the ROTARY RAIL-SWITCH

A disruptive invention on a rapid, smooth and widely applicable rail/track switching mechanism and system.
The technology is protected with a worldwide family of granted patents.

Potential

improve traditional railways switching
enhance industrial automated conveyor systems
boost passenger capacities in amusement rides
facilitate the definitive implementation of revolutionary transport solutions

Advantages

efficiency of rotary dynamics
operating speed
simplicity & versatility
wide range of usability

Target industries

The SpinSwitch^® invention may attract any firms that design, manufacture or operate rail-related products and services in the industries of:

Transportation
Amusement Rides
Industrial Automation

Applications

SpinSwitch^® can be used in a wide and varied range of applications:

mono and multi-railed tracks
supporting and suspended vehicles
traditional and modern rail-wrapping wheels-assemblies
diverging, merging and crossing points
varied tridimensional track-switching configurations

IP Infringement Warning

⚠️ ANY MAKING, USING, OR SELLING OF A TRACK SWITCHING DEVICE
THAT INDEPENDENTLY ROTATES RAIL SEGMENTS
COULD BE AN ACT OF INFRINGEMENT
OF ONE OR MORE PATENTS OF THE SPINSWITCH® PATENT FAMILY.

Please contact us if you become aware of any possible violations.

APPLICATIONS

Dynamic 3D Examples

Conventional Railway

(inside track engagement)

Industrial Transport

(bilateral engagement)

Monorail

(suspended railway)

Maglev / Monobeam

(high-speed bullet train)

Roller Coaster

(outside-track engagement)

Personal Rapid Transit

(inside-track engagement)

Note on SpinSwitch^® for Roller Coasters

SpinSwitch, the Rotary Rail-Switch, applied to Roller Coasters

Amusement ride designers rarely include operative track switches in the design of their roller coasters. This is because they only consider traditional sideway-moving railway turnouts, which in general present the disadvantages/limitations of slowness, bulkiness unreliability, basic vehicle-rail engagement profiles, only two ways switching, and horizontality of layout.

Fortunately, the SpinSwitch^® can eliminate or minimize a great majority of the aforementioned drawbacks and restrictions thanks to the boldness of its rotary dynamics and the adaptability of its simple and smart design.

Incorporating rotary-rail-switch-based track-switching devices in the design of amusement rides opens up a new dimension of significant improvements relating to riding capacity and customer experience (whilst maintaining safety standards). Following, there are some examples of SpinSwitch^®applications on roller-coaster design:

One rotary track switch is placed before the station and another rotary track switch is placed after the station. This enables simultaneous loading/unloading with a double station (reducing customer waiting times), allows using trains with more wagons (and thus more riding capacity), and, due to transferring the status of critical block from the station to another shorter-in-time block, the riding cycle overlaps are increased and an additional train is added to definitively boost riding capacity.
Same example as above, where the diverging rotary track switch is placed not before the doubled station but before the pre-station break section, which is also doubled.
Same example as any of prior ones, where the converging rotary track switch is placed not after the doubled station but after the climb-hill section, which is also doubled.
Diverging/converging rotary track switches are placed mid-course of the fastest and most thrilling section of the ride. On one hand, this may enable further reduction of the critical block, further increase of riding cycle overlaps, and inclusion of an additional train to further boost riding capacity. On the other hand, it may also enable offering customers a more extended and diverse customer experience via branching the ride into 2 or 3 different ones, and/or it may simple allow replacing or complementing the conventional customer-experience restricting mid-course break sections.

In sum, track switches based on the SpinSwitch^® can revolutionize amusement rides by boosting riding capacities (via additional trains and longer trains) and by enhancing customer experiences (via lower pre/post-ride waiting times and via more diverse and thrilling rides).

THE PATENTS

Patent Family

SpinSwitch^®IP comprises a PCT, a granted European Patent, and multiple national patents, a vast majority of them granted.

Patent claims have been translated to 21 languages.

Patent Portfolio Download

GRANTED Patents

international / regional patents:

🌐 PCT

🌐 PCT (global patenting procedure, 157 states): ✓ favourable. Application PCT/EP2019/076928 (2019/10/4, EPO examination). Publication WO2020070291 (2020/04/9). Title Rail-switching Unit. Google Patents. Patentscope.

