Patents by Inventor Glenn J. Fowler

Glenn J. Fowler 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).

  • Coil railcar with floating floor sheet
    Patent number: 10589757
    Abstract: A transverse trough coil car includes a plurality of transverse troughs, a pair of trucks, a center sill supported on the trucks, a pair of side walls extending the length of the car coupled to the center sill, and a plurality of trough forming assemblies with each trough forming assembly including at least one floating floor sheet. Each one floating floor sheet is structured to allow for thermal expansion in a first direction along a longitudinal axis of the car body and in a second direction transverse to the longitudinal axis of the car body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: JAC OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: William Thompson, Glenn J. Fowler, Michael H. Kress
  • COIL RAILCAR WITH FLOATING FLOOR SHEET
    Publication number: 20190256111
    Abstract: A transverse trough coil car includes a plurality of transverse troughs, a pair of trucks, a center sill supported on the trucks, a pair of side walls extending the length of the car coupled to the center sill, and a plurality of trough forming assemblies with each trough forming assembly including at least one floating floor sheet. Each one floating floor sheet is structured to allow for thermal expansion in a first direction along a longitudinal axis of the car body and in a second direction transverse to the longitudinal axis of the car body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: William Thompson, Glenn J. Fowler, Michael H. Kress
  • Railroad coil car floating floor sheet
    Patent number: 10315667
    Abstract: A transverse trough coil car includes a plurality of transverse troughs, a pair of trucks, a center sill supported on the trucks, a pair of side walls extending the length of the car coupled to the center sill, and a plurality of trough forming assemblies with each trough forming assembly including including at least one floating floor sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: JAC OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: William Thompson, Glenn J. Fowler, Michael H. Kress
  • Railroad Coil Car Floating Floor Sheet
    Publication number: 20170217450
    Abstract: A transverse trough coil car includes a plurality of transverse troughs, a pair of trucks, a center sill supported on the trucks, a pair of side walls extending the length of the car coupled to the center sill, and a plurality of trough forming assemblies with each trough forming assembly including including at least one floating floor sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: William Thompson, Glenn J. Fowler, Michael H. Kress