Patents by Inventor Jared Doerr

Jared Doerr 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).

  • AUTONOMOUS RAIL VEHICLE SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20240367696
    Abstract: An autonomous rail vehicle system that includes one or more motive systems, each having a bogie assembly, a vehicle frame coupled with the bogie assembly, and a control unit to control one or more operations of the one or more motive systems. The autonomous rail vehicle also includes a trailer that is coupled with the one or more motive systems. The trailer includes surfaces defining a cavity that can receive a cargo container. The trailer includes powered footing assemblies that are controlled by the control unit of the one or more motive systems. The powered footing assemblies are controlled to move between a first position and a second position to change a vertical position of the trailer relative to a position of the motive systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: Amsted Rail Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Steven Wike, Tom Petrunich, Jared Doerr
  • Railway truck assembly having friction assist side bearings
    Patent number: 11198457
    Abstract: A friction assist side bearing assembly for a truck assembly of a rail vehicle includes a first friction member, a second friction member that opposes the first friction member, and a cap coupled to the first friction member and the second friction member. The cap is configured to contact a portion of a car body coupled to the truck assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Amsted Rail Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Steven Wike, Igor Aleynikov, Jared Doerr, Tom Petrunich
  • RAILWAY TRUCK ASSEMBLY HAVING FRICTION ASSIST SIDE BEARINGS
    Publication number: 20190367051
    Abstract: A friction assist side bearing assembly for a truck assembly of a rail vehicle includes a first friction member, a second friction member that opposes the first friction member, and a cap coupled to the first friction member and the second friction member. The cap is configured to contact a portion of a car body coupled to the truck assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: Amsted Rail Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Steven Wike, Igor Aleynikov, Jared Doerr, Thomas Petrunich