Patents by Inventor W. Clifford Jones

W. Clifford Jones 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).

  • Railway vehicle with end and intermediate trucks
    Patent number: 4562775
    Abstract: A railway vehicle, in particular a locomotive, has three or more trucks with the bolsters of each swivelly supported on the respective truck frames and having means for transmitting longitudinal traction and braking forces to the body underframe. The truck bolsters mount upright body-support spring devices which are yieldable in shear transversely of the locomotive to permit sufficient limited lateral movement of the body with respect to the trucks to prevent the full force of lateral blows and shocks received by the wheels from being communicated to the body and for preventing the momentum of the body from acting with its full lateral force on the truck wheels and rails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1984
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1986
    Assignee: Lukens General Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith L. Jackson, W. Clifford Jones, John L. Schauster