Patents by Inventor Richard B. Biehl

Richard B. Biehl 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).

  • Railroad freight car coupling system
    Patent number: 11472447
    Abstract: A railroad freight car coupling system utilizing purely mechanical cushioning assemblies at opposed ends of the car. Each cushioning assembly includes an elongated draft gear assembly including two individually operable and axially spaced assemblies for absorbing both buff and draft forces. Each draft gear assembly includes an axially elongated and hollow metal housing with a first open end and a second open end disposed in longitudinally spaced relation relative to each other. The draft gear assembly is provided with first and second spring biased assemblies at opposed open ends of the housing for absorbing, storing and returning energy directed against a railroad freight car with which the draft gear assembly is arranged in operable combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Miner Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Andy R. Kries, Erich A. Schoedl, Keith A. Salis, Kenneth A. James, Richard B. Biehl
  • RAILROAD FREIGHT CAR COUPLING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20210331721
    Abstract: A railroad freight car coupling system utilizing purely mechanical cushioning assemblies at opposed ends of the car. Each cushioning assembly includes an elongated draft gear assembly including two individually operable and axially spaced assemblies for absorbing both buff and draft forces. Each draft gear assembly includes an axially elongated and hollow metal housing with a first open end and a second open end disposed in longitudinally spaced relation relative to each other. The draft gear assembly is provided with first and second spring biased assemblies at opposed open ends of the housing for absorbing, storing and returning energy directed against a railroad freight car with which the draft gear assembly is arranged in operable combination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Andy R. KRIES, Erich A. Schoedl, Keith A. Salis, Kenneth A. James, Richard B. Biehl