Patents Assigned to Trailer Train
  • Railroad car coupler arrangement limiting excess lateral movement of the coupler shank
    Patent number: 4776474
    Abstract: A railroad car coupler arrangement particularly suited to cars with single axle trucks including means defining a coupler pocket, a coupler head with a coupler shank and a butt end, a draft gear cushioning device in the pocket with a follower plate captured against transverse movement. The butt end and follower plate include interengaged means to restrain the butt end against transverse movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1985
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1988
    Assignees: AMSTED Industries Incorporated, Trailer Train
    Inventors: Boris S. Terlecky, Ronald P. Sellberg, Russell G. Altherr