KURT MICHAEL JORDAN
Engineers in Mill Valley, CA

6615741, Sep 9, 2003

May 4, 2001

09/849150

Joseph V. Fecko - Auburn CA
William R. Galbraith - Portland OR
Kurt Jordan - Mill Valley CA

American Composite Materials Engineering, Inc. - Marysville CA

B61D 1700

105404, 62239, 220 15

Composite flatbed and well car railcar containers are disclosed herein, as well as modular containers formed from prefabricated side, end, top and bottom panels. In some embodiments, the container is a temperature-controlled container. The present invention is also directed to an improved door for use on the invented containers, as well as conventional containers and railcars.

5701706, Dec 30, 1997

Feb 23, 1995

8/404202

William Kreysler - San Rafael CA
Serge Labesque - Glen Ellen CA
Kurt Jordan - Mill Valley CA
Mark Luzaich - Windsor CA
David Colombo - Santa Rosa CA
Edward J. Marcus - Santa Rosa CA
Richard Koosa - Santa Rosa CA

E02D 2900, E04H 642

521696

A prefabricated service bay typically constructed of fiberglass has a tank-like profile with an access opening for providing access to the underside of a vehicle. The prefabricated service bay is placed within an excavated hole within a vehicle service stall. The tank has a rounded section normal to the longitudinal axis of the bay. Drainage fill, such as pea gravel, is used between the bottom portion of the excavation and the bottom portion of the tank. A concrete cap is poured and cured over the top portion of the tank adjacent the opening. This poured and cured concrete serendipitously forms paired tracks for rolling placement of the wheels of a vehicle being serviced and additionally serves to key and maintain the service bay within the ground. Provision is made to provide a central standing area--preferably in the form of a raised platform--in the center bottom portion of the tank. Entrance and exit to the bay is provided through an end passageway with optional side staircase entry.

5791118, Aug 11, 1998

Oct 15, 1996

8/729919

Kurt M. Jordan - Mill Valley CA

A47B 1308

5278311

A damage resistant sandwich panel having a first outer face sheet for forming an outer face, a second inner face sheet for forming an inner face, and a core sandwiched between the first outer face sheet and the second inner face sheet. The core is a corrugated sheet having a plurality of elongated crests, a plurality of elongated valleys, and bridging core material between the elongated crests and the elongated valleys. This bridging core material is disposed at acute angles relative to each of the elongated crests and the elongated valleys. The first outer face sheet, the second inner face sheet and the core are constructed from a material having a tensile yield strength (elastic limit) in excess of 20,000 psi and a tensile strain to yield ratio exceeding 2. 0%; a preferred material is fiber glass. The elongated crests of the core are fastened to the outer face sheet and the elongated valleys of the core are fastened to the inner face sheet to provide a first and largest spatial separation between the outer face sheet and the inner face sheet.