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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6981599 | High capacity shear mechanism An emergency release mechanism for a railway drawbar, which reduces stress in two piece machine bolts inserts in emergency release mechanisms, includes a two sided threaded stud which screws into a release rail using one of the threaded stud ends, passes through a d... | 01/03/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6354448 | Telescopic device at a train system The invention relates to an arrangement for a train system consisting of vehicles capable of connection in a row, which exhibit lifting devices to permit them to be lifted between a lowered position enabling them to be driven under loading cassettes funct... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6131752 | Bearing block for lightweight drawbar assembly A bearing block for use in combination with a slackless drawbar coupler assembly for joining railway cars, wherein the bearing block is adapted for use in pivotally attaching a drawbar to a drawbar pivot pin and the drawbar is provided with a generally re... | 10/17/2000 |
| 5967349 | Spring tab shim support in rotary shank coupler A coupler is provided for a railroad rotary dump car. The coupler comprises a coupler housing, a coupler head, a buff loading shim, and as most preferred, a plurality of spring tabs, and spring tab fasteners. The coupler housing defines a coupler cavity w... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5927521 | Lightweight and topless draft arm A lightweight and topless draft arm is disclosed for use in a railway car. The draft arm includes an open top surface with the metal layer removed, lateral support members and tiebars transversing the side walls for greater draft arm strength, and thinner... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5593051 | Slackless cushioning device for railroad cars A railroad car coupling mechanism is described as having a yoke which is disposed within, I) a carsill which is attached to the underside of a railroad car adjacent each of the opposing ends of the car, and II) a striker which is secured to the subsill an... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5511676 | Coupler yoke with tapering key slot reinforcement A coupler yoke for a coupler of a railway vehicle is constructed with a nose portion which is reinforced by a raised region which surrounds the forward end of the key slot. A tapered buttress extends along the length of both sides of the key slot. The wid... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5193699 | Center sill with short yoke member for converting from coupler to drawbar arrangement without modifying center sill The present invention relates to a railway car coupler arrangement whereby a standard yoke, follower, and draft gear are removed from the center sill and replaced with a short yoke member, a spacer block member and slackless drawbar arrangement, namely, a... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5080242 | Slackless railcar connections with upward wear indicator A slackless railcar connection system includes a gravity wedge shim that has an extension means extending upwardly from the broad edge of the shim through an opening in a railcar center sill. A reference post may also be located adjacent the opening to vi... | 01/14/1992 |
| 4946052 | Gravity wedge for slackless railcar connections A slackless railcar connector system includes a gravity wedge shim that has a tail piece extending from the narrow edge of the sim through an aligning groove in a sill pocket casting, or the like. A biasing member may also be located adjacent the aligning... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4681040 | Railroad car with universal coupling capability A railroad car having universal coupling capability through provision of a coupling arrangement which permits connection to a standard coupler or a drawbar is disclosed. The coupling arrangement includes facing sill side frames which define key slots and ... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4637518 | Coupler for a railway car coupler assembly A coupler for a railway car coupling system includes an elongated shank terminating in a generally rectangular butt portion. The shank is generally octagonal in cross-section for strength, and the coupler butt portion has an end face provided with a conve... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4597499 | Biased pin retainer block for a rotary coupling system A rotary coupling system for railroad cars and the like includes a rotary connector which is mounted in a yoke and to which a car coupler is attached for unitary rotation. The yoke has an aperture or opening through which a pivot pin is inserted into alig... | 07/01/1986 |
| 4593828 | Rotary railroad car F coupler A rotary railroad car F. coupler assembly which employs a rotary connector between the yoke and car coupler, is described as having a yoke with a larger diameter opening in which a bigger rotary connector is mounted. The rotary connector in turn, is desig... | 06/10/1986 |
| 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 |
| 4545304 | Articulated railroad car An articulated railroad car including a plurality of platforms each supported by a single axle wheel truck at each end. The platforms are connected to rigid drawbars which allow relative motion therebetween in both horizontal and vertical directions. The ... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4456133 | Slackless railway coupler connection A railway coupler connection is provided for use in a coupler shank-yoke or a drawbar-yoke configuration. Self adjusting slack reduction is provided by a wedge shaped shim or an angled follower block. Vertical and horizontal angling of the coupler connect... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4428489 | Rotary railroad car F coupler A rotary railroad car F coupler assembly which employs a rotary connector between the yoke and car coupler, is described as having a yoke with a larger diameter opening in which a bigger rotary connector is mounted. The rotary connector, in turn, is desig... | 01/31/1984 |
| 4422557 | Aligning drawbar A drawbar assembly comprising a drawbar and a buffing block device constructed and arranged so as to provide a turning moment which tends to align the horizontally displaced adjacent ends of the railway vehicle to which the drawbar is connected when said ... | 12/27/1983 |
| 4350256 | Rotary coupler with a specially configured pinhole A rotary F coupler is described as having an improved pinhole design, wherein the backwall of the pinhole has a generally cylindrical, rectangularly shaped pin bearing surface which projects into the pinhole about three-quarters of an inch, compared to th... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4310099 | Rotary connector A rotary railroad car coupler is described as having a rotary connector with a spherical butt end for seating engagement in a spherical cavity formed in an adjacent front follower.... | 01/12/1982 |
| 4267935 | Railway car rotary coupler A rotary railway car coupler has a shank with a butt end portion for mounting to a coupler yoke and a head end portion on its opposite end portion. A coupler head has a guard arm side portion, a knuckle side portion and a knuckle mounted therewith for coo... | 05/19/1981 |
| 4243149 | Railroad car draft gear and coupler arrangement A rotary railroad car coupler and attached draft gear are provided with strategically located stops for maintaining a predetermined clearance between the butt end of the shank of the coupler and the adjacent front follower of the draft gear when the coupl... | 01/06/1981 |
| 4236645 | Wearplate for a coupler shank pinhole A coupler having a coupler head and a shank which extends from the coupler head and terminates at a butt end adjacent which a pinhole is formed for receiving a pivot pin that is used to pivotally mount the coupler on a railroad car, mine car, etc. A semi-... | 12/02/1980 |
| 4230228 | Pin type solid butt rotary coupler A rotary type railroad car coupler is provided with a symmetrical and invertible yoke. A yoke collar, constructed so as to be capable of being reversible, is disposed within a cavity of the yoke. In one preferred embodiment, a pin connecting a shank of th... | 10/28/1980 |
| 4064998 | Railway coupler and draft rigging The invention relates to a rapid transit draft rigging for an automatic coupler wherein a draft gear cushioning device is held within a pocket of a housing exterior to a drawbar that will release by a predetermined force to provide long free travel, permi... | 12/27/1977 |
| 4042117 | Wear plate A wear plate is disclosed herein for use in a railway car center sill to prevent or minimize wearing of the upper bearing surface of each of the horizontal key slots, due to the rubbing action of a draft key. The wear plate includes an elongated wear face... | 08/16/1977 |
| 3994402 | Means to connect coupler shank to cushion unit An "E" type coupler for a railway car has a key connecting the coupler shank to an end-of-car cushioning unit. The cushioning unit has a slidable end cap housing assembly receiving the coupler shank and a slot extending through the shank and one side of t... | 11/30/1976 |
