Patents by Inventor Thorsten Menk

Thorsten Menk 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: 20060170140
    Abstract: The invention relates to a spring device, above all for the rail vehicle sector, particularly for absorbing shocks between a bogie and a superstructure. The spring device encompasses a combination of at least three springs, i.e.: a first spring comprising a pneumatic cushioning diaphragm that is made of an elastomeric material, is provided especially with an embedded strengthening support, particularly in the form of a criss-crossly stacked diaphragm, is fixed to a support plate and a pneumatic spring seat, and encloses an air chamber which has an elastic volume and is connected especially to at least one air supply; a second spring that is disposed between the pneumatic spring seat of the pneumatic cushioning diaphragm and a base and comprises above all a layered spring with at least one elastomer layer, and a third spring that is located above the support plate as an elastic top bearing and comprises especially a layered spring with at least one elastomer layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2004
    Publication date: August 3, 2006
    Inventors: Thorsten Menk, Hans-Harald Kielbasiewicz