31 patents
Utility
Sill connection for railcar structure
19 Dec 23
A system for connecting a center sill to a draft sill in a railcar includes a center sill portion that includes a center sill portion top plate, a draft sill portion that includes a draft sill top plate, the draft sill portion having a draft sill cross-section larger than a center sill cross-section of the center sill portion.
Shaun Richmond
Filed: 11 Sep 20
Utility
Storage assembly for railcar
28 Nov 23
An IBC storage box assembly is elevated from a railcar.
Kenneth W. Huck, Ross E. Hill
Filed: 11 Feb 20
Utility
Composite insulated boxcar floor
7 Nov 23
A floor section for an insulated railcar includes a floor plate and a composite section coupled to the floor plate.
Kenneth W. Huck, Marco A. Morales, Ricky A. Cribbs, Codrington E. Barzey, Scott M. Lewit
Filed: 13 Nov 20
Utility
Rapid discharge door locking system
5 Sep 23
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: 3 Sep 20
Utility
Hopper car double doors
22 Aug 23
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: 23 Dec 20
Utility
Refrigerated boxcar ducted floor
1 Aug 23
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
Mechanism for longitudinal door systems
18 Jul 23
A railway car is disclosed.
Lee A. Reitz, Kenneth W. Huck
Filed: 10 Aug 20
Utility
Capstan-driven air pump system for opening and closing a longitudinal railcar door
16 May 23
According to some embodiments, an apparatus comprises an air pump configured to couple to a capstan, and a pneumatic cylinder coupled to the air pump at a first end of the pneumatic cylinder.
Robert J. DeGroot, Kenneth W. Huck
Filed: 27 Oct 20
Utility
System and method for reconfiguring an autorack
21 Mar 23
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: 2 Mar 20
Utility
Hourglass autorack car interior
21 Mar 23
A railcar comprises a first end, a second end, and a first longitudinal side and a second longitudinal side disposed between the first end and the second end.
Kenneth W. Huck, Kyle R. Coston
Filed: 13 Apr 20
Utility
Hourglass autorack car roof
11 Oct 22
According to some embodiments, an autorack railcar roof assembly comprises a center roof panel, a first intermediate roof panel adjacent one side of the center roof panel, and a second intermediate roof panel adjacent an opposite of the center roof panel from the first intermediate roof panel.
Kenneth W. Huck, Brant R. McGhee, Kyle R. Coston, Steven E. Daniels, Robert C. Runyan
Filed: 2 Mar 20
Utility
Railcar side wall fabrication and offset overlap welding of sheets
11 Oct 22
A side wall for a railcar includes a plurality of integrated side sheets.
Christopher Crisafulli, Matthew Gabriel Westlake, Suman Gachhadar, Percy Elavia
Filed: 23 Sep 19
Utility
Railcar backup cooling system
11 Oct 22
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
System and method for reconfiguring an autorack
3 May 22
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, Gary V. Turner, David W. Higginbotham, Robert J. DeGroot
Filed: 3 May 21
Utility
System and method for reconfiguring an autorack
19 Apr 22
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: 2 Mar 20
Utility
Torque box
14 Dec 21
A torque box includes a front plate and a bottom surface.
Robert S. Trent, David C. Brabb, Anand Prabhakaran
Filed: 6 Jun 18
Utility
Railcar bridge plate kit retainer
9 Nov 21
A retaining apparatus includes a retaining catch and a latch.
Jerry W. Vande Sande, Kyle R. Coston, Robert J. Cencer
Filed: 5 Aug 19
Utility
Railcar end door support
27 Jul 21
An apparatus includes a transfer ball, a rod, a first bracket, a second bracket, a lock nut, an elastic element, and a threaded collar.
Kenneth W. Huck
Filed: 7 May 19
Utility
Friction end-of-car cushioning assembly
29 Jun 21
An assembly that includes a housing with a chamber formed within a bore of the housing.
Shaun Richmond, Matthew Gabriel Westlake, Ricky Alleson Cribbs
Filed: 3 Jul 19
Utility
System and method for reconfiguring an autorack
25 May 21
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, Gary V. Turner, David W. Higginbotham, Robert J. DeGroot
Filed: 22 Oct 18