Harold E Rinn

US Patent:

53558065, Oct 18, 1994

Filed:

May 10, 1993

Appl. No.:

8/059788

Inventors:

Allen C. Bieber - Erie PA
John E. Kleiner - Erie PA
Thomas C. Sonney - Wattsburg PA
Frederick W. Schulze - Erie PA
Harold E. Rinn - Erie PA
Gail L. Detar - Erie PA
Douglas W. Miller - North East PA
Richard H. Holmes - Harborcreek PA
Geoffrey Perkins - North East PA

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Erie PA

International Classification:

B61C 1700

US Classification:

105 2605

Abstract:

A locomotive assembly having a longitudinally extending platform and attached sidewalls with a frontal nosepiece extending about a front portion of the platform. The locomotive having a connection device for connecting components to hollow supports in the sidewalls without deforming the sidewalls, a bulkhead with an attached portion for preassembly components thereon before insertion between the sidewalls, a window assembly sealingly disposed in an opening within the sidewall and attached to the sidewall to allow limited relative movement without disrupting the seal, an enclosed headlight assembly flush mounted in the nosepiece with air circulation to prevent overheating within the assembly and an integral collision assembly for transferring collision forces to the platform.

US Patent:

6224308, May 1, 2001

Filed:

Oct 26, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/178797

Inventors:

Allen Carl Bieber - Erie PA
John Edward Kleiner - Erie PA
Frederick William Schulze - Erie PA
Harold Edward Rinn - Erie PA
Gail Leroy Detar - Erie PA
Douglas William Miller - North East PA
Richard Hart Holmes - Harborcreek PA
Geoffrey Perkins - North East PA

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Erie PA

International Classification:

B60P 714

US Classification:

410129

Abstract:

A skate for conveying components into a monocoque locomotive. Portions of a monocoque locomotive platform are not accessible through a roof hatch. To move a component onto such portions of the platform, a skate assembly having an integral clamp assembly is attached to a leg portion of the component, the component is lifted onto the platform through a roof hatch, and the component is rolled on the skate rollers to the desired position on the platform. A jacking device integral to the skate assembly is then used to lift the component for removal of the rollers and for holding the component at a desired height for attachment to the locomotive.