Patents by Inventor Thomas WILLIDAL

Thomas WILLIDAL 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).

  • Device for force transfer between chassis frame and carriage body of a rail vehicle
    Patent number: 10676111
    Abstract: A device for force transfer between a chassis frame and a carriage body of a rail vehicle includes a plurality of lemniscate links which are connected to the chassis frame via first joints, a yoke having a middle linking point in which the carriage body can be mounted, wherein the plurality of lemniscate links are connected to the yoke via second joints and form a Z-shaped assembly, where elastically deformable elements are arranged in the in the yoke and the first and second joints, and includes limiting means for receiving impact loads that exceed the operating load so as to limit the maximum deflection of the middle linking point of the yoke in a tractive force direction parallel to a tractive force acting on the chassis frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: SIEMENS MOBILITY AUSTRIA GMBH
    Inventors: Christian Karner, Radovan Seifried, Thomas Willidal
  • Device for Force Transfer Between Chassis Frame and Carriage Body of a Rail Vehicle
    Publication number: 20180065648
    Abstract: A device for force transfer between a chassis frame and a carriage body of a rail vehicle includes a plurality of lemniscate links which are connected to the chassis frame via first joints, a yoke having a middle linking point in which the carriage body can be mounted, wherein the plurality of lemniscate links are connected to the yoke via second joints and form a Z-shaped assembly, where elastically deformable elements are arranged in the in the yoke and the first and second joints, and includes limiting means for receiving impact loads that exceed the operating load so as to limit the maximum deflection of the middle linking point of the yoke in a tractive force direction parallel to a tractive force acting on the chassis frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Christian Karner, Radovan SEIFRIED, Thomas WILLIDAL