Patent ID: 6857375

Claim:
A traction pin assembly for joining a railcar cab with a railcar truck assembly comprising: a one-piece cast traction pin body defining a mounting plate and a cylindrical pin, the traction pin body further defining a non-hollow unitary structure and including a frustum region extending from the mounting plate to the cylindrical pin, the frustum region formed integral with the mounting plate, the mounting plate defining a pair of raised, spaced-apart mounting surfaces; a pair of reinforcing ribs welded to the pair of mounting surfaces; a rectangular plate defining a circular opening for receiving the mounting plate of the traction pin body, the traction pin body welded to the rectangular plate, the pair of reinforcing ribs extending through the circular opening; a bottom mounting plate welded to the rectangular plate; a pair of sills, each sill defining a first side and a second side, the first side welded to the bottom mounting plate; and a top mounting plate welded to the second side of each of the sills, the top mounting plate welded to the railcar cab, the pair of reinforcing ribs positioned between the mounting plate and the top mounting plate.