Patents Examined by James William Jones
  • Patent number: 11766907
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a road-rail dual-purpose vehicle, comprising a vehicle frame (1), and a lifting airbag mounting seat (1c) is provided between two longitudinal beams (1a) of the vehicle frame (1); a load-bearing airbag insertion hole is formed in a lower cover plate (1a1) of the longitudinal beam (1a); a load-bearing airbag mounting seat (1d) is installed in the load-bearing airbag insertion hole, and a bearing bolster (1e) is installed on an outer side of the longitudinal beam (1a). The road-rail dual-purpose vehicle is suitable for transportation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: CRRC YANGTZE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haiping Hu, Hui Luo, Danyan Liu, Ruijin Jiang, Fengwei Liu, Ziming Li, Xianhong Peng, Xiong Yao, Zhiying Xiang, Xiannian Wu, Chunyu Huang
  • Patent number: 11760393
    Abstract: A hatch cover assembly for a rail car includes a gasket including a sealing wedge extending downwardly from a lower surface of the gasket. The sealing wedge is configured to sealingly engage a lip of a hatch ring. The hatch cover further includes a gasket retainer having one or more channels. The gasket further includes one or more upwardly-extending annular ribs retained within the one or more channels of the gasket retainer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Amsted Rail Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael List
  • Patent number: 11718330
    Abstract: A gangway bellow includes an outer bellow presenting corrugations forming a plurality of valleys presenting each a valley top portion facing upwardly and connected at each end to a valley top corner forming a junction between the valley top portion and a respective bellow side. The gangway bellow further includes at least one drainage channel so that liquid accumulating into at least one of the valley top portions flows through the at least one drainage channel along the respective bellow side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Bombardier Transportation GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Hartmann, Christian Scheibenreif, Maximilian Krapp
  • Patent number: 11702112
    Abstract: A levitated train is propelled by a system including at least a pair of wheels in cotact with a rail head. The rail head has a horizontal top surface and two vertical sides on either side of the horizontal top surface. A wheel of each wheel assembly has a cylindrical side face with flanges at the top and bottom. The cylindrical face of each of the wheels is in contact with the sides of the rail. The wheel assembly is power driven by a corresponding motor to impart motion to the train. The train is provided with a plurality of such wheel assemblies to be propelled along a rail track. The width of the wheels is greater than the width of the rail head. The flanges on the side of the wheels in a wheel assembly limit the freedom of motion of the train during the levitation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Inventor: Kittappa Rayaprolu