IP Library Granted Patent US 11,597,415
Granted Patent B2
US 11,597,415 · App. 16/493,927 · Granted Mar 7, 2023

Ballistic protection arrangement for vehicles

Inventors: Laszlo Boronkai (Gratkorn, AT); Caroline Cassignol (Munich, DE)
Assignee: SIEMENS MOBILITY AUSTRIA GMBH
B61F5/523F41H7/04B61F15/26
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Patent No.
US 11,597,415
App. No.
16/493,927
Granted
Mar 7, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A ballistic protection arrangement for vehicles, in particular for rail vehicles chassis, with at least one first wheelset which has a first wheel, a second wheel and a wheelset shaft, wherein in order to provide advantageous construction conditions, a shell includes at least one first material layer, which includes a first fibre material, arranged around the wheelset shaft such that the wheelset shaft is advantageously protected from damage, for example, due to stone impacts at particularly high travelling speeds and at particularly low temperatures, where the first fibre material of the first material layer brings about high absorption of energy with the protection arrangement while, at the same time, having a low mass.

Claims (23)

1. A ballistic protection arrangement for a vehicle chassis, comprising:

at least one first wheelset which comprises a first wheel, a second wheel and a wheelset shaft; and

a shell comprising at least one inner first material layer having a first fiber material which is arrangeable round the wheelset shaft;

wherein the shell comprises an outer second material layer;

wherein the first material layer is pressed together with the second material layer;

wherein the first fiber material of the at least one inner first material layer comprises polyethylene;

wherein the outer second material layer is made of a metallic material; and

wherein the ballistic protection arrangement is configured in a pliable manner and, based on the outer second material layer, has a high level of tensile strength.

2. The ballistic protection arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first fiber material of the at least one inner first material layer is configured as a fiber woven fabric.

3. The ballistic protection arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the outer second material layer is configured as a fiber-reinforced plastic with a second fiber material.

4. The ballistic protection arrangement as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the at least one inner first material layer is pressed together with the outer second material layer.

5. The ballistic protection arrangement as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the second fiber material comprises glass fibers.

6. The ballistic protection arrangement as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the fiber-reinforced plastic comprises a matrix of organic material.

7. The ballistic protection arrangement as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the fiber-reinforced plastic comprises a matrix of organic material.

8. The ballistic protection arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the shell comprises at least one zip fastener.

9. The ballistic protection arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one inner first material layer is pressed together with the outer second material layer.

10. The ballistic protection arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one inner first material layer is configured as a fiber-reinforced plastic with the first fiber material and a second fiber material.

11. The ballistic protection arrangement as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the second fiber material comprises glass fibers.

12. The ballistic protection arrangement as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the fiber-reinforced plastic comprises a matrix of organic material.

13. The ballistic protection arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the shell comprises at least one button fastener.

14. The ballistic protection arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the shell comprises at least one first partial shell and one second partial shell; and wherein a first cross-section of the at least one partial shell and a second cross-section of the second partial shell have identical radii.

15. The ballistic protection arrangement as claimed n claim 1 , wherein the shell is configured to be cylindrical.

16. The ballistic protection arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the vehicle comprises a rail vehicle.

Assignments (7)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 21, 2020
From: SIEMENS MOBILITY GMBH
To: SIEMENS MOBILITY AUSTRIA GMBH
Reel/Frame 051887/0057 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 13, 2020
From: BORONKAI, LASZIO
To: SIEMENS AG ÖSTERREICH
Reel/Frame 051815/0176 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 13, 2020
From: CASSIGNOL, CAROLINE
To: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 051815/0253 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 13, 2020
From: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
To: SIEMENS AG ÖSTERREICH
Reel/Frame 051815/0388 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 13, 2020
From: SIEMENS AG ÖSTERREICH
To: SIEMENS MOBILITY AUSTRIA GMBH
Reel/Frame 051815/0403 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 17, 2019
From: SIEMENS MOBILITY GMBH
To: SIEMENS MOBILITY AUSTRIA GMBH
Reel/Frame 051322/0650 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 17, 2019
From: BIERWEILER, THOMAS; LABISCH, DANIEL
To: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 050750/0205 →
Priority Claims (1)
AT 50203/2017 · Mar 14, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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