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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 1980
Filed:
Mar. 30, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kenneth L DePenti, Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Assignee:
Midland-Ross Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
213 69 ; 213 72 ;
Abstract
A coupler having a coupler head and a shank which extends from the coupler head and terminates at a butt end adjacent which a pinhole is formed for receiving a pivot pin that is used to pivotally mount the coupler on a railroad car, mine car, etc. A semi-cylindrical recess is formed in the backside of the pinhole closest the butt end of the shank for receiving a matingly configured wearplate that is held captive in the recess between the pivot pin and adjacent butt end of the shank. The wearplate is composed of an ultra high molecular weight polymer.