Patents by Inventor Johannes R. Oswald

Johannes R. Oswald 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).

  • Device for securing in position guide rails
    Patent number: 5148980
    Abstract: In a device for mounting in position guide rails (1), in which device the guide rail (1) is free of perforations and is seized by claws (3), which claws (3) are fixed in a mounting part, the mounting part has a mounting plate (2) extending in parallel relation to the longitudinal direction of the guide rail, noting that the claws (3) can be passed through perforations (16) in the mounting plate and can be braced against the mounting plate (2), in particular with the interposition of a spring (4), at the side, located opposite the guide rail (1), of the mounting plate (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1992
    Assignee: Voest-Alpine Zeltweg Gesellschaft m.g.h.
    Inventors: Dieter Fritz, Heinz Ossberger, Johannes R. Oswald
  • Railway switch comprising a frog having a movable main point and auxiliary point
    Patent number: 4953814
    Abstract: In a railway switch comprising a frog having a movable main and auxiliary point, the main and auxiliary point are formed by using thick-web standard rail sections and asymmetric tongue profiles of smaller height as compared with the thick-web standard rail sections which are arranged as outer wing rails. The difference in height between the height of the main and auxiliary points and the height of the outer wing rails is greater than the height of the rail feet of the main and auxiliary points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 4, 1990
    Assignee: Voest-Alpine Maschinenbau Gesellshaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Johannes R. Oswald, Eduard Guggenberger