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  • Vehicle
    Patent number: 11987214
    Abstract: A wiper arrangement for a vehicle is configured for cleaning a sensor field of vision of a windshield and thereby has a wiping element and a carrier. The carrier can be fastened on the windshield. The wiping element is movably mounted on the carrier. The carrier, the wiping element and/or mounting elements acting between the carrier and the wiping element is/are configured so that the wiping element can assume at least one fixed holding position-relative to the carrier, and wherein the wiping element can be brought out of the fixed holding position at least by overcoming a defined holding force. Furthermore, the mounting of the wiping element on the carrier is selected such that the wiping element is always driven to assume at least one specific, preferably a first holding position or second specific holding position with respect to the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Bombardier Transportation GmbH
    Inventor: Landri Fel
  • SPRING ASSEMBLY FOR LEVEL CONTROL IN A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20120240818
    Abstract: Disclosed is a spring assembly for level controlled support of a wagon body on a running gear of a vehicle, in particular of a railway vehicle, including a spring device and an actuator device, wherein the spring device takes up a first installation space, the actuator device takes up a second installation space, the spring device and the actuator device are connected to each other in a direction of action in a kinematically serial arrangement, and the actuator device is designed for at least partially compensating for a change in length of the spring device in the direction of action by a displacement at an actuator component in the direction of action, and wherein the first installation space and the second installation space overlap each other in the direction of action in an overlapping region. Also disclosed is a vehicle having such a spring assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2010
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: BOMBARDIER TRANSPORTATION GMBH
    Inventors: Cedric Zanutti, Michael Wusching, Andreas Wolf
  • Apparatus and method for correcting damage to rails and railway crossovers
    Patent number: 10814453
    Abstract: A method of repairing a defect in a damaged rail of a railroad track comprises positioning a rail profiling device on the rails of the railroad track proximate a defect; securing the rail profiling device to the railroad; adjusting its grinder according to a selected value of wheel cone angle to create a profiled running surface over a portion of the damaged rail; creating a median zone using the grinder to remove material from the damaged rail adjacent the defect at a depth corresponding to at least a maximum depth of the defect; creating an incline from the top of the rail and leading to the median zone and one incline leaving the median zone to the top of the rail by using the grinder to grinding material off the damaged rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Bombardier Transportation GmbH
    Inventors: Harry Skoblenick, Aleksandar Mancic
  • Seat attachment system for a mass transit vehicle
    Patent number: 11642984
    Abstract: A seat attachment system for a mass transit vehicle including a rail, a fastener and a seat interface. The rail, which is adapted to be secured to a chassis of the mass transit vehicle, has a longitudinal T-slot adapted to receive the fastener. The rail has two non-parallel sets of corrugations on its external face. The seat interface, which is adapted to be mounted to a seat frame, is also provided with two non-parallel sets of corrugations whose angle matches that of the sets of corrugations on the rail. The sets of corrugations are adapted to cooperate and interlock in pairs so as to respectively locate the seat interface, and thereby a seat to which it is attached, vertically and horizontally upon the fastener being tightened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Bombardier Transportation GmbH
    Inventor: Florian Büttner
  • Track-bound vehicle converter
    Patent number: 9533632
    Abstract: A track-bound vehicle converter comprises a block-wave generator (20) configured to be connected to a direct voltage source (21) and connected to a series resonance link (34), or to an inductive link, for providing the input of a direct converter (41) with semi sinusoidal current pulses. The direct converter has at least one phase leg (42-44) having on one hand one switch (45-47) connected to the link (34) and able to block voltages in both directions thereacross and conduct current in both directions therethrough and on the other a capacitor (48-50) connected in series therewith. The voltage across the capacitor (48-50) of the direct converter is used to provide a converter output with an alternating voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Bombardier Transportation GmbH
    Inventors: Hans Bängtsson, Lennart Kruse, Luyu Wang
  • Running profile of railway wheel
    Patent number: 7669906
