Patents Assigned to Kaci Terminal System Ltd.
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Publication number: 20230311957Abstract: An articulated rail coupler comprises a base member, a female connecting member, a male connecting member, a bearing race, a first bearing seated within the bearing race and defining a vertical axis of rotation, and a second or a coupler bearing configured and sized to be received within a truck bogie bearing bowl. The male connecting member is allowed to rotate relative to the female connecting member about the vertical axis of rotation in a range of about ninety degrees, when the male connecting member and the female connecting member are coupled therebetween by the first bearing.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicant: KACI TERMINALS SYSTEM, LTDInventor: MICHAEL E. RING
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Patent number: 11608094Abstract: An articulated rail coupler comprises a base member, a female connecting member, a male connecting member, a bearing race, a first bearing seated within the bearing race and defining a vertical axis of rotation, and a second or a coupler bearing configured and sized to be received within a truck bogie bearing bowl. The male connecting member is allowed to rotate relative to the female connecting member about the vertical axis of rotation in a range of about ninety degrees, when the male connecting member and the female connecting member are coupled therebetween by the first bearing.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2017Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: KACI TERMINALS SYSTEM, LTD.Inventor: Michael E. Ring
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Publication number: 20190359232Abstract: An articulated rail coupler comprises a base member, a female connecting member, a male connecting member, a bearing race, a first bearing seated within the bearing race and defining a vertical axis of rotation, and a second or a coupler bearing configured and sized to be received within a truck bogie bearing bowl. The male connecting member is allowed to rotate relative to the female connecting member about the vertical axis of rotation in a range of about ninety degrees, when the male connecting member and the female connecting member are coupled therebetween by the first bearing.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2017Publication date: November 28, 2019Applicant: KACI TERMINALS SYSTEM, LTD.Inventor: MICHAEL E. RING
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Patent number: 5901649Abstract: The invention is a system for transporting highway vehicles on railway vehicles. It has rail cars positionable relative to one another at an angle of at least about 50 degrees. Each car has a deck for highway vehicles. The system has a railroad terminal with a first track with switch(es) connected to spur(s) so trucks supporting a first set of car ends may be kept on the first track, while a second set of trucks supporting a second set of car ends is placed on the spur(s). The rail cars are thereby placed in a zig-zag configuration. For each of the rail cars, a truck supporting one end remains on the first track while a truck supporting the other end is placed on a spur. A vector parallel to the direction of travel of a truck along the tracks supporting it has a vector component of at least about 0.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 1997Date of Patent: May 11, 1999Assignee: KACI Terminals System, Ltd.Inventors: Richard C. Hathaway, Mearl K. Bridges, John M. Barr, Donald R. Klein, Edmond S. Miksch
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Patent number: 5836251Abstract: System and method for loading and unloading highway vehicles for transportation over railroad lines. The system has a number of railroad vehicles, each having a deck for highway vehicles. The deck extends from a central portion of the vehicle to one or both ends of the railway vehicle. The invention includes a terminal which has at least one stationary railroad track portion which is connected to a railroad system outside of the terminal. The terminal also has number of moveable railroad track segments. These segments can be positioned in a first configuration in which they are aligned so that railroad vehicles can be rolled from one or more of the stationary railroad track segments onto the moveable railroad track segments.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 1997Date of Patent: November 17, 1998Assignee: Kaci Terminal System Ltd.Inventors: Richard C. Hathaway, Mearl K. Bridges, John M. Barr, Donald R. Klein