Hopper car gate with enlarged discharge and increased capacity

Number of patents in Portfolio can not be more than 2000

United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7752979
APP PUB NO 20090090269A1
SERIAL NO

11906926

Stats

ATTORNEY / AGENT: (SPONSORED)

Importance

Loading Importance Indicators... loading....

Abstract

See full text

A hopper car having an increased volume. The car has side walls, end walls, a bottom, and first and second sloping surfaces. The bottom lies at least partially in a horizontal plane and includes a plurality of spaced apart openings. The side walls, end walls, and horizontal plane define a volume X. The first and second sloping surfaces are located between adjacent openings and joined to the bottom adjacent the openings. The sloping surfaces extend upwardly from the bottom to present an inverted V enclosing a volume Y. The volume Y is no more than approximately 1 to 5% of the volume X.

First Claim

See full text

Other Claims data not available

Family

Loading Family data... loading....

Patent Owner(s)

Patent OwnerAddress
AERO TRANSPORTATION PRODUCTS INC3300 E GEOSPACE DRIVE INDEPENDENCE MO 64051

International Classification(s)

loading....
  • 2007 Application Filing Year
  • B61D Class
  • 76 Applications Filed
  • 35 Patents Issued To-Date
  • 46.06 % Issued To-Date
Click to zoom InYear of Issuance% of Matters IssuedCumulative IssuancesYearly Issuances200720082009201020112012201320140255075100

Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Early, Stephen R Olathe, US 29 393

Cited Art Landscape

Load Citation

Patent Citation Ranking

  • 8 Citation Count
  • B61D Class
  • 5.66 % this patent is cited more than
  • 15 Age
Citation count rangeNumber of patents cited in rangeNumber of patents cited in various citation count ranges3321061101 - 1011 - 2021 - 3031 - 4041 - 500246810121416182022242628303234

Forward Cite Landscape

Load Citation