Patents by Inventor Dale E. Monsell

Dale E. Monsell 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).

  • Railway car truck yaw control device
    Patent number: 5960719
    Abstract: A railway car yaw control device includes a housing mounted on the upper surface of a truck bolster with an engagement member biased upwardly from the housing into engagement with a depression formed in a wear plate attached to the bottom of a car body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Inventors: John R. Sunderman, Dale E. Monsell, Robert E. Owen
  • Railway car side bearing
    Patent number: 5682822
    Abstract: A railway car truck side bearing includes a housing mounted on the upper surface of a truck bolster with an engagement member biased upwardly from the housing into engagement with a depression formed in a wear plate attached to the bottom of a car body. A carriage is affixed to the bottom of the top plate and supports two stacks of disk springs under an engagement member support member to bias the support member and the engagement member upwardly into the top plate aperture. A pair of elastomeric blocks are located on opposite sides of the carriage, between the top plate and the housing bottom, within the housing, to act as shock absorbers for the top plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 4, 1997
    Inventors: John R. Sunderman, Dale E. Monsell, Robert E. Owen