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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:
Oct. 10, 1995
Filed:
Feb. 01, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard B Polley, Gahanna, OH (US);
Anthony L Richkas, Gahanna, OH (US);
Assignee:
G.S.I. Engineering, Inc., Columbus, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
105217 ; 1052181 ;
Abstract
A railway car truck axle assembly retention mechanism for retaining an axle assembly when the truck frame is lifted for maintenance purposes, including a connecting member having a plurality of upright flat metal plates fastened together in face-to-face relation and having the lower end of the plates secured to an axlebox, the upper end of the plates being free of the frame when operating on rail but being engageable to be lifted by the frame when the frame is lifted for maintenance purposes.