Patents by Inventor Gary William Egerton

Gary William Egerton 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).

  • Railroad coupler mount
    Patent number: 9073561
    Abstract: An improved railroad coupler mount for attaching equipment, such as an end-of-train device (EOT), marker light, test gear, etc., to a railroad coupler. The mount is comprised of a pivoting lever with brace (a V- or U-shaped notch) that grips the rib between vertically spaced coupler coring holes and a lever tip that contacts the inner wall of the coupler top coring hole, a pad that bears against the exterior face of the coupler guard arm side and a mechanism that forcibly pivots the lever tip towards the pad on an axis roughly parallel to the coupler axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Inventor: Gary William Egerton
  • RAILROAD COUPLER MOUNT
    Publication number: 20120267492
    Abstract: An improved railroad coupler mount for attaching equipment, such as an end-of-train device (EOT), marker light, test gear, etc., to a railroad coupler. The mount is comprised of a pivoting lever with brace (a V- or U-shaped notch) that grips the rib between vertically spaced coupler coring holes and a lever tip that contacts the inner wall of the coupler top coring hole, a pad that bears against the exterior face of the coupler guard arm side and a mechanism that forcibly pivots the lever tip towards the pad on an axis roughly parallel to the coupler axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Inventor: Gary William Egerton
  • Detection device
    Patent number: D494589
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: BioVeris Corporation
    Inventors: John E. Liljestrand, Yukiko Naoi, Jeffrey Kapec, Yoshiyuki Matsuda, Kazuna Tanaka, Carolyn Jeanne Turk, Gary William Egerton