Lightweight, fatigue resistant knuckle

摘要

A railway vehicle coupler knuckle for coupling a rail car, the knuckle being constructed having an improved configuration to provide a lightweight knuckle that has the same, and preferably improved, strength and resistance to fatigue as prior knuckles of greater weight, or being constructed from material and/or combinations of configurations and materials that facilitate a stronger and more fatigue resistant construction, a lightweight construction, or combinations of these properties.

主权项

1. A railway vehicle coupler knuckle comprising a top wall, a bottom wall, a rear tail portion having a locking face, an intermediate section including a throat wall and pin hole, and a forward portion including a nose surface and a curved pulling face merging with said throat wall, and a forward surface substantially uniformly spaced from said pulling face along the full length of the knuckle, the knuckle including a nose, wherein said nose has a cavity with a plurality of vertical walls being disposed between said top wall and said bottom wall and dividing said nose cavity into a plurality of subcavities.