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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2008
Gregory J. Saxton, Portland, OR (US);
John N. Niosi, Portland, OR (US);
Scott D. Krupp, Beaverton, OR (US);
Gregory J. Saxton, Portland, OR (US);
John N. Niosi, Portland, OR (US);
Scott D. Krupp, Beaverton, OR (US);
Gunderson LLC, Portland, OR (US);
Abstract
A joint connecting a container corner support assembly to a body bolster and a connecting assembly portion of an end of a container well unit in connection with shortening a container well of a railroad freight car intended for carrying an intermodal freight container. A connector member is welded into position, between a transverse gusset plate of a container corner support assembly and a closure plate of a connecting assembly, to transmit forces between the gusset plate and the connecting assembly associated with a body bolster in an end of the container well unit.