Patents by Inventor Ludwig Schlenk

Ludwig Schlenk 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: 6615954
    Abstract: A monitoring system for brake disks, particularly of rail vehicles, having at least two sensors which are arranged in the brake disk or in the proximity of the brake disk and whose sensor signals relate to the temperature of the brake disk. The monitoring system includes at least one transmitter which transmits the sensor signals, and at least one receiver which receives the transmitted sensor signals in a wireless manner. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method of monitoring the temperature of brake disks. The method includes measuring the temperature of at least one brake disk, converting sensor signals to processible values; transmitting the values or the sensor signals to a receiver in one or more of an encoded manner and successively in a timed manner; and processing the received values or sensor signals in one or more of the control unit and the regulating unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: Knorr-Bremse Systeme fur Schienenfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Xaver Wirth, Ludwig Schlenk, Ralf Schmid
  • Publication number: 20020148690
    Abstract: A monitoring system for brake disks, particularly of rail vehicles, having at least one sensor which is arranged in the brake disk or in the proximity of the brake disk and whose sensor signals relate to the temperature of the brake disk. The monitoring system includes at least one transmitter which transmits the sensor signals, and at least one receiver which receives the transmitted sensor signals in a wireless manner. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method of monitoring the temperature of brake disks. The method includes measuring the temperature 6 at least one brake disk, converting sensor signals to processible values; transmitting the values or the sensor signal into a receiver; and processing the received values or senor signals in a control and/or regulating unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2001
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventors: Xaver Wirth, Ludwig Schlenk, Ralf Schmid