201 |
HI-RAIL VEHICLE-BASED RAIL INSPECTION SYSTEM |
PCT/US0131478 |
2001-10-10 |
WO0230729A8 |
2003-02-06 |
CLARK ROBIN; BOYLE JEFFERY L; MAIN DOUGLAS T JR; LAMACCHIA BREWSTER W |
A rail road inspection system (100) is provided for use in conjunction with a non-railbound vehicle (10) having an equipment bay (14). The system comprises a detector carriage (110) adapted for being propelled over a two-railroad track (2) by the non-railbound vehicle. A magnetic induction sensor system adapted for magnetic induction inspection of one rail road track is attached to the detector carriage. The system further comprises a data acquisition system (170) and power supply system (190). The data acquisition system and the power supply system are configured for disposition and operation within the equipment bay of the non-railbound vehicle. |
202 |
Railway traction vehicle |
US14425340 |
2013-08-28 |
US09981517B2 |
2018-05-29 |
Dirk Krols; Bart Raymaekers |
Railway traction vehicle (1) that is equipped with four rubber wheels (6) and with four steel rail wheels (7), and all eight (8×8) can exert traction simultaneously on the rails over which a train is hauled. Each of the eight wheels is equipped with an individual hydraulic or electric motor (5) that can be controlled individually. The traction vehicle is equipped with tilting bogies (8a, 8b) with which the steel rail wheels can be raised or lowered. The tilting bogies also enable ballast bodies (24a, 24b) to be detached and placed on supports, by lowering the level of the supporting frame (2). |
203 |
Ground-based mobile maintenance facilities for unmanned aerial vehicles |
US15658080 |
2017-07-24 |
US09950814B1 |
2018-04-24 |
Brian C. Beckman; Nicholas Bjone |
Intermodal vehicles may be loaded with items and an aerial vehicle, and directed to travel to areas where demand for the items is known or anticipated. The intermodal vehicles may be coupled to locomotives, container ships, road tractors or other vehicles, and equipped with systems for loading one or more items onto the aerial vehicle, and for launching or retrieving the aerial vehicle while the intermodal vehicles are in motion. The areas where the demand is known or anticipated may be identified on any basis, including but not limited to past histories of purchases or deliveries to such areas, or events that are scheduled to occur in such areas. Additionally, intermodal vehicles may be loaded with replacement parts and/or inspection equipment, and configured to conduct repairs, servicing operations or inspections on aerial vehicles within the intermodal vehicles, while the intermodal vehicles are in motion. |
204 |
SYSTEM FOR CONVERTING A DOOR TO A CART |
US15444149 |
2017-02-27 |
US20180065651A1 |
2018-03-08 |
Kyle Jay Thomas |
A cart may include a door forming a bed of the cart and a pair of wheel attachment assemblies. Each wheel attachment assembly may include (a) a fender having a planar expanse configured to abut a lower major face of the door, (b) a clamping member coupled to the fender, the clamping member configured to be coupled to an upper major face of the door and abut an edge face of the door, and (c) a wheel fork coupled to the fender and configured to be coupled to an axle of a wheel. The cart may include a handle clamp configured to be coupled to an edge portion of the planar member and a handle configured to be coupled to the handle clamp. |
205 |
SYSTEM FOR CONVERTING A DOOR TO A RAILWAY CART |
US15644584 |
2017-07-07 |
US20180065646A1 |
2018-03-08 |
Kyle Jay Thomas |
A cart may include a door forming a bed of the cart and a set of wheel assemblies. The cart may be configured to travel along a pair of railroad rails. Each wheel assembly may include a wheel rotatable about an axis and a guide structure configured to engage a side of one rail of the pair of railroad rails. The cart may include a handle, coupled to a wheel assembly. |
206 |
Anti-climbing protection apparatus for a rail vehicle |
US15118182 |
2014-02-11 |
US09802628B2 |
2017-10-31 |
Marcus Koerner; Alexander Trachtenherz |
An anti-climbing protection apparatus for a rail vehicle includes at least one buffer supported by an energy absorption element connected to a rail vehicle frame. In order to permit such a protection apparatus to be produced economically, to reliably prevent overriding and to be comparatively easy to retrofit, a bearing element is fastened to an end of the energy absorption element facing away from the vehicle frame. The bearing element supports an anti-climbing protection device at an end thereof protruding in a vertical direction from the buffer. In the event of a crash, a horizontally oriented stop, in cooperation with the front of the rail vehicle, permits an anti-climbing protection element of the anti-climbing protection device to be brought from the stop into an anti-climbing protection position extending outward over the buffer. |
207 |
Vertical ride quality system for a rail vehicle |
US14968372 |
2015-12-14 |
US09790644B2 |
2017-10-17 |
Kevin Hansen |
A rail maintenance vehicle includes a frame, a workhead, an actuator, a pilot valve, and a throttling valve. The frame includes wheels that travel along rails. The actuator extends and retracts the workhead with respect to the frame. The pilot valve receives a fluid and controls the flow of the fluid to at least one output. The throttling valve adjusts a pressure of the fluid at an output relative to a pressure of the fluid at an input. The pilot valve and the throttle valve are coupled such that the fluid travels through the pilot valve and the throttling valve to cause the workhead to be extended or retracted. |
208 |
VERTICAL RIDE QUALITY SYSTEM FOR A RAIL VEHICLE |
US14968372 |