🇪🇺 EUROPEAN PATENT

🇪🇺 EUROPEAN PATENT (regional patent, 39 states): ✓ granted, used and expired. Application 18382702.1 (2018/10/4, EPO examination). Publication EP3486371 (2021/07/21). Grant EP3486371B1 (2021/03/17). Title Rail-switching Unit | Gleisumschalteinheit | Unité de Commutation de Rail. Google Patents. Patentscope. EPO. EspaceNet.

national patents:

🇨🇦 CANADA

🇨🇦 CANADA (national patent): ✓ granted & in force. Application CA 3115168 (2021/04/1, PCT national phase). Publication 2020070291 (2020/04/9). Title Rail-switching Unit | Unité d’Aiguillage. Google Patents. Patentscope. CIPO.

🇨🇳 CHINA

🇨🇳 CHINA (national patent): ✓ granted & in force. Application 2019800649874, PCT/EP2019/076928 (2021/04/2, PCT national phase). Publication CN112789378A, WO2020/070291 (2021/05/11). Grant CN112789378B (2021/11/23). Title 铁轨转辙单元. Google Patents. Patentscope. CNIPA.

🇫🇷 FRANCE

🇫🇷 FRANCE (national patent): ✓ granted & in force. Application 18382702.1 (EP) (2018/10/4, EP validation). Publication EP3486371 (B8) (2021/07/21). Grant EP3486371B1 (2021/03/17). Title Unité de Commutation de Rail. INPI.

🇩🇪 GERMANY

🇩🇪 GERMANY (national patent): ✓ granted & in force. Application 18382702.1 (EP), 60 2018 014 030.1 (2018/10/4, EP validation). Publication EP3486371 (B8) (2021/07/21). Grant EP3486371B1 (2021/03/17). Title Gleisumschalteinheit. DPMA.

🇭🇰 HONG KONG

🇭🇰 HONG KONG (national patent): granted, lapsed. Application 62021042361.7 (2019/10/4, Patent extension). Publication HK40052633 (2022/01/21). Title RAIL-SWITCHING UNIT – 鐵軌轉轍單元. IPD.

🇮🇳 INDIA

🇮🇳 INDIA (national patent): ✓ granted & in force. Application 202117017629 (2021/04/15, PCT national phase). Publication IN202117017629 (2022/02/25). Title Rail-switching Unit. Patentscope. CGPDTM/IPO.

🇮🇪 IRELAND

🇮🇪 IRELAND (national patent): lapsed. Application 18382702.1 (EP) (2018/10/4, EP validation). Publication EP3486371 (B8) (2021/07/21). Grant EP3486371B1 (2021/03/17). Title Rail-switching Unit. IPOI.

🇮🇹 ITALY

🇮🇹 ITALY (national patent): ✓ granted & in force. Application 18382702.1 (EP), 502021000058529 (2018/10/4, EP validation). Publication EP3486371 (B8) (2021/07/21). Grant EP3486371B1 (2021/03/17). Title Unità di Commutazione di Rotai. UIBM.

🇯🇵 JAPAN

🇯🇵 JAPAN (national patent): ✓ granted & in force. Application 2021-515069 (2021/05/12, PCT national phase). Publication JP2022502585A (2022/01/11). Grant 7426014 (2024/1/24). Title レールスイッチングユニット. Google Patents. Patentscope.

🇰🇷 KOREA

🇰🇷 KOREA (national patent): ✓ granted & in force. Application 10-2021-7013084 (2021/04/29, PCT national phase). Publication KR1020210057820 A (2021/05/21). Grant 1023521760000 (2022/01/4). Title 레일 스위칭 유닛. Google Patents. Patentscope. KIPO.

🇵🇭 PHILIPPINES

🇵🇭 PHILIPPINES (national patent): ✓ granted & in force. Application 1-2021-550493 (2021/03/9, PCT national phase). Publication PH12021550493A1 (2021/10/4). Title Rail switching Unit. Google Patents. Patentscope. IPOPHL

🇸🇦 SAUDI ARABIA

🇸🇦 SAUDI ARABIA (national patent): ✓ grant allowed. Application SA521421546 (2021/03/23, PCT national phase). Grant SA16593 (2024/07/7). Title وحدة تحويل القضبان. SAIP.

🇪🇸 SPAIN

🇪🇸 SPAIN (national patent): ✓ granted & in force. Application 18382702.1 (EP) (2018/10/4, EP validation). Publication EP3486371 (B8) (2021/07/21). Grant EP3486371B1 (2021/03/17). Title Unidad de Conmutación de Raíles. Google Patents. Patentscope. OEPM.

