Patent ID: 6422479
Filing Date: 2002-07-23
Classification: E01B,H01B

Abstract:
An electrically insulated rail member to be secured to laterally spaced apart rails having an electric current passing through the rails, comprising:a core adapted to withstand tensile forces applied to the insulated rail member; and an electrically insulating material encasing said metallic core, wherein said core and said electrically insulating material define a T-shaped electrically insulated member, and wherein said T-shaped electrically insulated rail member includes a T-shaped cross section defined by a flat body and a depending leg, and wherein the flat body defines at least one hole adapted to receive a fastener for securing said T-shaped electrically insulated rail member to an adjacent metallic member for maintaining a gauge of two laterally spaced adjacent rails, and wherein the fastener is electrically insulated from the core.