Patents by Inventor Ralph HARTMAN
Ralph HARTMAN 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).
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Patent number: 9705934Abstract: An oil field process control system including a field versatile control gateway component that interfaces with a plurality of field devices using a broad range of hardwired and wireless protocols, offering in-the-field monitoring and control of each of the field devices and communicates with a remote central control room, exchanging data between the control room and the field using a multiplexed protocol that offers high data speeds and bandwidth, enabling a significant reduction of the amount of wiring, and conduits and other infrastructure expenses that would otherwise be incurred for such a highly reliable communications system.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2015Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Patrick S. Flanders, Abdelghani Daraiseh, Saeed Abeediah, Ralph Hartman, Abdullah Al-Nufaii
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Publication number: 20160065622Abstract: An oil field process control system including a field versatile control gateway component that interfaces with a plurality of field devices using a broad range of hardwired and wireless protocols, offering in-the-field monitoring and control of each of the field devices and communicates with a remote central control room, exchanging data between the control room and the field using a multiplexed protocol that offers high data speeds and bandwidth, enabling a significant reduction of the amount of wiring, and conduits and other infrastructure expenses that would otherwise be incurred for such a highly reliable communications system.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2015Publication date: March 3, 2016Inventors: Patrick S. Flanders, Abdelghani Daraiseh, Saeed Abeediah, Ralph Hartman, Abdullah Al-Nifaii
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Patent number: 9219760Abstract: An oil field process control system including a field versatile control gateway component that interfaces with a plurality of field devices using a broad range of hardwired and wireless protocols, offering in-the-field monitoring and control of each of the field devices and communicates with a remote central control room, exchanging data between the control room and the field using a multiplexed protocol that offers high data speeds and bandwidth, enabling a significant reduction of the amount of wiring, and conduits and other infrastructure expenses that would otherwise be incurred for such a highly reliable communications system.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2014Date of Patent: December 22, 2015Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Patrick S. Flanders, Abdelghani Daraiseh, Saeed Abeediah, Ralph Hartman, Abdullah Al-Nufaii
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Publication number: 20140269744Abstract: An oil field process control system including a field versatile control gateway component that interfaces with a plurality of field devices using a broad range of hardwired and wireless protocols, offering in-the-field monitoring and control of each of the field devices and communicates with a remote central control room, exchanging data between the control room and the field using a multiplexed protocol that offers high data speeds and bandwidth, enabling a significant reduction of the amount of wiring, and conduits and other infrastructure expenses that would otherwise be incurred for such a highly reliable communications system.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Patrick S. FLANDERS, Abdelghani DARAISEH, Saeed ABEEDIAH, Ralph HARTMAN, Abdullah AL-NUFAII
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Patent number: 7278359Abstract: The invention is directed to a railway car for the transportation of semi-trucks. The railway car may have an interior defined by a support surface for the trucks, a pair of upstanding sidewalls, and a roof. End doors may be located at each end of the railway car for selectively permitting access to the interior thereof. The horizontal width at the ends of the railway car may be selected to permit the trucks to be loaded into the interior of the railway car.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2003Date of Patent: October 9, 2007Assignee: Trinity Industries, Inc.Inventors: Ralph Hartman Schorr, Robert J. Cencer, Robert C. Ortner, Jr., James M. Simpson, Michael J. Rench
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Patent number: 6935245Abstract: The invention is directed to a railway car for the transportation of semi-trucks. The railway car may have an interior defined by a support surface for the trucks, a pair of upstanding sidewalls, and a roof. End doors may be located at each end of the railway car for selectively permitting access to the interior thereof. The horizontal width at the ends of the railway car may be selected to permit the trucks to be loaded into the interior of the railway car.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2001Date of Patent: August 30, 2005Assignee: TRN Business TrustInventors: Ralph Hartman Schorr, Robert J. Cencer, Robert C. Ortner, Jr., James M. Simpson, Michael J. Rench
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Publication number: 20040000253Abstract: The invention is directed to a railway car for the transportation of semi-trucks. The railway car may have an interior defined by a support surface for the trucks, a pair of upstanding sidewalls, and a roof. End doors may be located at each end of the railway car for selectively permitting access to the interior thereof. The horizontal width at the ends of the railway car may be selected to permit the trucks to be loaded into the interior of the railway car.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2003Publication date: January 1, 2004Inventors: Ralph Hartman Schorr, Robert J. Cencer, Robert C. Ortner, James M. Simpson, Michael J. Rench
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Publication number: 20020035948Abstract: The invention is directed to a railway car for the transportation of semi-trucks. The railway car may have an interior defined by a support surface for the trucks, a pair of upstanding sidewalls, and a roof. End doors may be located at each end of the railway car for selectively permitting access to the interior thereof. The horizontal width at the ends of the railway car may be selected to permit the trucks to be loaded into the interior of the railway car.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2001Publication date: March 28, 2002Applicant: Thrall Car Manufacturing CompanyInventors: Ralph Hartman Schorr, Robert J. Cencer, Robert C. Ortner, James M. Simpson, Michael J. Rench
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Patent number: 6339994Abstract: A radial end door that includes, in addition to the conventional inner and outer rollers for supporting the door, a door mounted support on the inner portion of the door, unsupported by the railcar body when the door is open, but supported by the railcar body when the door is closed. The door mounted support preferably comprises a roller that can be added as a retrofit or upgrade to the existing door, without altering the basic configuration, geometry or operational characteristics of the door, except to improve the performance of the door. The door mounted support preferably cooperates with a floor-mounted support comprising a wear bar having a ramp portion to raise the door mounted support and increase loading on the outer roller as the door is closed.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2000Date of Patent: January 22, 2002Assignee: Thrall Car Manufacturing CompanyInventors: Daniel Joseph Kaplan, Ralph Hartman Schorr, Ronny Lamar Allison, Barney Russell Willoughby, Jr.