🇬🇧 UK

🇬🇧 UK (national patent): ✓ granted & in force. Application 18382702.1 (EP) (2018/10/4, EP validation). Publication EP3486371 (B8) (2021/07/21). Grant EP3486371B1 (2021/03/17). Title Rail-switching Unit. UK IPO.

🇺🇸 USA

🇺🇸 USA (national patent): ✓ allowed for grant. Application 17/272,357 (2021/03/1, PCT national phase). Publication US2021340712A1 (2021/11/14). Grant 12152348 (2024/06/11). Title Rail-switching Unit. Google Patents. Patentscope. USPTO. USPTO Global Dossier.

Pending Patents

patents pending of grant:

🇦🇺 AUSTRALIA

🇦🇺 AUSTRALIA (national patent): pending of grant. Application 2019352067 (2021/03/24, PCT national phase). Publication AU2019352067A1 (2021/04/29). Title Rail-switching Unit. Google Patents. Patentscope. APO.

🇧🇷 BRAZIL

🇧🇷 BRAZIL (national patent): pending of grant. Application BR-11-2021-006105-3 (2021/03/29, PCT national phase). Publication BR112021006105A2 (2021/07/20). Title Unidade de Comutação de Trilho. Google Patents. Patentscope. INPI.

🇮🇱 ISRAEL

🇮🇱 ISRAEL (national patent): pending of grant. Application 281526 (2021/03/15, PCT national phase). Publication IL281526 (2021/04/29). Title Rail-switching Unit | יחידת ניתוב רכבות. Google Patents. Patentscope. ILPO.

🇲🇽 MEXICO

🇲🇽 MEXICO (national patent): pending of grant. Application MX/a/2021/003220 (2021/03/18, PCT national phase). Title Unidad de Conmutación de Raíles. IMPI.

🇸🇬 SINGAPORE

🇸🇬 SINGAPORE (national patent): pending of grant. Application 11202101840V (2021/02/24, PCT national phase). Publication 11202101840V (A) (2021/03/30). Title Rail-switching Unit. Google Patents. Patentscope. IPOS.

🇦🇪 UAE

🇦🇪 UAE (national patent): pending of grant. Application P6000475/2021, nº 6000475 (2021/03/29, PCT national phase). Title “وحدة تحويل القضبان”.

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Patent Scope

SpinSwitch^® patents and patenting rights are especially valuable due to the width of their international classification and inventive scope.

Dual International Classification

The SpinSwitch^® invention is exceptionally classified by WIPO as belonging not to 1 but to 2 primary IPC categories:

A – Human Necessities | Health, Life-Saving & Amusement

A63G 7/00

A – HUMAN NECESSITIES | HEALTH; LIFE-SAVING; AMUSEMENT

A63 – SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS

A63G – MERRY-GO-ROUNDS; SWINGS; ROCKING-HORSES; CHUTES; SWITCHBACKS; SIMILAR DEVICES FOR PUBLIC AMUSEMENT

A63G 7/00 – Up-and-down-hill tracks or switchbacks

A63G 21/14

A – HUMAN NECESSITIES | HEALTH; LIFE-SAVING; AMUSEMENT

A63 – SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS

A63G – MERRY-GO-ROUNDS; SWINGS; ROCKING-HORSES; CHUTES; SWITCHBACKS; SIMILAR DEVICES FOR PUBLIC AMUSEMENT

A63G 21/00 – Chutes; Helter-skelters

A63G 21/14 – • with driven slideways

E – Fixed Constructions | Building

E01B 23/06

E – FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS | BUILDING

E01 – CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES

E01B – PERMANENT WAY; PERMANENT-WAY TOOLS; MACHINES FOR MAKING RAILWAYS OF ALL KINDS

E01B 23/00: Easily dismountable or movable tracks, e.g. temporary railways

E01B 23/02: • Tracks for light railways, e.g. for field, colliery, or mine use

E01B 23/06: • • Switches; Portable switches; Turnouts

E01B 25/12

E – FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS | BUILDING

E01 – CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES

E01B – PERMANENT WAY; PERMANENT-WAY TOOLS; MACHINES FOR MAKING RAILWAYS OF ALL KINDS

E01B 25/00: Tracks for special kinds of railways

E01B 25/08: • Tracks for mono-rails with centre of gravity of vehicle above the load-bearing rail

E01B 25/12: • • Switches; Crossings

Triple Invention

Each of SpinSwitch^® patents relate to not 1 but 3 independent inventions, presented via 3 independent patent claims: 1) a rail-switching unit, 2) a track-switching unit, and a 3) track-switching system.

