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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2000
Applicants:
Todd L. Lydic, Johnstown, PA (US);
Tamo Bianchi, Oakville, CA;
James A. Decker, Windber, PA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
JAC Patent Company, Johnstown, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61D 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A railroad car having a center sill formed by cold rolling a flat sheet of steel into a rectangular configuration. One of the embodiments includes strengthening flanges and another includes ribs. The cold formed center sill may be formed of a single cold formed section or a pair of cold formed sections joined by a single longitudinal weld seam.