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Utility
Hopper Railcar Composite Partition
11 Feb 21
According to some embodiments, a railcar comprises at least two hoppers for transporting a commodity.
Kenneth W. Huck, Codrington E. Barzey, Ricky A. Cribbs, Scott M. Lewit
Filed: 4 Aug 20
Utility
Refrigerated Boxcar Ducted Floor
11 Feb 21
According to some embodiments, a refrigerated railcar comprises a pair of side walls, a roof, a floor, and a refrigeration unit.
Kenneth W. Huck, Carter Ray Andrews, Marco A. Morales, Ricky A. Cribbs
Filed: 7 Aug 20
Utility
Integrated mandrel vehicle restraint with pedal tensioner
2 Feb 21
An apparatus includes a mandrel assembly, an anchor, a strap, a winch, a first pedal, an advancer.
Kenneth W. Huck
Filed: 29 Apr 19
Utility
Railcar Backup Cooling System
14 Jan 21
A railcar backup cooling system may be added to an existing railcar (e.g., a boxcar) to provide supplemental or backup cooling to the railcar in the event that an HVAC failure or other circumstance occurs, which causes the interior temperature of the railcar to rise.
Carter Ray Andrews
Filed: 22 May 20
Utility
Modular Autorack
6 Jan 21
A modular autorack system includes a flatcar, first and second fixed ends, a coupling apparatus coupled to the flatcar, and an autorack module.
Kenneth W. Huck
Filed: 18 Mar 20
Utility
Hopper car double doors
28 Dec 20
According to some embodiments, a railcar comprises a center sill extending along a longitudinal centerline of the railcar, and two side sills.
Lee A. Reitz
Filed: 13 May 18
Utility
Rapid Discharge Door Locking System
23 Dec 20
According to some embodiments, a discharge door locking system for a railcar discharge door comprises a lock piston configured to move between a first position (not engaged with an operating beam coupled to a discharge door) and a second position (engaged).
Christopher C. Harkey, Aubra D. McKisic, Kenneth W. Huck
Filed: 2 Sep 20
Utility
Railcar Cover Plate
16 Dec 20
A metal cover plate includes a first section and a second section.
Shaun Richmond
Filed: 17 May 20
Utility
Mechanism For Longitudinal Door Systems
25 Nov 20
A railway car is disclosed.
Lee A. Reitz, Kenneth W. Huck
Filed: 9 Aug 20
Utility
Steel Gondola Railcar
4 Nov 20
A gondola car is made of high strength and high abrasion resistance steel that provides a lightweight structure and that prolongs the useful life of the car.
George A. Nelle, Kyle R. Coston, Konstantin l. Khenokh, Percy H. Elavia
Filed: 9 Feb 20
Utility
Storage Assembly for Railcar
23 Sep 20
An IBC storage box assembly is elevated from a railcar.
Kenneth W. Huck, Ross E. Hill
Filed: 10 Feb 20
Utility
Mechanism for longitudinal door systems
14 Sep 20
A railway car is disclosed.
Lee A. Reitz, Kenneth W. Huck
Filed: 27 Mar 18
Utility
Rapid discharge door locking system
14 Sep 20
According to some embodiments, a discharge door locking system for a railcar discharge door comprises a lock piston configured to move between a first position (not engaged with an operating beam coupled to a discharge door) and a second position (engaged).
Christopher C. Harkey, Aubra D. McKisic, Kenneth W. Huck
Filed: 13 Jul 17
Utility
Secure storage box for autorack car
7 Sep 20
According to some embodiments, a railcar comprises a railcar door for accessing an interior of the railcar, and a storage box comprising an access opening.
Kenneth W. Huck, Jerry W. Vande Sande
Filed: 17 Jul 17
Utility
Railcar Bridge Plate Kit Retainer
2 Sep 20
A retaining apparatus includes a retaining catch and a latch.
Jerry W. Vande Sande, Kyle R. Coston, Robert J. Cencer
Filed: 4 Aug 19
Utility
System and Method for Reconfiguring an Autorack
24 Jun 20
A method comprises removing a first deck of a plurality of decks and a second deck of the plurality of decks from an autorack.
Kyle R. Coston, David W. Higginbotham, Robert J. DeGroot
Filed: 1 Mar 20
Utility
System and Method for Reconfiguring an Autorack
24 Jun 20
A method comprises removing a first deck of a plurality of decks and a second deck of the plurality of decks from an autorack.
Kyle R. Coston, David W. Higginbotham, Robert J. DeGroot
Filed: 1 Mar 20
Utility
Adapter for bottom outlet valve
22 Jun 20
According to certain embodiments, an adapter assembly for a bottom outlet valve comprises an apparatus configured to be coupled to a stem of the bottom outlet valve of the railroad car.
James A. Bogusky, Christopher Crisafulli, Samuel Nash, Dipen K. Shah
Filed: 30 Jul 18
Utility
Method of converting a tri-level auto-rack railcar to a bi-level auto-rack railcar
8 Jun 20
A method of shipping automobiles, railcars for shipping automobiles, and methods of manufacturing railcars for shipping automobiles to enable more efficient shipping of automobiles by facilitating conversion of autorack cars between unilevel, bi-level and tri-level configurations, and/or by providing increased load factors.
Robert J. Cencer, Robert C. Ortner, George S. Creighton, Andrew Brown, James R. Mitzenberg
Filed: 19 Nov 18
Utility
Railcar Side Wall Fabrication and Offset Overlap Welding of Sheets
25 Mar 20
A side wall for a railcar includes a plurality of integrated side sheets.
Christopher Crisafulli, Matthew Gabriel Westlake, Suman Gachhadar, Percy Elavia
Filed: 22 Sep 19