Patent ID: 8607998

Claim:
A railway car yoke, comprising: a nose end; at least two straps adjoining the nose end, the at least two straps comprising at least one top strap adjoining a top portion of the nose end and at least one bottom strap adjoining a bottom portion of the nose end; a butt end adjoining the at least two straps such that the nose end and the butt end are separated by the at least two straps, wherein the butt end comprises at least one concave contour along an outside surface of the butt end, the outside surface being a surface along the butt end opposite the nose end that extends from a top surface of the at least one top strap to a bottom surface of the at least one bottom strap, the at least one concave contour extending across at least half of a width of the outside surface of the butt end from a first edge of the outside surface to a second edge of the outside surface.