Patent ID: 7757610
Filing Date: 2010-07-20
Classification: B61D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A container well unit for a railroad freight car, the container well unit including a pair of deep, longitudinally extending side sills spaced laterally apart from each other and defining a container well for intermodal freight containers, the container well unit comprising: (a) a well unit end assembly, including a transversely extending body bolster and a pair of generally vertically and longitudinally extending connecting assemblies, each of the connecting assemblies including a respective side sill web plate extension, a closure plate extending generally vertically and longitudinally of the car and located a distance laterally inboard from the side sill web plate extension, and a transverse, vertical support plate proximate the container well and interconnecting the side sill web plate extension with the closure plate, the closure plate having an inboard margin extending along the transverse vertical plate; (b) a container corner support assembly welded to the side sill adjacent an end of the container well, the container corner support assembly including a gusset plate oriented vertically and transversely and located proximate the transverse vertical support plate of a respective one of the pair of connecting assemblies, the gusset plate having a laterally outward margin welded to the side sill web plate; and (c) a connector member lying alongside and welded to the closure plate, the connector member extending toward the gusset plate and having an inboard margin extending along and welded to a longitudinally outboard face of the gusset plate, the connector member thereby carrying forces between the gusset plate and the closure plate and enabling the closure plate and the transverse vertical support plate to transmit forces between the side sill and the body bolster.