Patents by Inventor Winfried Hommen

Winfried Hommen 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: 7874254
    Abstract: A device for the secondary suspension of a body of a rail vehicle, the device comprising a spring element which is between the body and a bogie and to ensure at least one raised transport level for the body during the journey of the rail vehicle. The spring element can be compressed by a traction cylinder when the rail vehicle is stationary, in order to adjust a sunken platform level for the body, which is arranged below the raised driving level. The traction cylinder is provided with means for mechanically decoupling the advancing movement of the body from a pressure reduction in the pressure chamber of the traction cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Knorr-Bremse Systeme für Schienenfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Lehmair, Eduard Nies, Winfried Hommen, Martin Waldstein, Ralf Oberthur
  • Publication number: 20080210119
    Abstract: A device for the secondary suspension of a body of a rail vehicle, the device comprising a spring element which is between the body and a bogie and to ensure at least one raised transport level for the body during the journey of the rail vehicle. The spring element can be compressed by a traction cylinder when the rail vehicle is stationary, in order to adjust a sunken platform level for the body, which is arranged below the raised driving level. The traction cylinder is provided with means for mechanically decoupling the advancing movement of the body from a pressure reduction in the pressure chamber of the traction cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2006
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicant: KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUR SCHENENFAHRZEUGE GMBH
    Inventors: Martin Lehmair, Eduard Nies, Winfried Hommen, Martin Waldstein, Ralf Oberthur
  • Patent number: 7243606
    Abstract: A secondary suspension system for a rail vehicle includes a superstructure, a bogie arranged below the superstructure, a hydropneumatic spring unit located between the superstructure and the bogie, and at least one emergency spring cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: Knorr-Bremse Systeme fur Schienenfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Winfried Hommen, Henry Kirsch, Eduard Nies, Martin Waldstein, Reinhard Loebner
  • Patent number: 7185592
    Abstract: A secondary suspension for a rail vehicle includes a superstructure, a bogie and a steel spring arranged between the superstructure and the bogie. The steel spring ensures at least one raised traveling level for the superstructure when the rail vehicle is traveling. Further included is a tension cylinder. When the rail vehicle is stopped, the steel spring is compressed by the tension cylinder to adjust the superstructure to a lowered station platform level below the at least one traveling level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: Knorr-Bremse Systeme fur Schienenfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Winfried Hommen, Henry Kirsch, Martin Lehmair, Reinhard Loebner, Martin Waldstein, Ralf Oberthür
  • Patent number: 7168370
    Abstract: System for the secondary suspension of a superstructure (1) of a rail vehicle, having a hydropneumatic spring unit (3), with an assigned suspension accumulator (7) as an active spring element, placed between the superstructure (1) and a bogie (2) arranged below it, which active spring element ensures at least one raised travelling level (NF) for the superstructure during the travel of the rail vehicle, in which case, by way of the hydropneumatic spring unit (3), by means of a level control, in addition to the raised travelling level (NF), a lowered station platform level (NB) for the superstructure (1) can also be adjusted, the suspension accumulator (7) being blockable when the rail vehicle is stopped in order to relieve the level control during a change of load, and in that, for an emergency operation caused by a pressure drop, additionally at least one emergency spring cylinder (18) is provided which, in the event of a pressure failure, by means of an independent moving-out, ensures an emergency spring lev
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Knorr-Bremse Systeme für Schienenfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Winfried Hommen, Henry Kirsch, Martin Lehmair, Reinhard Loebner, Martin Waldstein, Ralf Oberthür
  • Publication number: 20050204951
    Abstract: System for the secondary suspension of a superstructure (1) of a rail vehicle, having a hydropneumatic spring unit (3), with an assigned suspension accumulator (7) as an active spring element, placed between the superstructure (1) and a bogie (2) arranged below it, which active spring element ensures at least one raised travelling level (NF) for the superstructure during the travel of the rail vehicle, in which case, by way of the hydropneumatic spring unit (3), by means of a level control, in addition to the raised travelling level (NF), a lowered station platform level (NB) for the superstructure (1) can also be adjusted, the suspension accumulator (7) being blockable when the rail vehicle is stopped in order to relieve the level control during a change of load, and in that, for an emergency operation caused by a pressure drop, additionally at least one emergency spring cylinder (18) is provided which, in the event of a pressure failure, by means of an independent moving-out, ensures an emergency spring lev
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2004
    Publication date: September 22, 2005
    Inventors: Winfried Hommen, Henry Kirsch, Martin Lehmair, Reinhard Loebner, Martin Waldstein, Ralf Oberthur
  • Publication number: 20050183624
    Abstract: A secondary suspension for a rail vehicle includes a superstructure, a bogie and a steel spring arranged between the superstructure and the bogie. The steel spring ensures at least one raised traveling level for the superstructure when the rail vehicle is traveling. Further included is a tension cylinder. When the rail vehicle is stopped the steel spring is compressed by the tension cylinder to adjust the superstructure to a lowered station platform level below the at least one traveling level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2004
    Publication date: August 25, 2005
    Inventors: Winfried Hommen, Henry Kirsch, Martin Lehmair, Reinhard Loebner, Martin Waldstein, Ralf Oberthur
  • Publication number: 20050183627
