| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 4771705 |
Shear plate structure for gondola car |
September 20, 1988 |
| A gondola car for hauling bulk cargo has a stub sill for receiving longitudinal loads. A shear plate is connected with the stub sill, and longitudinal side sills and connected as by welding to side portions of the shear plate. Side walls extend upwardly from the side sills. The shear |
| 4738203 |
Aerodynamically structured railway car with corner, air flow guides |
April 19, 1988 |
| Air flow guide members at each end of the cargo carrying structure of an open top gondola type railway car, together with rounded transition or corner surfaces on the exterior of the car and aerodynamically shaped and oriented cross braces within the car serve to reduce aerodynamic drag |
| 4690072 |
Railway car body structural arrangement |
September 1, 1987 |
| A railway car body structural arrangement has a bolster fabricated from plates and formed on the upper surface of a bottom closure member of the body of a railway car and rigidly affixed to a bolster post at each side of the car. The lower portions of the bolster posts are affixed to the |
| 4651650 |
Axle stabilizer for railway truck |
March 24, 1987 |
| An elastomeric pad placed in shear and having one portion or surface engaged with a portion of a railway car body and another portion or surface engaged by pivotal linkage means to a wheel housing dampens vibrations of a wheel and axle assembly which is resiliently mounted to the car |
| 4633787 |
Light weight gondola type railway car |
January 6, 1987 |
| A light weight, aerodynamically efficient gondola car for hauling bulk cargo, such as coal, ores and grains, has a cargo carrying structure formed of welded aluminum. A side sill member formed of extruded aluminum has side and bottom connective portions which are continuously welded to |
| 4630548 |
Center sill horizontal divider |
December 23, 1986 |
| A railway car underframe includes a center sill having a central section and opposite end sections. The sill includes spaced vertical walls, and upper and lower walls which are slotted in registry the length of the central section, and which form in cross section a spaced I-beam cons |
| 4630547 |
Cross bearer arrangement for slotted center sill |
December 23, 1986 |
| A railway car underframe includes a center sill having a central section and opposite end sections. The sill includes spaced vertical walls, and upper and lower walls which are slotted in registry the length of the central section, and which form in cross section a spaced I-beam cons |
| 4630546 |
Double groove center sill |
December 23, 1986 |
| A railway car underframe includes a centersill having a central section and opposite end sections. The sill includes spaced vertical walls, and upper and lower walls which are slotted and in registry the length of the central section, and which form in cross section a spaced I-beam c |
| 4626154 |
Trailer hitch with elastomer in shear cushioning |
December 2, 1986 |
| A trailer hitch for securing trailers to a platform or deck of a railway flat car comprises an upright pedestal pivotally connected so that it and a fifth wheel plate can be attached to the kingpin of a trailer. The hitch includes a diagonal assembly pivotally connected to the pedestal a |
| 4590864 |
Single axle truck suspension for railway flat car |
May 27, 1986 |
| A railway flat car is supported on an underframe which includes suspension support frames provided with single axle suspensions. The frames include longitudinally spaced bolsters including horizontal frame structures on which leaf springs are supported which are also carried by journals |
| 4589346 |
Axle stop arrangement for single axle wheel truck for a skeleton type railway car |
May 20, 1986 |
| The wheel and axle assembly of a single axle wheel truck for a railway car is prevented from exceeding acceptable lateral and longitudinal movement with respect to fixed body portions of the railway car by an axle stop arrangement positioned laterally outboard of the wheel truck springs. |
| 4573594 |
Railway car underframe adapted for use with couple or drawbar construction |
March 4, 1986 |
| A railway car underframe includes a sill structure having at one end a cushion pocket disposed rearwardly of a draft structure which is readily adapted to support a drawbar assembly having at its rear end an impact head extending into the pocket and engaging a cushion. The cushion is |
| 4570816 |
Hatch cover and locking structure |
February 18, 1986 |
| The hatch of a lading container, such as the hopper of a covered hopper car, is sealed by a hatch cover having a locking arrangement which prevents the hatch cover from being blown open by pressure within the hopper when the locking arrangement is unlocked. An over-center locking arm |
| 4570807 |
Railway car underframe |
February 18, 1986 |
| A railway car underframe comprises a center sill having bell mouth draft housings at opposite ends thereof. The housings accommodate the use of drawbars or shank type couplers. With the use of a shank type coupler a draft housing extension is secured to the bell mouth housings. The h |
| 4569289 |
Air flow guide structure for open top railway car |
February 11, 1986 |
| Air flow guide members at each end of the cargo carrying structure of an open top gondola type railway car, together with rounded transition or corner surfaces on the exterior of the car and aerodynamically shaped and oriented cross braces within the car serve to reduce aerodynamic drag |
| 4557647 |
Multiplanar support beam for hitch pivot mount |
December 10, 1985 |
| A rear pivot mount assembly for a fifth wheel hitch assembly for railway cars has a multiplanar support beam which coacts with a transverse support plate to tie together and rigidify the components of the pivot mount. The multiplanar support beam and transverse support plate affectively |
| 4555033 |
Slackless non-cushioned drawbar arrangement for railway car underframe |
November 26, 1985 |
| A railway car underframe center sill includes a drawbar structure which includes a rigid housing structure adapted to fit into the cushion pocket of the sill supporting the cushion. The rigid housing is readily removable if desired and includes a rigid end plate having a truncated openin |
| 4553642 |
Brake arrangement for single axle wheel truck of railway car |
November 19, 1985 |
| The brake beams of a single axle railway car wheel truck are swingingly suspended from a body portion of the car and engage with the axle housings of the wheel and axle assembly to enable the brake beams to move laterally and longitudinally with the wheel and axle assembly when this asse |
| 4534453 |
Brake lever assembly for railway car |
August 13, 1985 |
| A brake cylinder lever on a railway car is supported in a substantially vertical orientation by a roller mounted on an inclined ramp to bias the brake system toward a "brake off" or nondrag condition. |
| 4508037 |
Door lever adjusting device for hopper car doors |
April 2, 1985 |
| In a railway hopper car with several bottom dump doors, the doors are operated by a main door operating member in the form of a thrust bar running the length of the car. The bar, when moved, rotates levers which rotate actuator shafts which move door operating linkage arrangements, o |