Ownership & Authorship

Key owners of the invention’s Intellectual Property are SpinSwitch Technologies SL. and inventor Daniel Sáenz Löbsack.

Patent Drawings

Patent Claims

Patent Excerpts

Abstract

A rail-switching unit,

functioning singly or combined with other same units as part of a track-switching unit of a track-switching system of a vehicle-guiding system,

comprising a rotatable ensemble (rotatable-hub with attached switch-rails and auxiliary components) and stationary elements (main fixed-rail, branch fixed-rails and supporting structure),

wherein the fixed-rails are attached to common rails and the rotatable-hub selectively rotates to allow engagement of each switch-rail simultaneously with the main fixed-rail and with a corresponding branch fixed-rail with the purpose of creating alternative continuous rail paths for the vehicles to move through the rail/track-switching unit.

The mechanism is applicable to mono/multi-railed tracks, to supporting/suspended vehicles, to traditional/rail-wrapping wheels-assemblies, to diverge/merge/cross-points, and to a wide variety of track-switching configurations.

The invention provides a method and apparatus requiring switch-rails driving forces of minimal magnitude and minimal variability to maximize energy-efficiency, precision and ease of control of the device.

Background

In the specific case of widespread railways and other mass-transit systems with large and heavy vehicles, track-switching systems (also called track points) are especially critical because of the potential significantly large damage associated to the risk of derailment. In these applications, a fast, compact and reliable switch device offering more than the two standard states (straight route and turnout route) could imply miscellaneous improvements in the form of reduced costs, abated risks, increased capacities and improved operation speeds.

In the specific case of some modern or nascent applications such as Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) or other Automated Guideway Transit (AGT) systems, a fast and reliable track-switching technology could not only overcome many disadvantages and drawbacks, but also significantly increase their capacity and, hence, make these new and disruptive transit systems definitively feasible under a medium or high scale of transport demand. The same line of thought applies to some track-based materials/products handling systems used in factories or other industrial installations.

In the specific case of amusement rides in attraction/theme parks or the like, fast and reliable guideway switching systems that are also compatible with wheels-assemblies presenting rail-wrapping profiles, could not only overcome many drawbacks, but could also lead the industry into a new generation of roller coasters or similar attractions with a substantial improvement of their capacity, customer enjoyment value and consequent business profitability

Prior Art

Some attempted solutions have tried to overcome the mentioned drawbacks and disadvantages and/or to cover the mentioned potential opportunities, but only partially, insufficiently or, in practice, inconveniently. Following there are some examples:

Patents US 1,112,965 or US 4,015,805 relate to switch track sliding devices..

Patents US 2010/0,147,183 and US 6,273,000 relate to transversal-axis rotary-guided devices..

Patents US 8,020,49 and US 7,997,540 relate to longitudinal-axis rotary-guided devices..

Patent US 3,313,243 also relates to longitudinal-axis rotary-guided devices in which a whole track segment is attached to a barrel..

Patent GB 2,516,706 relates to special junctions and vertical-transversal movement and presents a system to switch between two tracks on a horizontal plane..

Patent US 4,030,422 relates to switching of guideway with vertical layout..

Patent CN 18,660,871 relates to a single-track stack assembly for a straddle-type monorail railway of a monorail track presenting a rotatable ensemble that always includes a branch switch-rail connected to a rolling gear..

Patent GB 1,404,648 discloses monorail track assemblies for transport systems where a monorail track with a rail that has a rectangular cross-section or a near-vertical flanks section is used by vehicles with a lateral guidance..

Variations to the Invention

Although the invention has been explained in relation to its preferred embodiment(s), it is to be understood that many other possible modifications and variations, or combinations of them, can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. It is, therefore, contemplated that the appended claim or claims will cover such modifications and variations (as well as combinations of them) that fall within the true scope of the invention. Some of those modifications and variations may be originated in specific requirements such as the following:

adaptation to a two-ways track-switching application (among other possible changes, by removing one or more of the switch-rails and/or one or more of the branch fixed-rails and associated elements, or by simplifying, reducing, modifying or suppressing structure elements as well as blocking, halting, or movement guiding mechanisms);

adaptation to a more-than-three-ways track-switching application (among other possible changes, by installing additional switch-rails and branch fixed-rails or by installing a consecutive set of three-ways track-switching systems);

adaptation to merge-point application applications (among other possible changes, by modifying the positioning and orientation of the track-switching units);

