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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. 05, 1989
Filed:
Jan. 27, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Keith J Hallam, Norcross, GA (US);
Kenneth H Smith, Powder Springs, GA (US);
Assignee:
Thrall Car Manufacturing Company, Chicago Heights, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61D / ; B61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
105247 ; 105248 ; 105418 ; 105419 ;
Abstract
An aluminum hopper car having a center sill hood which uses aluminum collar castings to connect cross ridge hoods which intersect a center sill hood, and to connect the center sill hood with intersecting sloped car end walls.