Patents by Inventor Hans-Ulrich Dietze

Hans-Ulrich Dietze 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: 8033480
    Abstract: Fastening for a rail and arrangement for fastening of rails The invention relates to a fastening for a rail for securing a rail (10) whose foot is resting on a concrete sleeper (16), comprising at least one elastic clip (20) having several legs of which at least one leg extends inside a shoulder (42, 44) or channel of a holder (24) that is connected to the concrete sleeper, and at least one further leg rests on the rail foot. For securing a rail to the necessary extent with simple design means and in space-saving form, it is suggested that the holder (24, 26) is arranged detachably in the concrete sleeper (16) or in a plate element resting thereon and is connected to the concrete sleeper by a bolt element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignees: BWG GmbH & Co. KG, VAE GmbH, Pandrol Limited, VAE Eisenbahnsysteme GmbH
    Inventors: Hubertus Höhne, Hans-Ulrich Dietze, Heinz Ossberger, Josef Leitner, John Porrill, David R. Seeley
  • Patent number: 7874527
    Abstract: A rail fastening apparatus fastens an inner stock rail in a railway slide chair assembly. The apparatus includes a base plate. The base plate has on one face a rail seat region on which the inner stock rail sits when the slide chair assembly is in use. A resilient rail fastening clip restrains the inner stock rail. A locating means locates the rail fastening clip in a first position. A loading means vertically deflects the clip so as to produce a load in a toe portion of the clip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignees: Pandrol Limited, VAE Eisenbahnsysteme GmbH, VAE GmbH, BWG GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: John Phillip Porrill, David Ronald Seeley, Heinz Ossberger, Josef Leitner, Hans-Ulrich Dietze, Hubertus Höhne
  • Patent number: 7648080
    Abstract: A rail fixing device including a tensioning clamp extending from a holding element and removably arranged on a ribbed plate on which the rail base is mounted. The ribbed plate is placed on an elastic intermediate layer which is maintained in a required prestressed state by the holding element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignees: BWG GmbH & Co. KG, VAE GmbH, Pandrol Limited, VAE Eisenbahnsysteme GmbH
    Inventors: Hubertus Höhne, Hans-Ulrich Dietze, Heinz Ossberger, Josef Leitner, John Porrill, David R. Seeley
  • Publication number: 20080302881
    Abstract: A rail fastening apparatus for fastening an inner stock rail (2) in a railway slide chair assembly comprises a baseplate (100) having on one face thereof a rail seat region (110) on which the inner stock rail (2) sits when the slide chair assembly is in use, a resilient rail fastening clip (7) for restraining such an inner stock rail (2), the clip (7) comprising an elongate member having at one end a toe portion (71) for bearing on the rail (2), locating means (101, 102) for locating the rail fastening clip (7), which locating means (101, 102) are positioned on the baseplate (100) in a second region (120) spaced from the rail seat region (110), the clip (7) having at its other end a heel portion (72) for engaging the locating, means (101, 102), and the locating means (101, 102) comprising an abutment portion (101a) against which the heel portion (72) of the clip (7) abuts when the apparatus is in use to inhibit withdrawal of the clip (7) from the rail (2), and loading means (9) for vertically deflecting the c
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2005
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Inventors: John Phillip Porrill, David Ronald Seeley, Heinz Ossberger, Josef Leitner, Hans-Ulrich Dietze, Hubertus Hohne
  • Publication number: 20080093472
    Abstract: A rail fixing device including a tensioning clamp extending from a holding element and removably arranged on a ribbed plate on which the rail base is mounted. The ribbed plate is placed on an elastic intermediate layer which is maintained in a required prestressed state by the holding element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2005
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Inventors: Hubertus Hohne, Hans-Ulrich Dietze, Heinz Ossberger, Josef Leitner, John Porrill, David Seeley
  • Publication number: 20070246559
    Abstract: Fastening for a rail and arrangement for fastening of rails The invention relates to a fastening for a rail for securing a rail (10) whose foot is resting on a concrete sleeper (16), comprising at least one elastic clip (20) having several legs of which at least one leg extends inside a shoulder (42, 44) or channel of a holder (24) that is connected to the concrete sleeper, and at least one further leg rests on the rail foot. For securing a rail to the necessary extent with simple design means and in space-saving form, it is suggested that the holder (24, 26) is arranged detachably in the concrete sleeper (16) or in a plate element resting thereon and is connected to the concrete sleeper by a bolt element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2005
    Publication date: October 25, 2007
    Applicants: BWG GMBH & CO., KG, VAE GMBH, PANDROL LIMITED, VAE EISENBAHNSYSTEME GMBH
    Inventors: Hubertus Hohne, Hans-Ulrich Dietze, Heinz Ossberger, Josef Leitner, John Porrill, David Seeley
  • Patent number: 6860433
    Abstract: A bearing for a section of a track includes, along the track sections, profile sections which deviate from each other, especially in the form of points. A plurality of supporting points is provided with a ribbed plate, in addition to an intermediate layer made of an elasticized material disposed between the ribbed plate and an associated railway sleeper. In order to obtain identical subsidences along the sections of track, substantially each support point has an identical maximum subsidence with respect to each excavated track section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Assignees: BWG GmbH & Co. KG, VAE GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Ulrich Dietze, Stefan Schmedders
  • Publication number: 20040035946
