Patents by Inventor Johann Bramauer

Johann Bramauer 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: 11834885
    Abstract: A method detects the wear state of a component of a door drive system of a rail vehicle. The method includes reading a sequence of first motor parameters and second motor parameters, wherein the first motor parameters represent a different physical variable of a motor of the door drive system than the second motor parameters. The method additionally includes checking whether a value which represents the sequence of the first motor parameters satisfies a specified criterion in order to detect the wear state of the component of the door drive system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Inventor: Johann Bramauer
  • Publication number: 20230311956
    Abstract: A light strip device to be secured on or in a window jamb of a window opening of a door leaf of a rail vehicle boarding system in a nondestructively releasable manner, wherein the window opening has a window pane. The light strip device has at least: a) one light strip which is provided with a number of light sources arranged in a mutually spaced manner in rows, and b) one holding and installation profile in which the at least one light strip can be received and which is provided with an attachment to the window jamb, wherein c) the holding and installation profile has at least one light through-opening such that light generated by the light sources can penetrate the light through-openings, and the holding and installation profile is opaque with the exception of the light through-openings or d) the holding and installation profile is at least partly transparent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Johann BRAMAUER, Matthias PECHHACKER, Hannes KLENNER
  • Publication number: 20230104533
    Abstract: A method for checking a boarding system for a vehicle includes receiving and/or reading-in and generating, wherein the receiving, a data signal may be received via an interface to a database, the data signal representing at least one boarding system value of the boarding system stored in the database, wherein in the reading-in, an input signal, which represents a checking value of a checking operation of the boarding system manually input on an input device, may be read in, and the generating generates an electronic checking log using the input signal and/or data signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Johann BRAMAUER, Reinhard EKKER
  • Publication number: 20230070344
    Abstract: A method for generating an individual model may be for use in a test procedure for a rail vehicle entry system, the model having a nominal curve describing a normal state of the entry system. The generation of the individual model for the entry system makes it possible, during a subsequent assessment or examination of a current condition of the entry system, to give more detailed information than, for example, when a model generically generated on a test rig may be used. The method includes at least reading and/or receiving, and generating operations. During reading, a surroundings signal may be read, which represents information on surroundings of the entry system. During receiving, a process signal may be received, which represents process information of the entry system generated during operation of the entry system. During generating, the model may be generated using the surroundings signal and/or the process signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Johann BRAMAUER, Reinhard EKKER
  • Publication number: 20220412146
    Abstract: A method for operating a boarding system for a vehicle includes reading in an inclination signal. The inclination signal represents an inclination of the boarding system relative to a reference. The method also includes reading in at least one movement process of at least one boarding element of the boarding system representing process signals and includes determining an operating signal for operating the boarding system using the inclination signal and the at least one process signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Johann BRAMAUER, Reinhard EKKER
  • Publication number: 20220319242
    Abstract: A method providing maintenance information on a door system for a vehicle that includes reading detected process data with respect to a movement process of a door of the door system, the process data representing a current behavior of at least one drive element of the door system during the movement process, correlating the process data to a position curve of positions of the door during the movement process to generate a characteristic line of the current behavior of the at least one drive element at the positions of the door, comparing the characteristic line with a reference characteristic line which represents a target behavior of the at least one drive element at positions of the door to ascertain a deviation of the characteristic line from the reference characteristic line, and assigning the deviation to a sub-region of the position curve, which is divided into a plurality of sub-regions based on the involvement of different movement elements of the door system in different phases of the movement proces
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Johann BRAMAUER, Reinhard EKKER
  • Publication number: 20220048372
    Abstract: A protection device for a door leaf for a motor vehicle includes a main body, a follower portion and a suspension element. The main body has a fastening side for fastening the main body to the door leaf and a sealing side opposite the fastening side. Furthermore, the main body comprises a first outer portion and a second outer portion. The first outer portion and the second outer portion run between the sealing side and the fastening side. The follower portion is arranged on the sealing side. The suspension element movably connects the follower portion to the main body and is designed to cause an evasive movement of the follower portion away from the fastening side in response to an application of force to the first outer side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Johann BRAMAUER, Thomas HIRTENLEHNER, Helmut SCHAFFER, Peter JETZINGER
  • Publication number: 20210382471
    Abstract: A method for determining a condition of a system is provided, wherein the system has at least one general functional component and at least one safety-critical functional component. The method includes generating a general prediction value and a safety prediction value for the system using at least one input signal that represents condition data relating to the functional components. The general prediction value represents a predicted condition of at least the at least one general functional component. The safety prediction value represents a predicted condition of the at least one safety-critical functional component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventor: Johann BRAMAUER
  • Publication number: 20200270927
    Abstract: A method detects the wear state of a component of a door drive system of a rail vehicle. The method includes reading a sequence of first motor parameters and second motor parameters, wherein the first motor parameters represent a different physical variable of a motor of the door drive system than the second motor parameters. The method additionally includes checking whether a value which represents the sequence of the first motor parameters satisfies a specified criterion in order to detect the wear state of the component of the door drive system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventor: Johann BRAMAUER
  • Patent number: 8113552
    Abstract: A locking device for a sliding door or a swing and sliding door having a door leaf, the lock device comprising a drive train including at least one motor, a drive transmission and a drive spindle. The locking device also comprises a locking transmission and a torque dividing arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Knorr-Bremse Ges. m.b.H.
    Inventors: Alois Ritt, Johann Bramauer
  • Patent number: 8047141
    Abstract: A step drive for a movable step, the step drive being arranged below a swinging-sliding door. The step drive includes an opening-out mechanism located in a lower region of a secondary closing edge of the swinging-sliding door. The opening-out mechanism is connected to and actuated by a door drive and the opening-out mechanism interacts with the movable step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Knorr-Bremse Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung
    Inventor: Johann Bramauer
  • Patent number: 8042773
    Abstract: A method for deactivating a defective door of a train. The method steps include: providing a first door and a first controller; providing a second door and a second controller; providing a separate remote, central activation device configured to transmit an activation signal; determining that a fault has occurred at the second door; and deactivating the second door by an activation signal transmitted from the remote, central activation device via the first controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Knorr-Bremse Gesellschaft mit Beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Johann Bramauer, Karl Reder
  • Publication number: 20090265995
    Abstract: A door leaf for external sliding doors of railway cars. The door leaf includes a frame and at least one partially transparent panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2006
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Inventor: Johann Bramauer
  • Publication number: 20090084909
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for deactivating defective doors or movable steps of a train.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2006
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Inventors: Johann Bramauer, Karl Reder
  • Publication number: 20080256871
    Abstract: A step drive for a movable step, the step drive being arranged below a swinging-sliding door. The step drive includes an opening-out mechanism located in a lower region of a secondary closing edge of the swinging-sliding door. The opening-out mechanism is connected to and actuated by a door drive and the opening-out mechanism interacts with the movable step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2006
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Inventor: Johann Bramauer
  • Publication number: 20080190151
    Abstract: A locking device for a sliding door or a swing and sliding door having a door leaf, the lock device comprising a drive train including at least one motor, a drive transmission and a drive spindle. The locking device also comprises a locking transmission and a torque dividing arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2005
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Applicant: KNORR-BREMSE GES. M.B.H.
    Inventors: Alois Ritt, Johann Bramauer