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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7640865 | Rail car shunting device for road-rail operation A rail car mover for road-rail operation is enabled for shunting rail cars that are guided on two parallel rails. The rail car mover has a bogie and wheels which are mounted thereon and have rubber tires. Each wheel is assigned a bolt element, or a disk, which can b... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7261189 | Braking system of a rail vehicle A braking system of a rail vehicle includes a parking brake device having a gearing. The gearing converts a rotating movement initiated by rotation-actuating devices into an application of movement of at least one pressure-medium-operated cylinder piston drive. Also... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7213520 | Diesel electric locomotive A diesel electric locomotive includes a main generator for a drive apparatus and an auxiliary generator for auxiliary appliances, connected to a diesel engine. The main generator is connected by a first rectifier to the direct current traction intermediate circuit o... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7051499 | Riding mower provided with hydrostatic transmissions As an embodiment of the present invention, a brake pedal 69 for braking right and left rear wheels 3 and a parking operation member 78 for maintaining a step-on condition of the brake pedal 69 are provided on a step 67. As a result... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6923723 | Game device and image processing device To provide an image processing device, image processing method, and data processing method for a game device providing novel game features. In a multiple-player game device 1 comprising mutually coupled input mechanisms 31, it is possible for a game to... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6437705 | Railcar maintenance management system The present invention relates to a system and a method for managing the repairing, cleaning, painting, or otherwise maintaining of railcars within a railcar maintenance facility. Specifically, the present invention relates to a railcar maintenance managem... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6298792 | Hi-rail wheel assembly for improved traction An improved hi-rail wheel assembly includes a frame connected to an axle tube surrounding an axle, a pair of railway wheels mounted in spaced relation on the axle tube, a first pair of pivotal links connected between a frame and the axle, and a second pai... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6199485 | Rail conversion module for road tractor A rail conversion module for a tractor allowing the tractor to be driven either on the ground or on railroad tracks wherein a hinged module frame fits under the tractor with front rail wheels on a frame front section being attached to the tractor and adap... | 03/13/2001 |
| 4878436 | Railcar moving vehicle A railcar moving vehicle having rail wheels for operating on railroad track and having retractable road wheels for operating on road, the vehicle having a main frame and a pivotable frame which is connected to the main frame by a longitudinal pivot, there... | 11/07/1989 |
| 4843973 | Railcar moving vehicles An improved railcar moving vehicle is capable of travel in a first rail travel mode on a railway track on rail wheels and in a second ground travel mode on ground wheels. When the rail wheels are driving the vehicle on the rails in the rail travel mode, f... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4380198 | Vehicle having improved coupling system and system for absorption of shock on coupling A self-propelled vehicle for moving railroad cars and the like. The vehicle may have weight transfer means for increasing its traction by taking weight from a railroad car to one that is coupled. The vehicle defines a first chassis having wheels carried t... | 04/19/1983 |
| 4356773 | Hydraulically driven railway car A motorized track car with a wheeled lower portion for rolling along a railroad track, and a platform carried by the wheeled lower portion. The platform has seating accommodation for one or more persons with the propulsion means for the vehicle disposed b... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4266483 | Convertible rail-highway car moving vehicle A convertible rail-highway car moving vehicle is constructed by a tractor having a front end and a rear end. A pair of rubber wheels, which may take the form of rubber-tired wheels is associated with the front end of the tractor. At least one pair of flan... | 05/12/1981 |
| 4167142 | Convertible railway car shifting locomotive An improved rail car moving vehicle adapted for travel alternately in one mode on rail wheels on a railway track and in an off-track mode on ground wheels, with weight transfer capabilities from a coupled railway car when in the on-rail mode, and characte... | 09/11/1979 |
| 4086856 | Apparatus employing an intermediate vehicle for operably intercoupling a tractor or the like with railroad cars An intermediate vehicle intercouples a tractor or the like with an ordinary railroad car for shuttling a number of railroad cars along the rails for purposes of loading, switching, and spotting of same. The intermediate vehicle is supported by rail wheels... | 05/02/1978 |
| 4067259 | Convertible rail-highway traction vehicle A weight transfer rail traction vehicle adapted for travel on alternate sets of rail or road wheels which is characterized by a number of features including: a spring and shock absorber system which cooperate to maintain the springs, while in a rail trave... | 01/10/1978 |
