Patents by Inventor Donald R. Cruitt

Donald R. Cruitt 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).

  • Patent number: 6712408
    Abstract: A swing door cover prop device for an electric coupler used on passenger transit vehicle for providing a mechanism to prop open a bottom mount style swing cover disposed adjacent the bottom of such electric coupler. Such swing door cover prop device includes an elongated door prop member having a first end and a second end. There is a slot disposed adjacent such first end of the door prop member for engaging a latch bolt disposed on such swing cover. A mechanism is provided which is engageable with the second end of such door prop member for pivotably connecting such door prop member to a swing cover arm of such electric coupler. The final essential element is a spring disposed between such door prop member adjacent the second end thereof and such swing cover arm for exerting a positive pressure on such door prop member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Assignee: Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Jerry L. Stepp, Donald R. Cruitt
  • Publication number: 20020145290
    Abstract: A swing cover door prop device for an electric coupler used on a passenger transit vehicle. Such swing door cover device includes an elongated door prop member having a first end and a second. There is a slot disposed adjacent such first end of the door prop member for engaging a latch bolt disposed on such swing cover. A mechanism is provided which is engageable with the second end of such door prop member for pivotally connecting such door prop member to a swing cover arm of such electric coupler. The final essential element is a spring disposed between such door prop member adjacent the second end thereof and such swing cover arm for a exerting a positive pressure on such door prop member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2002
    Publication date: October 10, 2002
    Inventors: Jerry L. Stepp, Donald R. Cruitt