Well car with cross member

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8230792
APP PUB NO 20110185942A1
SERIAL NO

12979403

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A well car for carrying shipping containers has a pair of end structures supported by rail car trucks, a pair of first and second spaced apart side beams extending between the end structures and a well defined therebetween. A container support cross member is mounted between the side sills in a position to support an end of a shipping container load carried within the well. The container support cross member may be a monolithic beam member with a attachment fitting formed at an end thereof. The attachment fitting is connectable to a side sill at a moment connection. The remaining end of the cross member is similarly configured and connected to the second side sill. Each end of the cross member has load bearing surface portions which may be used for supporting a corner of a shipping container. The moment connections permit a bending moment to be carried by the cross member between the first and second side sills.

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Patent Owner(s)

  • NATIONAL STEEL CAR LIMITED

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Khattab, Mohamed A Burlington, CA 21 207

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