Patents by Inventor Staffan G. Brandt

Staffan G. Brandt 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).

  • End design for a railway type freight car
    Patent number: 5794536
    Abstract: An improved end design for at least one predetermined end of a preselected railway type freight car which will enable such freight car to negotiate all of the track curvatures encountered in present day track structures while simultaneously enabling a plurality of such freight cars to be connected together to form a train consist in such a manner that will significantly reduce an overall length of such train consist. Such end design provides at least one predetermined end of such preselected railway type freight car having at least one of a convex shape and a double wedge shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1998
    Assignee: Westinghouse Air Brake Company
    Inventors: David W. Daugherty, Jr., Staffan G. Brandt