Class 105/418 - Longitudinal sills

Subclass of Class 105 - Railway rolling stock
Definition: Underframe constructions involving longitudinal side or
No. of patents: 64
Last issue date: 10/21/2008

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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
7337727	Dropped deck center beam rail road car A center beam car has a main deck structure extending laterally from a main center sill, a laterally extending top truss structure, and a central vertically oriented web work structure for carrying vertical shear loads between the top truss and the center sill and d...	03/04/2008
7004079	Rail road car and truck therefor An autorack rail road car is provided with a truck that includes a pair of sideframes supported on wheel sets with bearing adapters positioned therebetween. The bearing adapters and the sideframes have associated parts or surfaces with curvatures configured to permi...	02/28/2006
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
6363864	Lightweight railroad car for carrying steel coils A railroad car for carrying steel coils includes a pair of spaced apart supports located inboard of the sides of the railroad car. The supports have upper angled surfaces and the supports are arranged so as to impart a trough-shape cavity for receiving bo...	04/02/2002
6273004	Motor-vehicle carrying railcar with improved sidewall structure A sidewall structure for a motor-vehicle carrying railway car wherein at least one upper deck is supported principally by longitudinal beams that are themselves supported by end structures, without the need for large, heavy vertical posts to support the d...	08/14/2001
6244191	Hopper rail car A hopper car having smooth side walls being reinforced by a horizontal beam along a horizontal seam. The roof of the car has a plurality of extruded beams, including a pair of combining extrusion extending the length of a hatch opening. The coaming extrus...	06/12/2001
6240853	Method of making depressed center railcars A method for producing depressed center railcars involves a combination of casting and fabrication. Transition members of the railcar can be casted, preferably with interlocking ledges on the ends of the transition members. The center section can be fabri...	06/05/2001
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
5743192	Railroad freight car for carrying motor vehicles A fully protective multi-unit railroad freight car for carrying motor vehicles on two or three levels with the lowest level being in a cargo well between a pair of deep side sills. A pair of vehicle-carrying decks are adjustable in height and are counterb...	04/28/1998
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
5562046	Load bearing crossbearer connection A crossbearer connection (32) and method of forming a crossbearer connection (32) are disclosed, including a support bracket (34) angled to rest against an interior surface of a vertical and horizontal flange (54, 56) of the side sill (20) of a railway ca...	10/08/1996
5465670	Railroad freight car having an improved structural support A railroad freight car including a longitudinal well for carrying intermodal cargo containers comprises a car body having longitudinally opposing end structures with body bolsters supported by railroad trucks adapted for movement along a railroad. The opp...	11/14/1995
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
5346286	Material transporting hopper trailer having improved mobile support frame A hopper trailer includes a mobile support frame and at least one gravity-flow hopper having an open-top upper box portion and a lower tapered portion. The support frame includes a pair of longitudinal channels laterally spaced from one another and a pair...	09/13/1994
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
5309845	Vehicle body A substructure of the body of a vehicle such as a railroad car is formed by linking first and second beams with each other. The first beams are formed of first and second members each having locking grooves, and the second beams are arranged at intervals ...	05/10/1994
5287813	Coach body construction for rail vehicles having extruded aluminum profiles with undercut nut-receiving grooves for ease of asssembly The coach body construction comprises an upper structure having extruded profiles, which are connected detachably to one another by corner connectors and are made of an aluminum alloy, and a lower structure. The lower structure is composed of longitudinal...	02/22/1994
5287814	Car body of railway rolling stock and method for fabricating car body A car body of railway rolling stock suitable for use for passenger cars or electric passenger cars and easy to fabricate at a low material cost. An underframe constituting the car body comprises a center underframe produced at light-alloy extruded shapes ...	02/22/1994
5279230	Railroad well car body A railroad freight car including a cargo well for carrying optionally either intermodal cargo containers or highway semitrailers has a side sill structure including a deep rectangular top chord and a depending web, supporting a well floor structure. The w...	01/18/1994
