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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2017
Applicant:
Kaci Terminals System, Ltd.;
Inventor:
Michael E. Ring, Lake Village, IN (US);
Assignee:
KACI TERMINALS SYSTEM, LTD., Greenville, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61G 5/02 (2006.01); B61D 3/18 (2006.01); B61F 5/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B61G 5/02 (2013.01); B61D 3/184 (2013.01); B61F 5/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
An articulated rail coupler comprises a base member, a female connecting member, a male connecting member, a bearing race, a first bearing seated within the bearing race and defining a vertical axis of rotation, and a second or a coupler bearing configured and sized to be received within a truck bogie bearing bowl. The male connecting member is allowed to rotate relative to the female connecting member about the vertical axis of rotation in a range of about ninety degrees, when the male connecting member and the female connecting member are coupled therebetween by the first bearing.