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Patent US5988074 - Composite roof for a railway car - Google Patents
A composite roof having a core encapsulated in multiple layers of fiber reinforced plastic is provided. The composite roof may be mounted on a conventional railway car during initial manufacture or used to replace a damaged steel roof on a conventional railway car. The layers of fiber reinforced plastic...http://www.google.com/patents/US5988074?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US5988074 - Composite roof for a railway car
Publication number US5988074 A
Application number US 08/997,075
Also published as CA2257406A1
Publication number 08997075, 997075, US 5988074 A, US 5988074A, US-A-5988074, US5988074 A, US5988074A
Inventors Mell R. Thoman
Patent Citations (81), Non-Patent Citations (60), Referenced by (68), Classifications (11), Legal Events (8)
US 5988074 A
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U.S. Classification 105/404, 296/215, 105/409, 105/396
International Classification B61D17/12, B61D17/00
Cooperative Classification Y02T30/40, B61D17/12, B61D17/005
European Classification B61D17/12, B61D17/00B