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Railway rolling stock February patent applications/inventions, industry category 02/09

20090050012 - Maintenance vehicle for operations along an aerial ropeway of a mechanical lift installation: A maintenance vehicle for performing operations along an aerial ropeway of a mechanical lift installation consists of a car suspended on the rope by connecting means which comprise a top part fixed to the rope, a bottom part fixed to the car, articulation means of the top part with respect... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090044719 - Trolley assembly with non-rotatable axle: A trolley assembly for a conveyor includes a wheel assembly and a trolley arm. The wheel assembly includes a wheel that is rotatably mounted to an axle, with the axle extending along an axis of rotation of the wheel and comprising a mounting portion that is non-rotatably mounted to or... Agent: Van Dyke, Gardner, Linn & Burkhart, LLP

20090038499 - Cable suspended, self leveling tram with self-propelled tractor bogie: A cableway with suspended tram and remote bogie is disclosed. This includes a self-contained motor, traction and support sheaves with provision for adjusting the height of the tram below said cable for limiting vertical acceleration caused by travel along the cantenary curve of the cableway.... Agent: Richard Morris

20090038500 - Method and apparatus for determining the health of an energy storage system: A method for testing the health of locomotive battery blocks includes coupling a load to a first and a second battery block, the first and second battery blocks are coupled in series, activating a contactor coupled between the first and second battery blocks and the load to channel electrical energy... Agent: John S. Beulick (12729 +2000) Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20090038501 - Electric car control apparatus: The control apparatus includes current detectors for respectively detecting currents flowing through collector shoes mounted on a leading car; a no-current indicator for outputting a no-current signal when the currents detected by these current detectors are zero; a no-current train line for transmitting the no-current signal to the following car;... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090038502 - Human powered rail bike: Disclosed herein is a human powered rail bike. The rail bike includes a chassis having a predetermined shape. Rail wheels comprising a pair of front wheels and rear wheels, roll along two rails of the track which are arranged side by side. A plurality of seats is mounted to the... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20090031915 - Locomotive truck and method for distributing weight asymmetrically to axles of the truck: A locomotive truck and method for distributing weight asymmetrically to axles of the truck includes a first axle of a locomotive truck uncoupled from a traction system of the locomotive and a first suspension assembly coupling the first axle to the truck for applying to the first axle a first... Agent: Beusse Wolter Sanks Mora & Maire, P.A.

20090031916 - System and method for modification of a baseline ballast arrangement of a locomotive: A system and method for modification of a baseline ballast arrangement of a locomotive having an overall tractive effort rating based on symmetrical distribution of weight and driving torque applied by the locomotive to the respective axles of the locomotive. The system includes a locomotive truck comprising an un-powered first... Agent: Beusse Wolter Sanks Mora & Maire, P.A.

20090031917 - Kit and method for converting a locomotive from a first configuration to a second configuration: A kit and method for converting a locomotive from a first configuration to a second configuration having a different operational capability. The kit includes a traction assembly including a mechanical subassembly configured to mechanically couple a first axle of a truck to a traction system of the locomotive; and an... Agent: Beusse Wolter Sanks Mora & Maire, P.A.

20090031918 - Railway bogies: This invention relates to bogies for railway rolling stock. In particular it relates to suspension arrangements for such bogies wherein the frame is mounted on a spring suspension arrangement. In one embodiment the spring suspension arrangement comprises two groups of springs on either side of a wheel axle (11), each... Agent: Mcdermott, Will & Emery LLP Attn:IPDepartment

20090031919 - Railroad freight car: A railroad freight car may have a body for carrying lading. The body may be a gondola car body. The car body may include a decking or floor structure, and may include longitudinally extending side beams bordering the floor structure. The connection of the side beams to the floor structure... Agent: Hahn Loeser & Parks, LLP