Those below with an asterisk (*) accompanying the patent number are known
to have at least one working prototype built.
We are grateful to
George R. Kadelak for
his contribution of the majority of the patent numbers on this page.
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Patent Number |
Title |
Patent Issue Date |
Applicant |
Assignee |
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305 |
Framing of Locomotive
Steam Engines |
July 29, 1837 |
Ross Winans |
- |
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308 |
Locomotive - Steam Engine |
July 29, 1837 |
Ross Winans |
- |
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1,653 |
Locomotive - Steam Engine |
June 27, 1840 |
Asa Whitney |
- |
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1,921 |
Locomotive |
Deceember 31, 1840 |
M. W. Baldwin |
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3,201 |
Locomotive - Steam Engine |
July 28, 1843 |
Ross Winans |
- |
 |
3,866 |
Locomotive - Steam Engine |
December 31, 1844 |
Edwin F. Johnson |
- |
 |
6,321 |
Inclined Railroad |
April 17, 1849 |
William Hoyt |
- |
 |
6,818 |
Traction Wheel |
October 23, 1849 |
Andrew Cathcart |
- |
 |
26,230 |
Locomotive |
November 22, 1859 |
William Darker Jr. |
- |
 |
26,911 |
Propelling Passenger
Cars by Steam |
January 24, 1860 |
Robert H. Long |
- |
 |
27,920 |
Steam Carriage |
April 17, 1860 |
J. Vaughn Merrick |
- |
 |
33,255 |
Inclined Railroad |
September 10, 1861 |
Sylvester Marsh |
- |
 |
33,760 |
Locomotive |
November 19, 1861 |
John L. Whetstone |
- |
 |
61,546 |
Locomotive |
January 29, 1867 |
C. W. Theodore Krausch |
- |
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75,280 |
Improvement In
Locomotive-Engines |
March 10, 1868 |
Sylvester L.Langdon |
- |
 |
111,603 |
Improvement in
Driving-Power for Locomotives |
February 2, 1871 |
William D. Arnett |
- |
 |
123,367 |
Improvement In
Locomotive-Engines |
February 6, 1872 |
Sidney Skillman |
- |
 |
176,684 |
Improvements in
Locomotives |
April 25, 1876 |
Nathen L. Repress |
- |
 |
186,146 |
Improvements in
Steam-Cars |
January 9, 1877 |
Helem Merrill |
- |
 |
199,762 |
Steam Street-Car |
January 29, 1878 |
Ethan Parmer Vaux |
- |
 |
252,331 |
Locomotive-Engine |
January 17, 1882 |
Henry F. Shaw |
- |
 |
266,103* |
Locomotive Driving Gear |
October 17, 1883 |
William Crippen |
- |
 |
272,633* |
Locomotive |
February 20, 1883 |
Alanson A Blackman
Elhanan Blackman
Hyrcanus Blackman |
- |
 |
274,480 |
Rotary-Engine Locomotive |
March 27, 1883 |
I. N. Forbes |
- |
 |
277,994 |
Locomotive |
May 22, 1883 |
William Edward Cole |
- |
 |
280,428 |
Traction Engine |
July 3, 1883 |
William Wilkinson |
- |
 |
290,756* |
Logging Locomotive |
December 25, 1883 |
John Dolbeer |
- |
 |
353,395* |
Locomotive |
November 30, 1886 |
Henry K. Adams |
- |
 |
356,085 |
Locomotive-Engine |
January 11, 1887 |
Theodore T. Woodruff |
Charles E. Convis (1/2
assignment)
New York, New York |
 |
367,335* |
Locomotive |
July 26, 1887 |
John Blasdale |
Tanner & Delaney Engine
Company
Richmond, Virginia |
 |
380,168* |
Locomotive |
March 27, 1888 |
John Blasdale |
Richmond Locomotive &
Machine Works
Richmond, Virginia |
 |
387,266* |
Locomotive |
August 7, 1888 |
William L. Sykes |
- |
 |
416,724 |
Locomotive |
December 10, 1889 |
Peter Faithfull
William Simpkin |
- |
 |
419,637 |
Locomotive-Engine |
January 21, 1890 |
Monroe W. Carroll |
- |
 |
431,115 |
Driving Mechanism For
Cars |
July 10, 1890 |
Caleb E. Healy |
- |
 |
438,220 |
Locomotive Engine |
October 14, 1890 |
John Baird |
- |
 |
448,160 |
Locomotive Gearing |
March 10, 1891 |
Robert B. McWhirter |
John Y. Burgoyne (1/4
assignment)
Lima, Ohio |
 |
452,262 |
Traction Engine |
April 8, 1890 |
Rudolph C. Smith |
- |
 |
453,092 |
Tram Engine |
May 26, 1891 |
Walter De Sanno |
- |
 |
462,556 |
Locomotive Engine |
November 3, 1891 |
A. J. Huber |
- |
 |
496,542 |
Locomotive Engine |