adaptation to a horizontal-layout track-switching application such as that of a common railway (among other possible changes, by positioning the rail-switching units below the rails and orienting them facing upwards, and/or by modifying the structural and supporting components, and/or by reinforcing the rotation blocking mechanisms);

adaptation to applications where the track plane is inclined (among other possible changes, by adequately positioning and orienting the rail-switching units);

adaptation to applications where the curved switch-rails have the same curvature profile, or where all switch-rails have the same longitudinal length (among other possible changes, by adapting and simplifying the rotatable hub, rotating guides and the structures);

adaptation to applications where the internal ends of the branch fixed-rails do not form a plane (among other possible changes by varying the range of angular movements of the rotatable hub);

adaptation to applications where the curved switch-rails have different longitudinal lengths (among other possible changes, by adapting the rotatable hub, rotating guides and the structures);

adaptation to applications where the straight switch-rails may not be perfectly straight, or the curved-rails may not be uniformly curved (among other possible changes, by adapting accordingly the shapes of the switch-rails and corresponding fixed-rails);

adaptation to applications where one actuator is shared by several rail-switching units (among other possible changes, by providing a direct or indirect mechanical link between the rail-switching units upon which a same actuator would, directly or indirectly, transmit the rotational force);

adaptation to vertical-layout track-switching applications where the track rails are not supported from the outside lateral sides of the track, but from the internal lateral sides of the rails (among other possible changes, by positioning the rail-switching units inside the track and orienting them facing outwards);

adaptation to applications where the track rails are supported from above (among other possible changes, by modifying the positioning the rail-switching units above the rails and orienting them downwards);

adaptation to applications with stricter safety, reliability and/or performance requirements (among other possible changes, by providing additional blocking, halting, or movement guiding mechanisms, or reinforcing the described ones, and/or by using additional mechanical or magnetic methods to improve the engagement of switch-rails with fixed-rails at their active positions, and/or by adapting the covers and structures so as to maximize the solidness and precision of the system and minimize the probability of interferences with the mechanisms);

adaptation to applications with laxer safety and/or performance requirements (among other possible changes, by adapting, simplifying or discarding the described blocking, halting, and movement/engagement guiding mechanisms);

adaptation to applications requiring a wheels-assembly covering only two sides or only one side of the rail (among other possible changes, by modifying and simplifying the switch-rail and fixed-rail profiles);

adaptation to applications requiring different shapes, profiles and contacts between wheels and rail surfaces (among other possible changes, by modifying the switch-rail and fixed-rail profiles);

adaptation to mono-rail applications (among other possible changes, by reducing to one the number of rail-switching units per track-switching unit, or by simplifying the control system);

adaptation to applications where the vehicle moves along more than two rails (among other possible changes, by increasing to more than two the number of rail-switching units per track-switching unit);

adaptation to applications where the vehicles are suspended from and below the rails (among other possible changes, by modifying the positioning and orientation of the rail-switching units);

adaptation to applications with restricted g-forces (among other possible changes, by modifying the longitudinal length and shape of the switch-rails, and/or by adapting the rotating guides and the structures);

adaptation to applications where the movement of the vehicles along the guideway is not provided by means of rolling wheels, but by means of alternative technologies (or a mix of them), such as, for example, electromagnetic levitation, direct contact sliding, air-cushioning, or continuous rolling tracks (among other possible changes, by adapting the shape profiles of switch-rails and fixed-rails, and/or by modifying the positioning and orientation of the rail-switching units);

adaptation to crossing-points or applications where switching is needed to establish right connections between several inbound and outbound rails (among other possible changes, by combining rail-switching units for diverge-points and merge-points, by adapting the shape profiles of switch-rails and fixed-rails to allow minimal physical discontinuities at the rail crossings, by modifying the general shape, positioning and orientation of the rail-switching units, or by modifying the tracks layout so as to minimize possible crossing conflicts);

adaptation to other guideway-switching applications where the vehicles may move along the inside of guideways with tubular forms (among other possible changes, by modifying the mating profiles);

adaptation to other guideway-switching applications where vehicles move along the guideways not with a primary purpose of conveying goods or transporting passengers, but with secondary purposes such as those of maintenance or supervision of the guideways.

