Patents by Inventor Scott D. Krupp

Scott D. Krupp 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).

  • Shortened container well
    Patent number: 7757610
    Abstract: A joint connecting a container corner support assembly to a body bolster and a connecting assembly portion of an end of a container well unit in connection with shortening a container well of a railroad freight car intended for carrying an intermodal freight container. A connector member is welded into position, between a transverse gusset plate of a container corner support assembly and a closure plate of a connecting assembly, to transmit forces between the gusset plate and the connecting assembly associated with a body bolster in an end of the container well unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Gunderson LLC
    Inventors: Gregory J. Saxton, John N. Niosi, Scott D. Krupp
  • Shortened container well
    Publication number: 20100024680
    Abstract: A joint connecting a container corner support assembly to a body bolster and a connecting assembly portion of an end of a container well unit in connection with shortening a container well of a railroad freight car intended for carrying an intermodal freight container. A connector member is welded into position, between a transverse gusset plate of a container corner support assembly and a closure plate of a connecting assembly, to transmit forces between the gusset plate and the connecting assembly associated with a body bolster in an end of the container well unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventors: Gregory J. Saxton, John N. Niosi, Scott D. Krupp