2015-12-14 |
US20170167083A1 |
2017-06-15 |
Kevin Hansen |
A rail maintenance vehicle includes a frame, a workhead, an actuator, a pilot valve, and a throttling valve. The frame includes wheels that travel along rails. The actuator extends and retracts the workhead with respect to the frame. The pilot valve receives a fluid and controls the flow of the fluid to at least one output. The throttling valve adjusts a pressure of the fluid at an output relative to a pressure of the fluid at an input. The pilot valve and the throttle valve are coupled such that the fluid travels through the pilot valve and the throttling valve to cause the workhead to be extended or retracted. |
209 |
Constant Rail Wheel Pressure Apparatus for a Railgear Guide Unit |
US14953899 |
2015-11-30 |
US20170151847A1 |
2017-06-01 |
Anthony M. Letukas |
A railgear guide unit assembly for a road vehicle comprises a pair of rail wheels coupled to an axle, a first pair of pivotal links, and a second pair of pivotal links, wherein both pairs of pivotal links are coupled to the axle at one end. The assembly further comprises a pair of railgear pressure mechanisms, wherein the railgear pressure mechanisms each comprise an outer guide assembly, an inner guide translatable within the outer guide assembly, and a spring coupled to a first end of the inner guide to provide a compressive force on the inner guide. One end of each of the pair of pivotal links is coupled to a respective inner guide such that a movement of the inner guides of respective railgear pressure mechanisms corresponds to a movement of the respective pair of pivotal links. |
210 |
Loading Train For Bulk Material |
US15301998 |
2015-03-13 |
US20170120936A1 |
2017-05-04 |
PATRICK HOETZENDORFER |
A loading train has at least two loading wagons for transporting and storing bulk material. The loading wagons each have a wagon frame supported on on-track undercarriages, a storage box with a bottom conveyor belt which is situated in the bottom region of the storage box and extends in the longitudinal direction of the wagon, and a pivotable transfer conveyor belt adjoining the bottom conveyor belt and projecting beyond the wagon frame. A tilt protection device is provided between the front-most, first loading wagon with regard to a transport direction of the bottom conveyor belt, and the following, second loading wagon. The tilt protection device is configured for contacting the rearward wagon frame end of the first loading wagon in order to block an upward movement of the wagon frame. |
211 |
MODULAR TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE |
US15169807 |
2016-06-01 |
US20160272223A1 |
2016-09-22 |
Eli BENOLIEL |
A vehicle module having a height, a width and a length, front and rear vertical panels and a horizontal floor, and wherein said height and width are adjustable and the front and rear vertical panels are foldable to allow enlargement of an empty module to pass over another module. The modules are useful for transport of passengers or goods, particularly in a guided rail system. |
212 |
Onsite steel rail laser processing vehicle |
US14375970 |
2013-06-13 |
US09365983B2 |
2016-06-14 |
Xiaoyan Zeng; Qianwu Hu; Chongyang Li; Yinlan Zheng; Min Du |
The invention discloses an on-line laser processing vehicle for a rail, including a chassis, a vehicle body, a steer-control chamber and a container; the steer-control chamber includes a console, a CCD monitoring system and a drive-switching operating system; a dual driving system and switching mechanism, which with a process-operation driving system, a conventional operation driving system and a switching mechanism, is disposed in the container; the process-operation driving system operates to provide driving power for the laser processing vehicle during laser processing, and precisely controls moving speed and distance of the laser processing vehicle; the switching mechanism operates to implement switching between the conventional operation driving system and the process-operation driving system. The invention ensures accurate processing trajectories of the laser processing vehicle during laser processing; facilitates on-line laser processing of a variety of rails, such as the rails of main line, curved rails, guard rails, switch rails and so on, so that wear resistance of the processed rail is greatly improved, and meets requirements of high-speed and heavy haul trains for wear resistance of the rail. |
213 |
Modular transportation vehicle |
US14378672 |
2013-02-14 |
US09365086B2 |
2016-06-14 |
Eli Benoliel |
A vehicle module having a height, a width and a length, front and rear vertical panels and a horizontal floor, and wherein said height and width are adjustable and the front and rear vertical panels are foldable to allow enlargement of an empty module to pass over another module. The modules are useful for transport of passengers or goods, particularly in a guided rail system. |
214 |
DEVICE FOR CONVEYING MATERIAL DURING TRACK LAYING |
US14784150 |
2014-02-25 |
US20160052528A1 |
2016-02-25 |
Bernhard Lichtberger |
A device, proposed for conveying material during track laying, includes material-conveying silo units which can be moved on a track and receive material between side walls which define the silo chamber on a bottom conveyor belt for conveying the material along the bottom. A material-conveying silo includes a plurality of material silo units which are coupled to one another and, in the region of their end faces which face one another, include devices for transferring the material from one material-conveying silo unit to the next material-conveying silo unit. In order to increase the useful volume of the material-conveying silo, the material-conveying silo is of articulated configuration, where the frames of two material-conveying silo units which adjoin one another are supported in an articulated manner on a common running gear, and the silo chamber is of continuous configuration. |
