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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7913628 | Train-to-platform gap mitigator An improved gap filler in the form of a single plate or a plurality of plates attached to the train car exterior or emanating from below train car vestibule floor which permits transit line system operator to utilize one device to obtain any desired gap minimization... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7255047 | Vehicle carrying rail road car and bridge plate therefor A rail road car has a deck for carrying wheeled vehicles. The rail road car can be coupled to other rail road cars of the same type. Bridge plates are provide that permit wheeled vehicles to be conducted between adjacent rail road cars. The bridge plates have one en... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7228582 | Extendable ramp for boats and vehicles An extendable ramp apparatus is provided for automatically extending a ramp. The apparatus comprises a generally rectangular frame with a track for movement of a carriage pivotally connected to a ramp along the track. The ramp pivots downwardly as it is extends from... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7178467 | Door threshold for access to the interior of a railway vehicle The door threshold for a railway vehicle is intended to partially fill the gap between the vehicle and a platform. It comprises a support (22) which can be connected to the structure (16) of the railway vehicle and a strip (24) which is retained... | 02/20/2007 |
| 6935245 | Railway car for transporting semi-trucks The invention is directed to a railway car for the transportation of semi-trucks. The railway car may have an interior defined by a support surface for the trucks, a pair of upstanding sidewalls, and a roof. End doors may be located at each end of the railway car fo... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6857376 | Vehicle carrying rail road car A rail road car has a deck for carrying wheeled vehicles. The rail road car can be coupled to other rail road cars of the same type. Bridge plates are provide that permit wheeled vehicles to be conducted between adjacent rail road cars. The bridge plates have one en... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6821065 | Autorack rail road car with reduced slack A rail road car has a rail car body which includes a housing structure. The housing structure has a pair of sidewalls, a roof and at least one deck mounted to the sidewalls. An enclosed lading space is defined by the housing structure and there is at least one door ... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6763768 | Ramp latching mechanism A latching mechanism for use with a raisable and lowerable folding ramp having a bridge section and a toe section, such ramp being carried on one end of a railway car. The latching mechanism comprises an arm-like member pivotally connected at one end thereof to a pr... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6666148 | Vehicle carrying rail road car structure A rail road car has a deck for carrying wheeled vehicles. The car has deck access fittings mounted between the trucks near a collapsible hitch to provide access to the highway trailer landing gear crank, and flush mounted internal bridge plates. The rail ... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6647898 | Spring assisted apparatus for ramp actuating mechanism and movable draft arm arrangement A ramp actuating mechanism for a rail vehicle having a movable ramp and a movable draft arm and coupler arrangement, wherein a spring assisted apparatus can be associated with the movable draft arm and coupler arrangement to counterbalance the load of the... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6550399 | Process for rail road car with movable bridge plates A rail road car has a deck for carrying wheeled vehicles. It has a bridge plate mounted to one end to permit wheeled vehicles to be conducted between the rail road car and an adjacently coupled rail road car. The bridge plate is movable between an extende... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6550400 | Vehicle carrying rail road car A rail road car has a deck for carrying wheeled vehicles. The rail road car can be coupled to other rail road cars of the same type. Bridge plates are provided to permit wheeled vehicles to be conducted between adjacent rail road cars. The bridge plates h... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6551039 | Auto rack rail road car with reduced slack An auto rack rail road car has a main deck and at least one upper deck for carrying automobiles. The auto rack rail road car is provided with short travel buff gear and a reduced slack, or slackless, coupler. Bridge plates are provided to span the space b... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6546878 | Multi-unit railroad freight car for carrying cargo containers A multi-unit railroad freight car and a container-carrying bridge unit for such a car. The bridge unit extends between and is carried on the adjacent body bolsters of both of a pair of drawbar-connected well units designed for carrying stacked cargo conta... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6539878 | Vehicle carrying rail road car with bridge plate assembly A rail road car has a deck for carrying wheeled vehicles. The vehicles can be circus loaded over sets of movable bridge plates extending between the rail road car and adjacently coupled rail road cars. A transition plate system is provided to span the spa... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6443070 | Floor for circulating between two vehicles The invention concerns a floor making it possible to circulate between two vehicles connected together by an articulated connection. The floor according to the invention includes a first deck fixed to the end of one of the vehicles and a second deck fixed... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6338175 | Movable safety tunnel for use during bridge maintenance A movable safety tunnel rides on parapets within a bridge. The safety tunnel is locked in place in a respective section of the bridge while maintenance or other operations are performed on that section of the bridge. This allows the traffic to flow throug... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6170106 | Movable safety tunnel for use during bridge maintenance A movable safety tunnel rides on parapets within a bridge. The safety tunnel is locked in place in a respective section of the bridge while maintenance or other operations are performed on that section of the bridge. This allows the traffic to flow throug... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6167816 | Single screw bridgeplate The present invention is a cartridge bridge plate assembly for mounting under a floor structure of a transit vehicle adjacent a door opening. It has a frame assembly and means for attaching the frame assembly underneath the floor structure of the vehicle.... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6009813 | Connection between two vehicles hinged to one another, e.g. railway coaches or underground coaches The invention relates to a connection between two vehicles hinged to one another, e.g. railway coaches or underground coaches, whereas the connection comprises a bellows and an intercommunicating gangway, whereas the connection may be divided transversely... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5845584 | Rail car bridge plate A bridge plate assembly for use in moving vehicles between rail cars for loading and unloading has sufficient length to span the space between adjacent rail cars and has sufficient width to accommodate vehicles of varying wheelbase. The plate assembly inc... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5775232 | Bridge plate for a mass transit vehicle A power operated retractable floor extension, extending outward from the floor of a mass transit vehicle. When extended, the floor portion bridges any gap between the vehicle floor and adjacent platform, thereby providing improved passenger access to the ... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5771812 | Articulated gangway The articulated gangway forming part of a corridor between two vehicles or vehicle parts hinged together comprises: two or more stepping and gliding members which are hinged to each other; supporting elements between the stepping and gliding members, the ... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5690033 | Deformable gangway between two loading platforms carried by successive chassis, notably pertaining to railrods A deformable gangway (14), located between two successive loading platforms (15) and (16) for a road or a railroad chassis, is composed of a succession of transverse slats (25), such as metallic transverse slats, carried adjacent their ends (39) by two lo... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5596936 | Rail car bridge plate A bridge plate assembly for use in moving vehicles between rail cars for loading and unloading has sufficient length to span the space between adjacent rail cars and has sufficient width to accommodate vehicles of varying wheelbase. The plate assembly inc... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5575222 | Telescoping bridge plate for autorack railroad cars A telescoping bridge plate for auto rack railroad cars for supporting automobiles being driven between railroad cars comprises a top plate with corrugations providing top surfaces separated by grooves, with the top plate having an overlapping end portion ... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5535681 | Telescopic bridge plate assembly A bridge plate assembly for use in moving vehicles between rail cars for loading and unloading is of sufficient width to accommodate vehicles of varying wheelbase and includes relatively movable telescopic bridge panel members. One of the panel members ha... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5515792 | Rail car bridge plate A bridge plate assembly for use in moving vehicles between rail cars for unloading and loading has a sufficient length to span the space between adjacent rail cars and has sufficient width to accommodate vehicles of varying wheelbase. The plate assembly i... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5511491 | Railway car An improved automobile transport railway car that is constructed from noncorroding materials adjacent to load carrying areas and that is enclosed by doors on both ends of the car. In the case of the articulated cars, a bellows assembly encloses and spans ... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5471935 | Linking platform A diagonally movable linking platform forming part of a bridge between two vehicles. The linking platform is supported by the vehicles. The linking platform has two parallel extending supports for pivotally receiving the cross-beams. The supports each hav... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5392717 | Railway car An improved automobile transport railway car that is constructed from noncorroding materials adjacent to load carrying areas and that is enclosed by doors on both ends of the car. In the case of the articulated cars, a bellows assembly encloses and spans ... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5226367 | Apparatus for drive on loading of a railway car A railway loading dock is provided with adjacent trackage having pairs of main rails and stabilizing rails. A modified railway flatbed car is equipped along its sides with stabilizing wheels and associated support structure to retain the car bed coplanar ... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5167333 | Apparatus to prevent detrimental extraneous foreign matter from entering a cavity formed at an outer end of a female connection member of an articulated coupling A shroud apparatus is provided to substantially minimize detrimental foreign matter entering into a predetermined portion of a cavity disposed at the outer end of a female connection member that receives therein the outer end of a male connection member o... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5129327 | Continuous gondola car A gondola car for use with a train of like gondola cars that comprises a body having a floor and two sidewalls, a bridge extension connected to the floor and extending outwardly beyond the two sidewalls, a wall transition member of arcuate shape extending... | 07/14/1992 |
| 5036775 | Covered gondola car A cover for a railroad gondola car comprising a central panel, a first end portion extending downwardly from one side of the central panel, a second end portion extending downwardly from the other side of said central panel, a handle connected to the top ... | 08/06/1991 |
| 5031544 | Railroad car connection assembly with movable platform adjustably connected to the car to coincide with movement of car buffers A connecting platform for use with the end of a railroad car, the platform cooperating with a connecting platform of another car articulated to the railroad car, both railroad cars having the usual spring-biased buffers. The connecting platform includes a... | 07/16/1991 |
| 5010614 | Articulated bridge gangway between railroad cars An articulated bridge as a component of a detachable gangway floor plate between two articulated interconnected railroad cars, the bridge being provided with several elongated bridge elements arranged in succession laterally, and running transverse to the... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4964348 | Drop end, open top rail car A pivoted drop end for a railway car which is adapted to be manipulated (lifted) by power equipment in the car to open or close the car end. The car end includes lower side posts, each having a cam follower running in a cam on the car frame which swings t... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4869178 | Device designed to ensure running continuity between two successive railroad or road vehicles A device designed to ensure running continuity between two successive railroad or road vehicles in spite of vertical movements, the lateral sway and the torsion between the floors of said vehicles, characterized in that it includes: (a) at each end, a def... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4781123 | Construction of articulating portion of articulated railway cars or the like A construction of an articulating portion for articulated railway cars or the like formed by coupling front and rear bodies pivotably connected one after another by a truck interposed therebetween. Inside a pair of front and rear side wall panels in the a... | 11/01/1988 |