    Abstract: A bearing for a section of a track includes, along the track sections, profile sections which deviate from each other, especially in the form of points. A plurality of supporting points is provided with a ribbed plate, in addition to an intermediate layer made of an elasticized material disposed between the ribbed plate and an associated railway sleeper. In order to obtain identical subsidences along the sections of track, substantially each support point has an identical maximum subsidence with respect to each excavated track section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2003
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Inventors: Hans-Ulrich Dietze, Stefan Schmedders
  • Patent number: 6601518
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for securing and/or controlling the final position of a tongue rail (14) that can be adjusted in relation to a rigid rail (12). A catch element extends from said tongue rail and interacts with a lever element in such a manner that in the respective final position of the tongue rail the latter is supported and the position of the tongue rail is measured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignee: Werth Messtechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Albrecht Demmig, Hans-Ulrich Dietze, Hubertus Höhne
  • Patent number: 6527231
    Abstract: The invention relates to a superstructure points device, in particular intended for a grooved rail, comprising a box-like substructure (32) with stock rail (14), if necessary an additional/supporting rail (16) and slide plate (18) on which a tongue rail (20) is slidably mounted. In order to mount the rails of the points device elastically, while also allowing the option of simple removal from the rail/road bed, it is proposed that the box-like substructure (32) is mounted elastically in a stationarily arranged frame (38) of the points device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: BWG Butzbacher Weichenbau GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Hans-Ulrich Dietze, Burkhard Zillien
  • Patent number: 6409092
    Abstract: A superstructure arrangement for a track comprising a rail fastened to a securing device such as a ribbed plate which is disposed above a concrete sleeper, with an intermediate layer extending between the sleeper and the securing device. The rigidity of the intermediate layer is variable and rated so that at the maximum permissible stress in the rail, caused by bending under wheel lead, the elastic property changes to substantially non-elastic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: BWG Butzbacher Weichenbau GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Albrecht Demmig, Hans-Ulrich Dietze, Hubertus Hohne, Sebastian Benenowski
  • Publication number: 20010025904
    Abstract: The invention relates to a superstructure points device, in particular intended for a grooved rail, comprising a box-like substructure (32) with stock rail (14), if necessary an additional/supporting rail (16) and slide plate (18) on which a tongue rail (20) is slidably mounted. In order to mount the rails of the points device elastically, while also allowing the option of simple removal from the rail/road bed, it is proposed that the box-like substructure (32) is mounted elastically in a stationarily arranged frame (38) of the points device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2001
    Publication date: October 4, 2001
    Inventors: Hans-Ulrich Dietze, Burkhard Zillien
  • Patent number: 6062144
    Abstract: A method and device for the elastic bending of a support (16) with at least one bendable end (24), intended in particular for a flexible switch (10). To achieve an elastic line of a finite radius of curvature also at the free end of the support, a bending moment diverging from zero is generated in the elastically bendable end (24) of the support (14) by applying a force coupling to an auxiliary lever (28).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: BWG Butzbacher Weichenbau GmbH
    Inventors: Sebastian Benenowski, Hans-Ulrich Dietze, Erich Nuding, Stefan Schmedders, Rudiger Ziethen
  • Patent number: 6027034
    Abstract: A superstructure arrangement for a track comprising a rail fastened to a securing device such as a ribbed plate which is disposed above a concrete sleeper, with an intermediate layer extending between the sleeper and the securing device. The rigidity of the intermediate layer is variable and rated so that at the maximum permissible stress in the rail, caused by bending under wheel lead, the elastic property changes to substantially non-elastic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2000
    Assignee: BWG Butzbacher Weichenbau GmbH
    Inventors: Albrecht Demmig, Hans-Ulrich Dietze, Hubertus Hohne, Sebastian Benenowski
  • Patent number: 5645216
    Abstract: A bearing system for a part of a railroad track, such as a rail-fastening or ribbed slab (10), supported by elastic elements on, for example, a railroad sleeper. The elastic elements form a spring system with a kinked characteristic curve such that when the spring system is subjected to force that is smaller than the forces active in the operative range (16) of the spring system, the characteristic curve rises steeply and, in the operative range (16), runs flat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 8, 1997
    Assignee: BWG Butzbacher Weichenbau GmbH
    Inventors: Sebastian Benenowski, Albrecht Demmig, Hans-Ulrich Dietze, Alfred Kais, Erich Nuding
  • Patent number: 5390881
    Abstract: A roller assembly for a rail switch tongue used with a stock rail exhibiting reduced friction and resistance to vibration includes roller elements for supporting the switch tongue. Each roller element is supported by elastomer springs, one having a damping and the other having a supporting characteristic. The spring elements are mechanically coupled so that loading of the roller elements by the switch tongue causes a change in the spring length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1995
    Assignee: BWG Butzbacher Weichenbau GmbH
    Inventors: Sebastian Benenowski, Erich Nuding, Hans-Ulrich Dietze