    Abstract: Wheels for goods wagons with small and large diameters, in addition to wheel sets equipped with wheels of this type for running gear, which are dependent on a highly passive radial positioning when negotiating curves and must remain stable at high speed. The inventive wheel profile is characterized as a result of the relatively large entry radius into the transition area from the running surface to the wheel flange by a low equivalent conicity. This enables a quieter running of the wheel set when the latter is travelling in a straight line. In curves, there is a sufficient rolling circle differential, permitting less wear and tear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Bombardier Transportation GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfram Hoehne, Alfred Lohmann, Jani Dede, Mario Rettig, Johannes Stephanides
  • Electric machine
    Patent number: 10811941
    Abstract: An electric machine (1) has a stator (2) with a stator body (3) and a stator winding (4) and a rotor (5) rotatably disposed with respect to the stator and having a rotor body (6) with a plurality of permanent magnets received therein. The rotor is disposed with an air gap (14) between the rotor body and the stator body and to make a magnetic flux to pass between the permanent magnets of the rotor body and stator poles of the stator body through this air gap. The machine further comprises at least one member (15, 16) or an agent of a material having a high magnetic permeability configured to be positioned with respect to the stator body (6) so as to reduce the magnetic flux (A) from the permanent magnets through said air gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Bombardier Transportation GmbH
    Inventors: Svante Andersson, Åsa Sandberg
  • Rail vehicle with laterally soft connection of the wagon body to the running gear
    Patent number: 8910579
    Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicle, in particular rail vehicle, with a wagon body and an running gear on which the wagon body is supported, wherein the wagon body and the running gear define a vehicle longitudinal direction, a vehicle transverse direction and a vehicle height direction. A tilting mechanism is arranged between the wagon body and the running gear, which is designed to impose, during a transverse displacement in the vehicle transverse direction, upon the wagon body a rolling motion about a rolling axis parallel to the vehicle longitudinal direction. The tilting mechanism comprises a transverse decoupling device, which is designed to reduce the stiffness of the tilting mechanism against a pure transverse displacement of the wagon body with respect to the running gear. The invention furthermore relates to a corresponding tilting mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Bombardier Transportation GmbH
    Inventor: Richard Schneider
  • SYSTEM FOR TRANSFERRING ENERGY TO A VEHICLE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20130112519
    Abstract: A system for transferring energy to a vehicle, in particular a track bound vehicle, such as a light rail vehicle, wherein the system includes an electric conductor arrangement adapted to produce an electromagnetic field which can be received by the vehicle thereby transferring the energy to the vehicle the system further includes electric and/or electronic devices which are adapted to operate the electric conductor arrangement. The devices produce heat while operating the conductor arrangement and—therefore—are to be cooled. A cooling arrangement of the system includes a structure having a cavity in which at least one of the devices to be cooled is located. The structure includes a cover limiting the cavity at the top, wherein the device(s) to be cooled is/are located at a distance to the cover. The structure is integrated in the ground at the path of travel of the vehicle in such a manner that the cover forms a part of the surface of the ground.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: BOMBARDIER TRANSPORTATION GMBH
    Inventor: Dominik Anders
  • Railway bogie provided with a linear induction motor
    Patent number: 7836830
    Abstract: A railway bogie is provided with two cross-members for supporting a linear induction motor, mounted on the axle boxes via of resilient mounting apparatus allowing pivoting movement of each cross-member about a transversal axis of rotation. A system of five links is used to connect the linear induction motor to the cross-members. The links are located in such a way that the resultant of the vertical forces transmitted by the linear induction motor to each cross-member is located at a first centre position on the first transversal axis equidistant from the axle boxes. The mounting apparatus are further provided with height adjusters that allow adjustment of the height and cross level position of the linear induction motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Bombardier Transportation GmbH
    Inventor: Edwin Joseph Searancke
  • External airbag assembly for a rail vehicle
    Patent number: 10822002
