Patents by Inventor Rainer Wichmann

Rainer Wichmann 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).

  • Publication number: 20250388244
    Abstract: An arrangement for ventilating a compartment in a rail vehicle to reduce a possibly harmful concentration of a gas in the compartment includes a component in the compartment releasing a gas concentration into the compartment in the event of a leak. A passenger accommodation area of the rail vehicle is connected to the outside of the rail vehicle via a ventilation system such that fresh air passes from the outside into said passenger accommodation area, is mixed there with circulating air in said passenger accommodation area, and is subsequently distributed as supply air in said passenger accommodation area. Said passenger accommodation area is connected to the compartment via an air duct configured such that a portion of the supply air is removed from said passenger accommodation area as outgoing air and is conducted in a unidirectional direction into the compartment to ensure a specified gas concentration there.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2023
    Publication date: December 25, 2025
    Inventors: Rainer Wichmann, Herbert Kammerloher, Elvedin Kadic
  • Patent number: 12233688
    Abstract: A refrigeration arrangement for traction vehicles includes a first closed circuit configured as a compression refrigeration machine containing a refrigerant as a first carrier medium, evaporator and condenser. The evaporator absorbs heat into the first circuit. The condenser transfers heat from the first circuit. The first circuit is coupled, via the evaporator, to a closed second circuit containing a liquid second carrier medium for heat transport. The second circuit, for cooling, takes heat and transfers it to the second carrier medium. The heat is conveyed, by the second carrier medium, to the evaporator for transfer to the first circuit. The first circuit is coupled, via the condenser, to a closed third circuit containing a liquid third carrier medium for heat transport. The third circuit causes heat from the first circuit, transferred into the third circuit by the condenser, to be transferred to surroundings with heat from traction systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Siemens Mobility GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Mehlan, Rainer Wichmann
  • Publication number: 20220080809
    Abstract: A refrigeration arrangement for traction vehicles includes a first closed circuit configured as a compression refrigeration machine containing a refrigerant as a first carrier medium, evaporator and condenser. The evaporator absorbs heat into the first circuit. The condenser transfers heat from the first circuit. The first circuit is coupled, via the evaporator, to a closed second circuit containing a liquid second carrier medium for heat transport. The second circuit, for cooling, takes heat and transfers it to the second carrier medium. The heat is conveyed, by the second carrier medium, to the evaporator for transfer to the first circuit. The first circuit is coupled, via the condenser, to a closed third circuit containing a liquid third carrier medium for heat transport. The third circuit causes heat from the first circuit, transferred into the third circuit by the condenser, to be transferred to surroundings with heat from traction systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Markus Mehlan, Rainer Wichmann
  • Patent number: 8764526
    Abstract: An air duct system for vehicles, in particular for passenger rail vehicles, has at least one roof venting duct, which has a component venting duct for warm air and a component venting duct for cold-air. A separating means which is arranged inside the roof venting duct is designed so it can be deformed or is held in a movable fashion in such a way that the cross section of each of the two component venting ducts can be enlarged by making the respective other component venting duct smaller. These changes in cross section are brought about solely by the air pressure and volume flow conditions without external energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Werner Höfler, Rainer Wichmann
  • Publication number: 20090130967
    Abstract: An air duct system for vehicles, in particular for passenger rail vehicles, has at least one roof venting duct, which has a component venting duct for warm air and a component venting duct for cold-air. A separating means which is arranged inside the roof venting duct is designed so it can be deformed or is held in a movable fashion in such a way that the cross section of each of the two component venting ducts can be enlarged by making the respective other component venting duct smaller. These changes in cross section are brought about solely by the air pressure and volume flow conditions without external energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2006
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Inventors: Werner Hofler, Rainer Wichmann