Patents
US 12435474 B2: Auto stow wings
- Granted
- 2025-10-07
- Filed
- 2022-01-06 application 17570119
- Type
- Utility · 17 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
Automated storage is provide for a ballast wing mounted on a regulator frame of a ballast regulator machine. A machine controller may detect actuation of a wing activation switch and, in response, actuate a wing lift cylinder connected between the regulator frame and a wing arm to dispose the wing arm within a predetermined safe zone, actuate a wing pivot cylinder to rotate a wing frame to a wing frame stored position, actuate a wing extension cylinder to retract the wing arm extension to a retracted position within the wing arm, and actuate the wing lift cylinder to rotate the ballast wing to a stored position adjacent the regulator frame.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg251007.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progress Rail Services Corporation 113 patents | US company or organization | Albertville, AL | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary K. Gibson, II | Blueberry Hill, AL | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Michael Adams | Prattville, AL | 3 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Alston H. Pike | Blueberry Hill, AL | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| E01B | Permanent way; permanent-way tools; machines for making railways of all kinds | E01B27/02 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-21 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | PROGRESS RAIL SERVICES CORPORATION signed 2025-10-31 | KERSHAW EQUIPMENT L.L.C. CHICAGO, IL | 73535/325 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2022-01-07 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | ADAMS, MICHAEL D. signed 2022-01-06 GIBSON, GARY K., II signed 2022-01-06 PIKE, ALSTON H. signed 2022-01-06 | PROGRESS RAIL SERVICES CORPORATION ALBERTVILLE, AL | 58580/991 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.
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