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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bruce W. Shute, West End, NC (US);
Timothy Rumph, Laurel Hill, NC (US);
Thomas W. McCabe, Southern Pines, NC (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation, Wilmerding, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 6/504 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 6/504 ;
Abstract
A brake shoe adapted to engage the tread of a railroad car wheel via which such railroad car is guidably supported on a railed track. The brake shoe comprises a backing plate which has a predetermined configuration and a means disposed on each end of the backing plate for securing such backing plate to a brake head. The brake shoe further includes a brake lining that is affixed to the backing plate and has a braking surface engageable with the wheel tread of a railroad car wheel.