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Railway rolling stock February patent applications/inventions, industry category 02/11

20110041723 - Electrical energy capture system with circuitry for blocking flow of undesirable electrical currents therein: An electrical energy capture system, as may be carried on a hybrid energy, electro-motive, self-powered traction vehicle, is provided. The system may be used for storing electrical power generated on the vehicle and for discharging the stored electrical power for use on the vehicle. The system includes circuitry connected to... Agent: Beusse Wolter Sanks Mora & Maire, P.A.

20110041724 - Railroad gondola car structure and mechanism therefor: A railroad gondola car has a hopper carried between two trucks. The hopper has convergent end and side slope sheets that feed a bottom discharge. The bottom discharge has a pair of longitudinal doors. The door closing mechanism is a mechanical transmission that includes a set of linkages running from... Agent: Hahn Loeser & Parks, LLP

20110036264 - Friction wedge for railroad car truck: A single-piece friction wedge for use in damping relative movement between a bolster and a side frame of a railroad car truck includes a generally horizontal bottom surface, a generally vertical front surface, and a back surface oriented at an acute primary angle with respect to the front surface. The... Agent: Cook Alex Ltd

20110036265 - Atv rail wheel: Apparatus for the conversion of an all terrain vehicle from conventional road use to use on railroad tracks is provided and comprises comprising a wheel, hub, spring suspension means and a hub extension mounted forward of the frame, the apparatus comprising a support arm attached at one end to the... Agent: Jeffery Micheal Shiverick

20110030574 - Electric railway system: An electric railway system includes an electric car and an electric-power supply device that supplies electric power to the electric car. The electric-power supply device includes a power source, and an overhead conductor portion connected to the power source. The electric car includes: a power collector installed on a roof... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20110030575 - Rail car cover system: A rail car cover system including a rail car, a first cover section and a second cover section. The rail car has an opening. The first cover section is operably attached to the rail car. The first cover section includes a first corner hinge assembly, a first intermediate hinge assembly... Agent: Dicke, Billig & Czaja

20110030576 - Modular wet room for rail vehicles: A modular wet room for rail vehicles is provided. The wet room includes floor elements, wall elements and ceiling elements composed of core composite material and connected among each other using connection profiles. Supply and discharge lines run along reinforcement profiles integrated into the panels. Further, a panel and a... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20110023747 - Portable railcar step and railcar therewith: A railcar step mounts to the stirrup of a rail vehicle. The railcar step comprises a support sized to support a rail worker. A coupling is supported in relation to an end of the support. The coupling is sized and configured to hold the support in fixed relation to the... Agent: Goodman, Allen & Filetti PLLC