Patent ID: 8070001
Filing Date: 2011-12-06
Classification: B61G

Abstract:
1. An assembly for a railway car draft gear assembly for cushioning buff and draft shocks that are encountered in such railway car rolling stock during a coupling operation of such railway car to a train consist and during operation of such train consist on a track structure, said assembly comprising: (a) a rear portion having: (b) said front portion having each of a predetermined shape, a predetermined length, a first end with an outer surface thereof abuttingly engaging said planar back surface of said first end of said rear portion and an axially opposed generally open second end adapted for receiving a coupler arm; (c) a quartet of first apertures, each of said quartet of first apertures formed through a thickness of said second plate adjacent one corner thereof; (d) a quartet of second apertures, each of said quartet of second apertures formed through a thickness of said first end of said front portion adjacent one corner thereof and in alignment with a respective one of said quartet of first apertures; (e) fasteners each of received within aligned first and second apertures and engageable with each of said first ends; and (f) at least one aperture disposed within said front portion for attaching said assembly to such coupler.