Patent ID: 6446820
Filing Date: 2002-09-10
Classification: B61G

Abstract:
A draft gear assembly for use with railcars having coupler members, the draft gear assembly having front and back ends and comprising:a yoke having a back wall, a top wall extending from the back wall toward the front end of the draft gear assembly, and a bottom wall extending from the back wall toward the front end of the draft gear assembly; a coupler follower positioned between the back wall of the yoke and the front end of the draft gear assembly; at least one front resilient member positioned between the coupler follower and the back wall of the yoke; at least one back resilient member positioned between the yoke back wall and the back end of the draft gear assembly; the front and back resilient members being compressible; a rear follower positioned rearward of the back resilient member; a draft sill having front stops, the coupler follower including a pair of stop contact surfaces for contact with the draft sill front stops and a coupler bearing surface between the stop contact surfaces, at least part of the coupler bearing surface being forward of the stop contact surfaces of the coupler follower.