Patents by Inventor Friedbert Heinze

Friedbert Heinze 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).

  • Cross frog
    Patent number: 7083149
    Abstract: A cross frog of a grooved rail junction plate having a cross frog tip movably arranged on a sliding plate, wing rails running along the same, as well as auxiliary rails that transition into connecting bars, which delimit a respective groove with an allocated section of wing rail. In order to adjust the cross frog tip within the desired range and to make possible a problem-free exchange in the case of a repair or upgrade with a simple design, it is proposed that the cross frog tip transition without connection into the auxiliary rails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: VAE GmbH
    Inventors: Friedbert Heinze, Stefan Wenzel
  • Cross frog
    Publication number: 20050145754
    Abstract: A cross frog of a grooved rail junction plate having a cross frog tip movably arranged on a sliding plate, wing rails running along the same, as well as auxiliary rails that transition into connecting bars, which delimit a respective groove with an allocated section of wing rail. In order to adjust the cross frog tip within the desired range and to make possible a problem-free exchange in the case of a repair or upgrade with a simple design, it is proposed that the cross frog tip transition without connection into the auxiliary rails.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2004
    Publication date: July 7, 2005
    Inventors: Friedbert Heinze, Stefan Wenzel