Patents Examined by S. Jooseph Morano
  • Roof structure for a locomotive power module
    Patent number: 8176854
    Abstract: A roof structure for a power module of a locomotive is disclosed. The roof structure may have an upper roof layer and at least a portion of the upper roof layer may have a first set of cooling passages. The roof structure may further have a lower roof layer at least partially positioned below the upper roof layer and at least a portion of the lower roof layer may have a second set of cooling passages. Each of the cooling passages of the first set of cooling passages may not overlap a cooling passage of second set of cooling passages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Progress Rail Services Corp
    Inventors: Geary Walter Smith, Jr., Timothy Scott McChesney, Edwin Ray Winter, Jay Dee Schmechel