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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7438001 | Car body structure The invention provides a railway car with superior riding quality by improving the flexural rigidity of the car body structure while suppressing increase of body structure mass. A reinforcing plate 7 is attached to a roof construction 1 on the side fac... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7334528 | Well car with cross member A well car for carrying shipping containers has a pair of end structures supported by rail car trucks, a pair of first and second spaced apart side beams extending between the end structures and a well defined therebetween. A container support cross member is mounte... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7267393 | Trailer and trailer body construction and extruded panel for same A trailer body includes left and right bottom rails and left and right top rails all parallel to each other. A floor extends between the left and right bottom rails. A left vertical sidewall is defined between the left bottom rail and the left top rail. A right vert... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7261786 | Filament wound crew rest enclosure structure A mobile platform personnel berth unit and a method for creating the mobile platform personnel berth unit are provided. A male mandrel is created defining an inner mold line surface of the berth unit. The male mandrel is overlayed with one or more layers of filament... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7261044 | Boxcar with load restraint system A boxcar and load restraint system are provided with improved load carrying capabilities and performance characteristics of uninsulated boxcars and insulated boxcars. An insulated boxcar with the load restraint system may have increased load carrying capacity, incre... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7228805 | Temperature controlled railway car A composite box structure mounted on and attached to a railway car underframe to form a temperature controlled railway car. The composite box structure defined in part by an exterior metal surface, interior side stakes and at least one layer of fiber reinforced mate... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7178303 | Friction stir welding hollow frame member This invention provides a configuration of a joint that allows a satisfactory welded joint to be formed with reduced deformation of the joint region when two-face structures (panels) are friction-welded end to end. The panels 31, 32 each have two substantiall... | 02/20/2007 |
| 6941875 | Temperature controlled railway car A composite box structure assembled on and securely attached to a railway car underframe to form a temperature controlled railway car or on insulated boxcar. The composite box structure defined in part by an exterior metal surface, interior side stakes and at least ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6910428 | Undercar assembly for a railcar An undercar assembly for a railroad car. The undercar assembly has a structural member extending longitudinally between the longitudinal sides of the railroad car, where this structural member includes a pair of longitudinally extending beam elements transversely sp... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6904848 | Roof assembly and airflow management system for a temperature controlled railway car A roof assembly mounted on a composite box structure with an air plenum assembly attached to and extending from an interior surface of the roof assembly. The composite box structure includes a pair of end wall assemblies, a pair of side wall assemblies, a floor asse... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6722288 | Railway box car with lower center of gravity A railway car having a lowered center of gravity is provided. The underframe of the railway car is preferably formed by extending a series of cross bearers between a pair of side sills and spacing them laterally between a pair of end sills. A center sill is then pre... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6505564 | Well car with cross member A well car for carrying shipping containers has a pair of end structures supported by rail car trucks, a pair of first and second spaced apart side beams extending between the end structures and a well defined therebetween. A container support cross membe... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6484644 | Railcar structure for accommodating a brake valve An articulated railcar has several well car units for carrying shipping containers, highways trailers, or a combination of the two. The well car units permit the nose of a highway trailer to overhang the articulated connection between two adjacent cars. A... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6446562 | Car body The present invention aims to manufacture a car body with ease. A hollow material 10 comprises the lower portion of a side structure 201 of the car body. A face plate 11 of the hollow material 10 at the external side of the car has a lower end which projects f... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6435102 | Front section of a railway car The invention relates to the front section of a railway car comprising a motor transverse beam (2) which is horizontally arranged and vertical to the railway car axis (1). Both front section ends are firmly connected to the longitudinal supports located o... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6273002 | Rail vehicle with a vertical support actuator A rail vehicle equipped with a support actuator of variable vertical length mounted between a vehicle body and a running gear located underneath. In order to maintain an operational supporting device and adequate ride comfort after a failure or overload o... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6263805 | Box type structural body and vehicle end sill There is provided a vehicle end sill or the like, in which lap joints formed by one side lap welding are not simply deformed or broken off. An end sill 1 is formed as a box type structural body which includes lap joints W1 which are formed by one side lap... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6234084 | Wagon body A carriage body of a railroad car has an undercarriage, a floor slab, side wall parts, and a roof, the floor slab having a width which together with a thickness of the side wall parts which face one another defining a functional size of a width of the car... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6216604 | Railcar brake structure An articulated railcar has several well car units for carrying shipping containers, highways trailers, or a combination of the two. The well car units permit the nose of a highway trailer to overhang the articulated connection between two adjacent cars. A... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6205932 | Autorack railcar structure A railcar has a substructure, a superstructure and intermediate webwork sides joining the substructure and the superstructure to form a truss-like structure for carrying automobiles. The resultant truss-like structure does not have a straight through cent... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6196137 | Well car structure A railcar unit has a pair of opposed side sills that are joined by structure that performs the function of a web in a deep beam or bracing in a truss. The joining structure is able to transmit loads that are applied transversely to the longitudinal direct... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6138581 | Railway gondola car A railway gondola car having trucks for movably supporting the car on railway tracks includes a center sill and a gondola body supported by the trucks. The gondola body includes first and second ends, a first side, a second side, and a bottom assembly. Th... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6000342 | Railway car underframe for an insulated composite boxcar A railway car underframe is provided for mounting a composite box structure thereon to form an insulated railway boxcar. The composite box structure includes side walls, end walls and a floor molded as an integral unit with fiber reinforced plastic interi... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5855174 | Railway car underframe for an insulated railway boxcar An insulated composite railway boxcar having a composite box structure mounted on a railway car underframe is provided. The composite box structure includes side walls, end walls and a floor molded as an integral unit with fiber reinforced plastic interio... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5802984 | Load divider assembly and door assembly for a composite railway boxcar A composite railway boxcar having a composite box structure mounted on a railway car underframe is provided. The composite box structure includes side walls, end walls and a floor molded as an integral unit with fiber reinforced plastic interior and exter... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5775231 | Rail vehicle with crossbeam elastically held to undercarriage A rail vehicle has a longitudinal direction and includes an undercarriage, a crossbeam held against the undercarriage, extending transversely to the longitudinal direction of the superstructure and adapted for being seated on a bogie or similar structure.... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5765485 | Insulated composite railway boxcar and method An insulated composite railway boxcar having a composite box structure mounted on a railway car underframe is provided. The composite box structure includes side walls, end walls and a floor molded as an integral unit with fiber reinforced plastic interio... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5715757 | Impact-absorber devices, impact-absorption method, and framework and vehicle including such impact-absorber devices The invention concerns impact-absorber devices, an impact-absorption method, and a framework and a vehicle including such impact-absorber devices. According to the invention, the impact-absorber device comprises at least one longitudinal member absorbing ... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5660116 | Impact-absorber devices, impact-absorption method, and framework and vehicle including such impact-aborber devices The invention concerns impact-absorber devices, an impact-absorption method, and a framework and a vehicle including such impact-absorber devices. According to the invention, the impact-absorber device comprises at least one longitudinal member absorbing ... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5388529 | Rail vehicle body made of stainless steel A rail vehicle body is made of stainless steel, wherein: the length members of the chassis and the roof battens are made of stainless steel, are constituted by section members that are continuous along the entire length of the body, and are visible; and t... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5329859 | Increased strength railway tank for underframe construction and method with center sill pocket and weld support for pooling welding material An underbody structure (10) supporting an end of a railway car body (B, B') cradled in a cradle pad (12, 12'). A center sill assembly (16) has first and second spaced apart side plates (18, 20) spaced to either side of the longitudinal centerline of the c... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5320046 | Low profile railway car The present invention provides a railway car for hauling stacked containers. The railway car comprises a coupler and draft assembly having a vertical dimension that is substantially reduced over conventional railway car systems. The reduced height of the ... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5113769 | Car body for railway rolling stock and method for fabricating car body A car body for high speed railway rolling stock and a method of fabricating the same wherein, in order to prevent a variation of external pressures produced when the rolling stock travels at high speeds from being propagated into the interior of the car b... | 05/19/1992 |
| 5062369 | Frame structure A frame structure of aluminum alloy having a pair of spaced apart side rails (1) and a plurality of spaced apart cross-members (2) each comprising a central tubular formation and extending between the side rails, characterized in that at least over a majo... | 11/05/1991 |
| 5054403 | Railroad freight car with well for stacked cargo containers A multi-unit articulated railway freight car defining a container well in each of the several units, with container support members attached to the side sills of each unit to support standard intermodal cargo containers at a location low enough to permit ... | 10/08/1991 |
| 4875417 | End structure for railway car An end structure for a railway car, and more particularly a covered hopper railway car, is disclosed which has side sill extensions extending diagonally inwardly from the ends of the side sills to the center stub sill for transmitting substantially all of... | 10/24/1989 |
| 4825774 | Underfloor construction of monorail vehicle and method of assembling the same The workability during fabrication of an underfloor construction of a monorail vehicle is improved by reducing the steps of fabrication. An underfloor construction of a monorail vehicle comprises truck enclosures detachably mounted at positions where truc... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4690071 | Truss end structure for stub sill hopper cars In a stub sill type railway hopper car the shear plate is eliminated and a truss arrangement is located in the end structure resulting in less weight.... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4563957 | Car bottom-to-side sill connection In accordance with the present invention a casting (60) is provided to connect the car bottom (40) to the side sill (10). A connecting plate (46) is provided to attach the casting (60) to the side sill (10). Preferably the side sill (10) is generally hat ... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4562633 | Railway box car conversion to highway trailer-carrying flatcar and method of accomplishing it A railway flatcar for carrying a highway trailer, the flatcar having been converted from a conventional railway box car. The sides, ends and roof of a conventional box car are cut and removed therefrom substantially at the floor line. The side sill assemb... | 01/07/1986 |
