Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7069864 | Railway freight car end sill transition member A transition member for use in a railway freight car is provided. The transition member provides connection between the dissimilar cross sections of the underbody and draft sill of the railway freight car and the center sill of the railway freight car. The transitio... | 07/04/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6398047 | End sill assembly with center plate casting An extended end-sill assembly for a railcar, which assembly is produced by mating a front-sill casting and back-sill casting having a transition region therebetween wherein the endsill includes a cast-in-place center plate, a support arrangement for a cus... | 06/04/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6148735 | Light weight gondola car A light weight gondola car having side walls constructed of a plurality of upper and lower sheets with a longitudinal stiffener being formed from lower portions of the upper and lower sheets. A bolster transition stake joins the side sheet, top chord, bol... | 11/21/2000 |
| 5943964 | Light weight draft arm A light weight draft arm is provided for use in a railway car. The draft arm includes a center plate with a significant amount of material removed and lateral support members inboard and outboard of the center plate transversing the side walls. Removal of... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5931101 | Light weight draft sill The present invention provides a lightweight draft sill end casting for use with railroad cars. Weight reductions are achieved and adequate strength is maintained by using a set of front ribs and back ribs, with angled top and bottom ribs. The back rib se... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5704296 | Cast draft sill with low profile center plate An elongated light-weight, cast draft sill mountable at the end of a center sill of a railway car body, and to which a railway car truck is pivotally mountable, the cast draft sill having a generally hollow, elongated rectangular body, with a pair of elon... | 01/06/1998 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 4922833 | 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... | 05/08/1990 |
| 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 |
| 4782762 | Well car end girder arrangement A railway car train comprises five car units. Each car unit has two end structures with a depressed well portion supported therebetween. A pair of side structures extend between the end structures and adjacent the well portion. A floor structure extends b... | 11/08/1988 |
| 4706826 | Striker carrier having an adjustable wear plate for a railway coupler A striker carrier assembly for a railway coupler is constructed to engage and support the shank of the coupler at an adjustably established elevation. For an E-type coupler, the striker carrier assembly includes a spacer retained on the stirker carrier by... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4696238 | End structure for railway car An end structure for a center stub sill railway car is disclosed in which diagonal side sill extensions incline inwardly from the side sills to the center stub sill side for transmitting the longitudinal train loads between the stub sill and the side sill... | 09/29/1987 |
| 4589348 | Retrofitted railway car and method of producing same A gondola tub type railway car having an arrangement for transferring payloads from the car side panels more directly to the bolsters. The car at each end has a lower bolster for support by a car truck, and an upper bolster secured to the lower bolster pr... | 05/20/1986 |
| 4573594 | Railway car underframe adapted for use with couple or drawbar construction 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 engag... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4570807 | Railway car underframe 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 t... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4565135 | Center sill, for accommodating the coupling facilities of a railroad car A center sill for accommodating coupling facilities on a railcar comprises two substantially Z-shaped hollow sections each having an upper section strip and a lower section strip joined by a connecting member. The Z-shaped hollow sections are arranged mir... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4549666 | Railway vehicle draft sill and slackless draft assembly A railway draft sill and slackless draft assembly including a pair of lengthwise spaced draft sills having a drawbar extending therebetween. One of the drawbar ends is connected for rotation relative to one of the draft sills and the other end is fixed ag... | 10/29/1985 |
| 4493266 | Railway hopper car and center sill construction therefor A railway hopper car has a through center sill including an elongated central section substantially A-shaped in transverse cross section, two end sections substantially hat-shaped in transverse cross section and two transition sections respectively connec... | 01/15/1985 |
| 4484527 | Convertible railway hopper car A convertible open top hopper car (10) is assembled by longitudinally aligning a pair of railway car stub sills (12) in an assembly position. Transversely extending shear plates (16) are attached to each stub sill. A transversely extending inclined locati... | 11/27/1984 |
| 4445617 | Striker for a railway coupler A striker for a railway vehicle comprises a casting having an endless rib projecting outwardly from each side wall to reinforce a key slot for a draft key. The endless ribs present continuous surfaces for welding the striker to a sill of a railway vehicle... | 05/01/1984 |
