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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. 24, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 18, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Joseph C Kahr, Southern Pines, NC (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Air Brake Company, Wilmerding, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
188242 ; 188234 ; 188258 ; 188247 ;
Abstract
A brake shoe for a railway vehicle having a three-piece backing plate formed of a longitudinal main plate portion having a front surface to which a friction material is attached, and an end-plate portion attached to each end of the longitudinal main plate portion. Each of the end plate portions having, a pair of wall members extending generally perpendicularly therefrom adapted to engage not only the edge surface of a the main plate portion but also the edge surfaces of the brakehead to which the three-piece backing plate is attached.