Patents by Inventor Kelvin Chiddick

Kelvin Chiddick 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: 10960907
    Abstract: A top of rail (TOR) applicator has a bar positioned in a housing and an exit orifice on the upper portion of the bar for delivering a friction control composition to the crown of a railhead. The upper portion of the bar slopes away from the friction control composition exit orifices. The bar may be composed of an elastomer such as polyurethane. Passageway extend from an inlet or entry orifice to the exit orifices. The friction reduction composition is pumped into the entry orifice, through the passageways to the exit orifices and then onto the crown of the railhead. The friction reduction composition may be thixotropic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Whitmore Manufacturing, LLC
    Inventors: Steve Donald Anderson, Kevin Ray Adkins, Randall Krinker, Kelvin Chiddick, Kyle Wilson
  • Publication number: 20210024106
    Abstract: A friction control composition having high and positive frictional properties for sliding steel surfaces includes a water insoluble hydrocarbon that enables a reduced water content, a rheological additive, a freezing point depressant, a friction modifier, and a lubricant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: KELVIN CHIDDICK, ALEJANDRO MEDRANO, RANDALL KRINKER, KYLE WILSON, DAVID BIRDWELL
  • Patent number: 10814890
    Abstract: A friction control composition having high and positive frictional properties for sliding steel surfaces includes a water insoluble hydrocarbon that enables a reduced water content, a rheological additive, a freezing point depressant, a friction modifier, and a lubricant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Whitmore Manufacturing, LLC
    Inventors: Kelvin Chiddick, Alejandro Medrano, Randall Krinker, Kyle Wilson, David Birdwell
  • Publication number: 20190176858
    Abstract: A friction control composition having high and positive frictional properties for sliding steel surfaces includes a water insoluble hydrocarbon that enables a reduced water content, a rheological additive, a freezing point depressant, a friction modifier, and a lubricant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: KELVIN CHIDDICK, ALEJANDRO MEDRANO, RANDALL KRINKER, KYLE WILSON, DAVID BIRDWELL
  • Publication number: 20190126953
    Abstract: A top of rail (TOR) applicator has a bar positioned in a housing and an exit orifice on the upper portion of the bar for delivering a friction control composition to the crown of a railhead. The upper portion of the bar slopes away from the friction control composition exit orifices. The bar may be composed of an elastomer such as polyurethane. Passageway extend from an inlet or entry orifice to the exit orifices. The friction reduction composition is pumped into the entry orifice, through the passageways to the exit orifices and then onto the crown of the railhead. The friction reduction composition may be thixotropic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Steve Donald Anderson, Kevin Ray Adkins, Randall Krinker, Kelvin Chiddick, Kyle Wilson
  • Patent number: 10214225
    Abstract: A friction control composition having high and positive frictional properties for sliding steel surfaces includes a water insoluble hydrocarbon that enables a reduced water content, a rheological additive, a freezing point depressant, a friction modifier, and a lubricant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Whitmore Manufacturing, LLC
    Inventors: Kelvin Chiddick, Alejandro Medrano, Randall Krinker, Kyle Wilson, David Birdwell
  • Patent number: 10173700
    Abstract: A top of rail (TOR) applicator has a bar positioned in a housing and an exit orifice on the upper portion of the bar for delivering a friction control composition to the crown of a railhead. The upper portion of the bar slopes away from the friction control composition exit orifice. The bar may be composed of an elastomer such as polyurethane. A passageway may extend from an inlet port to the exit orifice. The friction reduction composition is pumped into the inlet port, through the passageway to the exit orifice and then onto the crown of the railhead. The friction reduction composition may be thixotropic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Whitmore Manufacturing, LLC
    Inventors: Dalton Lee Graham, Bruce Robert Wise, Kevin Ray Adkins, Alejandro Medrano, Randall Krinker, Kelvin Chiddick, Kyle Wilson, David Birdwell
  • Publication number: 20170210400
    Abstract: A friction control composition having high and positive frictional properties for sliding steel surfaces includes a water insoluble hydrocarbon that enables a reduced water content, a rheological additive, a freezing point depressant, a friction modifier, and a lubricant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: KELVIN CHIDDICK, ALEJANDRO MEDRANO, RANDALL KRINKER, KYLE WILSON, DAVID BIRDWELL
  • Patent number: 9617498
    Abstract: A friction control composition having high and positive factional properties for sliding steel surfaces includes a water insoluble hydrocarbon that enables a reduced water content, a rheological additive, a freezing point depressant, a friction modifier, and a lubricant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Whitmore Manufacturing, LLC
    Inventors: Kelvin Chiddick, Alejandro Medrano, Randall Krinker, Kyle Wilson, David Birdwell
  • Publication number: 20160264159
    Abstract: A top of rail (TOR) applicator has a bar positioned in a housing and an exit orifice on the upper portion of the bar for delivering a friction control composition to the crown of a railhead. The upper portion of the bar slopes away from the friction control composition exit orifice. The bar may be composed of an elastomer such as polyurethane. A passageway may extend from an inlet port to the exit orifice. The friction reduction composition is pumped into the inlet port, through the passageway to the exit orifice and then onto the crown of the railhead. The friction reduction composition may be thixotropic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Dalton Lee Graham, Bruce Robert Wise, Kelvin Ray Adkins, Alejandro Medrano, Randall Krinker, Kelvin Chiddick, Kyle Wilson, David Birdwell
  • Publication number: 20150344802
    Abstract: A friction control composition having high and positive factional properties for sliding steel surfaces includes a water insoluble hydrocarbon that enables a reduced water content, a rheological additive, a freezing point depressant, a friction modifier, and a lubricant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2014
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: THE WHITMORE MANUFACTURING COMPANY
    Inventors: KELVIN CHIDDICK, ALEJANDRO MEDRANO, RANDALL KRINKER, KYLE WILSON, DAVID BIRDWELL
  • Patent number: 6328143
    Abstract: The present invention provides a friction management brake shoe adapted to engage the tread and the flange of a wheel of a railway vehicle via which the railway vehicle is guidably supported on a railed track. The friction management brake shoe comprises a brake lining affixed which has a braking surface engageable with the wheel tread of a wheel of a railway vehicle. The brake lining includes a first friction composition material formed with at least one of a solid high positive friction modifier and a solid very high positive friction modifier which establish a required friction level between the wheel tread and the railed track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Assignees: Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation, Kelsen Technologies Corp.
    Inventors: Bruce W. Shute, Joseph F. Formolo, Kelvin Chiddick
  • Patent number: 6136757
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel lubricant compositions comprising a solid lubricant and a binding agent in water medium suitable for lubricating steel-steel interfaces such as tractor-trailer couplings, rail-wheel systems and other heavy duty applications. The invention also relates to compositions described above which include friction modifiers with high or very high and positive coefficients of friction such that the coefficient of friction is considerably higher than the solid lubricant. The invention further relates to compositions comprising a binding agent and a friction modifier with a very high and positive coefficient of friction in a water medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Assignee: Kelsan Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Kelvin Chiddick