Patents by Inventor Ryan M. Geary

Ryan M. Geary 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).

  • Container car side sills
    Patent number: 7607396
    Abstract: A railroad freight car that may include multiple units, the body of at least one unit including a container well for carrying intermodal freight containers, the body including a pair of side sills generally of closed box beam configuration with holes and reinforcing rings and with longitudinally extending reinforcing members in the top or bottom, or both, of the beams. The ends of the longitudinally extending reinforcing members are tapered and have their extremities attached to a portion of a side sill web spaced apart from the extreme top or bottom members of the beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: Gunderson LLC
    Inventors: Gregory J. Saxton, Elijah A. Schutz, Ryan M. Geary
  • Container car side sills
    Publication number: 20090120324
    Abstract: A railroad freight car that may include multiple units, the body of at least one unit including a container well for carrying intermodal freight containers, the body including a pair of side sills generally of closed box beam configuration with holes and reinforcing rings and with longitudinally extending reinforcing members in the top or bottom, or both, of the beams. The ends of the longitudinally extending reinforcing members are tapered and have their extremities attached to a portion of a side sill web spaced apart from the extreme top or bottom members of the beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2007
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Inventors: Gregory J. Saxton, Elijah A. Schutz, Ryan M. Geary