    Abstract: System for the secondary suspension of a superstructure (1) in the case of a rail vehicle, having a hydropneumatic spring unit (3) as an active spring element which is placed between the superstructure (1) and a bogie (2) arranged below it and which ensures at least one raised traveling level (NF) for the superstructure when the rail vehicle is traveling, by way of the hydropneumatic spring unit (3) as the active spring element, in the normal operation, in addition to the raised traveling level (NF), a lowered station platform level (NB) being adjustable for the superstructure (1), additionally at least one emergency spring cylinder (8) being provided which, when the system fails, ensures an emergency spring level (NN) situated in-between for an emergency operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2004
    Publication date: August 25, 2005
    Inventors: Winfried Hommen, Henry Kirsch, Eduard Nies, Martin Waldstein, Reinhard Loebner
  • Publication number: 20020060384
    Abstract: A hydropneumatic suspension system arranged on a bogie for a vehicle, particularly for a rail vehicle, and one hydropneumatic suspension unit respectively which is contained in the suspension system. For this purpose, the spring accumulator, the reservoir, the tank and the control unit are arranged in the area of the at least one spring strut, so that an essentially self-sufficient suspension unit is obtained. The suspension system may be used and connected to a levelling unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2001
    Publication date: May 23, 2002
    Applicant: Knorr-Bremse System fur Schienenfahrzeuge GmbH, a German corporation
    Inventors: Bernd Kazmeier, Christian Courth, Stefan Holzl, Winfried Hommen
  • Patent number: 5769400
    Abstract: The present invention is a process and system for controlling the wagon body of a vehicle which can be used alone or in combination with a steel spring system. The control system has comparatively small geometrical dimensions and requires relatively little energy and includes a pressure accumulator connected in parallel to delivery pump 8 of the hydraulic pressure medium. The two devices working together against the pressure of the hydropneumatic pressure accumulator of the body height system. Thus, the pressure accumulator can be charged during the travel of the vehicle so that the pump does not have to be designed according to the peak load in the case of a fast load change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1998
    Assignee: Knorr-Bremse AG
    Inventors: Stefan Holzl, Winfried Hommen, Ralf-Christian Oberthur, Georg Stauble
  • Patent number: 5147114
    Abstract: The electrically controllable pressure medium brake comprises an electric pressure means (EP) converter (1) to convert an electrical brake request signal into a brake pressure. By way of an emergency brake valve (1), this brake pressure (in the normal case) and a vehicle load-dependent emergency brake pressure limited by a limiting valve (12) (in an emergency), is fed to the brake cylinder (14). For vehicle load-dependent limitation of the emergency brake pressure, a second EP converter (1a) generates from a vehicle load-dependent, electrical signal a vehicle load-dependent pressure medium pressure, which is stored in a pressure medium reservoir (18) and is fed to the limiting valve (12) in order to control it. The second EP converter (1a) is closed in the currentless state, during a power failure, whereby the vehicle load-dependent pressure medium pressure is preserved and the limiting valve (12) can thus continue to limit the emergency brake pressure as a function of the vehicle load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1992
    Assignee: Knorr-Bremse AG
    Inventors: Winfried Hommen, Georg Stauble, Thomas Storzinger, Tiberius Wieser, Thomas Wissler
  • Patent number: 4682823
    Abstract: The electrically controllable brake, preferably pressure actuated brake for vehicles has a control device (13) which, controlled by a brake demand signal, monitors the release of an appropriate braking power or a corresponding braking pressure. For the vehicle load dependent limitation of the braking force or the braking pressure, a vehicle load signal, present as electrical signal value, is led to a modem (38 to 45), which converts the electrical signal value into a mechanical signal value (prestress of the control spring 36). The mechanical signal value directly controls a limiting device (pressure limiting valve 11) which serves for the vehicle load dependent limitation of the braking power or the braking pressure to be delivered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1987
    Assignee: Knorr-Bremse AG
    Inventors: Winfried Hommen, Georg Stauble, Tiberius Wieser
  • Patent number: 4592597
    Abstract: Hydraulic vehicle brake comprising a hydraulic accumulator (1), a brake valve adjustment device (4) supplied thereby, and a brake pressure line section (7) to the brake cylinders attached to the latter via an emergency brake valve (6). In the emergency braking position of the emergency brake valve, this connection is broken, and the brake pressure line section is directly connected to the hydraulic accumulator via a nozzle (10) which is bridged by a cylinder (13) in which a piston is sealingly displaceable. A spring (17) biases the piston in the displacement direction to the accumulator side end connection (11) of the cylinder. During emergency braking, the piston (14) first forces an amount of hydraulic medium sufficient for brake application out of the brake cylinder side chamber (16) of the cylinder (13). This is followed by a damped increase in brake pressure through additional supply of hydraulic medium from the hydraulic accumulator (1) through the nozzle (10) into the brake cylinders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 3, 1986
    Assignee: Knorr-Bremse GmbH
    Inventors: Winfried Hommen, Georg Stauble, Tiberius Wieser
  • Patent number: 4266572
    Abstract: The electrohydraulic directional control valve system includes a preliminary directional control valve and a main control valve, the latter having a control spool which is normally brought into its neutral or blocking position by means of two springs arranged in pressure chambers at respective ends of the control spool. The preliminary control valve has a sliding spool which at one end is urged by a spring into an additional safety position in which the pressure chambers of the main control valve are interconnected and pressure relieved, and the intake of the pressure fluid is blocked. A single proportionally operating solenoid counteracts the spring at the other end of the control spool of the preliminary control valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1981
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Eckard Schuttenberg, Manfred Hauser, Winfried Hommen, Klaus Sopha