Did You Know...
...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7438001 | Car body structure The invention provides a railway car with superior riding quality by improving the flexural rigidity of the car body structure while suppressing increase of body structure mass. A reinforcing plate 7 is attached to a roof construction 1 on the side fac... | 10/21/2008 |
| 6761840 | Fiberglass railcar roof A fiberglass railcar roof that includes a fiberglass surface with a central portion and a peripheral portion adapted to be joined to the upper edge region of a railcar. In some embodiments, the roof includes plural elongate fiberglass ribs extending transverse to th... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6374546 | Fiberglass railcar roof A fiberglass railcar roof that includes a fiberglass surface with a central portion and a peripheral portion adapted to be joined to the upper edge region of a railcar. In some embodiments, the roof includes plural elongate fiberglass ribs extending trans... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6336411 | Lightweight boxcar roof A roof assembly for a railroad boxcar having centrally located side door openings. The roof assembly is formed of a number of roof panels each of generally rectangular shape and having longitudinally and laterally located edges. The roof panels are positi... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6237505 | Large capacity car body for pressure discharge railway hopper cars A large capacity car body for a pressure discharge railway hopper car has a plurality of end slope plates assemblies, each having a slope sheet, and a plurality of intermediate slope sheet units, each of inverted "V" shape. The intermediate slope sheet un... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6164210 | Reinforced hopper car structure A hopper car is described that is a thin shelled integrated structure having a roof and a pair of sidewalls. This structure is subject to longitudinal tensile and compressive loads, and to a partial internal vacuum during unloading. Local buckling phenome... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6070369 | Person transport vehicle In a person transport vehicle, a roof structure is fixed on longitudinal sidewalls (1). In order to achieve a simple but highly functional structure, a longitudinal beam (3) for the roof is fixed to the area of the top side edges of each longitudinal side... | 06/06/2000 |
| 5979335 | Railroad freight car for carrying motor vehicles A fully protective multi-unit railroad freight car for carrying motor vehicles on two or three levels with the lowest level being in a cargo well between a pair of deep side sills. A pair of vehicle-carrying decks are adjustable in height and are counterb... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5916093 | Composite fiberglass railcar roof A fiberglass railcar roof that includes a fiberglass surface with a central portion and plural elongate fiberglass ribs extending transverse to the longitudinal axis of the fiberglass surface. In a first embodiment, the central portion has a cross-section... | 06/29/1999 |
| 4974900 | Vehicle superstructure, in particular for railway carriages for passenger transport A vehicle superstructure, in particular for railway carriages to transport passengers, features a structural frame formed by side and end walls and roof. This forms an outer structural plane for the carriage superstructure which is covered by an outer ski... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4967473 | Method of forming a bow beam for a truck trailer A bow beam, as well as a method of making the beam for the roof of truck trailer, is described as being initially extruded in a U-shape with a flat web which is heavier than a pair of legs which extend from the web. The extruded beam is then placed in a p... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4638743 | Method of reinforcing a covered hopper car hatch A replacement roof sheet for replacing a removed roof section of a covered hopper car roof that has cracks radiating from the square corners of a rectangular hatch. The roof sheet has an arcuate cut-out aligned with the hatch opening and an upstanding, ar... | 01/27/1987 |
| 4623189 | Open sided trailer An open sided trailer construction in which a roof structure (4) is supported between front and rear frames (30,31) by a central fore and aft spine or web (5,21); the spine or web has lateral supports (8,26,27) extending either side of the web or spine wh... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4543888 | Convertible hopper car A convertible railway hopper car has parallel longitudinal beams defining the sides of a hatchway for filling the car with granular material from a spout, and hinged on the upper margins of the car sidewalls are cargo cover members which may occupy elevat... | 10/01/1985 |
| 4461219 | Single lever hatch cover A hatch cover opening and closing assembly which includes a hat member rockably secured to the hatch at about its center, the hatch cover being pivotably secured to the railway car coaming through the hat member at one end and the other end of the hat mem... | 07/24/1984 |
| 4455947 | Covered hopper car A railway hopper car includes an angular roof having a roof sheet provided with lateral edges each connected to the top of the car side sheet by an elongated top chord. Each top chord includes a substantially rectangularly-sectioned tube member affixed to... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4453327 | Solar display kiosk A solar display kiosk particularly to a display kiosk that during day time conditions is illuminated by the sun. It provides, in its preferred embodiment, a closed cylindrical member placed in the vertical position with an open or a closed but light trans... | 06/12/1984 |
| 4385563 | Roof support for a railroad car roof A roof support for a partitioned, covered hopper railway car having a longitudinal roof hatch which supports the roof between the end partition and an end wall without interfering with the hatch opening and transfers a portion of the roof load to the side... | 05/31/1983 |
| 4377058 | Curved hopper car roof A curved roof construction for a hopper type rail car wherein a plurality of roof support webs extend transversely between opposed car side walls at spaced intervals to each other. These webs provide support for a plurality of large roof panels which are ... | 03/22/1983 |
| 4327648 | Funicular railway car cabin A cabin for a funicular railway comprises a floor, two lateral walls facing each other, one of which is provided with a door opening, two end-walls, and a roof. All of these parts are united detachably by means of bolts, so that the cabin may be transport... | 05/04/1982 |
| 4299174 | Hopper car cover system The disclosure concerns a removable, rigid cover system for railway hopper cars. The system employs a set of welded, steel roof sections which are bolted together end-to-end through upstanding flanges, and which are attached to the car by J-bolts which en... | 11/10/1981 |
| 4233795 | Field repair roof panel for a railway car A replacement roof panel for repairing damaged railway car roofs in the field. The damaged portion is cut away leaving an opening in the roof. The repair panel is fabricated to the desired width and has reinforcing end portions that form laterally extendi... | 11/18/1980 |
| 3934518 | Trough hatch lock device A hopper car roof is provided with a plurality of hatch covers positioned over an elongated trough through which materials are loaded into the car. The hatch covers are locked over the trough by means of a hatch cover locking device which includes a hinge... | 01/27/1976 |
