Patents by Inventor Richard Theodore Ellis
Richard Theodore Ellis 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: 11268246Abstract: A tuned mass damper for damping airborne vibrations at one or more rail frequencies from a rail generated by movement of wheels over the rail. The tuned mass damper includes one or more damper elements including a damper element material, and a body element including a body material. The damper elements are at least partially embedded in the body element. The body element has inner and lower exterior surfaces formed to fit within first and second pockets on opposite first and second sides of the rail defined by a web portion and a foot. The damper element material and the body material are selected and formed so that the tuned mass damper vibrates in response to movement of the wheels over the rail at one or more damper frequencies that at least partially interferes with the rail frequencies.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2019Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: Polycorp Ltd.Inventors: Richard Theodore Ellis, Marco Leone
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Patent number: 11174597Abstract: A clip assembly for securing first and second tuned mass dampers to respective first and second sides of a rail. The clip assembly includes a bar element having a connector portion extending between first and second ends thereof and formed to be positioned in a predetermined location relative to the rail at least partially under a foot of the rail, and a first clamping arm connected with the connector portion at the first end of the connector portion, the first clamping arm being formed to engage the first tuned mass damper. The bar element also includes a linkage section located at the second end of the connector portion. The clip assembly includes a second clamping arm extending between upper and lower ends thereof, the lower end comprising a locking portion securable to the linkage section, and the upper end being formed for engagement with the second tuned mass damper.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2018Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: Polycorp Ltd.Inventor: Richard Theodore Ellis
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Publication number: 20200087864Abstract: A clip assembly for securing first and second tuned mass dampers to respective first and second sides of a rail. The clip assembly includes a bar element having a connector portion extending between first and second ends thereof and formed to be positioned in a predetermined location relative to the rail at least partially under a foot of the rail, and a first clamping arm connected with the connector portion at the first end of the connector portion, the first clamping arm being formed to engage the first tuned mass damper. The bar element also includes a linkage section located at the second end of the connector portion. The clip assembly includes a second clamping arm extending between upper and lower ends thereof, the lower end comprising a locking portion securable to the linkage section, and the upper end being formed for engagement with the second tuned mass damper.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2018Publication date: March 19, 2020Applicant: Polycorp Ltd.Inventor: Richard Theodore Ellis
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Publication number: 20200087862Abstract: A tuned mass damper for damping airborne vibrations at one or more rail frequencies from a rail generated by movement of wheels over the rail. The tuned mass damper includes one or more damper elements including a damper element material, and a body element including a body material. The damper elements are at least partially embedded in the body element. The body element has inner and lower exterior surfaces formed to fit within first and second pockets on opposite first and second sides of the rail defined by a web portion and a foot. The damper element material and the body material are selected and formed so that the tuned mass damper vibrates in response to movement of the wheels over the rail at one or more damper frequencies that at least partially interferes with the rail frequencies.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2019Publication date: March 19, 2020Applicant: Polycorp Ltd.Inventors: Richard Theodore Ellis, Marco Leone
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Patent number: 10487456Abstract: A special trackwork assembly including a special trackwork body formed to support wheels of a train moving over a running surface portion of an exterior surface of the special trackwork body that generate traffic-related vibrations of the special trackwork body having one or more frequencies of interest. The special trackwork assembly also includes one or more tuned mass dampers secured to the special trackwork body and formed to vibrate, in response to the traffic-related vibrations of the special trackwork body, at the frequency of interest, to at least partially dampen the traffic-related vibrations of the special trackwork body.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2016Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: Polycorp Ltd.Inventors: Masoud Ansari, Richard Theodore Ellis
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Patent number: 10370798Abstract: A rail assembly including one or more rail bodies formed for supporting rolling engagement of a train wheel thereover, the rolling engagement generating vibrations in the rail body. The rail assembly includes one or more boots formed for attachment to the rail body to substantially electrically isolate the rail body relative to ground material. The boot includes a chamber wall for at least partially defining a chamber between the rail body and the chamber wall when the boot is attached to the rail body. The rail assembly also includes one or more inserts positionable in the chamber, at least a part of the vibrations being transmittable to the insert when the insert is positioned in the chamber, for dissipation of at least a proportion of the part of the vibrations in the insert.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2017Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: Polycorp Ltd.Inventor: Richard Theodore Ellis
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Publication number: 20170226700Abstract: A rail assembly including one or more rail bodies formed for supporting rolling engagement of a train wheel thereover, the rolling engagement generating vibrations in the rail body. The rail assembly includes one or more boots formed for attachment to the rail body to substantially electrically isolate the rail body relative to ground material. The boot includes a chamber wall for at least partially defining a chamber between the rail body and the chamber wall when the boot is attached to the rail body. The rail assembly also includes one or more inserts positionable in the chamber, at least a part of the vibrations being transmittable to the insert when the insert is positioned in the chamber, for dissipation of at least a proportion of the part of the vibrations in the insert.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2017Publication date: August 10, 2017Inventor: Richard Theodore Ellis
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Publication number: 20170191225Abstract: A special trackwork assembly including a special trackwork body formed to support wheels of a train moving over a running surface portion of an exterior surface of the special trackwork body that generate traffic-related vibrations of the special trackwork body having one or more frequencies of interest. The special trackwork assembly also includes one or more tuned mass dampers secured to the special trackwork body and formed to vibrate, in response to the traffic-related vibrations of the special trackwork body, at the frequency of interest, to at least partially dampen the traffic-related vibrations of the special trackwork body.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2016Publication date: July 6, 2017Applicant: Polycorp Ltd.Inventors: Masoud Ansari, Richard Theodore Ellis
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Patent number: 9617688Abstract: A rail assembly including one or more rail bodies formed for supporting rolling engagement of a train wheel thereover, the rolling engagement generating vibrations in the rail body. The rail assembly includes one or more boots formed for attachment to the rail body to substantially electrically isolate the rail body relative to ground material. The boot includes a chamber wall for at least partially defining a chamber between the rail body and the chamber wall when the boot is attached to the rail body. The rail assembly also includes one or more inserts positionable in the chamber, at least a part of the vibrations being transmittable to the insert when the insert is positioned in the chamber, for dissipation of at least a proportion of the part of the vibrations in the insert.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2014Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: POLYCORP LTD.Inventor: Richard Theodore Ellis
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Publication number: 20150376842Abstract: A rail assembly including one or more rail bodies formed for supporting rolling engagement of a train wheel thereover, the rolling engagement generating vibrations in the rail body. The rail assembly includes one or more boots formed for attachment to the rail body to substantially electrically isolate the rail body relative to ground material. The boot includes a chamber wall for at least partially defining a chamber between the rail body and the chamber wall when the boot is attached to the rail body. The rail assembly also includes one or more inserts positionable in the chamber, at least a part of the vibrations being transmittable to the insert when the insert is positioned in the chamber, for dissipation of at least a proportion of the part of the vibrations in the insert.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2014Publication date: December 31, 2015Applicant: Polycorp Ltd.Inventor: Richard Theodore Ellis