Patents by Inventor Jose Theurer

Jose Theurer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Mobile apparatus for determining the lateral position of a railroad track
    Patent number: 4490038
    Abstract: A mobile apparatus for determining the lateral position of a railroad track with respect to an adjacent railroad track without physical contact with the adjacent railroad track and for indicating the determined lateral position, which comprises a carriage mounted for movement along the railroad track, a laser beam emitting and receiving instrument mounted on the carriage for focussing on the adjacent railroad track and fixed parts of the right of way to measure the distance thereof from the instrument, the instrument having coincident optical axes for emitting and receiving the laser beam and said axes extending in a transverse plane perpendicular to the track, and means for indicating the measured distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 1982
    Date of Patent: December 25, 1984
    Assignee: Franz Plasser Bahnbaumaschinen-Industriegesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Jose Theurer, Klaus Riessberger