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US 12,570,333 B2Granted
Covered hopper railcar
AssigneeJac Operations, Inc.
InventorsGregory P. Josephson, Joseph Johns, Daniel Militaru
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Abstract
A covered hopper railcar includes a pair of spaced trucks; a three bay covered hopper railcar body on the pair of trucks; and a partition structure separating each bay from an adjacent bay, wherein each partition structure is extending vertically from sloped floor sheets to a roof structure and extending horizontally between side walls of the railcar body, wherein each partition includes a pair of horizontal ribs.
Claims17
A railcar comprising:
- a pair of spaced trucks;
- a three bay covered hopper railcar body on the pair of trucks;
- a partition structure separating each bay from an adjacent bay, wherein each partition structure is extending vertically from sloped floor sheets to a roof structure and extending horizontally between side walls of the railcar body, wherein each partition includes a pair of horizontal ribs, and wherein each partition includes a rounded U-shaped cutout at an inlet near the roof and a reinforcing piping member around the cutout with gussets on either side of the partition.
A railcar comprising:
- a pair of spaced trucks;
- a three bay covered hopper railcar body on the pair of trucks;
- a partition structure separating each bay from an adjacent bay, wherein each partition structure is extending vertically from sloped floor sheets to a roof structure and extending horizontally between side walls of the railcar body, wherein each partition includes a pair of horizontal ribs, wherein each partition is coupled to the sloped floor sheets of adjacent bays through a reinforcing triangular member extending between the side walls and further including a gusset extending from a hood member above a center sill to the floor sheets and to the triangular member.
A railcar 1 comprising:
- a pair of spaced trucks;
- a three bay covered hopper railcar body on the pair of trucks;
- a partition structure separating each bay from an adjacent bay, wherein each partition structure is extending vertically from sloped floor sheets to a roof structure and extending horizontally between side walls of the railcar body, wherein each partition includes a pair of horizontal ribs,
- wherein the railcar includes a car-jacking structure having a plate, a jacking structure bottom chord, and a plurality of internal vertical longitudinally spaced web supports.
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A railcar 1 comprising:
- a pair of spaced trucks;
- a three bay covered hopper railcar body on the pair of trucks;
- a partition structure separating each bay from an adjacent bay, wherein each partition structure is extending vertically from sloped floor sheets to a roof structure and extending horizontally between side walls of the railcar body, wherein each partition includes a pair of horizontal ribs, and wherein the railcar includes an end wall of which is separated into left and right sides sheets, wherein each sheet is divided into an upper end wall and lower sloped end floor panels.
A railcar comprising:
- a pair of spaced trucks;
- a three bay covered hopper railcar body on the pair of trucks;
- a partition structure separating each bay from an adjacent bay, wherein each partition structure is extending vertically from sloped floor sheets to a roof structure and extending horizontally between side walls of the railcar body, wherein each partition is coupled to the sloped floor sheets of adjacent bays through a reinforcing triangular member extending between the side walls and further including a gusset extending from a hood member above a center sill to the floor sheets and to the triangular member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.