Patents by Inventor Thomas Stefani

Thomas Stefani 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: 7490556
    Abstract: A cableway installation has a suspension and hauling cable with transport devices such as cableway gondolas, lift chair, or the like, which are capable of being disconnected from the suspension and hauling cable in the stations. There, they are conveyed along guide rails through the stations and subsequently reconnected to the suspension and hauling cable. The transport devices can be caused to rotate in relation to the suspension rods about an approximately vertical axis by way of a turntable drive unit. A detector device is disposed in the entry area to the stations, by way of which the rotational position of the transport devices is monitored as they enter the stations and switching-off of the cableway gondola installation is occasioned in the event that a preset value for the rotational position is exceeded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: Innova Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Rein, Thomas Stefani
  • Publication number: 20070068416
    Abstract: A cableway installation has a suspension and hauling cable with transport devices such as cableway gondolas, lift chair, or the like, which are capable of being disconnected from the suspension and hauling cable in the stations. There, they are conveyed along guide rails through the stations and subsequently reconnected to the suspension and hauling cable. The transport devices can be caused to rotate in relation to the suspension rods about an approximately vertical axis by way of a turntable drive unit. A detector device is disposed in the entry area to the stations, by way of which the rotational position of the transport devices is monitored as they enter the stations and switching-off of the cableway gondola installation is occasioned in the event that a preset value for the rotational position is exceeded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2006
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Inventors: Christian Rein, Thomas Stefani