Patents by Inventor Helmut Elsner

Helmut Elsner 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).

  • Method of producing a rail-bound rail vehicle for passenger transport
    Patent number: 6134787
    Abstract: A method of producing a rail-bound rail vehicle for passenger transport, includes providing at least one trough-like superstructure with a floor and adjoining side walls formed in a framework construction from side-wall posts, lower longitudinal members and upper longitudinal flanges or chords. The upper longitudinal flanges are supported against one another by connecting members. The side walls have windows and access areas with doors. The side-wall posts are disposed in a zigzag manner and are rigidly connected to the lower longitudinal members and the upper longitudinal flanges, and serve as supporting elements for the windows and side paneling elements fastened thereto. The superstructure is assembled from shaped pieces and bar parts which have been cut to length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Helmut Elsner, Ferdinand Tegeler, Hans-Dieter Eisbrecher
  • Rail vehicle
    Patent number: 5918548
    Abstract: A method of producing a rail-bound rail vehicle for passenger transport, includes providing at least one trough-like superstructure with a floor and adjoining side walls formed in a framework construction from side-wall posts, lower longitudinal members and upper longitudinal flanges or chords. The upper longitudinal flanges are supported against one another by connecting members. The side walls have windows and access areas with doors. The side-wall posts are disposed in a zigzag manner and are rigidly connected to the lower longitudinal members and the upper longitudinal flanges, and serve as supporting elements for the windows and side paneling elements fastened thereto. The superstructure is assembled from shaped pieces and bar parts which have been cut to length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1999
    Assignee: ABB Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Helmut Elsner, Ferdinand Tegeler, Hans-Dieter Eisbrecher