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SPINSWITCH TECHNOLOGIES

a Deep Tech startup, built around the Rotary Rail-Switch, a high-tech engineering invention

Key Milestones

(descending time order)

2024:

✍🏻 signed temporary commercialisation agreement with major American patent broker
⭐️ achieved grants for patents in 🇺🇸 U.S.A. and 🇵🇭 Philippines
⭐️ achieved grants for patents in 🇨🇳 China and 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia
🎖 received ENISA’s Startup Credential, public certification of our emerging and innovative nature, our scalability, and our ownership of technology designed and developed in Spain
⭐️ achieved grants for patents in 🇨🇦 Canada, 🇮🇳 India, and 🇯🇵 Japan

2023 – 2021:

🎢 new robust applications for suspended roller coasters discovered
🚄 invited to Middle East Rail & Mobility Fair 2023 in Abu Dhabi
🎖 selected finalist of the international Deep Tech & Deep Science Startups Competition at the European Meeting on Science, Technology & Innovation, TRANSFIERE Málaga 2022
🎖 achieved finalist recognition at the global E&T Innovation Awards 2022 in the category of “Best Emerging Technology of the Year”
✍🏻 signed temporary commercialisation agreement with major American patent broker
👊🏻 built endorsement from solid international non-executive advisory board comprising strategists, executives, entrepreneurs, scientists and academics
💰 assured funding to maintain IP until 2024
📂 generated patents pending of grant for 🇺🇸 USA, 🇯🇵 Japan, 🇮🇳 India, 🇧🇷 Brazil, 🇨🇦 Canada, 🇦🇺 Australia, 🇲🇽 Mexico, 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia, 🇦🇪 UAE, 🇮🇱 Israel, 🇸🇬 Singapore, and 🇵🇭 Philippines
⭐️ achieved granted patents for 🇨🇳 China (also 🇭🇰 Hong Kong), 🇷🇺 Russia, and 🇰🇷 South Korea
⭐️ achieved granted patents for multiple countries in the 🇪🇺 European zone: 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, 🇫🇷 France, 🇮🇹 Italy, 🇪🇸 Spain, 🇳🇱 Netherlands, 🇹🇷 Turkey, 🇨🇭 Switzerland, 🇵🇱 Poland, 🇸🇪 Sweden, 🇧🇪 Belgium, 🇦🇹 Austria, 🇳🇴 Norway, 🇮🇪 Ireland, 🇩🇰 Denmark, 🇫🇮 Finland, 🇵🇹 Portugal, 🇱🇺 Luxembourg, 🇸🇮 Slovenia, 🇱🇹 Lithuania, 🇮🇸 Iceland, 🇲🇨 Monaco, and 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein
🌐 invention claims/description translated to 21 languages
💰 obtained subsidies and grants from the Spanish Patent & Trademark Office (OEPM) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
⛲️ Founded Spinswitch Technologies
⭐️ received grant for the European Patent
💡 developed the Rotary Rail-Switch technology

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Parenting Company

an innovative and long-term visionary firm committed to the creation of world-changing inventions

Taurum Technologies provides support in the creation, funding, and managing of diverse innovation entrepreneurship based on patented innovations.

Talent Force

This innovation venture has become a reality thanks to the excellent work of a smart international team of talent: a selective worldwide spread set of independent lawyers, engineers, accountants and creative professionals which have been coordinated by the firm’s CEO, in turn supported and guided by a solid advisory board.

Daniel SÁENZ LÖBSACK (Founder & CEO)

Daniel has been a multinational executive for around two decades, leading as CEO / Managing Director complex turnaround transformations of fairly sized building-materials and industrial-services businesses located in Europe, Asia and South America. He has worked with permanent residency in countries with highly diverse cultures, religions, languages, and levels of macroeconomic maturity such as Spain, France, Bangladesh, Germany, Malaysia and Peru. His global professional experience has been complemented with a demanding academic trajectory (Engineering Degree, Master of Science in Industrial Engineering, MBA at INSEAD, PhD studies, …), an intense top-competitive sports life (24 caps with Spain’s National Senior Rugby team), and a strong interest in envisioning the future and seeking disruptive innovations (inventor behind 3 patent families comprising 80 national patents). As of today, apart from managing some investment projects in Latin America and casual teaching of strategic and business management as master’s university professor, Daniel is fundamentally engaged with his innovation ventures Taurum, Spinswitch, and Thumbray Technologies.

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Advisory Board

We are endorsed and counselled by a solid international panel of non-executive advisors comprising relevant strategists, executives, entrepreneurs, scientists and academics.

The joint expertise of this extraordinary board covers not only a wide and rich span of wisdom but also an extensive worldwide footprint of influence.

