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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2014
Applicant:
Trinity Rail Group, Llc, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Robert J. Cencer, Tipton, MI (US);
Robert C. Ortner, Johns Creek, GA (US);
George S. Creighton, Dallas, TX (US);
Andrew Brown, Dallas, TX (US);
James R. Mitzenberg, Coppell, TX (US);
Assignee:
Trinity Rail Group, LLC, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 6/00 (2006.01); B61D 3/18 (2006.01); B61D 17/12 (2006.01); B60P 3/07 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B61D 3/18 (2013.01); B23P 6/00 (2013.01); B61D 3/187 (2013.01); B60P 3/07 (2013.01); B61D 17/12 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49716 (2015.01);
Abstract
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.