| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 105100400 | TRAINS | 27 |
| 20120216703 | Overlong Coach Body for Railway Vehicles and Train Set Composed of Such Coach Bodies - A coach body for a multiple-unit railway vehicle is provided. The coach body includes two bogies at each end. The coach body has a length of at least 27.5 m and side walls of the coach body are designed such that, a maximum outside width in the longitudinal center of the coach being 2.86 m at the height of seat rests, an inside width of at least 2.6 m is achieved for the greatest part of the coach length. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20130118373 | CONTROL OF INTERCONNECTED TROLLEYS - A hoist trolley assembly includes first and second hoist trolleys, electric motors to drive the trolleys and a control system. The control system receives a preliminary speed reference for the trolleys and forms a final speed reference for the first hoist trolley by using initial data including the preliminary speed reference. The control system is adapted to use a hoist trolley coefficient K | 05-16-2013 |
| 20100175579 | Hybrid Locomotive Regenerative Energy Storage System and Method - An energy storage car for a locomotive includes a hydraulic energy storage system designed to capture and reuse energy normally lost in dynamic braking The energy storage car is preferably configured to provide functions sufficient to replace one of multiple locomotives used to pull a freight train. Braking and other methods for improved efficiency of such trains are provided. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20120024188 | CONVERTIBLE STRUCTURE FOR RAIL CAR - Disclosed is a rail car body having a roof, side walls, and a floor for supporting a series of vehicles in end to end relation longitudinally within the body so that they can be transported in a train. The rail car body includes an adjustable deck mounted within the body to support a second series of vehicles also in end to end relation. The adjustable deck has adjustable supports for vertically adjustment between at least two vertical positions in the body. The rail car body also includes a removable intermediate deck for supporting a third series of vehicles in end to end relation within the body. The removable intermediate deck is removably mounted on wheels (of a cart) and can be rolled longitudinally into and out of the rail car body. Thus, the rail car can be used in a two tier configuration or a three tier configuration. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120192757 | BRAKE SYSTEM HAVING SMART ACTUATOR FOR BRAKING A RAIL-GUIDED VEHICLE - A brake system for braking a rail vehicle has an actuator, which is equipped for installation in its totality in a bogie of the rail vehicle and provided with a braking force F so as to create a braking movement of at least one pressing part, and an energy storage device which is connected to the actuator via a supply line. A brake controller supplies control signals for controlling the brake system, which enables secure braking of the rail vehicle. The actuator has a control connection, which is connected to the brake controller for receiving the control signals via a data line, wherein the control connection is connected to a logic unit of the actuator that is configured to set the braking force F in dependence on the control signals. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20110079167 | Highway vehicle towing system - A highway vehicle towing system includes a light railroad track embedded in a highway and capable of transmitting electricity from a power supply plant, and a towing tractor movable along the light railroad track to tow a car. The owing tractor has multiple pairs of metal wheels movably supported on the light railroad track, a motor, electrical wires connecting the metal wheels to the motor for transmitting electricity from the light railroad track to the motor, a transmission shaft coupled to and rotatable by the motor, and a differential mechanism coupled between the transmission shaft and the metal wheels for enabling the metal wheels to be rotated along the light railroad track by the motor. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20100282122 | QUASI SELF-CONTAINED ENERGY STORAGE AND POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM - Quasi-autonomous system of energy storage and electrical motorization that can be installed on carrying axles or bogies of railway cars or road trailers to provide a tractive effort or electrical braking without an external power supply and assemblies, convoys and trains. The recharging energy of the energy storage system is principally obtained from regenerative braking and generated by the inertia of the convoy or by the traction of the convoy motor coach; the stored energy is returned as tractive effort when necessary. The system has a controller independent of all external control. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20110079166 | Multi-modal transportation system for solar electric vehicle - A useful system for our transportation needs must be in concert with the ecological and economical needs of the future. | 04-07-2011 |
| 105100500 | Toy or model train | 4 |
