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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8186525 | Coupler and anti-creep mechanism for the same An anti-creep mechanism for coupler includes a lower lockpin rod, a coupler shank and a rotation shaft. The rotation shaft is disposed in an elongate mounting hole of the lower lockpin rod and a circular mounting hole of the coupler shank so that the lower lockpin r... | 05/29/2012 |
| 5833086 | Alliance coupler lock lifter securing arm A latch lock mechanism for a railcar rotary-dump coupler is provided for an Alliance coupler having a more narrow inner housing cavity for the coupling mechanism than the standard coupler housing chamber, and the latch is operable to extend from a locklif... | 11/10/1998 |
| 4466546 | Bottom shelf coupler with anticreep protection means This invention relates to a railway car coupler having an improved anticreep protection assembly so as to prevent inadvertent uncoupling during movement of the railway car along a track. The improvement comprises the provision of a chamfered locklift conn... | 08/21/1984 |
| 4172530 | Roll-over lock protection for railroad car coupler A pair of elongated latches positioned transversely to a longitudinal axis of a railroad car particularly adapted to be rotated to an upside down position for gravity release of contents within the car, are pivotally attached respectively on each side of ... | 10/30/1979 |