215 |
VEHICLE FOR A RAIL |
US14768478 |
2014-02-18 |
US20160052526A1 |
2016-02-25 |
Oscar Slurink |
A vehicle configured to be moved along a rail includes rollers which in use engage the rail such that each roller has a contact area with which the roller is in contact with the rail. The contact areas of the rollers are positioned to define a beam with a longitudinal beam axis, a rectangular form in a cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal beam axis and a first beam side, a second beam side, a third beam side and a fourth beam side, in which the first and third beam side extend perpendicular to the second and fourth beam side, at least two rollers define the first beam side, two rollers define the second beam side, one roller defines the third beam side, and one roller defines the fourth beam side. An assembly includes the vehicle and a rail. |
216 |
Railcar ballast distributing apparatus |
US14296064 |
2014-06-04 |
US09127412B2 |
2015-09-08 |
Andrew J. Spurlock; Edward A. Burris; Daniel P. Hartness |
This invention may comprise a railcar ballast distributing apparatus comprising a ballast railcar traveling in a direction of travel on a pair of railroad rails, a plow mechanism operatively attaching to a main bracket assembly attaching to the middle underside of the railcar, and being powered by a hydraulic system, the plow mechanism comprising: a spring box assembly mechanism operating a single plow blade assembly comprising: a pair of articulating and independently movable plow blades vertically and independently adaptable during contact against the pair of railroad rails and having a transport mode span and a separate deployed mode span, and a spring-loaded safety locking latch mechanism, the spring box assembly mechanism vertically deploying and retracting the pair of plow blades, which automatically and differentially change orientation when contacting the pair of railroad rails, and increase to the deployed mode span and decrease to the transport mode span. |
217 |
HIGH-SPEED RAIL RESCUE CRANE AND A MULTIFUNCTIONAL HIGH-SPEED RAIL RESCUE TRAIN |
US14427306 |
2014-06-20 |
US20150239479A1 |
2015-08-27 |
Chen Fang |
The present application relates to a new high-speed rail rescue crane and a multifunctional high-speed rail rescue train, comprising a vehicle equipped with wheels; a concave floor disposed on middle of the vehicle floor; wherein a steel frame base is disposed on the concave floor; a cassette deck is set on both sides of the steel frame base and a V-type chute is set up on the cassette deck; a pedestal floor is disposed on the steel frame base, a sliding tenon is set on both sides of the pedestal floor, the sliding tenons is engaged with the V-type chute; an end of the pedestal floor is connected to a trip lever of a hydraulic cylinder fixed on the steel frame base; a rotary support is fixed on the pedestal floor, a crane is fixed on the pedestal floor; legs of the crane are disposed on the vehicle floor; and a slot engaged with a steel rail is disposed on root of the legs of the crane. The present high-speed rail wreck crane is safer, more stable and more practical; this multifunctional high-speed rail rescue train is suitable for the rescue of multi-type accidents of high-speed rail and it is also suitable in unique terrains, such as elevated sections, tunnels, canyons and water. |
218 |
DRIVE UNIT FOR A RAIL-ROAD VEHICLE |
US14399481 |
2013-05-07 |
US20150158358A1 |
2015-06-11 |
Jan-Ake Akesson; Mats Kristerson; Rickard Andersson; Niclas Henriksson |
A drive unit for a road-rail vehicle having at least four wheels, for movement on rails, wherein each wheel is driven by a separate hydraulic motor. Further the hydraulic motors driving the wheels situated on one side of a longitudinal central axis of the vehicle are connected in |
219 |
MODULAR TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE |
US14378672 |
2013-02-14 |
US20150015017A1 |
2015-01-15 |
Eli Benoliel |
A vehicle module having a height, a width and a length, front and rear vertical panels and a horizontal floor, and wherein said height and width are adjustable and the front and rear vertical panels are foldable to allow enlargement of an empty module to pass over another module. The modules are useful for transport of passengers or goods, particularly in a guided rail system. |
220 |
Railcar Ballast Distributing Apparatus |
US14296064 |
2014-06-04 |
US20140360056A1 |
2014-12-11 |
Andrew J. Spurlock; Edward A. Burris; Daniel P. Hartness |
This invention may comprise a railcar ballast distributing apparatus comprising a ballast railcar traveling in a direction of travel on a pair of railroad rails, a plow mechanism operatively attaching to a main bracket assembly attaching to the middle underside of the railcar, and being powered by a hydraulic system, the plow mechanism comprising: a spring box assembly mechanism operating a single plow blade assembly comprising: a pair of articulating and independently movable plow blades vertically and independently adaptable during contact against the pair of railroad rails and having a transport mode span and a separate deployed mode span, and a spring-loaded safety locking latch mechanism, the spring box assembly mechanism vertically deploying and retracting the pair of plow blades, which automatically and differentially change orientation when contacting the pair of railroad rails, and increase to the deployed mode span and decrease to the transport mode span. |