Patents by Inventor Ralf-Christian Oberthur

Ralf-Christian Oberthur 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: 5769400
    Abstract: The present invention is a process and system for controlling the wagon body of a vehicle which can be used alone or in combination with a steel spring system. The control system has comparatively small geometrical dimensions and requires relatively little energy and includes a pressure accumulator connected in parallel to delivery pump 8 of the hydraulic pressure medium. The two devices working together against the pressure of the hydropneumatic pressure accumulator of the body height system. Thus, the pressure accumulator can be charged during the travel of the vehicle so that the pump does not have to be designed according to the peak load in the case of a fast load change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1998
    Assignee: Knorr-Bremse AG
    Inventors: Stefan Holzl, Winfried Hommen, Ralf-Christian Oberthur, Georg Stauble