MUMBAI, India, Aug. 22 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202518070235 A) filed by Voestalpine Turnout Technology Zeltweg Gmbh; and Voestalpine Railway Systems Gmbh, Zeltweg, Austria, on July 23, for 'clamping spring for holding down a track body element.'
Inventor(s) include Mayer, Thomas; Holzl, Wolfgang; and Breitegger, Stefan.
The application for the patent was published on Aug. 22, under issue no. 34/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A tension spring (1) for holding down a track body element, such as a rail foot of a rail, comprising a U-shaped main section which has a U-bend (2), a first leg (3) arranged on one side of the U-bend (2) and a second leg (4) arranged on the other side of the U-bend (2), wherein a hook-shaped inwardly bent holding section (5) which can be braced against a hold-down device (12) is formed on the first leg (3) and an end section (6) bent towards or away from the holding section (5) is formed on the second leg (4), wherein the U-bend (2) forms a torsion section so that a hold-down force can be applied to the track body element via the bent end section (6)."
The patent application was internationally filed on Aug. 29, 2023, under International application No.PCT/IB2023/058519.
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