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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7241070 | Pivot joint A pivot joint has a first structure comprising a ball mounted in a receptacle, wherein the location of the ball is held with respect to the receptacle, and a second structure mounted on and movable with respect to the ball, wherein the second structure has at least ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 6959825 | Wiring connecting device between railway vehicles A wiring connecting box is supported by a link bar coupling a front railway vehicle and a rear railway vehicle. Receptacles connected to end portion connectors of wiring cables of the front vehicle and the rear vehicle are respectively arranged on the front face and... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6357613 | Non-rotating draft key retainer A non-rotating retainer for a draft key having a circular opening, the non-rotating retainer including a retainer pin and a retainer lock member configured for being received in the circular opening. The retainer lock member is formed from a one-piece fla... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6305298 | Light weight draft sill The present invention provides a lightweight draft sill end casting for use with railroad cars. The cast draft sill has side walls, front and rear stops, front and rear rib sets and a center plate that are cast as a unit. The draft sill has an open area b... | 10/23/2001 |
| 5558238 | Freight railway car slackless drawbar assembly A slackless drawbar assembly connecting adjacent ends of a pair of freight cars together. Such assembly includes a first pair of vertically disposable rear draft stop members and a first pair of radially opposed front draft stop members engageable with an... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5544767 | Freight railway car slackless drawbar assembly A slackless drawbar assembly connecting adjacent ends of a pair of freight cars together includes a pair of rear draft stop members and a pair of front draft stop members engageable with and securable to a pair of side wall portions of a center sill membe... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5427257 | Drawbar assembly yoke casting An integral yoke member casting having a back wall portion, a first side wall portion formed integral with the back wall portion adjacent a first outer edge thereof. The first side wall portion has a front face portion which is engageable with a rear face... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5415304 | Yoke casting for a drawbar assembly An integral single piece yoke casting for connecting one end of a railway car. Such single piece yoke casting includes a first side wall portion having a front face portion which engages at least a portion of a rear face of a front stop member secured wit... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5397007 | Railway car slackless drawbar assembly A drawbar assembly having a rear draft stop engageable with a block out member. A tapered wedge member engages a tapered surface on the block out member. A follower member engages a front face of the tapered wedge. A concave surface is formed in a front f... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5394998 | Front draft stop for use in a drawbar assembly A draft stop member in a car coupling arrangement includes a rectangular block-like member. An arcuate portion extends forward from the rear face and inward from the stop upper surface and terminates before a longitudinal centerline thereof. Another arcua... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5207718 | Slackless drawbar A drawbar for a slackless drawbar system comprises an elongated bar having a load support portion adjacent its one end for connection to one of a pair of adjacent cars in a train, a pin receiving opening extending through the load support portion, a hemis... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5201827 | Slackless drawbar system A slackless drawbar system includes a support member comprising a top plate, a bottom plate and a pair of spaced apart side plates joining the top and bottom plates to form a hollow rectangular member closely fitting inside the rectangular longitudinal op... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5002192 | Bearing arrangement for railway drawbar connection An improved center sill construction is provided having sill side castings for laterally positioning and holding a drawbar evenly within a center sill, the sill side castings being easily removable without substantial damage to the center sill. The sill s... | 03/26/1991 |
| 4597499 | Biased pin retainer block for a rotary coupling system A rotary coupling system for railroad cars and the like includes a rotary connector which is mounted in a yoke and to which a car coupler is attached for unitary rotation. The yoke has an aperture or opening through which a pivot pin is inserted into alig... | 07/01/1986 |
| 4420088 | Rotary railroad car coupler assembly with a horizontal key/slot arrangement A rotary F-type railroad car coupler is described as having a rotary connector which is mounted for rotation within a cylindrical opening in the front end of the yoke. The rotary connector has an opening which extends longitudinally through the connector ... | 12/13/1983 |
| 4078669 | Striker assembly for railway car cushioning device A striker assembly for end-of-car hydraulic cushioning devices includes a housing which is connected to the shank of the coupler. The coupler shank is provided with an elongated slot which is connected to a transversely extending key carried in key suppor... | 03/14/1978 |
| 4042117 | Wear plate A wear plate is disclosed herein for use in a railway car center sill to prevent or minimize wearing of the upper bearing surface of each of the horizontal key slots, due to the rubbing action of a draft key. The wear plate includes an elongated wear face... | 08/16/1977 |
| 3994402 | Means to connect coupler shank to cushion unit An "E" type coupler for a railway car has a key connecting the coupler shank to an end-of-car cushioning unit. The cushioning unit has a slidable end cap housing assembly receiving the coupler shank and a slot extending through the shank and one side of t... | 11/30/1976 |
