IP Library Granted Patent US 4,230,045
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US 4,230,045 · App. 05/940,460

Method and system for increasing the track-to-wheel friction of the wheels of a locomotive for motive power and decreasing the rolling resistance for trailing loads

Inventor: Joseph G. Fearon
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Granted: Oct 28, 1980 Filed: Sep 7, 1978
Inventor
Joseph G. Fearon
Assignee (at issue)
Morrison-Knudsen Corporation

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Patent No.
US 4,230,045
App. No.
05/940,460
Filed
1978-09-07
Granted
1980-10-28
Kind
A