Slackless coupler connection for controlled buff/draft
CA 2103228 C · Owner: Anderson, David G. · Inventors: Jarvis, David J.; Kaufhold, Horst T.; Butler, Ronald G.
Overview
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A slackless railcar coupler assembly, which is mountable in a railcar center sill, has a draft gear subassembly operable against a rear stop, and a slackfree coupler apparatus mounted in a coupler pocket forward of said draft gear subassembly, which subassembly and apparatus are connected to provide a dynamic load in both the buff and draft directions to avoid a mechanical longitudinal stress, load on the coupler assembly and railway car.
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- Filed November 16, 1993 and granted June 1, 1999. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 16, 2013.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by November 16, 2015.
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