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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:
Mar. 27, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 20, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Todd J. de Koning, Tinley Park, IL (US);
R. Michael Manley, Richmond, TX (US);
Assignee:
Holland Company, Crete, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61G 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B61G 1/00 ;
Abstract
A railcar coupler carrier wear plate is formed in an “L” shaped section for ease of insertion and replacement in a coupler carrier and for efficient manufacture, the coupler carrier wear plate being retained in the coupler carrier with a bracket arrangement that can be readily affixed to the coupler carrier as by welding and which can also be adapted to protect the coupler carrier wear plate in the event of a coupler override.