Patents by Inventor Jean-Marc Forclaz

Jean-Marc Forclaz 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).

  • Bogie for variable rail gauge and changing station of the rail gauge
    Patent number: 8590459
    Abstract: The bogie of variable rail gauge comprises two lateral carrier mountings (1;2) with two wheels (1?, 1?, 2?, 2?) independent of each others, which lean one against the other, forming between them an articulation (3) allowing a variation of the rail bogie in sliding between the traverses forming part of the two lateral carrier mountings (1;2), entirely, allowing anytime a relative rotation or tipping, respectively, between the traverses (2;3) in the vertical planes of the wheels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Compagnie du Chemin de fer Montreux-Oberland Bernois SA
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Forclaz, Cedric Giller
  • BOGIE FOR VARIABLE RAIL GAUGE AND CHANGING STATION OF THE RAIL GAUGE
    Publication number: 20100319564
    Abstract: The bogie of variable rail gauge comprises two lateral carrier mountings (1;2) with two wheels (1?, 1?, 2?, 2?) independent of each others, which lean one against the other, forming between them an articulation (3) allowing a variation of the rail bogie in sliding between the traverses forming part of the two lateral carrier mountings (1;2), entirely, allowing anytime a relative rotation or tipping, respectively, between the traverses (2;3) in the vertical plains of the wheels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Forclaz, Cédric Giller