Patents by Inventor Werner Hufenbach

Werner Hufenbach 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: 11964443
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for connecting a connection piece to a U-shaped ring anchor for a head module for rail vehicles, the head module consisting predominantly of fiber-reinforced plastic material and having an outer shell and the ring anchor consisting of fiber-reinforced plastic material and being arranged in the roof region of the outer shell as a stiffening means. According to the method, connecting elements are fed through the dry or matrix-material-impregnated, unconsolidated fiber reinforcement structure of the ring anchor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignees: CRRC QINGDAO SIFANG CO., LTD., CG RAIL—CHINESISCH-DEUTSCHES FORSCHUNGS- UND ENTWICKLUNGSZENTRUM FÜR BAHN- UND VERKEHRSTECHNIK DRESDEN GMBH
    Inventors: Jian Du, Peng Lin, Dongfang Chen, Zhengmin Zhang, Yonggui Zhang, Chunpeng Cao, Werner Hufenbach, Andreas Ulbricht
  • Publication number: 20240002044
    Abstract: The invention relates to a flight unit for a vertical take-off and landing aircraft with a plurality of drive units arranged on a wing assembly, wherein the wing assembly comprises longitudinally extended wing assembly struts connected to one another at node points. According to the invention, a certain number of the wing assembly struts each comprise at least one wing with aerofoil form, which wing is arranged or configured for rotation in a longitudinal section of the wing assembly strut which extends longitudinally between two nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Werner HUFENBACH, Jens WERNER
  • Publication number: 20240002043
    Abstract: The invention relates to a transport unit (1) for a vertical take-off and landing aircraft (100) for transporting people and/or loads. The transport unit (1) comprises a transport facility (2), at least one fastening element (3), configured for fastening the transport unit (1) to a flight unit (10) of the aircraft (100), and a positioning device (4). The positioning device (4) is configured for changing and fixing an inclined position of the transport facility (2) with respect to the at least one fastening element (3). In addition, a vertical take-off and landing aircraft for transporting people and/or loads, having a flight unit (10) and a transport unit (1) fastened to the flight unit (10), and a control unit (16) for controlling such an aircraft (100) are specified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Werner HUFENBACH, Jens WERNER
  • Publication number: 20230166777
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bogie for a rail vehicle characterized by a high lightweight construction potential. The bogie (1, 1*, 1**) according to the invention has, for primary suspension, a torsion spring system (12) in the inner volume of which a roll stabilizer having a torsion rod (11) is arranged in a torsionally movable manner. The roll stabilizer can be articulated to the car body of the rail vehicle or to the torsion spring system (12). The bogie (1, 1*, 1**) according to the invention advantageously has a particularly large installation space for built-in components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicants: CRRC QINGDAO SIFANG CO., LTD., CG RAIL - CHINESISCH-DEUTSCHES FORSCHUNGS- UND ENTWICKLUNGSZENTRUM FÜR BAHN
    Inventors: Andreas ULBRICHT, Werner HUFENBACH, Florian ZEIDLER, Sansan DING, Zhenxian ZHANG, Yulong GAO, Xiongfei ZHANG, Dawei RUAN, Chao SU, Kejian LIU, Xin CAO
  • Publication number: 20230121845
    Abstract: An aircraft that takes off and lands vertically for transporting people and/or loads, and a method for operating same. The aircraft comprises: a flying unit having a framework structure formed in a plane E, drive units arranged on the framework structure and air-guiding devices each having an adjustable angle of incidence which can be varied between a minimum and maximum angle of incidence; a transport unit comprising a conveying pod and connection device for connecting the conveying pod to the flying unit, the connection device comprising an elongate shaft connecting the conveying pod at one end; and an articulated coupling device for connecting the flying unit to the other end of the elongate shaft. An adjustable tilt angle ? of the flying unit can be varied between a minimum angle ?min of 0° ? ?min < 30° and a maximum tilt angle ?max = 90°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventor: Werner HUFENBACH
  • Patent number: 11505219
