Patents by Inventor Michael Harrass

Michael Harrass 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: 10619311
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a base plate for a rail fastening point, in which a rail for a rail vehicle is fastened on a substrate. The base plate includes a main body with a rib structure, which from the underside assigned to the substrate is formed into the main body of the base plate and is formed by ribs and by recesses which surround the ribs and are open to the underside, and to a rail fastening point. The base plate for a rail fastening point can be manufactured in a simple, cost-effective manner and makes it possible to avoid by simple means pressing into a soft substrate. This is achieved in that the base plate additionally includes a cover fastened to the base plate after the manufacture of the main body, which covers the rib structure on the underside of the main body at least in sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Vossloh-Werke GmbH
    Inventors: Dietmar Becker, Michael Harraß, Michael Jonca, Artur Wroblewski, Adrian Bednarczyk
  • Publication number: 20170321381
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a base plate for a rail fastening point, in which a rail for a rail vehicle is fastened on a substrate. The base plate includes a main body with a rib structure, which from the underside assigned to the substrate is formed into the main body of the base plate and is formed by ribs and by recesses which surround the ribs and are open to the underside, and to a rail fastening point. The base plate for a rail fastening point can be manufactured in a simple, cost-effective manner and makes it possible to avoid by simple means pressing into a soft substrate. This is achieved in that the base plate additionally includes a cover fastened to the base plate after the manufacture of the main body, which covers the rib structure on the underside of the main body at least in sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Dietmar Becker, Michael Harraß, Michael Jonca, Artur Wroblewski, Adrian Bednarczyk
  • Publication number: 20150211190
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a plastic dowel for the fastening of a rail on a solid substrate. The plastic dowel includes an opening, and interior, a shank section, and a holding section, which provides at least one circumferential projection around its circumference. The at least one projection protrudes in a radial direction whereby the upper flank of the projection of the holding section assigned to the dowel opening is aligned at an angle of 90°±3° in relation to a longitudinal axis of the plastic dowel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Michael Harraß, Nikolaj Krieg, Martin Gnaczynski, Adrian Bednarczyk, Dietmar Becker
  • Publication number: 20150008265
    Abstract: The invention relates to a plate element (1-5; 100) for fixing a rail (S) in a rail fixing point. The plate element (1-5; 100) can be manufactured according to the invention in a particularly simple and cost-effective manner under optimal usage conditions such that the plate element (1-5; 100) is made up of at least two parts (1a, 2a, 3a, 4a, 5a; 1b, 2b, 3b, 4b, 5b; 101, 102) which are manufactured spatially separate from one another and connected to one another rigidly. In order to manufacture a plate element (1-5) according to the invention the parts (1a, 2a, 3a, 4a, 5a; 1b, 2b, 3b, 4b, 5b; 101, 102) are first generated in a first step in spatially separate tools and in a second step are then joined to the plate element (1-5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Michael Harrass, Adrian Bednarczyk, Dietmar Becker, Ulrich Levermann, Nikolaj Krieg
  • Publication number: 20140371373
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a component for rail fixing systems manufactured from a fibre-reinforced plastics material which consists of a basic plastics material and reinforcement fibres integrated therein. The component for rail fixing systems according to the invention can be manufactured from plastics materials in a cost-effective manner and combines a low weight with a mechanical resilience optimally matching the requirements with the greatest possible level of design freedom. This is achieved by manufacturing the component by using injection moulding compounding and the length of the reinforcement fibres being an average of at least 200 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: Vossloh-Werke GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Harrass, Dietmar Becker, Bernd Schulte
  • Publication number: 20130228634
    Abstract: Screw dowel for concreting into a railway sleeper or ballastless track and frictionally connecting to a sleeper screw, containing a threaded portion (14) with external thread flights (18) arranged on the outside of the screw dowel (10) and with internal thread flights (19) arranged on the inside of the screw dowel; and an upper subportion (16) without external thread that is situated close to the dowel opening (26) in the installed state; the screw dowel containing two constituent parts made of different materials, namely a basic body made of plastic and a cylindrical ring (20) made of a steel material and mounted with a form fit and/or force fit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: VOSSLOH WERKE GMBH
    Inventors: Winfried Bosterling, Michael Harrass, Dierk Bressel
  • Publication number: 20120228394
    Abstract: A profiled element for damping sound vibrations on rail lines including a first main surface, which is designed and dimensioned such that it can be attached as a support surface to sections of the rail web without having to provide an adhesive layer, wherein the profiled element further has at least one recess on a front surface located opposite of the support surface, wherein the at least one recess in the front surface is designed for the positive engagement of an elastic fixing element for fixing the profiled element against the rail web, and at least one widened region of the profiled element in the region of the front surface, said widened region present in the lower region of the front surface in an installed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2010
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: VOSSLOH WERKE GMBH
    Inventors: Winfried Bösterling, Michael Harrass, Jörg Happe, Dirk Vorderbrück
  • Publication number: 20120031991
    Abstract: The invention provides a system for fastening a rail in place and a rail fastener which, while being simple to install, allow a large measure of freedom in the production of the components required and at the same time have great practical utility. To this end a system according to the invention for fastening a rail to a fixed bottom support comprises: a base plate produced from a plastics material, an intermediate layer which is arranged between the base plate and the fixed bottom support, a carrier plate which is arranged between the intermediate layer and the bottom support, a resilient member to hold down the rail which is to be fastened in place, a clamping bolt to brace the resilient member against the base plate, and a fastening member for fastening the base plate to the fixed bottom support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: Vossloh-Werke GmbH
    Inventors: Winfried Bösterling, Lutz Rademacher, Adrian Bednarczyk, André Hunold, Michael Harraß
  • Publication number: 20110068185
    Abstract: The invention provides a system for fastening a rail in place and a rail fastener which, while being simple to install, allow a large measure of freedom in the production of the components required and at the same time have great practical utility. To this end a system according to the invention for fastening a rail to a fixed bottom support: a base plate produced from a plastics material, an intermediate layer which is arranged between the base plate and the fixed bottom support, a carrier plate which is arranged between the intermediate layer and the bottom support, a resilient member to hold down the rail which is to be fastened in place, a clamping bolt to brace the resilient member against the base plate, and a fastening member for fastening the base plate to the fixed bottom support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2009
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: VOSSLOH-WERKE GMBH
    Inventors: Winfried Bösterling, Lutz Rademacher, Adrian Bednarczyk, André Hunold, Michael Harraß