Track rail fastener structured for displacement restraint

A rail fastening system comprising:

• a rail plate including an upward facing rail support surface extending in a fore-aft direction, an outer peripheral surface, a first inner surface, and a second inner surface;
• the first inner surface forming a first restraint hole spaced inward of the outer peripheral surface and extending through the rail plate upon a first lateral side of the upward facing rail support surface, and a second inner surface forming a second restraint hole spaced inward of the outer peripheral surface and extending through the rail plate upon a second lateral side of the upward facing rail support surface;
• a frame including a base plate and each of a first vertical protrusion and a second vertical protrusion extending upwardly from the base plate and positioned to register with the first restraint hole and the second restraint hole, respectively;
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• a non-metallic cushion sandwiched between the rail plate and the frame.

A direct fixation fastener comprising:

• a rail plate including an outer peripheral surface, a first inner surface forming a first restraint hole spaced inward of the outer peripheral surface, a second inner surface forming a second restraint hole spaced inward of the outer peripheral surface, a rail plate forward edge, and a rail plate back edge;
• a frame including a substrate facing lower surface, a frame upper surface facing the rail plate, a first vertical protrusion extending through the first restraint hole, a second vertical protrusion extending through the second restraint hole, and forming a first anchor hole and a second anchor hole;
• a non-metallic cushion sandwiched between the rail plate and the frame, and surrounding the first vertical protrusion and the second vertical protrusion within the first restraint hole and the second restraint hole, respectively;
• the rail plate including a left-side section including the first restraint hole, and a right-side section including the second restraint hole, and each of the rail plate forward edge and the rail plate back edge is formed in part upon each of the left-side section and the right-side section;
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• the first anchor hole and the second anchor hole are spaced in a fore-aft direction from the left-side section and the right-side section, respectively.

A track rail fastener comprising:

• a rail plate including an upward facing rail support surface extending in a fore-aft direction between a rail plate forward edge and a rail plate back edge, a rail plate lower surface, a first restraint hole upon a first lateral side of the upward facing rail support surface, and a second restraint hole upon a second lateral side of the upward facing rail support surface;
• a frame located beneath the rail plate and including a substrate facing lower surface, and a frame upper surface, a first vertical protrusion received through the first restraint hole and a second vertical protrusion received through the second restraint hole;
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• a non-metallic cushion extending horizontally between the rail plate lower surface and the frame upper surface, and vertically upward, between the rail plate and each of the first vertical protrusion and the second vertical protrusion, within the first restraint hole and the second restraint hole, respectively;
• the non-metallic cushion includes an overmolded jacket electrically isolating the rail plate from the frame;
• the frame includes a first anchor hole located rearwardly of the first vertical protrusion, and a second anchor hole located forwardly of the second vertical protrusion;
• each of the first restraint hole, the second restraint hole, the first vertical protrusion, and the second vertical protrusion is encased by the overmolded jacket;
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• each of the first anchor hole and the second anchor hole is not encased by the overmolded jacket.