Patents by Inventor Ryan Matthew HOLSCHBACH

Ryan Matthew HOLSCHBACH 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).

  • Rail plate retainer with stabilized gripping jaws for use with rail tie exchanger
    Patent number: 11453981
    Abstract: A rail tie plate retaining workhead is provided for use in conjunction with a rail tie replacement machine moving along a railroad track having a pair of rails. The workhead includes a workhead frame configured for movement along the track relative to the rail tie replacement machine, and a pair of plate retaining frames, each frame associated with a respective one of the rails, and being connected to the workhead frame. Each plate retaining frame has at least one rail guide wheel connected to the retaining frame using a fluid powered cylinder, the wheels vertically reciprocating between an extended position, in which the workhead is raised to a travel position, and a retracted position, in which the workhead is lowered to a working position in operational relationship with at least one targeted rail tie plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: NORDCO INC.
    Inventors: Patrick Joseph Pritzl, Kyle Matthew Neubauer, Gregory John Long, Ryan Matthew Holschbach, James W. Boyd
  • RAIL PLATE RETAINER WITH STABILIZED GRIPPING JAWS FOR USE WITH RAIL TIE EXCHANGER
    Publication number: 20200131716
    Abstract: A rail tie plate retaining workhead is provided for use in conjunction with a rail tie replacement machine moving along a railroad track having a pair of rails. The workhead includes a workhead frame configured for movement along the track relative to the rail tie replacement machine, and a pair of plate retaining frames, each frame associated with a respective one of the rails, and being connected to the workhead frame. Each plate retaining frame has at least one rail guide wheel connected to the retaining frame using a fluid powered cylinder, the wheels vertically reciprocating between an extended position, in which the workhead is raised to a travel position, and a retracted position, in which the workhead is lowered to a working position in operational relationship with at least one targeted rail tie plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Patrick Joseph PRITZL, Kyle Matthew NEUBAUER, Gregory John LONG, Ryan Matthew HOLSCHBACH, James W. BOYD