Patent · US Active

Coupler for a railway vehicle, cores and method for production

US10994754B2 · kind B2 · utility

0Cited by

2References

24Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Pennsy Corporation · US

Inventors

Aaron Stern · West Chester, US
Perry Levitt · West Chester, US
Manuel Tavares · West Chester, US
Zachary Ryan Brook · Leola, US
Wayne H. Murphy · Pottstown, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 10, 2018
Grant date	May 4, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 4, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB22C9/22
WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A coupler having a support provided through the body of the coupler and a plurality of openings in the coupler which are configured as open cavities. The coupler structure includes a shank that has a vertical support as well as lateral support. The coupler may be configured with a double I-beam structure with openings into the shank. Cores that may be fixed to the mold may be used to form the coupler and produce the openings in the shank.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.