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).
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Patent number: 7874254Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 21, 2006Date of Patent: January 25, 2011Assignee: Knorr-Bremse Systeme für Schienenfahrzeuge GmbHInventors: Martin Lehmair, Eduard Nies, Winfried Hommen, Martin Waldstein, Ralf Oberthur
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Publication number: 20080210119Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2006Publication date: September 4, 2008Applicant: KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUR SCHENENFAHRZEUGE GMBHInventors: Martin Lehmair, Eduard Nies, Winfried Hommen, Martin Waldstein, Ralf Oberthur
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Patent number: 7243606Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 20, 2004Date of Patent: July 17, 2007Assignee: Knorr-Bremse Systeme fur Schienenfahrzeuge GmbHInventors: Winfried Hommen, Henry Kirsch, Eduard Nies, Martin Waldstein, Reinhard Loebner
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Patent number: 7185592Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 20, 2004Date of Patent: March 6, 2007Assignee: Knorr-Bremse Systeme fur Schienenfahrzeuge GmbHInventors: Winfried Hommen, Henry Kirsch, Martin Lehmair, Reinhard Loebner, Martin Waldstein, Ralf Oberthür
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Patent number: 7168370Abstract: 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 levType: GrantFiled: December 20, 2004Date of Patent: January 30, 2007Assignee: Knorr-Bremse Systeme für Schienenfahrzeuge GmbHInventors: Winfried Hommen, Henry Kirsch, Martin Lehmair, Reinhard Loebner, Martin Waldstein, Ralf Oberthür
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Publication number: 20050204951Abstract: 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 levType: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2004Publication date: September 22, 2005Inventors: Winfried Hommen, Henry Kirsch, Martin Lehmair, Reinhard Loebner, Martin Waldstein, Ralf Oberthur
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Publication number: 20050183624Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2004Publication date: August 25, 2005Inventors: Winfried Hommen, Henry Kirsch, Martin Lehmair, Reinhard Loebner, Martin Waldstein, Ralf Oberthur
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Publication number: 20050183627Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2004Publication date: August 25, 2005Inventors: Winfried Hommen, Henry Kirsch, Eduard Nies, Martin Waldstein, Reinhard Loebner
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Publication number: 20020060384Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2001Publication date: May 23, 2002Applicant: Knorr-Bremse System fur Schienenfahrzeuge GmbH, a German corporationInventors: Bernd Kazmeier, Christian Courth, Stefan Holzl, Winfried Hommen
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Patent number: 5769400Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 22, 1995Date of Patent: June 23, 1998Assignee: Knorr-Bremse AGInventors: Stefan Holzl, Winfried Hommen, Ralf-Christian Oberthur, Georg Stauble
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Patent number: 5147114Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 28, 1991Date of Patent: September 15, 1992Assignee: Knorr-Bremse AGInventors: Winfried Hommen, Georg Stauble, Thomas Storzinger, Tiberius Wieser, Thomas Wissler
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Patent number: 4682823Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 6, 1985Date of Patent: July 28, 1987Assignee: Knorr-Bremse AGInventors: Winfried Hommen, Georg Stauble, Tiberius Wieser
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Patent number: 4592597Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 25, 1985Date of Patent: June 3, 1986Assignee: Knorr-Bremse GmbHInventors: Winfried Hommen, Georg Stauble, Tiberius Wieser
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Patent number: 4266572Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 7, 1979Date of Patent: May 12, 1981Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Eckard Schuttenberg, Manfred Hauser, Winfried Hommen, Klaus Sopha