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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Applicant:
Pennsy Corporation, West Chester, PA (US);
Inventors:
Zachary Brook, Leola, PA (US);
Manuel Tavares, Doylestown, PA (US);
Michael J. Schmidt, Norristown, PA (US);
Assignee:
PENNSY CORPORATION, West Chester, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61G 3/10 (2006.01); B61G 3/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B61G 3/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A railway vehicle coupler knuckle for coupling a rail car, the knuckle being constructed having an improved configuration to provide a lightweight knuckle that has the same, and preferably improved, strength and resistance to fatigue as prior knuckles of greater weight, or being constructed from material and/or combinations of configurations and materials that facilitate a stronger and more fatigue resistant construction, a lightweight construction, or combinations of these properties.