Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm James Ray and Associate
  • Keyless attachment of brake shoes
    Patent number: 6581732
    Abstract: A brake shoe adapted to engage the tread of a railroad car wheel via which such railroad car is guidably supported on a railed track. The brake shoe comprises a backing plate which has a predetermined configuration and a means disposed on each end of the backing plate for securing such backing plate to a brake head. The brake shoe further includes a brake lining that is affixed to the backing plate and has a braking surface engageable with the wheel tread of a railroad car wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignee: Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Bruce W. Shute, Timothy Rumph, Thomas W. McCabe