Patents by Inventor Simon Vergnaud

Simon Vergnaud 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).

  • Draft sill using a tension cable
    Patent number: 10967886
    Abstract: A rail car includes an elongated floor supporting a rail car body, a draft sill depending from the floor, and a crash energy management (CEM) system. The CEM system includes a coupler plate coupled to the draft sill and depending from the floor between the draft sill and a first end of the floor, a coupler support depending from the floor between the coupler plate and the first end of the floor, an elongated coupler assembly extending from the coupler plate in a direction of the first end of the floor via an opening defined by the coupler support, and at least one cable connected in tension between the coupler support and the coupler plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Bombardier Transportation GmbH
    Inventors: Simon Vergnaud, Daniel Koudolo, André Gagnon
  • DRAFT SILL USING A TENSION CABLE
    Publication number: 20200108845
    Abstract: A rail car includes an elongated floor supporting a rail car body, a draft sill depending from the floor, and a crash energy management (CEM) system. The CEM system includes a coupler plate coupled to the draft sill and depending from the floor between the draft sill and a first end of the floor, a coupler support depending from the floor between the coupler plate and the first end of the floor, an elongated coupler assembly extending from the coupler plate in a direction of the first end of the floor via an opening defined by the coupler support, and at least one cable connected in tension between the coupler support and the coupler plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Simon Vergnaud, Daniel Koudolo, André Gagnon