Patents by Inventor Randel C. Anderson

Randel C. Anderson 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: 5390772
    Abstract: A high speed frog including a ductile iron main pan casting having an integral straight approach runner, an integral straight exit runner, and an integral exit turnout runner, a movable runner having a pair of guide rails, an electric solenoid for rotating the movable runner so that one of said pair of guide rails is cooperatively associated with the stationary runner, diverts a sliding contact shoe to the turn-out runner, a mechanical deflector engageable for resetting the movable runner so that the other of the pair of guide rails engages the integral straight approach runner, and a renewable runner insert disposed between integral straight approach runner and the respective guide rails of the movable runner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1995
    Assignee: Westinghouse Air Brake Co.
    Inventors: Cuong M. Ta, Randel C. Anderson