Patents by Inventor Alan O. Parry

Alan O. Parry 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).

  • System and method for rail transport of trailers
    Patent number: 8612287
    Abstract: A trailer transport system for tracking trains having a plurality of rail cars, wherein each rail car can transport a trailer, is described. The system includes a computer system having a trailer tracking program, wherein the trailer tracking program receives information regarding a trailer to be transported and stores the information in a record and a plurality of terminals, wherein each terminal includes a terminal management system communicatively connected to the computer system, wherein the terminal management system pulls up the record corresponding to the trailer to be transported when the trailer arrives at the terminal and modifies the record to reflect the trailer's transportation status.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Canadian Pacific Railway Company
    Inventors: Douglas J. Miller, Alan O. Parry, Philip C. Leung, Ed Venslovaitis, Earl Webster, Dan Lefebvre, Hao Tien
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RAIL TRANSPORT OF TRAILERS
    Publication number: 20110153470
    Abstract: A trailer transport system for tracking trains having a plurality of rail cars, wherein each rail car can transport a trailer, is described. The system includes a computer system having a trailer tracking program, wherein the trailer tracking program receives information regarding a trailer to be transported and stores the information in a record and a plurality of terminals, wherein each terminal includes a terminal management system communicatively connected to the computer system, wherein the terminal management system pulls up the record corresponding to the trailer to be transported when the trailer arrives at the terminal and modifies the record to reflect the trailer's transportation status.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: Canadian Pacific Railroad
    Inventors: Douglas J. MILLER, Alan O. PARRY, Philip C. LEUNG, Ed VENSLOVAITIS, Earl WEBTER, Dan LEFEBVRE, Hao TIEN
  • Terminal design
    Patent number: 6439128
    Abstract: A railway terminal having a parking area, an access restriction system adjacent to the parking area and a railroad track adjacent to the parking area. The access restriction system limits access to said parking area. The railroad track includes a first section, a second section and a loading pad, wherein the first and the second sections each accommodate a plurality of intermodal railcars, each railcar designed to transport a truck trailer, wherein the first section is coupled to a main rail line. The loading pad links the first section of the railroad track to the second section of the railroad track. The loading pad is designed to support tractor-trailers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: Canadian Pacific Railway Company
    Inventors: Douglas J. Miller, Alan O. Parry