Patents by Inventor Rick Halverson

Rick Halverson 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).

  • Aerodynamic drag reduction system for trucks, cargo trailers and train boxcars
    Patent number: 10227094
    Abstract: An air flow management system for a rear of a cargo trailer, box car, bus, van, truck, or similar vehicle, having a shaped skin in a three-dimensional surface such as a vertical half of a gas bag envelope of a hot air balloon, and an attachment bracket for the shaped skin to a rear side of the cargo vehicle to reshape and improve the aerodynamics of a vertical planar rear surface of the cargo vehicle by controlling the decompression and expansion of air flow around the rear of the vehicle, which is especially useful for over-the-road cargo trailers having side skirts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Inventors: Rick Halverson, Charles W. Denison
  • Cross-tie for railroad rail assembly and method of manufacturing the same
    Patent number: 6824070
    Abstract: A cross-tie for a railroad rail assembly and a method of manufacturing the same, wherein the cross-tie includes a plurality of recycled tire treads stacked along one of the width and height dimensions of the cross-tie, and secured to one another via an interposed adhesive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: ARE Technologies of Central New York, Inc.
    Inventors: Rick Halverson, Martin Diamond
  • Cross-tie for railroad rail assembly and method of manufacturing the same
    Publication number: 20040129791
    Abstract: A cross-tie for a railroad rail assembly and a method of manufacturing the same, wherein the cross-tie includes a plurality of recycled tire treads stacked along one of the width and height dimensions of the cross-tie, and secured to one another via an interposed adhesive material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2003
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Inventors: Rick Halverson, Martin Diamond