Patents by Inventor Jay P. Monaco
Jay P. Monaco 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).
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Patent number: 11225272Abstract: A truck assembly is configured to travel along a track having rails, and includes a first side frame, a second side frame, and a bolster extending between the first side frame and the second side frame. One or more of the first side frame, the second frame, or the bolster includes at least a portion formed as an I-beam that includes a web having a first end and a second end opposite from the first end, a first flange extending from the first end of the web, and a second flange extending from the second end of the web. A thickness of the web increases away from a first neutral axis towards the first flange and the second flange.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2019Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: Amsted Rail Company, Inc.Inventors: Paul Steven Wike, Jay P. Monaco, Joshua E. Tonnies
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Publication number: 20200017127Abstract: A truck assembly is configured to travel along a track having rails, and includes a first side frame, a second side frame, and a bolster extending between the first side frame and the second side frame. One or more of the first side frame, the second frame, or the bolster includes at least a portion formed as an I-beam that includes a web having a first end and a second end opposite from the first end, a first flange extending from the first end of the web, and a second flange extending from the second end of the web. A thickness of the web increases away from a first neutral axis towards the first flange and the second flange.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2019Publication date: January 16, 2020Applicant: Amsted Rail Company, Inc.Inventors: Paul Steven Wike, Jay P. Monaco, Joshua E. Tonnies
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Publication number: 20180162424Abstract: A friction shoe for a railway car truck is provided. The railway truck comprises two parallel sideframes, a suspension spring assembly supported by the sideframes, and a bolster transversely mounted between the sideframes and supported by the suspension spring assembly. Each sideframe has at least one vertical support face, and the bolster has at least one sloped support face. The friction shoe comprises a bottom base engaging and supported by a suspension control spring, a sloped face engaging the sloped wall of the bolster. The friction shoe further includes a vertical face including a pocket, with a friction liner in the pocket. The friction liner engaging the vertical column of the sideframe. The friction shoe friction liner comprised of a material providing a damping force of between 700 and 16,250 pounds and a normal force of between 2000 and 12,000 pounds.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2016Publication date: June 14, 2018Inventors: Igor Aleynikov, Jay P. Monaco, Shawn Peetz, Tom Petrunich, Ralph Schorr, Paul Steven Wike
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Patent number: 7926428Abstract: A railway car truck is provided that includes two sideframes and a bolster. Each sideframe has a pedestal opening at each end to receive a bearing adapter assembly. The pedestal opening is formed by a roof section that includes a pad receiving opening. The bearing adapter assembly includes a cast steel bearing adapter that is formed to fit on top of a bearing assembly. An adapter pad, comprised of a selected hardness elastomer, is fit on top of the bearing adapter. The adapter pad includes a base section and a raised top section that is fit within the pad receiving opening in the pedestal roof section.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2008Date of Patent: April 19, 2011Assignee: Amsted Rail Company, Inc.Inventors: Ralph H. Schorr, Peter Klauser, Jay P. Monaco, Gnana Jeevan Robinson, Manuel Tavares
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Publication number: 20100064930Abstract: A railway car truck is provided that includes two sideframes and a bolster. Each sideframe has a pedestal opening at each end to receive a bearing adapter assembly. The pedestal opening is formed by a roof section that includes a pad receiving opening. The bearing adapter assembly includes a cast steel bearing adapter that is formed to fit on top of a bearing assembly. An adapter pad, comprised of a selected hardness elastomer, is fit on top of the bearing adapter. The adapter pad includes a base section and a raised top section that is fit within the pad receiving opening in the pedestal roof section.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2008Publication date: March 18, 2010Inventors: Ralph H. Schorr, Peter Klauser, Jay P. Monaco, Gnana Jeevan Robinson, Manuel Tavares
