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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7866267 | 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... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7434519 | Rail road freight car A rail road freight car may have a body for carrying lading. The body may be a gondola car body. The car body may include a decking or floor structure, and may include longitudinally extending side beams bordering the floor structure. The connection of the side beam... | 10/14/2008 |
| 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 |
| 6993880 | Apparatuses and methods for manufacture and placement of truss assemblies The present invention provides for an improved method of fabricating trusses. The improved trusses are made from elongated, tubular members forming the chords and/or webs. A metal connector plate is used to connect the chords and webs to form the truss. Further, mod... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6978720 | Gondola railcar construction A gondola railcar having a plurality of side posts connected to the underframe for a high strength construction. The underframe includes a plurality of cross-bearing members having an upper flange, a lower flange and at least one vertical web connecting the two flan... | 12/27/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6584912 | 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... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6523484 | Center beam car with depressed cargo-carrying area A center beam railroad freight car with a depressed cargo-carrying floor located on each side of the center beam in an intermediate portion of the car located between respective end portions of the car having higher floors. A bottom plate of the center si... | 02/25/2003 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5246321 | Railway spine car An improved articulated railway spine car unit for carrying highway truck trailers and/or containers has a center sill which extends substantially the entire length of the car unit. The center sill has end portions with upper surfaces depressed with respe... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5161469 | All purpose spine car container floor restraint A container floor restraint for a freight rail car is provided. The car has a longitudinally extending center sill and a plurality of cross beams extending transversely thereof. The car further has a load supporting assembly at one end and a load supporti... | 11/10/1992 |
| 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 |
| 5090331 | All purpose car A railway car comprising a longitudinal center sill and floor members carried at opposite sides of the sill, and first locking devices mounted on a cross-bearer connected to the center sill and a second set of locking devices mounted on a second cross-bea... | 02/25/1992 |
| 5085152 | Well car crossbearer side connection A railway well car for carrying containers of selected alternative lengths has a center crossbearer having a support for supporting the inner corners of two tandem containers, the support having side connections of sandwich construction with a flanged por... | 02/04/1992 |
| 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 |
| 5052868 | All purpose car A railway car comprising a longitudinal center sill and floor members carried at opposite sides of the sill, and first locking devices mounted on a cross-bearer connected to the center sill and a second set of locking devices mounted on a second cross-bea... | 10/01/1991 |
| 4893568 | Railway car conversion to gondola car A hopper car is converted to a gondola-type car by replacing the hoppers and their dump doors with a light metal sheet floor. The floor sheets form a series of box-like compartments. The compartments are formed by crossbearer partitions extending between ... | 01/16/1990 |
| 4893567 | 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 ... | 01/16/1990 |
| 4889055 | Railroad car for container transport A railroad car for transporting horizontal shipping containers includes (1) a vertical transition box from the car center sill to the end wall of a well portion capable of receiving one or more shipping containers, (2) car body bottom side sills in the fo... | 12/26/1989 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 4802420 | Centre beam railroad car This invention relates to centre beam freight cars. The purpose of these freight cars is to carry large, bulky freight which does not require much protection from the elements. Thus, any freight car must have wide utility and sufficient rigidity but a tar... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4784067 | Lightweight center beam railroad car A freight carrying railroad car including a body supported at each end by wheel-containing trucks; the body having a vertical center beam extending the length of the car between bulkheads at each end of the car; the center beam having a center sill, a top... | 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 |
| 4753175 | Lightweight center beam railroad car A freight carrying railroad car including a body supported at each end by wheel-containing trucks; the body having a vertical center beam extending the length of the car between bulkheads at each end of the car; the center beam having a center sill, a top... | 06/28/1988 |
| 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 |
| 4681041 | Lightweight center beam railroad car A freight carrying railroad car including a body supported at each end by wheel-containing trucks; the body having a vertical center beam extending the length of the car between bulkheads at each end of the car; the center beam having a center sill, a top... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4633787 | Light weight gondola type railway car 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 w... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4630547 | Cross bearer arrangement for slotted center sill 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... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4579065 | Arrangement of stiffening elements An arrangement of stiffening elements, in particular for a railway goods car with a longitudinal beam on both sides of a trough under a base plate which supports sidewalls connected by a lower truss and end walls of a car superstructure with upper truss, ... | 04/01/1986 |
