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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7097112 | Profiled bar A rail joint made from a metallic profiled bar that is rolled or forged and is used for connecting adjacent railroad rails to each other. The rail joint is configured to provide increased wheel flange clearance while maintaining the integrity of joining two rails to... | 08/29/2006 |
| 6364215 | Guide rail with engaging-releasing slots for a roller guide assembly in particular with inclined rollers A guide rail for guiding a pair of angled or horizontal guide wheels (17,18) of a guide assembly. The guide rail comprises a rail base (2), a rail head (4), and a rail web (3) interconnecting the rail base (2) with the rail head (4). The rail head (4) has... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6270018 | Track or method for aligning a rail track section The invention relates to a track with rail track section (10) which differs from the usual basic layout. In order to check changes in track layout in a simple manner, the invention provides that the rail track section (10) has a cutout (24) running parall... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6253685 | Guide rail for automatic controlled road vehicles According to the invention, a guide rail for a transportation vehicle with an upper travel surface and base cushion. The guide rail has an intermediate zone extending from the upper surface to the cushion. In the intermediate zone there is at least one su... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6170755 | Reduced radiated-noise rail The invention relates to a profiled rail (1), especially for a railway track, with a reduced total radiated noise level when in use. In order to reduce the noise radiation level, at least one web side surface (31) is substantially concavely rounded withou... | 01/09/2001 |
| 5419490 | Point rail for switching gear A point rail for switching gear comprises a head (10) with a running surface (Σ), a web (20) with a mid plane (π) and a base (30). The running surface (Σ) is inclined relative to this mid plane (π). The base (30) has two unequal wings (300), the large... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5295624 | Contact surfaces of a track part and railway wheel To achieve low wear and hence a greater shape durability of track parts, it is proposed that the contact surface of a track part have a curvature having a constant difference ƊK in relation to the curvature of the corresponding current contact surface of... | 03/22/1994 |
