H, I, L, T, U, V, Or X Cross Section Compression Member Patents (Class 188/228.6)
  • Truck mounted braking system for a railway car
    Patent number: 10435047
    Abstract: A truck mounted braking system is provided with a mechanical pivot adjustment on the bake lever connected to the brake cylinder push rod to permit the braking force applied to the wheels to vary depending on the lading condition of the car, without involving additional pneumatic elements such as a pneumatic empty load device. The brake cylinder may be provided with a channel which permits the push rod to achieve different positions based on different positions of the brake cylinder push rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: STRATO, INC.
    Inventor: Jonathan Sunde
  • Brake beam assembly
    Patent number: 8997949
    Abstract: A low weight and low cost brake beam assembly having high static strength and fatigue resistance having two independent brake heads each including a receiving section for receiving and retaining an end of a tension member, an end of a compression member and a portion of an end extension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: A. Stucki Co.
    Inventor: Jorge Alberto De la Fuente Farias
  • Spare brake beam
    Patent number: 7410037
    Abstract: A spare brake beam for railway cars which can be quickly and easily installed in a train car without the necessity of cutting the car from the train nor dismantling the car nor the truck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: A. Stucki Company, a Delaware Corporation
    Inventor: Jorge Alberto De La Fuente-Farias
  • Truck mounted brake system with interchangeable lever ratio and replaceable brake heads
    Patent number: 6397979
    Abstract: A method of adjusting the lever ratio of the brake system by adjusting the pivot points of the lever to the beam and the actuator elements to the lever. The brake beams each include a pair of spaced beam members connected by weldments which may include actuator mounts, hand brake fulcrum plates and brake heads. The brake head is welded to a back plate welded to the beam member and may be removed from the back plate by cutting the weld therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Assignee: New York Air Brake Corporation
    Inventors: Zdzislaw Samulak, Gene Timourou