Patents by Inventor Michael Maxeiner

Michael Maxeiner 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).

  • Method and System for Manufacturing a Coupler Knuckle
    Publication number: 20080083690
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a railcar coupler knuckle includes providing a cope mold portion and a drag mold portion. The cope and drag mold portions have internal walls defining at least in part perimeter boundaries of a coupler knuckle mold cavity. The method includes positioning one or two internal cores within either the cope mold portion or the drag mold portion. The one or two internal cores are configured to define a kidney cavity, a finger cavity and a pivot pin cavity of a coupler knuckle. The method includes closing the cope and drag mold portions with the one or two internal cores therebetween and at least partially filling the mold cavity with a molten alloy, the molten alloy solidifying after filling to form the coupler knuckle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2007
    Publication date: April 10, 2008
    Applicant: McConway & Torley, LLC
    Inventors: P. Mautino, Joseph Gagliardino, Michael Maxeiner
  • Method and system for manufacturing a coupler knuckle
    Publication number: 20070125510
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a railcar coupler knuckle includes providing a cope mold portion and a drag mold portion. The cope and drag mold portions have internal walls defining at least in part perimeter boundaries of a coupler knuckle mold cavity. The method includes positioning one or two internal cores within either the cope mold portion or the drag mold portion. The one or two internal cores are configured to define a kidney cavity, a finger cavity and a pivot pin cavity of a coupler knuckle. The method includes closing the cope and drag mold portions with the one or two internal cores therebetween and at least partially filling the mold cavity with a molten alloy, the molten alloy solidifying after filling to form the coupler knuckle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2005
    Publication date: June 7, 2007
    Inventors: P. Mautino, Joseph Gagliardino, Michael Maxeiner