US Patent Issued to Chevron Phillips Chemical on Nov. 4 for "Hopper car outlet gate mechanical flap to prevent pellet loss" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,547, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. LP (The Woodlands, Texas).

"Hopper car outlet gate mechanical flap to prevent pellet loss" was invented by Gary A. Trujillo (Pasadena, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An outlet gate/gate assembly having a trough section having opposing slanted sheets, and an end sheet at ends thereof, the trough section defining a trough, and each end sheet providing a discharge opening fluidly connected with the trough; and an end tube/end adapter assembly fluidly connected with each end sheet, the end tube/end adapter assembly comprising an end adapter, an outlet cap, and an e...