    Abstract: A device for connecting a cross member for receiving pivot pins on two lower longitudinal members of a car body for a rail vehicle. The cross member has a transversal part that connects the two longitudinal members to each other in the region of the connection, and a longitudinal part that extends to the closest car front. The lower longitudinal members extend over the complete length of the car body and consist of multi-chamber hollow profiles made of a fibre composite material. The number of chambers of the multi-chamber hollow profile of each longitudinal member is reduced in the region of the connection such that the wall material of at least one chamber was removed in such a way that the webs to the adjacent chambers are exposed. At these places, load-introducing elements engage, to which load-introducing elements the cross member is attached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignees: CRRC QINGDAO SIFANG CO., LTD., CG RAIL—CHINESISCH-DEUTSCHES FORSCHUNGS- UND ENTWICKLUNGSZENTRUM FÜR BAHN- UND VERKEHRSTECHNIK DREDEN GMBH
    Inventors: Jianying Liang, Chongcheng Zhong, Jiajie He, Junhai Liang, Jian Du, Dawei Ruan, Werner Hufenbach, Andreas Ulbricht
  • Patent number: 11370463
    Abstract: The application relates to roof segments for constructing a roof of a carriage body for a rail vehicle for passenger transport, in particular for use in short-haul operation, such as underground and suburban trains, the rail vehicles or the train units formed by same must be accelerated and decelerated at short intervals. The roof segments are designed in the form of plates, shells or half-shells and consist of an outer wall and an inner wall at a distance to same. At least two roof segments are configured in such a way that the protruding region of the outer wall or inner wall of one roof segment is interlockingly, force-lockingly and/or integrally connected to the non-protruding region of the outer wall or inner wall of the neighbouring roof segment. The roof segments consist at least partially of a fibre-reinforced plastic composite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignees: CRRC QINGDAO SIFANG CO., LTD., CG RAIL—CHINESISCH-DEUTSCHES FORSCHUNGS—UND ENTWICKLUNGSZENTRUM FÜR BAHN—UND VERKEHRSTECHNIK DRESDEN GMBH
    Inventors: Shaoqing Liu, Zhicheng Guo, Zhengyu Song, Dongyuan Liu, Jiajie He, Qinshu Tu, Werner Hufenbach, Andreas Ulbricht
  • Patent number: 11352721
    Abstract: A circular loom for weaving a weaving core along a weaving axis with at least one shuttle, which comprises a weft thread spool and is movable along a circular orbit path around the weaving core. The orbit path is formed of first track segments arranged one after the other along its circumference and at least one movably arranged or designed guide device is provided, which guides at least one warp thread provided from a warp thread spool on a warp spool device and on which at least a first track segment of the orbit path and at least a second track segment alternatively assignable to the orbit path are arranged and guided, where in the guided absence of the first and second track segment from the orbit path the guided warp thread, crossing the track plane, passes through the orbit path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: INNOTEC LIGHTWEIGHT ENGINEERING & POLYMER TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventor: Werner Hufenbach
  • Patent number: 11352027
    Abstract: The invention relates to a head module for a rail vehicle, said head module being suitable to be detachably fixed to the front face of a subsequent railcar unit without additional underframe. The head module consists of an inner and an outer shell and includes three systems which convert, in the event of a crash, the collision energy into a deformation one after the other or simultaneously and substantially independently of another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignees: CRRC QINGDAO SIFANG CO., LTD., CG RAIL—CHINESISCH-DEUTSCHES FORSCHUNGS—UND ENTWICKLUNGSZENTRUM FÜR BAHN—UND VERKEHRSTECHNIK DRESDEN GMBH
    Inventors: Sansan Ding, Yuanmu Zhong, Hengkui Li, Xiangang Song, Lu Jin, Qinfeng Wang, Bingsong Wang, Werner Hufenbach, Andreas Ulbricht
  • Patent number: 11331865
    Abstract: The application relates to a method for producing a hollow support from a fiber composite material, to a core designed as a hollow body, to the use of said core, and to the use of said hollow support made from fiber composite material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignees: CRRC QINGDAO SIFANG CO., LTD., CG RAIL-CHINESISCH-DEUTSCHES FORSCHUNGS-UND ENTWICKLUNGSZENTRUM FüR BAHN-UND VERKEHRSTECHNIK DRESDEN GMBH