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Patent number: 6681943Abstract: A draft gear assembly is disclosed alone and in combination with a draft sill and a coupler. The draft sill has front and rear stops defining a draft gear pocket. The draft gear assembly has a yoke, a coupler follower, a rear follower, a front resilient member and a back resilient member. The yoke has top and bottom stops. The coupler follower is biased against the yoke top and bottom stops. The draft gear assembly also includes a center rod that extends through the yoke, through the back resilient member and through the rear follower. Prior to installation on a railcar, there is a shortening member on the center rod. The length of the assembly between the shortening member and the front of the coupler follower is slightly less than the longitudinal length of the draft gear pocket. After installation, the rear follower is positioned against rear stops of the draft sill. After installation, the yoke, coupler and coupler follower each have a neutral position and a full buff position.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2002Date of Patent: January 27, 2004Assignee: Amsted Industries IncorporatedInventors: Ronald E. Barker, Charles E. Burkhart, Marlin E. Clark, John F. Deppen, V. Terrey Hawthorne, Horst T. Kaufhold, Jay P. Monaco, Julius I. Pershwitz, John J. Steffen
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Patent number: 6446820Abstract: A draft gear assembly is disclosed alone and in combination with a draft sill and a coupler. The draft sill has front and rear stops defining a draft gear pocket. The draft gear assembly has a yoke, a coupler follower, a rear follower, a front resilient member and a back resilient member. The yoke has top and bottom stops. The coupler follower is biased against the yoke top and bottom stops. The draft gear assembly also includes a center rod that extends through the yoke, through the back resilient member and through the rear follower. Prior to installation on a railcar, there is a shortening member on the center rod. The length of the assembly between the shortening member and the front of the coupler follower is slightly less than the longitudinal length of the draft gear pocket. After installation, the rear follower is positioned against rear stops of the draft sill. After installation, the yoke, coupler and coupler follower each have a neutral position and a full buff position.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2000Date of Patent: September 10, 2002Assignee: AMSTED Industries IncorporatedInventors: Ronald E. Barker, Charles E. Burkhart, Marlin E. Clark, John F. Deppen, V. Terrey Hawthorne, Horst T. Kaufhold, Jay P. Monaco, Julius I. Pershwitz, John J. Steffen
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Publication number: 20020070189Abstract: A draft gear assembly is disclosed alone and in combination with a draft sill and a coupler. The draft sill has front and rear stops defining a draft gear pocket. The draft gear assembly has a yoke, a coupler follower, a rear follower, a front resilient member and a back resilient member. The yoke has top and bottom stops. The coupler follower is biased against the yoke top and bottom stops. The draft gear assembly also includes a center rod that extends through the yoke, through the back resilient member and through the rear follower. Prior to installation on a railcar, there is a shortening member on the center rod. The length of the assembly between the shortening member and the front of the coupler follower is slightly less than the longitudinal length of the draft gear pocket. After installation, the rear follower is positioned against rear stops of the draft sill. After installation, the yoke, coupler and coupler follower each have a neutral position and a full buff position.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2002Publication date: June 13, 2002Inventors: Ronald E. Barker, Charles E. Burkhart, Marlin E. Clark, John F. Deppen, V. Terrey Hawthorne, Horst T. Kaufhold, Jay P. Monaco, Julius I. Pershwitz, John J. Steffen
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Patent number: 6357612Abstract: A self-positioning cushioning device adapted to be mounted in the end of a rail car sill includes a hydraulic cylinder and yoke. A piston rod extends from the cylinder and is joined to one end of a yoke. The other end of the yoke is joined to a rail car coupler through a drawbar. A preloaded stack of elastomer pads is confined in a pocket in the yoke between a pair of stop plates which extend laterally of the yoke to engage stops during movement of the yoke, rod and piston in response to buff and draft impacts. The cylinder is filled with pressurized hydraulic fluid which maintains the piston in a central neutral position with the stop plate adjacent to coupler held against stops on the rail car sill. Buff impacts are cushioned first by the cylinder and at the end of the stroke by both the cylinder and the spring. Draft impacts are cushioned by both the cylinder and the spring.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 1997Date of Patent: March 19, 2002Assignee: ASF-Keystone, Inc.Inventors: Jay P. Monaco, Julius I. Perchets, Mark P. Scott
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Patent number: 6279765Abstract: A railcar cushioning device with a gas charged cylinder and a piston contained in the cylinder for cushioning buff and draft impacts. A spring assembly is contained in the cylinder between the piston and an end of the cylinder to locate the piston in a neutral position.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 1998Date of Patent: August 28, 2001Assignee: ASF-Keystone, Inc.Inventor: Jay P. Monaco
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Patent number: 6199708Abstract: A railcar cushioning device with a gas charged cylinder and a piston contained in the cylinder for cushioning buff and draft impacts. An elastomer spring is contained in the cylinder between the piston and an end of the cylinder to locate the piston in a neutral position.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 1999Date of Patent: March 13, 2001Assignee: ASF-Keystone, Inc.Inventor: Jay P. Monaco