Patents by Inventor James E. Bodiford, Jr.

James E. Bodiford, Jr. 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).

  • Centering detent
    Patent number: 4569455
    Abstract: A detent apparatus for maintaining a draw bar in a centered position includes an indentation formed in a cylindrical surface of the pivotable taileye of the draw bar structure. A roller is arranged to ride along the surface and into the indentation, the roller being urged into the indentation by symmetrically arranged levers, pivoted as first class levers, with the inner, shorter arm of each lever urging the roller and the outer arm being urged by compression coil springs which are seated on the anchorage structure attached to a railroad car.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 11, 1986
    Assignee: Harvey Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventor: James E. Bodiford, Jr.