Patents by Inventor Robert C. Ortner

Robert C. Ortner 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).

  • Method of converting a tri-level auto-rack railcar to a bi-level auto-rack railcar
    Patent number: 10676108
    Abstract: A method of shipping automobiles, railcars for shipping automobiles, and methods of manufacturing railcars for shipping automobiles to enable more efficient shipping of automobiles by facilitating conversion of autorack cars between unilevel, bi-level and tri-level configurations, and/or by providing increased load factors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Trinity Rail Group, LLC
    Inventors: Robert J. Cencer, Robert C. Ortner, George S. Creighton, Andrew Brown, James R. Mitzenberg
  • METHOD OF CONVERTING A BI-LEVEL AUTO-RACK RAILCAR
    Publication number: 20190084588
    Abstract: A method of shipping automobiles, railcars for shipping automobiles, and methods of manufacturing railcars for shipping automobiles to enable more efficient shipping of automobiles by facilitating conversion of autorack cars between unilevel, bi-level and tri-level configurations, and/or by providing increased load factors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Robert J. Cencer, Robert C. Ortner, George S. Creighton, Andrew Brown, James R. Mitzenberg
  • Method of converting a bi-level auto-rack railcar
    Patent number: 10183682
    Abstract: A method of shipping automobiles, railcars for shipping automobiles, and methods of manufacturing railcars for shipping automobiles to enable more efficient shipping of automobiles by facilitating conversion of autorack cars between unilevel, bi-level and tri-level configurations, and/or by providing increased load factors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Trinity Rail Group, LLC
    Inventors: Robert J. Cencer, Robert C. Ortner, George S. Creighton, Andrew Brown, James R. Mitzenberg
  • VARIABLE CAPACITY AUTORACK RAILCAR
    Publication number: 20160039432
    Abstract: A method of shipping automobiles, railcars for shipping automobiles, and methods of manufacturing railcars for shipping automobiles to enable more efficient shipping of automobiles by facilitating conversion of autorack cars between unilevel, bi-level and tri-level configurations, and/or by providing increased load factors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Robert J. Cencer, Robert C. Ortner, John W. Coulborn, George S. Creighton, Andrew Brown, James R. Mitzenberg
  • Railway car for transporting semi-trucks
    Publication number: 20040000253
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2003
    Publication date: January 1, 2004
    Inventors: Ralph Hartman Schorr, Robert J. Cencer, Robert C. Ortner, James M. Simpson, Michael J. Rench
  • Railway car for transporting semi-trucks
    Publication number: 20020035948
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2001
    Publication date: March 28, 2002
    Applicant: Thrall Car Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Ralph Hartman Schorr, Robert J. Cencer, Robert C. Ortner, James M. Simpson, Michael J. Rench