    Abstract: A rail vehicle includes an airbag assembly having a housing, an airbag, a lid, at least one vessel and an aesthetic body panel. The airbag assembly is installed at an end of the rail vehicle. The airbag is placed inside the housing and the lid closes the housing. The lid is attached to the airbag so that it is located at a bottom portion of the airbag when the airbag is fully deployed. The lid and the aesthetic body panel, distant by a gap when the airbag is stored, are provided with compatible connecting interfaces so that the aesthetic body panel attaches to the lid through interconnection of the connecting interfaces upon inflation of the airbag with the pressurized fluid. The aesthetic body panel protect the inflated airbag from wear against the ground on which the rail vehicle travels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Bombardier Transportation GmbH
    Inventors: Landri Fel, Markus Baumgartner
  • TRANSFERRING ELECTRIC ENERGY TO A VEHICLE BY INDUCTION
    Publication number: 20130248311
    Abstract: A system for transferring electric energy to a vehicle, wherein the system comprises an electric conductor arrangement for producing a magnetic field and for thereby transferring the energy to the vehicle, wherein the electric conductor arrangement comprises at least one current line, wherein each current line is adapted to carry the electric current which produces the magnetic field or is adapted to carry one of parallel electric currents which produce the magnetic field and wherein: the at least one current line extends at a first height level, the system comprises an electrically conductive shield for shielding the magnetic field, wherein the shield extends under the track and extends below the first height level, and a magnetic core extends along the track at a second height level and extends above the shield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: BOMBARDIER TRANSPORTATION GMBH
    Inventors: Robert Czainski, Juergen Meins, John Whaley
  • Running gear unit for a rail vehicle
    Patent number: 9718484
    Abstract: A running gear unit for a rail vehicle, having a running gear frame body. The frame body includes two longitudinal beams and a transverse beam unit providing a structural connection between the longitudinal beams, such that a substantially H-shaped configuration is formed. Each longitudinal beam has a suspension interface section associated to a free end section of the longitudinal beam and forming a primary suspension interface for a primary suspension device. Each longitudinal beam has a pivot interface section associated to the primary suspension interface section and forming a pivot interface for a pivot arm. The primary suspension interface is configured to take a total resultant support force acting in the area of the free end section when the frame body is supported on the associated wheel unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Bombardier Transportation GmbH
    Inventor: Cedric Zanutti
  • Anti-seismic retaining system for a mass transit vehicle
    Patent number: 10807617
    Abstract: A retaining system for a mass-transit vehicle adapted to travel on a guideway includes a longitudinal retaining track having two retaining rails. Each retaining rail has a projection projecting inwardly toward the other retaining rail. A grabbing mechanism of the mass-transit vehicle has grabbing portions extending outwardly underneath the projections of the retaining rails. The grabbing portions are pivotally and resiliently connected to a wheelset of the mass-transit vehicle proximate a midplane of the body. When the mass-transit vehicle rolls on one side past a predetermined angle, an opposite one of the grabbing portions is operative to contact a corresponding one of the horizontal projections. The roll of the mass-transit vehicle is thereby gradually stopped under a force developed by a corresponding resilient element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Bombardier Transportation GmbH
    Inventors: David Bazinet, Louis Dumoulin
  • System and Method of Determining Train Length
    Publication number: 20110320071
    Abstract: A system for determining number of cars within a train consist includes one or more cars, at least one automatic train controller (ATC) for the one or more cars, and a train line spanning the consist. Each car comprises a frequency generator and a frequency modifier. Each frequency modifier in each of the one or more cars is adapted to receive an input signal at an input frequency and generate an output signal at an output frequency different from the input frequency. A frequency generator in at least one of the cars provides a predetermined input signal at a predetermined input frequency to the frequency modifier in the at least one car when the at least one car is designated as a lead car and at least one frequency modifier in at least one of the one or more cars provides its output signal to the train line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: BOMBARDIER TRANSPORTATION GMBH
    Inventor: Kenneth Andrew Karg
  • Extraction Stabilizer
    Publication number: 20120117775
