Patents by Inventor Harry William Mulcahy

Harry William Mulcahy 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).

  • Railway truck bolster
    Patent number: 4114540
    Abstract: A bolster for a railway car truck having an obstacle-free cavity located below a center plate so as to more readily accommodate truck linkage members, brake apparatus and other associated mechanical components. The obstacle-free cavity is defined by a top and a bottom member, sidewalls each having an elliptical opening therein and two spaced vertically inclined lateral ribs which distribute the weight of a body of the car between the top and bottom members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1977
    Date of Patent: September 19, 1978
    Assignee: AMSTED Industries Incorporated
    Inventors: Ronald T. Strugielski, Harry William Mulcahy
  • Articulated railway car truck
    Patent number: 4064809
    Abstract: There is provided an articulated four wheel truck for a railway freight car and the like, having independently rotatable wheels mounted at opposite ends of longitudinally spaced apart axle bolsters. A span bolster connects and mounts the axle bolsters for yawing movement about a vertical axis relative to the span bolster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1976
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1977
    Assignee: AMSTED Industries Incorporated
    Inventor: Harry William Mulcahy