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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2017
Applicant:
Standard Car Truck Company, Rosemont, IL (US);
Inventor:
Andrew J. Morin, Mokena, IL (US);
Assignee:
Standard Car Truck Company, Rosemont, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 65/06 (2006.01); F16D 69/04 (2006.01); F16D 65/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 65/062 (2013.01); F16D 69/0416 (2013.01); F16D 2065/1392 (2013.01); F16D 2069/0433 (2013.01);
Abstract
A railroad car spring type brake shoe key for connecting a brake shoe to a brake head, wherein the brake shoe key includes a body or shank and a head integrally formed with the body or shank, and wherein the key has a reduced mass head, an alternative configuration head, a surface treatment, or two or more of these modifications that reduces the likelihood that the head will weaken and/or break off the body of the brake shoe key.