Patents by Inventor Frank I. Meler

Frank I. Meler 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).

  • Locomotive modular antenna array
    Patent number: 8836590
    Abstract: An antenna array for a body panel of a locomotive is described having a base support including at least a pair of elongated parallel structures forming a channel on the body panel of the locomotive cab. A plurality of removable plates are affixed to the elongated parallel structures for mounting an antenna on each of the removable plates, thereby allowing wiring from each antenna to extend from its respective removable plate through the channel formed by the base support. A junction box situated near the base support forms an enclosure about an aperture formed in the body panel of the locomotive. The junction box includes a plurality of interconnects for connecting wiring of each antenna to wiring of a device in the locomotive. In one embodiment, the junction box is integral to the base support. The integral junction box, base support arrangement may further include a lip formed about its periphery in which a cover mounted thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc.
    Inventors: Randy C. Marten, Ryan McKenna, Scott Swenson, Frank I. Meler
  • LOCOMOTIVE MODULAR ANTENNA ARRAY
    Publication number: 20100315301
    Abstract: An antenna array for a body panel of a locomotive is described having a base support including at least a pair of elongated parallel structures forming a channel on the body panel of the locomotive cab. A plurality of removable plates are affixed to the elongated parallel structures for mounting an antenna on each of the removable plates, thereby allowing wiring from each antenna to extend from its respective removable plate through the channel formed by the base support. A junction box situated near the base support forms an enclosure about an aperture formed in the body panel of the locomotive. The junction box includes a plurality of interconnects for connecting wiring of each antenna to wiring of a device in the locomotive. In one embodiment, the junction box is integral to the base support. The integral junction box, base support arrangement may further include a lip formed about its periphery in which a cover mounted thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventors: Randy C. Marten, Ryan McKenna, Scott Swenson, Frank I. Meler