Patents by Inventor John Hanaway

John Hanaway 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).

  • Patent number: 7896179
    Abstract: A knuckle pin retainer for a railroad car coupler adapted for disposition in an aperture formed by a knuckle coupler assembly for connecting adjacent railroad car. The pin retainer includes a pivot pin with a retaining member installed within the pivot pin. The retaining member extends diametrically from a slot in the elongate shaft and is spring-loaded and rotatable within a slot in the shaft. A spring member is disposed within the slot between a back wall of the slot and the retaining member. The spring member is biased to expose the retaining member outside of the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: General Bearing Corporation
    Inventor: John Hanaway
  • Publication number: 20090308830
    Abstract: A knuckle pin retainer for a railroad car coupler adapted for disposition in an aperture formed by a knuckle coupler assembly for connecting adjacent railroad car. The pin retainer includes a pivot pin with a retaining member installed within the pivot pin. The retaining member extends diametrically from a slot in the elongate shaft and is spring-loaded and rotatable within a slot in the shaft. A spring member is disposed within the slot between a back wall of the slot and the retaining member. The spring member is biased to expose the retaining member outside of the slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2008
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Applicant: GENERAL BEARING CORPORATION
    Inventor: John Hanaway
  • Patent number: 6357613
    Abstract: A non-rotating retainer for a draft key having a circular opening, the non-rotating retainer including a retainer pin and a retainer lock member configured for being received in the circular opening. The retainer lock member is formed from a one-piece flat metallic stock blank and having a U-shaped first end for fitting around the end of the draft key and a projection formed on the retainer lock member, the projection spaced from the U-shaped first end at a distance corresponding to the thickness of the draft key, the retainer pin having a cylindrical portion and an integral head. Along one side of the retainer pin a notch is formed corresponding to a portion of the flat metallic stock blank for receiving the same. The second end of the retainer lock member is adapted for bending over the head of the retainer pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: General Bearing Corporation
    Inventors: John Hanaway, Ronald Hanaway, William C. Vandye, Gary M. Marsh
  • Patent number: 5865416
    Abstract: A security tie down includes a threaded sleeve embedded in a ground surface, and a steel eyebolt screwed into the sleeve. An object for being secured, such as a vehicle, is tied to a ring of the eyebolt with a locked cable. The eyebolt includes hard faced welded beads welded thereon for resisting cutting. When not in use, the eyebolt may be unscrewed to avoid tripping passersby, and a threaded plug may be screwed into the sleeve to exclude dirt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1999
    Inventor: John Hanaway