Patent ID: 9387864
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: B60P,B61D,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A transverse trough coil car body including a plurality of transverse troughs along the car body, comprising: a center sill extending substantially the longitudinal length of the car body; a pair of side walls extending the longitudinal length of the car body on opposed sides of the car, each side wall including a side sill, top chord and side plate extending between the top chord and the side sill; and a plurality of trough forming assemblies, each trough forming assembly including a center cross bearer member extending between and coupled to the side walls and coupled to the center sill, a pair of angled floor plates extending between and coupled to the side walls, wherein the angled floor plates of each trough forming assembly form the longitudinally fore and aft angled sections of adjacent troughs, and a plurality of floor plate supporting gussets extending between the center cross bearer member and the pair of angled floor plates.