# US 10,766,506 B2 · Secure storage box for autorack car

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- Number: US 10,766,506 B2
- Document ID: US10766506B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/652,461
- Filed: 2017-07-18
- Published: 2018-01-25
- Granted: 2020-09-08
- Earliest claimed: 2016-07-19
- Assignees: Trinity Rail Group, LLC
- Applicants: Trinity Rail Group, LLC
- Inventors: Kenneth W. Huck; Jerry W. Vande Sande
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10766506B2

## CPC

- B61D 49/00: Other details
- B61D 3/18: for vehicles {(vehicles adapted to carry other vehicles, in general, B60P3/06)}
- G07C 9/00896: {specially adapted for particular uses}
- G07C 9/23: by means of a password
- B61L 15/0072: {On-board train data handling}
- G07C 2009/00936: {for key cabinets}
- B61D: BODY DETAILS OR KINDS OF RAILWAY VEHICLES (vehicles in general B60; adaptation of vehicles to special systems B61B; underframes B61F)
- G07C: TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
- B61L: GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC; ENSURING THE SAFETY OF RAILWAY TRAFFIC (brakes or auxiliary equipment B61H, B61K; point or crossing construction E01B)

## Abstract

According to some embodiments, a railcar comprises a railcar door for accessing an interior of the railcar, and a storage box comprising an access opening. The storage box is disposed such that when the railcar door is in a closed position, the railcar door prevents access to the storage box access opening, and when the railcar door is in an open position, the storage box access opening is accessible. In some embodiments the railcar door comprises a double door, and the storage box comprises a first portion coupled to a first door and a second portion coupled to a second door and adjacent to the first portion of the storage box. The first portion of the storage box prevents access to the second portion when the double doors are in a closed position. In some embodiments, the storage box is recessed into the railcar floor beneath the railcar door.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A railcar comprising:
a railcar door for accessing an interior of the railcar;
a storage box comprising an access opening, the storage box disposed such that when the railcar door is in a closed position, the railcar door prevents access to the storage box access opening, and when the railcar door is in an open position, the storage box access opening is accessible; wherein:
the railcar door comprises a double door, the double door comprising a first portion and a second portion; and
the storage box comprises a first portion coupled to the first portion of the double door and a second portion coupled to the second portion of the double door and adjacent to the first portion of the storage box, the first portion of the storage box positioned such that the first portion of the storage box prevents access to the second portion of the storage box when the double doors are in a closed position.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The railcar of claim 1, wherein the first portion of the storage box and the second portion of the storage box are positioned such that the second portion of the storage box is accessible when the double doors are in an open position.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The railcar of claim 1, wherein the second portion of the storage box further comprises a sliding panel.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The railcar of claim 1, further comprising a railcar floor, and wherein the storage box is recessed into the railcar floor.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The railcar of claim 4, wherein the storage box is recessed into the railcar floor at least partially beneath the railcar door and disposed such that the access opening of the storage box is inaccessible when the railcar door is in a closed position.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The railcar of claim 5, wherein the storage box is recessed into the railcar floor at least partially beneath the railcar door and disposed such that the access opening of the storage box is accessible when the railcar door is in an open position.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The railcar of claim 1, wherein the railcar comprises an autorack railcar and the storage box comprises storage for keys of vehicles loaded in the autorack railcar.