Patent ID: 7784150

Claim:
An auto-rack railroad car door pivot bolt assembly comprising: a first bushing sized and configured to be positioned in a socket of a hood of a door of an auto-rack railroad car, said first bushing defining a first aperture; a second bushing sized and configured to be positioned in a roof stiffener on a roof of the auto-rack railroad car, said second bushing including a cup shaped portion and a lip extending from the cup-shaped portion, said lip sized and configured to be positioned on an upper ledge of the roof stiffener, said cup shaped portion defining a second aperture; a third bushing including: (a) a laterally extending member sized and configured to be positioned under the roof and the roof stiffener on the roof of the auto-rack railroad car, and (b) a tubular inner member integrally connected to the laterally extending member, said laterally extending member and said tubular member defining a third aperture, said tubular inner member configured to extend upwardly through the roof, the roof stiffener, the second aperture of the second bushing, the hood of the door, and the first aperture of the first bushing when the second bushing is positioned in the roof stiffener and the first bushing is positioned in the socket of the hood, such that: (i) the tubular inner member engages an inner surface which defines the first aperture of the first bushing to provide a bushing-to-bushing engagement between the first bushing and the third bushing to tie the hood of the door of the auto-rack railroad car to the roof stiffener on the roof of the auto-rack railroad car, and (ii) the tubular inner member engages an inner surface which defines the second aperture of the second bushing to provide bushing-to-bushing engagement between the second bushing and the third bushing to further tie the hood of the door of the auto-rack railroad car to the roof stiffener on the roof of the auto-rack railroad car; and a fastener assembly configured to connect the first bushing, the second bushing, and the third bushing to the hood, the roof stiffener, and the roof.