Patents by Inventor Raymond F. Prorok

Raymond F. Prorok 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).

  • Test apparatus for a railway wheel
    Patent number: 5864065
    Abstract: A railroad wheel test apparatus for sensing and mapping the subsurface of a railroad wheel tread face has a housing assembly with a holding device, a wheel transfer arrangement, a transducer assembly, a positioning and moving table for the transducer and a control apparatus for receiving evaluation signals from the transducer and also for communicating control signals to the positioning table and wheel transfer devices as well as a drive apparatus, where the wheel is positioned in a fluid bath and while the wheel is rotated the transducer imposes an ultrasonic signal on the tread face and receives the response signal therefrom to provide a map of the tread-face subsurface structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1999
    Assignee: Amsted Industries Incorporated
    Inventors: Raymond F. Prorok, Christopher J. Kuznieski, William J. Kucera