31 patents
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Utility
Hopper car discharge gates
25 May 21
According to some embodiments, a railcar comprises: an underframe comprising a center sill extending longitudinally along a centerline of the railcar; a hopper coupled to the underframe and comprising a discharge opening; and a discharge assembly coupled to the hopper.
Lee A. Reitz
Filed: 16 May 18
Utility
Vehicle restraint system for grated driving surfaces
18 May 21
A system for restraining a vehicle includes a deck of a transport.
Jerry W. Vande Sande, Robert J. Cencer, Kenneth W. Huck
Filed: 15 Apr 19
Utility
Friction end-of-car cushioning assembly
18 May 21
An assembly that includes a housing with a chamber formed within a bore of the housing.
Shaun Richmond
Filed: 21 Feb 18
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
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
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
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
System and method for reconfiguring an autorack
2 Mar 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: 21 Oct 18