Patents by Inventor Mark A. Henry

Mark A. Henry 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: 11852123
    Abstract: An oil bath geartrain for a powermill includes a gear casing defining an interior area having an oil reservoir that maintains a predetermined oil level and which includes structures for continuously distributing oil to gear teeth and babbitt bearings so that recurrent servicing of gear-related components is not necessary. The oil bath geartrain includes an oil lift gear having teeth that lift oil from the oil reservoir and then lubricates and input shaft bearing and communicates that oil via an oil ring so as to lubricate an intermediate shaft bearing. The oil ring acts as an oil scraper. The oil bath geartrain includes a main pinion gear, intermediate pinion gear, and accommodation of miter gears coupled to the output shaft. Another oil scraper plate communicates oil from the main pinion gear to the output shaft miter gear teeth. The gear casing includes passages for communicating oil to input shaft bearings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Inventor: Mark A. Henry, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9033285
    Abstract: A distributed power (DP) control system is contained within a non-freight carrying intermodal container for communicating with and receive instructions and/or commands from a command system of a lead distributed power locomotive within a train. The container is configured to be provided on a car adjacent to a remote non-distributed powered (non-DP) locomotive provided within a length of the train. One or more connection hoses connect the distributed power control system within the container to the non-DP locomotive to control application of at least its brake system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY
    Inventors: Michael E. Iden, Mark A. Henry
  • Publication number: 20140263860
    Abstract: A distributed power (DP) control system is contained within a non-freight carrying intermodal container for communicating with and receive instructions and/or commands from a command system of a lead distributed power locomotive within a train. The container is configured to be provided on a car adjacent to a remote non-distributed powered (non-DP) locomotive provided within a length of the train. One or more connection hoses connect the distributed power control system within the container to the non-DP locomotive to control application of at least its brake system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Union Pacific Railroad Company
    Inventors: Michael E. IDEN, Mark A. Henry
  • Publication number: 20070241120
    Abstract: A soda dispensing machine that includes a dynamic advertising medium that includes a memory coupled to a microprocessor which controls an audio generating device and a video displaying means. The audio generating device is coupled to a speaker that emits an advertising message. The programmable memory is coupled to a connector for updating the memory of the dynamic advertising medium. The memory may be re-programmable in a variety of ways. The video displaying means displays both a static advertising image and a dynamic advertising message. The audio generating device and the video displaying means are actuated by a switch or a plurality of switches wired in parallel in a variety of manners.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2007
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventor: Mark A. Henry
  • Patent number: 6470967
    Abstract: A device (10) for collecting fluid samples from a subsurface (100), injecting fluids into a subsurface and measuring the hydrostatic pressure of groundwater in a subsurface is described. The device includes an outer tube (12) with a center bore (12D) and openings (12E) at one end (12B) and a rigid inner rod (18) configured to be telescopingly inserted into the center bore of the outer tube. The inner rod provides support and prevents damage to the outer tube during insertion into the subsurface. The device is inserted into the subsurface until the openings in the outer tube are adjacent the testing area. The inner rod is then removed from the outer tube. To collect fluid samples, the samples are retrieved from the fluid which has moved from the subsurface through the openings to the center bore of the outer tube. To inject fluid into the subsurface, the fluid is injected into the center bore and flows through the openings to the subsurface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Inventor: Mark A. Henry