Mr. José Luis SÁENZ DE MIERA (Advisor - Global Strategy, Corporate Governance)

Mr. José Luis Sáenz de Miera

Former Board Member at global headquarters of CEMEX, one of the largest building materials companies in the world and where he held the positions of President & CEO of Cemex Southern Europe, Africa, Middle East & Asia, CEO of Cemex Spain and Vice-President of Finance & Administration at Valenciana de Cementos. Along his intense professional life, he also became Chairman and CEO of Group Cementos Portland Valderrivas, Board Member of Nueva Pescanova, and Partner – in charge of Audit – at KPMG Spain. He holds a degree in Economic Sciences by the Complutense University of Madrid. Nowadays, he makes use of his vast international executive experience and wisdom to provide consulting and advisory services to miscellaneous businesses, institutions, investors and entrepreneurs.

Dr. Kimio KASE (Advisor - Corporate Strategy, Strategic Management)

Dr. Kimio Kase

Ex-President and Professor Emeritus at the International University of Japan (IUJ). Former professor at Chinese Beijing Normal University, at Japanese Ritsumeikan University, and faculty member (on leave) at Spanish IESE Business School. He earned his DBA (Doctor of Business Administration) from Manchester University, and his MBA from IESE Business School. With extensive corporate experience in the fields of Global Trade and Management, he initiated his international career working for a Japanese global trading house, where he specialized in Industrial Marketing. He later took top executive positions in Spain as Director of Price Waterhouse Coopers Europe, and as Partner in a headhunting firm. He also served the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington DC. Professor Kase has written and published – in English, Spanish and Japanese – numerous scientific articles and books on strategy and management. One recent solid success is his co-authorship of “The Nonaka Series of Knowledge and Innovation” (Ed. Palgrave Macmillan). Currently, his major areas of academic interest are Corporate-level Strategy, Strategic Management, Strategic Planning, Knowledge Management, and Sports Management.

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Amb. José Ramón BARAÑANO (Advisor - International Relations, Government Affairs)

Amb. José Ramón Barañano

He has served abroad as Ambassador of Spain to India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Australia and New Zealand, and as Head of the Economic and Commercial Office of the Spanish Embassies in Morocco, Austria and Ecuador. At the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he was Ambassador for International Environmental Affairs, Inspector General and Deputy Director-General for Bilateral Economic Relations. He was also Director-General of Fisheries at the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture and was board member of several companies such as CESCE (Spanish Export Insurance Company), MERCASA (Spanish Food Wholesaler), DEFEX (Defense Promotion and Export) and CETARSA (Tobacco processing and commercialisation). He holds a degree in International Studies from the Spanish Diplomatic School, a Postgraduate Certificate in High European Studies from the Belgian College of Europe, and a BA (with Hons) in Economics from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Currently, he is international business advisor at miscellaneous American, European and Asian industrial and technological firms.

PhD. Aynur ÜNAL (Advisor - Engineering, R&D, Innovation)

PhD. Aynur Ünal

Highly reputed scientist, educator, academician and innovation booster. Fulbright Scholar and price-winning Engineering professor at STANFORD University, where she earned her PhD in Engineering & Applied Mathematics, where she founded and created the curricula for Stanford’s Acoustics Institute using research funds from NASA Ames, and where, at Stanford’s Center for Innovation in Global Health in collaboration with UCLA Medical School and IIT Guwahati’s Centre for Nanotechnology, led relevant research projects using AI in bio-sensing and early-health diagnostics to prevent Salmonella infections, lung diseases, gastric cancers, autism and Alzheimer. Former Dean of Engineering & Technology at ANSAL/Sushant University in India. Assignee and inventor of several patents on collaborative planning, field where her works are considered to have been crucial in the creation of instant secure encrypted communication and collaboration software using internet protocols for B2B applications and complex supply chains. Co-founder (and current technological leader) of Digital Monozukuri, an engine for open innovation focused on Smart Systems and e-Services based on AI, AR-VR & Gamification. Along her career, she has taken executive design/manufacturing and IT management roles at Siemens, LSI Logic and Flextronics and has co-founded, developed and directed several American and British startups (E2OPEN, Saqqara Systems, Data Reliability, Imjack/Amteus..). Currently, she completes her intense innovation activities focused, among others, on revolutionary sustainable health-caring digital systems, wearable devices and bio materials, with works as strategic advisor to universities in USA, India and Japan and to technological ventures InfoSec Global, NaquiLogix and Taurum Technologies.