| 20090288576 | UNIVERSALLY MOUNTABLE MODEL TRAIN - A model railroad train or other vehicle capable of operating in a vertical plane, inverted, or at any other desired angle of inclination. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090139424 | Portable, flexible, and adaptable train system - A train system includes a track and at least one train component. Connectable and detachable segments join to form the track. Each segment includes a main body with an upper running surface upon which train components run. A receiving chamber is formed within the main body. A pair of track members extend outwardly from opposed sides of the main body. A connector component, with a neck portion and a distal portion, extends outwardly from the main body opposite the receiving chamber and engages the receiving chamber of another segment. The segments move in up-down and side-to-side directions. Each train component connects to the track by a pair of rail guides that engage the opposed sides of the main body. A spring element connected between the rail guides operates a switch element to drive a drive member, which engages the upper running surface to move the train component along the track. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20110146529 | PORTABLE, FLEXIBLE, AND ADAPTABLE TRAIN SYSTEM - A train system includes a track and at least one train component. Connectable and detachable segments join to form the track. Each segment includes a main body with an upper running surface upon which train components run. A receiving chamber is formed within the main body. A pair of track members extend outwardly from opposed sides of the main body. A connector component, with a neck portion and a distal portion, extends outwardly from the main body opposite the receiving chamber and engages the receiving chamber of another segment. The segments move in up-down and side-to-side directions. Each train component connects to the track by a pair of rail guides that engage the opposed sides of the main body. A spring element connected between the rail guides operates a switch element to drive a drive member, which engages the upper running surface to move the train component along the track. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110253001 | ARTICULATING PILOTS ON MODEL TRAINS - A system and method is provided for pivoting a pilot on a model train, thereby allowing the model train to maneuver around a section of a model train track having a relatively small radius. In one embodiment of the present invention, the model train includes a frame, a shell connected to the frame, at least one truck assembly, at least one pilot and at least one coupler, wherein the coupler includes a coupler assembly and a coupler arm. The pilot is connected to a pilot arm, and the pilot arm, the coupler arm and the truck assembly are pivotally attached to the frame (e.g., via common or different pivots). In another embodiment of the present invention, the model train shell includes an aperture configured to receive a pilot arm. The pilot arm is connected to the pilot, which includes an aperture adapted to receive a coupler arm. The shell aperture is sized to allow the pilot arm to pivot from side to side, and the pilot aperture is sized to allow the coupler arm to pivot from side to side. By allowing the pilot to horizontally pivot, a model train track can be constructed using tighter curves, or curves with smaller radii. | 10-20-2011 |
| 105003000 | Articulated | 8 |
| 20110126732 | AUXILLIARY SMART POWER SYSTEM FOR ECP EQUIPPED TRAIN - A controlled power system is in a train having electric controlled pneumatic (ECP) brakes on cars of the train connected to a trainline which carries electric power and control signals and having at lease one auxiliary device on some of the cars. The power system on a car having the auxiliary device includes a power module connecting the auxiliary device to a source of power when activated; and a first controller, including a transceiver, for activating the power module to the connect the source of power to the auxiliary device in response to a power up signal on the trainline. | 06-02-2011 |
| 105400100 | Two-car truck | 7 |
| 20120145032 | RAIL TRAIN - A rail train for supporting multiple sticks of ribbon rail comprises a plurality of rail support cars having a single, centrally positioned rail support stand wherein adjacent rail support cars are supported on shared trucks. End cars include a tunnel for supporting the rails near their ends and one or more rail support arms pivotal at a first end about two axis and supporting a rail guide assembly at a second end for supporting a rail as it is pulled of the rail train. A rail tie-down car utilizes spring-loaded, hydraulically actuated clamp assemblies to clamp individual rails to the tie-down car. Each clamp assembly incorporates at least two clamp members which act opposite one another to prevent the rail secured in place by the clamps from sliding in either longitudinal direction. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20110315041 | SYMMETRICAL MULTI-UNIT RAILROAD CAR - The present invention relates to symmetrical arrangements in multi-unit articulated rail road cars. A multi-unit railroad car has an odd number of railcar units joined end to end by articulated connectors supported by railcar trucks. The railroad car has a transverse centerline. The arrangement of articulated connectors about the transverse centerline is symmetrical. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110315040 | Vehicle with Anti-Roll Devices - A vehicle, in particular a rail vehicle, having a vehicle longitudinal axis, a first body, a second body which is adjacent to the first body, a third body which is adjacent to the first body, a first anti-roll device which connects the first body and the second body, and a second anti-roll device which connects the first body and the third body. The anti-roll devices each counteract rolling motions between the bodies, which are connected via the anti-roll devices, about a roll axis parallel to the vehicle longitudinal axis. The first anti-roll device and the second anti-roll device are coupled to each other via a coupling device, and are configured along with the coupling device in such a way that at least one first displacement on the first anti-roll device causes at least one second displacement on the second anti-roll device. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120017799 | RAILWAY WAGON AND A METHOD OF ITS LOADING - A railway wagon for transport of for example a semi-trailer comprises—carried by two bogies or the like—a main portion, pivotally connected to a rearward bogie, and a wagon end, connected to a forward bogie, the main portion and the wagon end being releasably connected to each other. A beam is to be connected to or is connected to the wagon end for horizontally guiding the main portion at its pivoting out from the wagon end. Means are provided for vertically displacing the main portion or a part thereof in relation to the wagon end. | 01-26-2012 |