| 4359003 | Railway car center filler A modular center filler for railway vehicles comprising an inverted U-shaped core member fitted between front and rear cover plates and securely attached to a bottom cover plate to which a center plate is attached. Downwardly extending legs of the core ar... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4348964 | Sliding sill low friction supporting plate assembly A fixed sill includes a pair of lower, outwardly extending fixed sill flanges. A generally vertical longitudinally extending support plate is integrally connected to each fixed sill flange on each side of the fixed sill. A sliding sill support is rigidly ... | 09/14/1982 |
| 4336758 | Railroad car sill-articulating device member connection Ends of two adjacent railroad cars may be joined by an articulating device when a series of such cars comprises a semi-permanent unit. The articulating device includes a male member which is connected to a sill of the first car and a female member connect... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4331083 | Drop center gondola car A drop center railway car is provided with a continuous center sill having a depressed portion between the wheel assemblies. The continuous center sill is disposed between a pair of light weight side walls which include side sills that are connected to tr... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4287834 | Stops of a draft gear housing of a rail car central coupler arranged in a center sill The stops of a draft gear housing of a rail car central coupler have to meet relatively large tractive and compressive forces in service. Up to now the expense involved in the fastening of such stops has been very great. In many cases, where the stops or ... | 09/08/1981 |
| 4275663 | Corrugated vehicle underframe A load carrying vehicle such as a truck trailer or a railroad car has a generally flat, horizontal loading surface which is supported by an underframe which in turn is mounted to and carried by wheel assemblies, kingpin-saddle plate arrangement and the li... | 06/30/1981 |
| 4264015 | Railway coupler wear member A wear member is provided wherein such wear member is used between relatively movable components of a railway vehicle and wherein the wear member comprises a main body made primarily of a polymeric material, a support for the main body with the support ha... | 04/28/1981 |
| 4261472 | Railway coupler wear member A railway vehicle wear member is provided between a pair of relatively movable components of the railway vehicle, wherein such wear member has a rigid planar supporting portion used to support a polymeric antifriction wear material and an extension which ... | 04/14/1981 |
| 4252068 | Cast draft sill A unitary cast draft sill for welding to the center sill of a railroad car comprises a unitary cast structure with the following elements and features: A horizontal top wall has a pair of side walls depending therefrom with a bottom portion having flanges... | 02/24/1981 |
| 4249665 | Railway vehicle wear member A wear member for use between a pair of relatively movable components of a railway vehicle is provided where the wear member comprises a metal support adapted to be supported on one of the pair of components and a liner attached to the metal support where... | 02/10/1981 |
| 4206710 | Railway car center plate filler arrangement A modular center filler and center plate may be constructed as a unit away from the car and adapted for connection to the center sill webs of a railway vehicle. The center filler has a thick bottom plate which extends beneath the center sill and has pairs... | 06/10/1980 |
| 4180001 | Center filler for railway vehicle A modular rear draft lug and center filler construction for railway vehicles comprising a pair of rear draft lugs which extend from the draft sill area along each side of the inside of the center sill and continue through the center filler area to rear dr... | 12/25/1979 |
| 4168665 | Covered hopper car corrugated bolster web construction In accordance with the present structure, in a railway hopper car a corrugated bolster web extends vertically between a bolster cover plate and the end hopper slope sheet. The vertically extending corrugations act as reinforcements in the web which web ha... | 09/25/1979 |
| 4130068 | Center filler for railway cars A center filler arrangement for railway vehicles provides a large center filler bottom lug welded in position and having mounting recesses for front and rear center filler plates to interconnect the side webs of a center sill to provide a rigid, dimension... | 12/19/1978 |
| 4128062 | Center brace member An elongated unitary center-sill-and-center-brace member for use with sectionalized railroad car center sills is disclosed herein. The member includes reduced wall portions at each end for telescopic engagement with an inboard center sill section and an o... | 12/05/1978 |
| 4029022 | Center brace casting A center brace is provided for interchangeable use with hopper, box and gondola railway cars. The brace includes two hollow kingpin holes which permit such interchangeable use. Furthermore, the brace is also symmetrical about a horizontal plane so that th... | 06/14/1977 |
| 3985235 | Center filler, center plate construction for railway vehicles A fabricated center filler and center plate construction for the underframe of a railway car in the area where the body bolster intersects the center sill. The fabricated center filler includes four interconnected, vertical walls and a bottom floor plate ... | 10/12/1976 |