May 2, 1893 |
Daniel M. Shively |
- |
 |
477,889 |
Street-Locomotive |
June 28, 1892 |
Ezra Dederick |
- |
 |
585,530 |
Locomotive |
June 29, 1897 |
William W. Maddox |
- |
 |
661,045 |
Mountain Locomotive |
November 6, 1900 |
George S. Fouts |
- |
 |
674,897 |
Steam Propulsion Device |
May 28, 1901 |
Paul Rudolph Bocksch |
- |
 |
679,214 |
Locomotive |
July 23, 1901 |
Robert M. Bryant |
- |
 |
709,429 |
Locomotive |
September 16, 1902 |
Joseph H. Williams |
- |
 |
731,007 |
Power Translating Device |
June 16, 1903 |
William O. Worth |
- |
 |
751,161 |
Means for driving
traction-vehicles. |
November 24, 1903 |
Crowell M. Dissoway |
- |
 |
808,685 |
Locomotive Engine |
January 2, 1906 |
John Edward Roberts |
R. Carnahan, Jr. (1/2
assignment)
Onedia, Kentucky |
 |
831,948 |
Railway Motor-Truck |
September 25, 1906 |
Gilbert S. Gunderson |
- |
 |
840,442 |
Locomotive |
January 1, 1907 |
Gilbert G. Davis |
- |
 |
870,769 |
Locomotive |
November 12, 1907 |
John Earl Friermood |
- |
 |
882,618* |
Locomotive |
March 24, 1908 |
George H. Bothwell |
- |
 |
887,195 |
Truck |
May 12, 1908 |
Oscar C. Hopkins |
- |
 |
923,564 |
Locomotive For Logging
And The Like |
June 1, 1908 |
John R. McGiffert |
Clyde Iron Works
Duluth, Minnesota |
 |
934,944 |
Locomotive |
September 21, 1909 |
Hal R. Stafford |
American Locomotive Co.
New York, New York |
 |
963,153 |
Drive Gear Wheel |
July 5, 1910 |
James Edward Jones |
|
 |
970,389 |
Locomotive |
September 13, 1910 |
Oscar G. Pendleton |
- |
 |
993,924 |
Locomotive |
May 30, 1911 |
John Walton |
- |
 |
1,180,763*(Related: 1,516,957) |
Locomotive Driving Wheel
See
Oak Grove &
Georgetown Railroad #5 |
April 25, 1916 |
Matthew Livingston
Davis, Jr. |
- |
 |
1,252,519 |
Gearing for Locomotives |
January 8, 1918 |
John Walton |
- |
 |
1,367,714 |
Locomotive Drive |
February 8, 1921 |
Samuel Pickering |
- |
 |
1,371,712 |
Locomotive |
March 15, 1921 |
Harry L. Turney
Antoine G. Labbe' |
- |
 |
1,386,528 |
Driving Mechanism for
Locomotives |
August 2, 1921 |
Samuel Pickering |
- |
 |
1,412,250 |
Propulsion Unit for
Vehicles |
April 11, 1921 |
James A. McGrew
James T. Loree |
- |
 |
1,428,464 |
Steam Engine |
September 5, 1922 |
James D. White
Dira S. Stout |
- |
 |
1,435,374 |
Geared Locomotive |
November 14, 1922 |
William E. Bouschor |
- |
 |
1,481,679 |
Locomotive |
January 22, 1924 |
William E. Bouschor |
- |
 |
1,499,870 |
Driving Mechanism for
Geared Locomotives |
July 1, 1924 |
Samuel Pickering |
- |
 |
1,516,957*
(Related: 1,180,763) |
Locomotive Driving Gear
See
Oak Grove &
Georgetown Railroad #5 |
November 25, 1924 |
Matthew Livingston
Davis, Jr. |
- |
 |
1,530,520 |
Locomotive Booster |
March 24, 1925 |
Montague H. Roberts |
- |
 |
1,537,368 |
Bearing Box |
May 12, 1925 |
Richard L. Neubert |
- |
 |
1,670,624 |
Geared Locomotive |
May 22, 1928 |
Oscar C. Hopkins |
- |
 |
1,678,309 |
Steam Engine |
July 24, 1928 |
Everett W Swartwout |
- |
 |
1,878,838 |
Reversible Auxiliary
Locomotive |
September 20, 1932 |
Clarence H. Froelich |
Bethlehem Steel Company
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania |
 |
2,078,262 |
Locomotive |
April 27, 1937 |
John A. McGrew |
- |
 |
2,149,063 |
Locomotive |
February 28, 1939 |
John A. McGrew |
- |
 |
2,181,244 |
Propulsion Unit |
November 28, 1939 |
John A. McGrew |
- |
 |
2,186,355 |
Locomotive Gear Drive |
January 4, 1940 |
Lyndon F. Wilson |
Wilson Engineering Corporation. |
 |
2,197,373 |
Geared Locomotive With
Twin-Shaft Engine |
April 16, 1940 |
William J. Besler
Stanley J. Whitlock |
- |
 |
2,214,424 |
Locomotive |
September 10, 1940 |
John A. McGrew |
- |
 |
2,235,957 |
Geared Two Crank
Locomotive Unit |
March 25, 1941 |
William J. Besler
Stanley J. Whitlock |
- |
 |
2,265,096 |
Geared Locomotive |
December 2, 1941 |
William J. Besler |
- |
 |
2,289,203 |
Locomotive |
July 7, 1942 |
John A. McGrew |
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