Patents by Inventor Thomas A. Hogue

Thomas A. Hogue 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).

  • Prefabricated embedded railway track system
    Patent number: 5850970
    Abstract: An embedded railway panel is prefabricated with an insert formed around a first section of a reinforcing member, and a panel member formed around a second section of the reinforcing member. The reinforcing member secures the insert to the panel member and provides structural rigidity for both the insert and the panel. A rail of a railway track and the prefabricated embedded railway panel are positioned such that the insert of the prefabricated embedded railway panel is adjacent to the rail, and the top surface of the panel of the prefabricated embedded railway panel at substantially the same height as the top of the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1998
    Inventors: William K. Hull, Thomas A. Hogue
  • Prefabricated embedded railway track system
    Patent number: 5655711
    Abstract: An embedded railway panel is prefabricated with an insert formed around a first section of a reinforcing member, and a panel member formed around a second section of the reinforcing member. The reinforcing member secures the insert to the panel member and provides structural rigidity for both the insert and the panel. A rail of a railway track and the prefabricated embedded railway panel are positioned such that the insert of the prefabricated embedded railway panel is adjacent to the rail, and the top surface of the panel of the prefabricated embedded railway panel at substantially the same height as the top of the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 12, 1997
    Inventors: William K. Hull, Thomas A. Hogue
  • Embedded railway track system
    Patent number: 5577662
    Abstract: A pair of rails are secured on a plurality of perpendicularly disposed ties which rest on a ballast material. A gauge panel is disposed between the rails and has a top surface which is substantially the same height as the rails. Field inserts are positioned on the outside of the parallel rails and field panels, which have a top surface that is substantially the same height as the rails, are positioned in contact with the field inserts. Gauge inserts are inserted into the space between the gauge panel and the parallel rails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1996
    Inventors: Thomas A. Hogue, William K. Hull
  • Embedded railway track system
    Patent number: 5535947
    Abstract: A pair of rails are secured on a plurality of perpendicularly disposed ties which rest on a ballast material. A gauge panel is disposed between the rails and has a top surface which is substantially the same height as the rails. Field inserts are positioned on the outside of the parallel rails and field panels, which have a top surface that is substantially the same height as the rails, are positioned in contact with the field inserts. Gauge inserts are inserted into the space between the gauge panel and the parallel rails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1996
    Inventors: Thomas A. Hogue, William K. Hull