Patents by Inventor Ethan Ryan Terrel

Ethan Ryan Terrel 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).

  • Railcar gate adaptor and railcar modification using the same
    Patent number: 12528521
    Abstract: A railcar modification comprises a pair of spaced trucks; a multiple bay hopper railcar body on the pair of trucks; a hopper floor in the railcar body, wherein each bay of the hopper railcar body has hoppers formed of sloped floor sheets having a hopper floor slope; a plurality of gate adaptors, each gate adapter coupled to the floor sheets of a hopper, wherein the gate adapter includes a plurality of floor sheet panels, a plurality of transition panels and a plurality of gate panels, and wherein a difference in slope angles between the floor sheet panels, transition panels and gate panels combine to form a vertical offset; and a plurality of gates, each gate coupled to one gate adapter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2026
    Assignee: JAC Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael H. Kress, Gregory P. Josephson, Ethan Ryan Terrel
  • RAILCAR GATE ADAPTOR AND RAILCAR MODIFICATION USING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20220371627
    Abstract: A railcar modification comprises a pair of spaced trucks; a multiple bay hopper railcar body on the pair of trucks; a hopper floor in the railcar body, wherein each bay of the hopper railcar body has hoppers formed of sloped floor sheets having a hopper floor slope; a plurality of gate adaptors, each gate adapter coupled to the floor sheets of a hopper, wherein the gate adapter includes a plurality of floor sheet panels, a plurality of transition panels and a plurality of gate panels, and wherein a difference in slope angles between the floor sheet panels, transition panels and gate panels combine to form a vertical offset; and a plurality of gates, each gate coupled to one gate adapter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Michael H. Kress, Gregory P. Josephson, Ethan Ryan Terrel