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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:
Sep. 03, 1996
Filed:
Oct. 11, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Daniel H Brushwood, Greenville, SC (US);
Assignee:
Ellcon National, Inc., , NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
303 222 ; 74569 ; 7457 / ;
Abstract
An empty/load mechanism for controlling the brake pressure on a railroad car is mounted inboard on the web of the car body side sill having a lower flange. A pivotable sensing arm reaches around the side sill flange and has a horizontal contact shaft at its free end for contact with the upper surface of a truck side frame for operating the mechanism in response to the distance between the car body and the truck.