5181474	Wood chip railway car constructed by converting a standard box car and method of conversion A gondola rail car for hauling wood chips and the like having a pair of side walls, an end wall, a floor, an open end and an open top. A door assembly is pivotally mounted for swinging movement adjacent the open end. A ledge is provided to enhance access ...	01/26/1993
5170717	Railroad cars for transporting cylindrical objects transversely with multi-piece movable cover for exposing entire cargo area Railroad car for transporting transversely oriented cylindrical objects. The cargo bed of the car projects downwardly through the draft sills, interrupting the draft sills. The car has one or more troughs defined by pairs of facing cylindrical object supp...	12/15/1992
4951575	Depressed center beam flat car A railway flat car having a depressed load carrying portion to reduce the center of gravity of the car. The flat car includes a side sill assembly having upper end section having floor portions and a lower intermediate section for supporting the depressed...	08/28/1990
4941411	Steel end structure for aluminum railcar A covered hopper railcar having an aluminum body portion comprising aluminum side, top and end sheets. A side sill is secured to the lower marginal portion of each of the side sheets. The end structure assembly includes a steel center stub sill assembly, ...	07/17/1990
4913062	Segmented sliding sill wear plate A segmented sliding sill wear plate for universal application to fit a variety of installations and which includes a metal base plate having a plurality of low friction plastic pads bonded to the plate in spaced apart relation, wherein a single long wear ...	04/03/1990
4884511	Aluminum hopper car with cast collars interconnecting intersecting center sill hood with ridge hood and sloped end walls An aluminum hopper car having a center sill hood which uses aluminum collar castings to connect cross ridge hoods which intersect a center sill hood, and to connect the center sill hood with intersecting sloped car end walls....	12/05/1989
4876968	Container carrying railroad car with improved support system A railroad car for carrying containers comprising a car body supported by rail trucks adapted for movement over a railroad; the car body having opposing side walls and an end wall near each end connected to the side walls with said side walls and end wall...	10/31/1989
4825778	Extensible rail car A rail car is adjustable in length to accommodate the mounting thereon of cargo containers of various lengths and widths, such as the presently employed 20 foot, 40 foot, 45 foot and 48 foot lengths and 96 and 102 inch widths. Length adjustment is effecte...	05/02/1989
4817537	Container carrying convertible rail-highway vehicle A container carrying rail-highway vehicle in the form of a semitrailer chassis including an elongated center sill box extending longitudinally of the vehicle, a front box-type transverse sill attached to a forward portion of the center sill and a rear box...	04/04/1989
4800820	Side sill arrangement for a gondola-type railroad car A center sill-less type gondola railroad car having an aluminum car body which includes an extra large load carrying compartment or container supported on a surrounding horizontal rectangular framework that consists essentially of a pair of transversely o...	01/31/1989
4784068	Segmented sliding sill wear plate A segmented sliding sill wear plate for universal application to fit a variety of installations and which includes a metal base plate having a plurality of low friction plastic pads bonded to the plate in spaced apart relation, wherein a single long wear ...	11/15/1988
4771706	Container carrying railroad car with support castings A railroad car for carrying containers comprising a car body supported by rail trucks adapted for movement over a railroad; the car body having opposing side walls and an end wall near each end connected to the side walls with side walls and end walls def...	09/20/1988
4754710	Railway car for carrying freight such as coal or the like A railway car having an optimum length of 500 feet comprising two end walls, two side walls and a floor forming one continuous trough. The trough being supported at each end wall by wheel-containing truck means and at an intermittent section by a pluralit...	07/05/1988
4703699	Lightweight container car Improvements in the body of a lightweight railway car are disclosed with one improved portion being a side sill formed from a metal plate having a plurality of short tubes welded thereto and projecting outwardly therefrom. A channel is welded to the plate...	11/03/1987
4690072	Railway car body structural arrangement 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...	09/01/1987
4686907	Low level freight car A low-level freight car for carrying trailers and containers at a low overall height combines a low center sill with relatively light side sill assemblies to provide a rigid structure having low deflection characteristics under the expected buff, draft an...	08/18/1987

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