23 patents
Utility
Gondola Railroad Car
4 Jan 24
A gondola railroad car partially formed using members of high strength steel, that is lighter than conventional gondola railroad cars, that can carry more weight than conventional gondola railroad cars, that is less prone to damage than conventional gondola railroad cars, and that has a longer lifespan than convention gondola railroad cars.
Daniel J. Schuller, Peter L. Jones, Xiaoyan Lu
Filed: 1 Jul 22
Utility
Railcar for Transport of Steel Coils with Removable Bi-level Roof
21 Dec 23
A railcar for transporting one or more steel coils.
Glenn A. Sandheinrich, Justin Dobsch
Filed: 3 Aug 23
Utility
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14 Dec 23
Door assemblies for insulated boxcars and refrigerated boxcars are disclosed.
Dan Aberle
Filed: 13 Jun 22
Utility
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26 Oct 23
A large plate tilt railroad car including a plate support assembly having a plurality of spaced-apart plate supporters including a plurality of plate holders simultaneously movable from loading positions in which one or more large steel plates can be loaded on the railroad car to transit positions in which one or more large steel plates can be transported using the railroad car.
Daniel Schuller, Peter L. Jones, Christof Hettiger
Filed: 28 Jun 23
Utility
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12 Oct 23
Various embodiments provide a hopper railroad car top hatch cover assembly including a hatch cover and a hatch cover securer configured to secure the hatch cover in a closed position engaging a coaming of the hopper railroad car.
Peter L. Jones, Victor Mankarious, James A. Warwick, Steven James Knight, Jordan Paul Liske
Filed: 13 Jun 23
Utility
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5 Oct 23
A railroad hopper car having a single cargo-receiving hopper extending over substantially the length of a car body having a cargo discharge portion occupying most of the available distance between the wheeled trucks supporting opposite ends of the car body.
Peter L. Jones, Caglar Ozerdim
Filed: 7 Jun 23
Utility
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17 Aug 23
A large plate tilt railroad car including a plate support assembly having a plurality of spaced-apart plate supporters including a plurality of plate holders simultaneously movable from loading positions in which one or more large steel plates can be loaded on the railroad car to transit positions in which one or more large steel plates can be transported using the railroad car.
Daniel Schuller, Peter L. Jones
Filed: 11 Feb 22
Utility
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10 Aug 23
A railcar for transporting one or more steel coils.
Glenn A. Sandheinrich, Justin Dobsch
Filed: 13 Apr 23
Utility
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29 Jun 23
Cover assemblies for railroad cars are disclosed.
Scott Hart
Filed: 23 Dec 21
Utility
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13 Apr 23
A hopper railroad car top hatch cover assembly including a hatch cover and a hatch cover securer configured to secure the hatch cover in a closed position engaging a coaming of the hopper railroad car.
Daniel J. Schuller, Jordan Paul Liske, Steven James Knight, Peter L. Jones
Filed: 11 Oct 21
Utility
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16 Mar 23
Open top gondola railcars and closure assemblies for cleanout openings of those railcars are disclosed.
Michael Gillis, Gregory J. Saxton
Filed: 16 Sep 21
Utility
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11 Aug 22
A configurable railroad car including a plurality of multi-orientation coil/slab supports that are configured to be positioned on, oriented on, and securely attached to the floor of the railroad car in different sets of positions and orientations to enable the railroad car to transport different products such as coils, elongated slabs, a mix of coils and elongated slabs, or other products.
James A. Warwick, Daniel J. Schuller, Peter L. Jones
Filed: 5 Feb 21
Utility
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11 Aug 22
Manway assemblies for railroad tank cars are disclosed.
Scott Hart
Filed: 10 Feb 21
Utility
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28 Apr 22
Subassemblies for railroad tank cars are herein disclosed.
Hariharanath Kavuri, Spencer Ashie-Winns, Mathew Curtis, Gregory J. Saxton
Filed: 10 Mar 21
Utility
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3 Mar 22
Various embodiments provide a hopper railroad car top hatch cover assembly including a hatch cover and a hatch cover securer configured to secure the hatch cover in a closed position engaging a coaming of the hopper railroad car.
Peter L. Jones, Victor Mankarious, James A. Warwick, Steven James Knight, Jordan Paul Liske
Filed: 25 Aug 20
Utility
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3 Feb 22
Autorack cars are disclosed.
Jon B. Zaerr, Brant Alec Buchanan
Filed: 28 Jul 21
Utility
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25 Nov 21
Railroad hopper cars and methods of increasing total volume capacity of a railroad hopper car having a car body with two or more hoppers.
Michael Gillis
Filed: 21 May 21
Utility
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20 May 21
A railroad hopper car having a single cargo-receiving hopper extending over substantially the length of a car body having a cargo discharge portion occupying most of the available distance between the wheeled trucks supporting opposite ends of the car body.
Peter L. Jones, Caglar Ozerdim
Filed: 28 Jan 21
Utility
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30 Dec 20
A covered hopper railroad freight car having a car body whose opposite longitudinal sides include substantially flat, parallel, generally vertical upper side wall portions free from outwardly protruding structural strength members.
Gregory J. Saxton, Michael Gillis
Filed: 8 Sep 20
Utility
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21 Oct 20
A railcar for transporting one or more steel coils.
Glenn A. Sandheinrich, Justin Dobsch
Filed: 12 Apr 20