Patents by Inventor Keping Hou

Keping Hou 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).

  • Locomotive adhesion enhancing material mixtures
    Patent number: 5919295
    Abstract: The adhesion between a locomotive drive wheel and supporting rail can be substantially increased by application of a powder mixture that contains a hard particle constituent preferably including alumina, a soft particle constituent preferably including titania, and an iron oxide constituent. The mixture may be in the form of a dry powder, a paste with water or alcohol vehicle, or a metal composite that includes the powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1999
    Assignees: General Motors Corporation, National Research Council of Canada
    Inventors: Harinder Singh Lamba, Robert Thomas Scott, Joseph Kalousek, Keping Hou