    Inventors: Sansan Ding, Xiaojun Deng, Yuwen Liu, Xu Chen, Li Dong, Mao Cai, Xu Zhang, Werner Hufenbach, Andreas Ulbricht
  • Patent number: 11318967
    Abstract: The application relates to a crash system for the head module of a rail vehicle, said head module being detachably fixed to the front face of a subsequent railcar unit without additional underframe. The crash system has a crash conduction element that carries a crash box at its front end and the back end of which is fixed to the underframe support of the subsequent railcar unit. In the event of a crash, crash forces are thus absorbed by the underframe of the subsequent railcar unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignees: CRRC QINGDAO SIFANG CO., LTD., CG RAIL—CHINESISCH-DEUTSCHES FORSCHUNGS—UND ENTWICKLUNGSZENTRUM FÜR BAHN—UND VERKEHRSTECHNIK DRESDEN GMBH
    Inventors: Sansan Ding, Honglei Tian, Peng Lin, Junshuang Cai, Qing Xu, Letian Teng, Dawei Ruan, Chongcheng Zhong, Werner Hufenbach, Andreas Ulbricht
  • Patent number: 11254335
    Abstract: The invention relates to bogies for railway vehicles with at least two wheelsets mounted in axleboxes and at least one transverse member. The bogies are in particular characterized in that they have a lightweight design and can be produced at low cost. The axleboxes of a wheelset are articulated to the transverse member via two axle levers so that the axle levers form an H shape with the axleboxes and the transverse member. The transverse member has at least two torsion bars arranged in parallel to the axles of the wheelsets, said torsion bars being firmly connected to the transverse member. The torsion bars have spring levers so that the end portion of the spring lever not connected to the torsion bar acts upon the axlebox.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignees: CRRC QINGDAO SIFANG CO., LTD., CG RAIL—CHINESISCH-DEUTSCHES FORSCHUNGS—UND ENTWICKLUNGSZENTRUM FÜR BAHN—UND VERKEHRSTECHNIK DRESDEN GMBH
    Inventors: Lijun Ma, Pingyu Zhou, Houli Sun, Xiongfei Zhang, Yunjie Fan, Xiaoming Wang, Werner Hufenbach, Andreas Ulbricht
  • Publication number: 20210331718
    Abstract: The application relates to roof segments for constructing a roof of a carriage body for a rail vehicle for passenger transport, in particular for use in short-haul operation, such as underground and suburban trains, the rail vehicles or the train units formed by same must be accelerated and decelerated at short intervals. The roof segments are designed in the form of plates, shells or half-shells and consist of an outer wall and an inner wall at a distance to same. At least two roof segments are configured in such a way that the protruding region of the outer wall or inner wall of one roof segment is interlockingly, force-lockingly and/or integrally connected to the non-protruding region of the outer wall or inner wall of the neighbouring roof segment. The roof segments consist at least partially of a fibre-reinforced plastic composite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicants: CRRC QINGDAO SIFANG CO., LTD., CG RAIL - CHINESISCH-DEUTSCHES FORSCHUNGS- UND ENTWICKLUNGSZENTRUM FÜR BAHN- UND VERKEHRSTECHNIK DRE
    Inventors: Shaoqing LIU, Zhicheng GUO, Zhengyu SONG, Dongyuan LIU, Jiajie HE, Qinshu TU, Werner HUFENBACH, Andreas ULBRICHT
  • Patent number: 11155941
    Abstract: A circular loom for weaving a weaving core with at least one shuttle, which has a weft thread spool and is movable along a circular orbit path around the weaving core. At least one guide device, designed to guide at least one warp thread provided from a warp thread spool on a warp spool device, is movably arranged or designed outside a track plane enclosed by the outer circumference of the circular orbit path, the guided warp thread, crossing the track plane, passing through a recess in the circular orbit path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: INNOTEC LIGHTWEIGHT ENGINEERING & POLYMER TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventor: Werner Hufenbach
  • Patent number: 11078979
    Abstract: A torsion spring may be configured as a torsion bar or a helical spring made of a spring wire made of fiber-composite material. The torsion spring may have a plurality of layers of fiber reinforcement that have been saturated with a matrix material, wherein the layers may have fibers that are tension-loaded and fibers that are compression-loaded. The at least one compression-loaded group may have a lower group stiffness than the tension-loaded group with the highest group stiffness. Methods for designing or making torsion springs made of fiber-composite material are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignees: ThyssenKrupp Federn und Stabilisatoren GmbH, ThyssenKrupp AG
