ACF IND INC has a total of 2,609 patent applications. Its first patent ever was published in 1947. It filed its patents most often in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Its main competitors in its focus markets engines, pumps and turbines, machines and mechanical elements are STANADYNE INC, ALBERT LAURENT and HOERBIGER VENTILWERKE GMBH.
# | Country | Total Patents | |
---|---|---|---|
#1 | United States | 1,341 | |
#2 | Canada | 414 | |
#3 | United Kingdom | 179 | |
#4 | Germany | 148 | |
#5 | France | 72 | |
#6 | Japan | 70 | |
#7 | Australia | 64 | |
#8 | Austria | 57 | |
#9 | Italy | 50 | |
#10 | Brazil | 43 | |
#11 | Mexico | 39 | |
#12 | Spain | 26 | |
#13 | EPO (European Patent Office) | 18 | |
#14 | Argentina | 17 | |
#15 | Sweden | 16 | |
#16 | WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) | 14 | |
#17 | Switzerland | 12 | |
#18 | South Africa | 10 | |
#19 | India | 7 | |
#20 | Denmark | 4 | |
#21 | Belgium | 2 | |
#22 | Norway | 2 | |
#23 | Ireland | 1 | |
#24 | Netherlands | 1 | |
#25 | New Zealand | 1 | |
#26 | USSR (Union of Socialist Soviet Republics) | 1 |
# | Industry | |
---|---|---|
#1 | Engines, pumps and turbines | |
#2 | Machines | |
#3 | Mechanical elements | |
#4 | Transport | |
#5 | Packaging and shipping | |
#6 | Civil engineering |
# | Technology | |
---|---|---|
#1 | Supplying combustion engines | |
#2 | Venting or aerating devices | |
#3 | Unspecified technologies | |
#4 | Railway bodies | |
#5 | Unspecified technologies | |
#6 | Controlling combustion engines | |
#7 | Couplings | |
#8 | Containers for goods storage | |
#9 | Pumps | |
#10 | Earth drilling |
# | Name | Total Patents |
---|---|---|
#1 | Dugge Richard H | 74 |
#2 | Anderson Clifford E | 57 |
#3 | Carlson Harold A | 55 |
#4 | Rollins Dallas W | 50 |
#5 | Kemp Willard E | 42 |
#6 | Hammonds James C | 38 |
#7 | Johnson Eldon A | 37 |
#8 | Behle Gunter R | 35 |
#9 | Korte Alfred C | 31 |
#10 | Bickhaus James T | 31 |
Publication | Filing date | Title |
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US5507235A | Gravity outlet | |
US5329859A | Increased strength railway tank for underframe construction and method with center sill pocket and weld support for pooling welding material | |
US5314094A | Cloth fluidizing membrane for hopper car outlet | |
US5404827A | Gravity outlet | |
CA2090151A1 | End adapter for railcar pneumatic outlet | |
US5355809A | Gasket for use on a railway hopper car outlet | |
US5236287A | Pneumatic outlet | |
US5238333A | Pneumatic outlet for railcars | |
US5277128A | Railcar gravity multi-ply outlet seal for sliding doors | |
US5178317A | Welding method for pneumatic outlet bottom cover assembly | |
CA2059466A1 | Railway car brake system | |
US5159882A | Railway car underbody structure and method | |
US5076539A | Tank car botton valve | |
US5158022A | Hatch vent assembly for railroad cars with baffle and screen mesh to prevent entry of contaminants | |
US5139374A | Trailer sensor for railroad hitch | |
US5076173A | Lifting hook arrangement for railway tank car | |
US5059072A | Cushioned retractable hitch for railway cars | |
CA2018424A1 | Locking mechanism for railway car outlet cover | |
US5063858A | Covered hopper railway car with drop bottom doors and substantially vertical outlets to maximize discharge area | |
US5004386A | Protective cover for railcar hitch |