Patents by Inventor Mark S. Terry

Mark S. Terry 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).

  • Windscreen for housing a sanding system, railway vehicle with sanding system, and method for installing a sanding system in a railway vehicle
    Patent number: 9878578
    Abstract: A windscreen for housing a sanding system, a railway vehicle with a sanding system, and a method for installing a sanding system in a railway vehicle are described. The windscreen includes a first shell element and a second shell element, the first shell element being detachably connected to the second shell element, wherein the first and second shell elements, when assembled, form an interior space. A container is in communication with a sanding system for housing material used when the sanding system is in operation, wherein the container is configured to be positioned in the interior space formed by the first and second shell elements of the windscreen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: SIEMENS INDUSTRY, INC.
    Inventors: Mark S. Terry, John Maranski, Jeremy D. Olson
  • WINDSCREEN FOR HOUSING A SANDING SYSTEM, RAILWAY VEHICLE WITH SANDING SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR INSTALLING A SANDING SYSTEM IN A RAILWAY VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20170087935
    Abstract: A windscreen for housing a sanding system, a railway vehicle with a sanding system, and a method for installing a sanding system in a railway vehicle are described. The windscreen includes a first shell element and a second shell element, the first shell element being detachably connected to the second shell element, wherein the first and second shell elements, when assembled, form an interior space. A container is in communication with a sanding system for housing material used when the sanding system is in operation, wherein the container is configured to be positioned in the interior space formed by the first and second shell elements of the windscreen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Mark S. Terry, John Maranski, Jeremy D. Olson
  • Method and apparatus for preventing formation of snowmen and removing lumps of coating in clinker coolers
    Patent number: 5871348
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for preventing the accumulation of fines and the resulting formation of snowmen in a clinker cooler by applying short duration blasts of high pressure, high velocity air from openings in the cooler inlet grate. The cleaning air can be selectively supplied to a portion or portions of the cooler inlet grate. Monitoring may be provided to aid in the selective application of the cleaning air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1999
    Assignee: Krupp Polysius AG
    Inventors: Mark S. Terry, Oleg Geskin, Herbert Pingel