    Inventors: Jörn Kiele, Werner Hufenbach, Martin Lepper, Jens Werner
  • Patent number: 11014311
    Abstract: Disclosed are a connecting arrangement of a fiber composite component with a second component and a process for producing the arrangement. The second component comprises at least one flat section having one or more cut-outs which pass through the flat section. The flat section is arranged between at least two sublayers of the fiber composite component and at least one of the at least two sublayers with a layer thickness SF comprises one or more embossments which have an essentially even layer thickness SF and are molded into the one or more cut-outs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: LEICHTBAU-ZENTRUM SACHSEN GMBH
    Inventors: Martin Lepper, Werner Hufenbach, Enrico Ladusch, Jens Werner, André Kiessling
  • Publication number: 20210032784
    Abstract: The invention relates to a circular loom for weaving a weaving core with at least one shuttle, which has a weft thread spool and is movable along a circular orbit path around the weaving core. At least one guide device, designed to guide at least one warp thread provided from a warp thread spool on a warp spool device, is movably arranged or designed outside a track plane enclosed by the outer circumference of the circular orbit path, the guided warp thread, crossing the track plane, passing through a recess in the circular orbit path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventor: Werner HUFENBACH
  • Publication number: 20210025087
    Abstract: The invention relates to a circular loom for weaving a weaving core along a weaving axis with at least one shuttle, which comprises a weft thread spool and is movable along a circular orbit path around the weaving core. The orbit path is formed of first track segments arranged one after the other along its circumference and at least one movably arranged or designed guide device is provided, which guides at least one warp thread provided from a warp thread spool on a warp spool device and on which at least a first track segment of the orbit path and at least a second track segment alternatively assignable to the orbit path are arranged and guided, where in the guided absence of the first and second track segment from the orbit path the guided warp thread, crossing the track plane, passes through the orbit path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventor: Werner HUFENBACH
  • Patent number: 10710663
    Abstract: The invention relates to a two-wheeled vehicle frame with two frame half-shells (1, 1?) which are joined so as to form a support frame (3), thereby forming at least one inner cavity (2). The support frame (3) has at least one separating surface (4) on which the two frame half-shells (1, 1?) rest against each other. The support frame (3) preferably has receiving areas (5, 6, 7) for a handlebar tube and/or a bottom bracket and/or an operator seat tube. The support frame (3) forms a rear structure (8) for assembling a rear wheel (9) at the rear end when seen in the travel direction (z). In order to form the rear structure (8), a left-hand support brace (10) when seen in the travel direction (z) and a right-hand support brace (11) when seen in the travel direction (z) are provided such that the rear wheel (8) can be mounted between the two support braces (10, 11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignees: REHAU AG + CO, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT DRESDEN, STORCK BICYCLE GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Jedrzejowski, Christian Garthaus, Martin Pohl, Michael Stegelmann, Michael Krahl, Werner Hufenbach, Georg Luttermann, Jens Buder
  • Patent number: 10711376
    Abstract: Circular weaving machine for weaving a weaving core (1), including at least one shuttle (5) which has a weft yarn bobbin (7) and can be moved along a circular continuous track around the weaving core (1), and warp coil devices (10), each of which having a warp yarn bobbin (11). The warp coil devices (10) are designed to be movable, the travel path of the warp coil devices (10) with the warp yarn bobbin (11) extending through a weaving plane (6) enclosed by the circular continuous track (2, 23).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: INNOTEC LIGHTWEIGHT ENGINEERING & POLYMER TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventor: Werner Hufenbach