Patents by Inventor Horace P. Bauer

Horace P. Bauer 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 car underframe end sill
    Patent number: 4235170
    Abstract: An end underframe structure having an open box structure forming a rigid unit capable of receiving high torsional or other forces developed in a railway car and includes primary and secondary end sills connected by side buffer members. Additional buffer members connect the secondary end sill to a bolster. Draft sill means extend from the center of the primary end sill to the center of the bolster member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1978
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1980
    Assignee: The Budd Company
    Inventor: Horace P. Bauer
  • Means for manufacturing a modular railway car
    Patent number: 4222335
    Abstract: A modular railway car comprises components adapted to be built in different lengths to form different lengths of cars without major changes in the overall design. Sideframes includes sections each including one of a plurality of uniformly spaced windows. The floor and roof include uniformly spaced transverse beams, with a predetermined number of the beams corresponding to the section length between the windows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1978
    Date of Patent: September 16, 1980
    Assignee: The Budd Company
    Inventors: James C. McQueston, Horace P. Bauer