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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2016
Kenneth A. James, West Chicago, IL (US);
Erich A. Schoedl, Sugar Grove, IL (US);
Kenneth A. James, West Chicago, IL (US);
Erich A. Schoedl, Sugar Grove, IL (US);
Miner Enterprises, Inc., Geneva, IL (US);
Abstract
A railcar yoke for a railcar energy absorption/coupling system. The yoke includes a rigid and elongated top wall joined to and axially extending from a back wall toward an open forward end of the yoke along with a rigid and elongated bottom wall joined to and axially extending from said back wall toward the open forward end of the yoke. The top and bottom walls of the yoke are separated by a distance whereby allowing an energy management system to be disposed therebetween. Each of the top and bottom walls of the yoke have two forward-facing stops thereon and which extend in opposed lateral directions from each other. The forward-facing stops on the top wall of the yoke are arranged in a generally coplanar relationship with the two forward-facing stops on the bottom wall of the yoke.