Patents by Inventor Yogesh D. Khairnar

Yogesh D. Khairnar 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).

  • Locomotive car body flexible joint
    Patent number: 8091485
    Abstract: The present invention provides a joint for transferring load from the underframe of a locomotive to the cant rail of its car body. The joint includes a base connected to the underframe of the locomotive with a body portion attached thereto. This body portion carries a generally diagonally situated member connected to the cant rail of the car body of the locomotive, such that the load from the underframe is transferred to the base of the joint, through the body portion of the joint, to the diagonally situated member and to the cant rail during bending of the underframe of the locomotive. In another aspect of the present invention, a joint is provided which is generally flexible to accommodate bending of the car body and underframe of the locomotive relative to their respective stiffnesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Electro-motive Diesel, Inc.
    Inventors: Yogesh D. Khairnar, Butchi Babu Nalluri, Robert Thomas Scott, Xiaokun Liu
  • LOCOMOTIVE CAR BODY FLEXIBLE JOINT
    Publication number: 20100024679
    Abstract: The present invention provides a joint for transferring load from the underframe of a locomotive to the cant rail of its car body. The joint includes a base connected to the underframe of the locomotive with a body portion attached thereto. This body portion carries a generally diagonally situated member connected to the cant rail of the car body of the locomotive, such that the load from the underframe is transferred to the base of the joint, through the body portion of the joint, to the diagonally situated member and to the cant rail during bending of the underframe of the locomotive. In another aspect of the present invention, a joint is provided which is generally flexible to accommodate bending of the car body and underframe of the locomotive relative to their respective stiffnesses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2008
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventors: Yogesh D. Khairnar, Butchi Babu Nalluri, Robert Thomas Scott, Xiaokun Liu