A railroad car coupler assembly knuckle pin including an elongated cylindrical tubular body having an upper end portion, a lower end portion spaced apart from the upper end portion, and an intermediate portion between and connecting the upper end portion and the lower end portion, the body including an elongated cylindrical wall that defines an elongated cylindrical central opening and an elongated slot that extends the length of the wall, a first ring integrally connected to and outwardly extending from a first area of the upper end portion of the body, a second ring integrally connected to and outwardly extending from a second area of the upper end portion of the body, the second ring spaced apart from the first ring along the body, the first ring defining a plurality of first stress relief slots, and the second ring defining a plurality of second stress relief slots.
Railroad car coupler assembly knuckle pin
2022-04-19
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B61G Kupplungen besonders ausgebildet für Eisenbahnfahrzeuge , COUPLINGS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR RAILWAY VEHICLES |
Railroad Coupler Knuckle with External Weight Reducing Features
European Patent Office | 2022
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