Patents by Inventor Richard E. Jamrozy

Richard E. Jamrozy 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: 6363864
    Abstract: A railroad car for carrying steel coils includes a pair of spaced apart supports located inboard of the sides of the railroad car. The supports have upper angled surfaces and the supports are arranged so as to impart a trough-shape cavity for receiving bottoms of steel coils whose central axes are aligned generally parallel to the length of the railroad car. The supports carry lateral loading of the steel coil as well as draft and buff loadings. Laterally extending wings are located outboard of the supports for engaging one or more overhead covers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Assignee: TRN Business Trust
    Inventors: Richard E. Jamrozy, James P. Klag
  • Patent number: 6244801
    Abstract: A novel sidewall structure for a motor-vehicle carrying railway car wherein at least one upper deck is supported principally by longitudinal beams that are themselves supported by end structures, without the need for large, heavy vertical posts to support the decks between the end structures. To provide a lightweight car body with sufficient strength and durability for commercial rail service, the car body may be of monocoque construction. Each sidewall preferably has a plate girder structure that employs the horizontal beams as its principal supports, with the beams tied together by sidewall panels or plates. A plurality of light stiffeners may be employed to limit flexure of the sidewalls. Each of the end structures preferably comprises an offset H frame that includes a draft sill joined to a body bolster, and inner and outer cross bearers joined to the draft sill. In the offset H frame, the draft sill slopes downward and inward, with the inner cross bearer being at a lower elevation than the outer one.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Assignee: Thrall Car Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: James P. Klag, Richard E. Jamrozy, Robert J. Recupido
  • Patent number: 4949646
    Abstract: A railroad car, for carrying shipping containers, having a car body with opposing side walls and an end wall near each end defining a well in which a container can be received; support for a container, when in the well, comprising a plurality of spaced metal reinforcing elements or castings joined to each side wall and spaced inwardly from the well end walls; and each casting being substantially L-shaped and having a substantially vertical leg joined at the bottom of a side wall and the casting having an arm extending laterally substantially horizontally inwardly toward the center of the car to aid in supporting a container in the well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 21, 1990
    Inventors: Richard E. Jamrozy, Shaun Richmond
  • Patent number: 4909157
    Abstract: A railroad car, for carrying shipping containers, having a car body with opposing side walls and an end wall near each end defining a well in which a container can be received; support for a container, when in the well, comprising a plurality of spaced metal castings joined to each side wall and spaced inwardly from the well end walls; and each casting being substantially L-shaped and having a substantially vertical leg joined at the bottom of a side wall and the casting having an arm extending laterally substantially horizontally inwardly toward the center of the car to aid in supporting a container in the well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 20, 1990
    Assignee: Thrall Car Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Richard E. Jamrozy, Shaun Richmond
  • Patent number: 4889055
    Abstract: A railroad car for transporting horizontal shipping containers includes (1) a vertical transition box from the car center sill to the end wall of a well portion capable of receiving one or more shipping containers, (2) car body bottom side sills in the form of an inserted T-member, (3) shear plates at the bottom ends of the well portion, (4) a longitudinal plate in the car body well portion bottom joined to a shear plate at each end, and (5) reinforcement of the car body central portion so that it can transport two end-to-end abutting containers in the well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 26, 1989
    Assignee: Thrall Car Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Richard E. Jamrozy, James M. Wilczynski
  • Patent number: 4876968
    Abstract: A railroad car for carrying containers comprising a car body supported by rail trucks adapted for movement over a railroad; the car body having opposing side walls and an end wall near each end connected to the side walls with said side walls and end walls defining a well in which a container can be received; supports for the bottom of a container, when in the well, comprising a plurality of metal castings joined to each side wall; and each casting having a substantially vertical leg joined at the bottom of a side wall and an arm extending substantially horizontally inwardly toward the center of the car on which a container bottom can be supported.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 31, 1989
    Assignee: Thrall Car Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Thomas W. Lindauer, Richard E. Jamrozy
  • Patent number: 4862810
    Abstract: A railroad car for transporting horizontal shipping containers includes (1) a vertical transition box from the car center sill to the end wall of a well portion capable of receiving one or more shipping containers, (2) car body bottom side sills in the form of an inverted T-member, (3) shear plates at the bottom ends of the well portion, (4) a longitudinal plate in the car body well portion bottom joined to a shear plate at each end, and (5) reinforcement of the car body central portion so that it can transport two end-to-end abutting containers in the well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1989
    Assignee: Thrall Car Manufacturing Co.
    Inventors: Richard E. Jamrozy, James M. Wilczynski
  • Patent number: 4841876
    Abstract: A railroad car for transporting horizontal shipping containers, the car having a novel stub center sill extending from a coupler to the end wall of a well portion capable of receiving one or more shipping containers, (2) a reinforcement assembly from the coupler to the end sill, (3) a reinforcement of the car body central portion so that it can transport two end-to-end abutting containers in the well and (4) lateral car body side wall tie braces having increased stiffness and which are easily attached by fasteners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 27, 1989
    Assignee: Thrall Car Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Harold E. Gramse, Richard E. Jamrozy, James M. Wilczynski
  • Patent number: 4807722
    Abstract: A railroad car for transporting horizontal shipping containers includes (1) a vertical transistion box from the car center sill to the end wall of a well portion capable of receiving one or more shipping containers, (2) car body bottom side sills in the form of an inverted T-member, (3) shear plates at the bottom ends of the well portion, (4) a longitudinal plate in the car body well portion bottom joined to a shear plate at each end, and (5) reinforcement of the car body central portion so that it can transport two end-to-end abutting containers in the well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1989
    Assignee: Thrall Car Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Richard E. Jamrozy, James M. Wilczynski
  • Patent number: 4771706
    Abstract: A railroad car for carrying containers comprising a car body supported by rail trucks adapted for movement over a railroad; the car body having opposing side walls and an end wall near each end connected to the side walls with side walls and end walls defining a well in which a container can be received; supports for the bottom of a container, when in the well, comprising a plurality of metal castings joined to each side wall; and each casting having a substantially vertical leg joined at the bottom of a side wall and an arm extending substantially horizontally inward toward the center of the car on which a container bottom can be supported.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1988
    Assignee: Thrall Car Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Thomas W. Lindauer, Richard E. Jamrozy