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Eduardo G. HERNÁNDEZ (Advisor - Consumer Goods, Marketing)

Eduardo G. Hernández

Board Member Director / Advisor in FMCG, Finance, Marketing and NGO sectors. Current COO of Latin America at Coca-Cola FEMSA (publicly traded KOF, largest franchise Coca-Cola bottler in the world), with full responsibility over the results of operations in Guatemala, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela and Argentina. Within KOF, he also took the positions of Strategy Director and of Director of New Businesses, being instrumental in the successful creation and development of emerging product categories and in the significant M&A growth of the group. He was also CEO of the Food, Beverage & Dairy Division of multinational Grupo Gloria where he led more than 10’000 employees and managed a complex worldwide exporting conglomerate that comprised operations in 7 countries of North America and South America and generated over $ 2B of revenues. Before Grupo Gloria, he served Empresas Polar taking several top executive positions such as Marketing Director Malt Beverage, International Business Director Beer & Malt Beverage, Business Director Beer & Wine, and Business Unit Manager Corn Flour, Oats & Powder Beverage. In sum, Eduardo accumulates 30 years of executive positions within FMCG Industries based in LATAM and US, period during which he has led and executed 2 crucial turnarounds and 4 major acquisitions. He also holds an MBA by Kellogg School of Management (Northwestern University), a Certificate in Marketing, Administration & Management by Harvard University, and a B.A. by Universidad Metropolitana.

Jorge PÉREZ DE LEZA (Advisor - Assets Management, Investor Relations)

Jorge Pérez de Leza

Jorge is CEO of Metrovacesa since 2016. With over €2.5 billion of assets under management, Metrovacesa is a leading real estate developer in Spain, representing one of the highest valued and most attractive land banks in the country. Jorge joined Metrovacesa to reorganise the company and relaunch its property development activity after the economic crisis in Spain, leading the company’s IPO in 2018. Previously, he worked 12 years as top executive director at Grupo LAR, first as Head of Europe (managing all European operations including Germany, France, Poland, Romania, Latvia, Hungary and the Baltic States) and then as Head of Spain, holding full responsibility over €1’000 million of assets under management and assuming a key role in the IPO and subsequent growth of LAR España REIT. Before Grupo Lar, he was COO of Excite@Home Europe (broadband internet access and multimedia content creation), Managing Director & Partner of Fun & Basics (fashion clothing, footwear and accessories), and Manager at Boston Consulting Group (BCG, global management consulting). Jorge has an MBA from Harvard Business School, and a BSc and MSc in Industrial Engineering and Industrial Management from ICAI Engineering School, at Universidad Pontificia Comillas in Madrid. He is also Founder and President of Fundación Deporte y Desafío (NGO Sport & Challenge Foundation).

Arch. Guillermo GARCÍA DE POLAVIEJA (Advisor - Sustainability, Environment, Health & Safety)

Arch. Guillermo García de Polavieja

Partner and Technical Director at TMA, Head for Sustainable Transport at SBA Consultores, and Co-founder & Chairman of consulting group G5 Expertos Ambientales. His experience comprises two decades of professional practice as environmental consultant in Transportation, Acoustics and Sustainable Planning. Worked as environmental expert for the European Union and consulted for the Madrid Municipality taking responsibility for the Madrid 2^nd Strategic Plan for Noise Abatement. Committee Member at Rugby Europe and Directive Executive at the Spanish Rugby Federation. Licensed Architect and Urban Planner by the Madrid School of Architecture, with degrees in Conservation and Restoration of Architectural and Urban Heritage, Building Acoustics, Urban Environment and Airport Planning. Author of multiple technical articles and papers related to environmental noise, impact assessment and environmental planning. Lecturer at various regular graduate and professional courses. Earner of a Career Discovery Scholarship at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design.

JD. Cristina CAZORLA (Advisor - International Trade, PR, Legal Compliance)

JD. Cristina Cazorla

Ms. Cazorla has been serving the U.S. Department of Commerce in Spain for over two decades, where she currently holds the role of International Commercial Trade Specialist, controller and budgeting expert. She has a degree in Law by the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Before joining the Embassy of the United States of America in Madrid, she spent six years intensively working at the historical and highly reputed Díaz-Arias Spanish law firm, where she ended up taking full responsibility over the editorial coordination and general management of “Gaceta Fiscal“, the Spanish Tax & Legal magazine with the largest print run in the country.

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