Patents by Inventor Marcel Philippe Vasconcelos Silva

Marcel Philippe Vasconcelos Silva 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).

  • Vehicle suspension system
    Patent number: 11091178
    Abstract: A locomotive suspension system includes a truck frame coupled with a locomotive body frame by one or more upper suspensions and a first motor suspension coupled with a first motor and the truck frame. The first motor is coupled with a first axle of the truck frame. The locomotive suspension system also includes a second motor suspension coupled with a second motor and the truck frame. The second motor is coupled with a second axle of the truck frame. The first and second motor suspensions are asymmetrically arranged on opposite sides of a bisecting plane of a truck wheelbase of the truck frame. The truck wheelbase extends from the first axle to the second axle along a length of the truck frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: TRANSPORTATION IP HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Jingjun Zhang, Phani Kumar Venkata Pullabhotla, Ravikumar Dhulipalla, Marcel Philippe Vasconcelos Silva
  • LOCOMOTIVE SUSPENSION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20200094857
    Abstract: A locomotive suspension system includes a truck frame coupled with a locomotive body frame by one or more upper suspensions and a first motor suspension coupled with a first motor and the truck frame. The first motor is coupled with a first axle of the truck frame. The locomotive suspension system also includes a second motor suspension coupled with a second motor and the truck frame. The second motor is coupled with a second axle of the truck frame. The first and second motor suspensions are asymmetrically arranged on opposite sides of a bisecting plane of a truck wheelbase of the truck frame. The truck wheelbase extends from the first axle to the second axle along a length of the truck frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Jingjun Zhang, Phani Kumar Venkata Pullabhotla, Ravikumar Dhulipalla, Marcel Philippe Vasconcelos Silva