housing is embodied to enclose part of a length of the motor cable, and the coil is wound around an annular coil core which concentrically or substantially concentrically surrounds the motor cable. The housing has multiple parts including at least one first and one second housing part. The annular coil core is implemented in multiple parts and a first coil core part is arranged in the first housing part and a second coil core part is arranged in the second housing part. The housing is further embodied to mechanically secure the motor cable to a component of the rail vehicle and/or to mechanically connect the motor cable to a further motor cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2026
    Assignee: Siemens Mobility GmbH
    Inventors: Franz Meierhoefer, Simon Matthias Wokusch, Juergen Goetz
  • DEVICE FOR SUPPLYING ENERGY TO A SENSOR ARRANGEMENT IN A RAIL VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20230001960
    Abstract: A device supplies energy to a sensor arrangement in a rail vehicle. The device has a housing in which there is arranged a coil which can be inductively coupled to a motor cable carrying an alternating current. The housing is embodied to enclose part of a length of the motor cable, and the coil is wound around an annular coil core which concentrically or substantially concentrically surrounds the motor cable. The housing has multiple parts including at least one first and one second housing part. The annular coil core is implemented in multiple parts and a first coil core part is arranged in the first housing part and a second coil core part is arranged in the second housing part. The housing is further embodied to mechanically secure the motor cable to a component of the rail vehicle and/or to mechanically connect the motor cable to a further motor cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Franz Meierhoefer, Simon Matthias Wokusch, Juergen Goetz