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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6739464 | Glide element for a telescoping uncoupling lever An elongated tubular glide housing for a telescoping, uncoupling lever for a railroad car. A tubular glide housing includes a rectangular seal enclosure having a top wall, a bottom wall, an outwardly located side wall, and an inwardly located side wall defining a pa... | 05/25/2004 |
| 5139161 | Automatic actuator for coupler knuckle-assembly of a railway passenger car A linkage-actuator for the coupler knuckle-assembly of a railway passenger car which is mounted on the coupler head directly adjacent to the knuckle-assembly, which linkage-actuator does not extend along the shank connecting the knuckle-assembly to the ca... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5129529 | Uncoupler lever with a wedge lock An adjustable uncoupling lever with a shiftable wedge lock. The lever includes two longitudinally shiftable rods having parts spaced from one another. The wedge lock is driven between the two rod parts to secure the rods together.... | 07/14/1992 |
| 4544072 | Uncoupling device which complies with AAR specification An uncoupling device (10) is provided with a handle (12) which is pivotably mounted on a bracket at the side of the car. The handle is connected to a bar (16) extending transversely of the car, at a level below a coupler extending out of a center sill. An... | 10/01/1985 |
| 4460099 | Telescoping uncoupling lever for railway car couplers Two side-by-side housings each receive a telescoping member therein. Bearings captivated within each housing engage the telescoping members such that the bearings are free to slide both with respect to the housings and the telescoping members. A handle fo... | 07/17/1984 |
| 4454953 | Telescoping uncoupling lever A three-part telescoping uncoupling lever assembly is disclosed for railroad cars which are equipped with standard draft gear cushioning. The assembly includes a plastic sleeve formed from ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene (U.H.M.W.) and a pair of u... | 06/19/1984 |
| 4378890 | Telescoping uncoupling lever for railroad cars Two side-by-side housings each receive a telescoping member therein. Bearings captivated within each housing engage the telescoping members such that the bearings are free to slide both with respect to the housings and the telescoping members. A handle fo... | 04/05/1983 |
| 4010854 | Uncoupling lever assembly A railroad car uncoupling lever assembly having a handle member, a lock lifter member, and means for connecting the two members and permitting their relative axial movement in response to lateral and longitudinal movements of the railroad coupler. The con... | 03/08/1977 |
| 3933252 | Railroad car uncoupling lever with antifriction slideway arrangement An uncoupling lever assembly for railroad cars that includes an uncoupling lever with an improved slideway arrangement for accommodating extension and contraction of the lever assembly, which lever assembly comprises a handle section and a lock lifter sec... | 01/20/1976 |