US Patent Issued to Gunderson on Oct. 20 for "Hopper railroad car having top hatch cover assembly" (Texas, South Dakota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,767,189, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Gunderson LLC (Portland, Ohio).

"Hopper railroad car having top hatch cover assembly" was invented by Peter L. Jones (Southlake, Texas), Victor Mankarious (Euless, Texas), James A. Warwick (North Richland Hills, Texas), Steven James Knight (Mission Hill, S.D.) and Jordan Paul Liske (Yankton, S.D.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments provide a hopper railroad car top hatch cover assembly including a hatch cover and a hatch cover securer configured to secure the hatch cover in a closed position engaging a coaming of the hopper railroad car. Various embodiments provide a hopper railr...