US Patent Number 6,792,871

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Saint Jiub 26 September 2004 23:39 · Member since July 2001

Woo Hoo

My first patent (shared with three other people) - I found out Saturday.

It is for a "Railroad Car Energy Absorption Apparatus" (the Miner Enterprises TCC-IV contant contact side bearing).

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Penis - Vagina 26 September 2004 23:59 · Member since December 2003

U.S. Patent Office wrote:
A railroad car energy absorption apparatus is disclosed. The railroad car energy absorption apparatus includes a spring assembly having an elastomer spring element arranged in operable combination with structure for inhibiting localized heat deterioration of the elastomer spring element.

That's almost as complicated as your song poll results.......

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Maz 27 September 2004 00:01 · Member since July 2001

Have you tried selling it to Microsoft yet?

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Saint Jiub 27 September 2004 00:21 · Member since July 2001

I don't think Bill Gates has any interest in the transportation industry.

Besides, I sold my soul to my company and the invention is now owned by my company.

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Saint Jiub 27 September 2004 00:23 · Member since July 2001

whirled <font color=#9ACD32>peas</font> wrote:
U.S. Patent Office wrote:
A railroad car energy absorption apparatus is disclosed. The railroad car energy absorption apparatus includes a spring assembly having an elastomer spring element arranged in operable combination with structure for inhibiting localized heat deterioration of the elastomer spring element.

That's almost as complicated as your song poll results.......

Jeffrey - I would be happy to try to answer any questions about the song poll you might have ...

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Saint Jiub 27 September 2004 00:35 · Member since July 2001

Here is the link:

http://www.uspto.gov/web/patents/patog/week38/OG/html/1286-3/US06792871-20040921.html

I tied a generic search and found nothing. When Jeffrey found my patent, I decided to try Google ... with better results.

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joeyjojo 27 September 2004 01:12 · Member since July 2004

Congratulations.

So...uh...it's a bumper?

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Saint Jiub 27 September 2004 02:19 · Member since July 2001

By frictional damping, the sidebearing stops the railroad car from hunting side to side on the tracks (and ultimately derailing). Our TCC-IV side bearing prevents hunting up to 80 mph.

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Penis - Vagina 27 September 2004 13:15 · Member since December 2003

Between my laziness and bipolar brain, I just don't absorb detailed technical stuff very well. And frankly I'm frightened by your obvious supreme intellect Bullwinkle.. let's just forget I said anything :)

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Brandon 27 September 2004 13:24 · Member since July 2001

Congrats, Mike.

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iron eagle 27 September 2004 15:23 · Member since July 2001

congrats Mike!

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Janet 27 September 2004 16:26 · Member since July 2001

Very cool! Congrats!

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Saint Jiub 27 September 2004 22:15 · Member since July 2001

Jeffrey - you forget that I have a bipolar brain too ...

The patent lawyers made it look more complicated than it is. It is mostly two simple ideas combined (plus a few bells and whistles) to increase heat removal and increase product life:

1. Create large openings in the assembly to allow air to go through the assembly

2. Separate the metal part (heated by severe frictional rubbing) with an insulater that has channels to allow air to whisk away heat from between the insulator and the heated heated metal part.

Hmm maybe the patent lawyer's explanation was simpler ...

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Lester Burnham 27 September 2004 22:25 · Member since May 2003

darn sure not charles baer wrote:
I have a whole truckload of pocket pussies for sale

I'm interested in this business venture. I'll take what you got.

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The Real Wizard 29 September 2004 01:32 · Member since August 2002

Lester Burnham wrote:
darn sure not charles baer wrote:
I have a whole truckload of pocket pussies for sale

I'm interested in this business venture. I'll take what you got.

Pfft, figures... he's keeping them all for himself.

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