Patents by Inventor Prescott Logan

Prescott Logan 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: 8534553
    Abstract: A device for conducting rail car inspections including an inspection module, an imaging module, a scanner module, a location module, a printer module and a communication module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Prescott Logan, David Davenport, John Hershey, Rahul Bhotika, Robert Mitchell, Emad Andarawis, Kenneth Welles, Robert Alan Wetzel
  • Publication number: 20120318865
    Abstract: A device for conducting rail car inspections including an inspection module, an imaging module, a scanner module, a location module, a printer module and a communication module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Inventors: Prescott LOGAN, David Davenport, John Hershey, Rahul Bhotika, Robert Mitchell, Emad Andarawis, Kenneth Welles, Robert Alan Wetzel
  • Patent number: 8292172
    Abstract: A device for conducting rail car inspections including an inspection module, an imaging module, a scanner module, a location module, a printer module and a communication module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Prescott Logan, David Davenport, John Hershey, Rahul Bhotika, Robert Mitchell, Emad Andarawis, Kenneth Welles, Robert Alan Wetzel
  • Publication number: 20080154692
    Abstract: A system and method for planning and monitoring rail yard processes and performance including compiling historical information, real time status display of rail yard activity, the development of parameters and metrics to evaluate rail yard performance, collection of rail yard status from various sensors, and the planning and assigning of work tasks for enhanced productivity and car processing capability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Inventors: Prescott Logan, David Davenport, John Hershey, Rahul Bhotika, Kenneth Welles
  • Publication number: 20070194115
    Abstract: A device for conducting rail car inspections including an inspection module, an imaging module, a scanner module, a location module, a printer module and a communication module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2007
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Inventors: Prescott Logan, David Davenport, John Hershey, Rahul Bhotika, Robert Mitchell, Emad Andarawis, Kenneth Welles, Robert Wetzel
  • Publication number: 20070005200
    Abstract: A system and method for generating a computer-aided rail yard plan for the movement of plural railcars through a rail yard, the rail yard having tracks that are used as receiving tracks, classification tracks and departure tracks and the plural railcars arriving on inbound trains and departing on outbound trains, the plural railcars required to undergo a sequence of tasks to move through the rail yard, the yard plan providing (a) a schedule for receiving trains, (b) a schedule for inspecting cars on receiving tracks, (c) a schedule for humping cars from receiving tracks into classification tracks, (d) a schedule for pulling trains onto departure tracks, (e) a schedule for testing trains, and (f) a schedule for departing trains.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2006
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Inventors: Mitchell Wills, Srinivas Bollapragada, Joanne Maceo, Prescott Logan