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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:
Jun. 09, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 28, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Peter S Dworakowski, Mokena, IL (US);
Assignee:
Thrall Car Manufacturing Company, Chicago Heights, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
105355 ; 105404 ;
Abstract
A bumper panel having first and second attachment surfaces, a contact plateau and first and second sloped surfaces attaching the attachment surfaces to the contact plateau for application in an autorack railcar wherein the bumper panel is disposed to cushion the impact between a vehicle door edge and the side walls of the railcar.