Patents by Inventor Cornelius A. Gallagher

Cornelius A. Gallagher 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).

  • Infrared hot bearing and hot wheel detector
    Patent number: 5448072
    Abstract: A detector apparatus uses two scanners on the right of way for monitoring the wheels of a moving train . The scanners scan the wheels transversely to the tracks along a common axis and generate wheel temperature signals. The signals corresponding to the wheel bearing end caps or housing lids indicative of the wheel bearing temperatures are separated and analyzed so that the apparatus can detect and indicate both hot wheel and hot bearing conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1995
    Assignee: Servo Corporation of America
    Inventor: Cornelius A. Gallagher
  • Railroad hot box detector
    Patent number: 4659043
    Abstract: A hot box detector system is provided wherein heat signals from bearings within a housing are analyzed to determine if the scanned surface of the housing is an inner sidewall surface or an outer sidewall surface. The signals are normalized to account for differences in the heat dissipating characteristics of the inner and outer sidewalls and air stream cooling resulting from the trains movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1987
    Assignee: Servo Corporation of America
    Inventor: Cornelius A. Gallagher