Patents by Inventor Thomas Bergk
Thomas Bergk 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).
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Patent number: 11499271Abstract: A switch device including a switch rail (12), the switch device having at least one stock rail (14), a junction rail (32) and a switch rail support (16), and the switch rail and the connecting rail being interconnected by a weld joint (34). The switch rail support (16) includes a through-opening (36) or a recess beneath the weld joint, the width of the through-opening or the recess being wider than the width of the switch rail (12). Furthermore, the length of the through-opening or the recess allows the junction rail (32) to connect to switch rails of the same or different lengths.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2018Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignees: VOESTALPINE BWG GMBH, VOESTALPINE VAE GMBHInventors: Thomas Bergk, Thomas Christ, Jürgen Hellbach, Torsten Nolte
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Patent number: 11473247Abstract: A grooved rail switch device (10) having a switch rail (12), the switch device having a monobloc design and comprising at least one stock rail (14), a junction rail (18) and a switch rail support (23), and the switch rail (12) and the junction rail (18) being mechanically interconnected. The switch rail (12) and the junction rail (18) merge into each other by means of a joint (20) that is S-shaped in the horizontal section.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2018Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignees: VOESTALPINE BWG GMBH, VOESTALPINE VAE GMBHInventors: Thomas Bergk, Thomas Christ, Jürgen Hellbach, Torsten Nolte
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Publication number: 20200217019Abstract: A grooved rail switch device (10) having a switch rail (12), the switch device having a monobloc design and comprising at least one stock rail (14), a junction rail (18) and a switch rail support (23), and the switch rail (12) and the junction rail (18) being mechanically interconnected. The switch rail (12) and the junction rail (18) merge into each other by means of a joint (20) that is S-shaped in the horizontal section.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2018Publication date: July 9, 2020Applicants: VOESTALPINE BWG GMBH, VOESTALPINE VAE GMBHInventors: Thomas BERGK, Thomas CHRIST, Jürgen HELLBACH, Torsten NOLTE
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Publication number: 20200208355Abstract: A switch device including a switch rail (12), the switch device having at least one stock rail (14), a junction rail (32) and a switch rail support (16), and the switch rail and the connecting rail being interconnected by a weld joint (34). The switch rail support (16) includes a through-opening (36) or a recess beneath the weld joint, the width of the through-opening or the recess being wider than the width of the switch rail (12). Furthermore, the length of the through-opening or the recess allows the junction rail (32) to connect to switch rails of the same or different lengths.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2018Publication date: July 2, 2020Applicants: VOESTALPINE BWG GMBH, VOESTALPINE VAE GMBHInventors: Thomas BERGK, Thomas CHRIST, Jürgen HELLBACH, Torsten NOLTE
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Patent number: 9683332Abstract: A superstructure device (10) for a set of points having a switch support which is composed of a block of high-strength steel and which has stock and short point rails which delimit said switch support and are formed integrally from the block, wherein the block is connected to a lower part composed of a material other than the high-strength steel, such as mild steel, and is in particular connected in a materially joined fashion, wherein the block extends essentially over the entire length of a switch rail device as the superstructure device on both sides beyond the switch support, and the lower part is a means of supporting the block in the form of at least two supports which are spaced apart from one another.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2015Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignees: VOESTALPINE BWG GMBH & CO. KG, VOESTALPINE VAE GMBHInventors: Thomas Christ, Thomas Bergk, Jurgen Hellbach, Harald Kopilovitsch
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Publication number: 20160097165Abstract: A superstructure device (10) for a set of points having a switch support which is composed of a block of high-strength steel and which has stock and short point rails which delimit said switch support and are formed integrally from the block, wherein the block is connected to a lower part composed of a material other than the high-strength steel, such as mild steel, and is in particular connected in a materially joined fashion, wherein the block extends essentially over the entire length of a switch rail device as the superstructure device on both sides beyond the switch support, and the lower part is a means of supporting the block in the form of at least two supports which are spaced apart from one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2015Publication date: April 7, 2016Inventors: Thomas CHRIST, Thomas BERGK, Jurgen HELLBACH, Harald KOPILOVITSCH
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Patent number: 9243370Abstract: A superstructure device (10) for a set of points having a switch support which is composed of a block of high-strength steel and which has stock and short point rails which delimit said switch support and are formed integrally from the block, wherein the block is connected to a lower part composed of a material other than the high-strength steel, such as mild steel, and is in particular connected in a materially joined fashion, wherein the block extends essentially over the entire length of a switch rail device as the superstructure device on both sides beyond the switch support, and the lower part is a means of supporting the block in the form of at least two supports which are spaced apart from one another.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2011Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignees: VOESTALPINE BWG GMBH & CO. KG, VOESTALPINE VAE GMBHInventors: Thomas Christ, Thomas Bergk, Jürgen Hellbach, Harald Kopilovitsch
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Publication number: 20130112816Abstract: A superstructure device (10) for a set of points having a switch support which is composed of a block of high-strength steel and which has stock and short point rails which delimit said switch support and are formed integrally from the block, wherein the block is connected to a lower part composed of a material other than the high-strength steel, such as mild steel, and is in particular connected in a materially joined fashion, wherein the block extends essentially over the entire length of a switch rail device as the superstructure device on both sides beyond the switch support, and the lower part is a means of supporting the block in the form of at least two supports which are spaced apart from one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2011Publication date: May 9, 2013Inventors: Thomas Christ, Thomas Bergk, Jürgen Hellbach, Harald Kopilovitsch