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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2017
Applicant:
Miner Enterprises, Inc., Geneva, IL (US);
Inventors:
Donald E. Wilt, Batavia, IL (US);
Robert J. Pokorski, Atlantic Mine, MI (US);
Keith A. Salis, Clare, IL (US);
Erich A. Schoedl, Sugar Grove, IL (US);
Assignee:
Miner Enterprises, Inc., Geneva, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61G 9/06 (2006.01); B61G 9/14 (2006.01); B61G 9/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B61G 9/06 (2013.01); B61G 9/10 (2013.01); B61G 9/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
A railcar draft gear assembly specifically designed to consistently and repeatedly withstand up to about 110,000 ft-lbs of energy imparted thereto while not exceeding a force level of 900,000 lbs. and while having a wedge member of the draft gear assembly travel in an inward axial direction of less than about 4.5 inches relative to an open end of the draft gear.