Patents by Inventor Tamo Bianchi

Tamo Bianchi 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).

  • Railroad car having cold formed center sill
    Patent number: 7478599
    Abstract: A railroad car having a center sill formed by cold rolling a flat sheet of steel into a rectangular configuration. One of the embodiments includes strengthening flanges and another includes ribs. The cold formed center sill may be formed of a single cold formed section or a pair of cold formed sections joined by a single longitudinal weld seam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2009
    Assignee: JAC Patent Company
    Inventors: Todd L. Lydic, Tamo Bianchi, James A. Decker
  • One piece center sill for a railroad car
    Patent number: 6769366
    Abstract: A one-piece center sill for a railroad freight car formed by cold rolling a flat sheet of steel into a rectangular configuration. One of the embodiments includes strengthening flanges and another includes ribs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignee: JAC Patent Company
    Inventors: Todd L. Lydic, Tamo Bianchi, James A. Decker
  • Method of cold forming center sill for a railcar
    Patent number: 6119345
    Abstract: A center sill for a railroad car formed by cold rolling a flat sheet of steel into a rectangular configuration. One of the embodiments includes strengthening flanges and another includes ribs. The center sill may be formed of a single cold formed section or a pair of cold formed sections joined by a single longitudinal weld seam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2000
    Assignee: Johnstown America Corporation
    Inventors: Todd L. Lydic, Tamo Bianchi