    Abstract: A pin extraction stabilizer for an connector housing is disclosed. The housing includes a top surface and a bottom surface and defines one or more connector pin cavities extending therethrough between the top and the bottom surfaces with a plurality of protruding hollow plugs extended around the connector pin cavities at the top surface. The connector housing further includes one or more connector pins pre-disposed within the connector housing that need to be extracted via the pin extraction stabilizer. The pin extraction stabilizer includes a stabilizer housing having a front surface and a back surface and defines a one or more access sockets extending from the stabilizer front surface to the stabilizer back surface defining a plurality of chambers in the stabilizer. Each chamber of the plurality of chambers is dimensioned to receive a protruding hollow plug of the connector housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: BOMBARDIER TRANSPORTATION GMBH
    Inventor: Mark Tomasic
  • Railway Vehicle with Exhaust Gas Cleaning
    Publication number: 20110088587
    Abstract: A rail vehicle comprising a vehicle body defining a vehicle interior, an internal combustion engine and an exhaust gas system in communication with the internal combustion engine for evacuating the exhaust gases of the internal combustion engine, wherein the exhaust gas system comprises an additive supply unit designed to supply an additive for pollutant reduction to the exhaust gas stream of the internal combustion engine, and the additive supply unit comprises a reservoir for the additive and a supply section connected thereto for supplying the additive to the exhaust gas stream. The reservoir and/or the supply section is arranged in at least one body chamber of the vehicle body, wherein the at least one body chamber is provided with sound insulation and/or thermal insulation at least in the areas adjacent to the vehicle interior and/or the environment of the vehicle, which are frequented by passengers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: BOMBARDIER TRANSPORTATION GMBH
    Inventors: Ralph Willbrandt, Steffen Jahn
  • Rail vehicle comprising an engine compartment and at least one driver's cab, and method for generating overpressure in the engine compartment
    Patent number: 10518787
    Abstract: In order to optimize the failure safety of electrical and electronic components located in an engine compartment of a rail vehicle, which additionally comprises at least one driver's cab, the rail vehicle is operated with an air conditioning system, which is provided to generate overpressure in the engine compartment and to control the climate of the at least one driver's cab. The air conditioning system includes a first air guidance system to introduce fresh air into the at least one driver's cab and a second air guidance system to transmit at least one part of the fresh air introduced into the at least one driver's cab into the engine compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Bombardier Transportation GmbH
    Inventors: Jorgen Tscheng, Michael Welter, Karl-Heinz Buchholz
  • LED lighting system for a railway vehicle
    Patent number: 9593835
    Abstract: There is described a lighting system for vehicles comprising light emitting diodes mounted on printed circuit boards (PCBs). Auxiliary components such as speakers are mounted on some of the PCBs lighting modules which are connected in an end-to-end relationship and which form light rows of the lighting system. Electrical traces for the auxiliary components form part of the PCBs. This results in a substantial reduction in or elimination of wiring. Connectors at each end of a PCB are compatible with the connectors on a neighboring PCB and are optionally connectable with a respective corresponding connector assembly of another lighting module in a direction substantially normal to the planar mounting surface of the PCB or in a direction substantially parallel to the planar mounting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Bombardier Transportation GmbH
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Magalhaes Grave, Carl Lavertu, Daniel Lee, Richard Germain
  • Impact protection for a running gear of a rail vehicle
    Patent number: 9469314
    Abstract: A running gear for a rail vehicle includes a wheel set, a running gear frame and a shielding device, the running gear frame being supported on the wheel set. The shielding device is connected to the running gear frame via a support structure and is spatially associated to at least a shielded component of the running gear. The shielding device shields a shielded part of the shielded component against impacts of objects lifted from a track used during operation of the vehicle. The shielding device has a carrier element and at least one impact element, the at least one impact element being mounted to the carrier element for covering the carrier element and forming an impact surface for said objects. The impact element has at least one load bearing structural element made from a fiber reinforced composite material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Bombardier Transportation GmbH
    Inventor: Jan-Philipp Haas
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