Patents by Inventor Albert Esposti

Albert Esposti 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).

  • Split rail trolley system
    Patent number: 8397643
    Abstract: An apparatus for removing a wheelset from a railroad vehicle includes a frame configured for motion with respect to the railroad vehicle. The apparatus also includes a lifting yoke cooperatively associated with the frame. The yoke is configured to engage flanges of the wheelset. The apparatus further includes at least one lifting screw interposed between the frame and the lifting yoke, such that upon rotation of the at least one lifting screw, the yoke may be raised and lowered to selectively engage the flanges of the wheelset. A “universal” lifting yoke can include a first portion which engages the at least one lifting screw, a set of extendable transverse members having outward ends, and flange-engaging blocks secured to the outward ends of the extendable transverse members and configured to engage the flanges of the wheelset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Macton Corporation
    Inventors: Albert Esposti, Stanislaw Kostrzewski, Thomas Hannon, Thomas E. Young
  • SPLIT RAIL TROLLEY SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20110226150
    Abstract: An apparatus for removing a wheelset from a railroad vehicle includes a frame configured for motion with respect to the railroad vehicle. The apparatus also includes a lifting yoke cooperatively associated with the frame. The yoke is configured to engage flanges of the wheelset. The apparatus further includes at least one lifting screw interposed between the frame and the lifting yoke, such that upon rotation of the at least one lifting screw, the yoke may be raised and lowered to selectively engage the flanges of the wheelset. A “universal” lifting yoke can include a first portion which engages the at least one lifting screw, a set of extendable transverse members having outward ends, and flange-engaging blocks secured to the outward ends of the extendable transverse members and configured to engage the flanges of the wheelset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2011
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: Macton Corporation
    Inventors: Albert Esposti, Stanislaw Kostrzewski, Thomas Hannon, Thomas E. Young
  • Split rail trolley system
    Patent number: 7900562
    Abstract: An apparatus for removing a wheelset from a railroad vehicle includes a frame configured for motion with respect to the railroad vehicle. The apparatus also includes a lifting yoke cooperatively associated with the frame. The yoke is configured to engage flanges of the wheelset. The apparatus further includes at least one lifting screw interposed between the frame and the lifting yoke, such that upon rotation of the at least one lifting screw, the yoke may be raised and lowered to selectively engage the flanges of the wheelset. A “universal” lifting yoke can include a first portion which engages the at least one lifting screw, a set of extendable transverse members having outward ends, and flange-engaging blocks secured to the outward ends of the extendable transverse members and configured to engage the flanges of the wheelset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Macton Corporation
    Inventors: Albert Esposti, Stanislaw Kostrzewski, Thomas Hannon, Thomas E. Young
  • SPLIT RAIL TROLLEY SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20090145326
    Abstract: An apparatus for removing a wheelset from a railroad vehicle includes a frame configured for motion with respect to the railroad vehicle. The apparatus also includes a lifting yoke cooperatively associated with the frame. The yoke is configured to engage flanges of the wheelset. The apparatus further includes at least one lifting screw interposed between the frame and the lifting yoke, such that upon rotation of the at least one lifting screw, the yoke may be raised and lowered to selectively engage the flanges of the wheelset. A “universal” lifting yoke can include a first portion which engages the at least one lifting screw, a set of extendable transverse members having outward ends, and flange-engaging blocks secured to the outward ends of the extendable transverse members and configured to engage the flanges of the wheelset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2008
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Applicant: Macton Corporation
    Inventors: Albert Esposti, Stanislaw Kostrzewski, Thomas Hannon, Thomas E. Young