| 105400400 | Including wheel steering provision | 3 |
| 20100242787 | INTERMODAL RAIL VEHICLE TO FORM A TRAIN - Refinements and improvements in intermodal rail vehicles for making up a train of highway trailers are shown. The improved intermodal vehicle has a one-piece upper frame assembly ( | 09-30-2010 |
| 20110185938 | DEVICES FOR MOVING THE BUFFERS OF ARTICULATED CARS OF RAILWAY VEHICLES TRAVELLING ON A CURVE - The invention relates to devices for moving the buffers of articulated cars of railway vehicles travelling on a curve. The devices are disposed between two adjoining cars ( | 08-04-2011 |
| 20100229753 | STEERABLE TRUCK FOR A RAILWAY CAR, A RAILWAY CAR, AND AN ARTICULATED CAR - A steerable truck for a railway car is provided with a truck frame that is steered so as to be aligned with the tangential direction of a curved track by controlling only the steering angle of a rear wheelset. During travel along a curved track, the steering angle, which is the angle in a horizontal plane of the centerline of the rear wheelset with respect to an imaginary straight line connecting the center of the truck frame and the center of the curved track, is larger than the steering angle which is the angle formed between the imaginary straight line and the centerline of the front wheelset. As a result, a steerable truck for a railway car which has excellent ability to travel along a curve and which can be actually realized simply and at a low cost is provided. | 09-16-2010 |
| 105800100 | Vestibule connections | 7 |
| 105010000 | Face-plate expanders | 1 |
| 20080307999 | Two coupled vehicles such as railbound vehicles or articulated busses, with a connection with at least one bellows as well as one coupling device, comprising two coupling elements - The invention is directed to two coupled vehicles ( | 12-18-2008 |
| 105015000 | Diaphragms | 6 |
| 20120204754 | PASSAGEWAY BETWEEN TWO CARRIAGES OF A RAIL VEHICLE, IN PARTICULAR A HIGH-SPEED RAIL VEHICLE - A passageway between two carriages of a rail vehicle, in particular a high-speed rail vehicle, wherein the passageway comprises an inner bellows and, disposed at a distance to said, an outer bellows to form an interior space, wherein the two bellows are each attached to the end face of the vehicle, wherein the two bellows are each designed in their circumference in a box shape, and that the interior space contains a means for at least a partial pressure compensation. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20100212538 | RAILROAD CAR DIAPHRAGM - A railcar diaphragm is described having a first and a second plate assembly, a bellows assembly, and a spring assembly. The first plate assembly is coupled to a railcar. The second plate assembly is configured to contact another railcar. The bellows is disposed between first and second plate assemblies. The spring assembly includes a leaf spring and a pivot member coupled to the leaf spring. The first and second plate assemblies are coupled through the spring assembly. The spring assembly has a first and a second configuration based on whether the railcar is engaged to another railcar. The spring assembly and the second plate assembly can collectively swivel about a centerpoint associated with the pivot member when the spring assembly is in the second configuration and the railcar is in a curved portion of a track. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20110253002 | DRAG REDUCTION DEVICE BETWEEN CARRIAGES OF HIGH-SPEED MULTIPLE UNITS - The present invention provides a drag reduction device between carriages of high-speed multiple units for reducing air drag, which belongs to the technical field of railway carriages. The technical solution of the present invention is as follows: a drag reduction device between carriages of high-speed multiple units comprises side windshields arranged on side edges of each end wall of a carriage body. Each of the side windshields includes a bar rubber capsule and a rubber capsule frame whose shapes are matched with a curve of the side edge of the end wall of the carriage body. The rubber capsule is connected with the end wall of the carriage body by the rubber capsule frame. The device is simple in structure, convenient and quick to install, and the multiple units need not to be broken up or made up. Furthermore, the device can effectively reduce the air drag resulting from the impact of the airflow on the end wall of the carriage body and increase the running speed of the train. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20100229754 | DEVICE FOR LATERAL COVERING OF THE SPACING BETWEEN TWO VEHICLES COUPLED TO EACH OTHER, PARTICULARLY RAIL CARS - A device is provided for covering the sides of a spacing ( | 09-16-2010 |
| 105018000 | Bellows fold | 2 |
| 20090193999 | Communication Bellows Between Cars of a Rail Vehicle - The invention relates to a communication bellows, of the type comprising: at least one external skin ( | 08-06-2009 |
| 20110290146 | COATED DOUBLE WEAVE FABRIC AND ITS USE FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF INTERCOMMUNICATION BELLOWS - An embodiment relates to an intercommunication bellows for compartments of a public transport vehicle or for a removable aircraft-access ramp, formed from a coated textile support, comprising a double weave fabric both faces of which are coated with an elastomeric material, and to a method of connecting two compartments of a public transport vehicle comprising the attachment of an intercommunication bellows between two compartments of the vehicle that are hitched together. An embodiment also relates to a public transport vehicle comprising compartments connected together by an intercommunication bellows. According to an embodiment, the double weave fabric coated with an elastomeric material has one or more of the following properties: stiffness; delamination resistance; tear resistance. | 12-01-2011 |
