US Patent Issued to NEW YORK AIR BRAKE on June 2 for "Coupler knuckle internal pivot pin support" (Missouri, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,581, issued on June 2, was assigned to NEW YORK AIR BRAKE LLC (Watertown, N.Y.).

"Coupler knuckle internal pivot pin support" was invented by Thomas Berg (Clever, Mo.) and Jerome O'Rourke (Henderson, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A knuckle for a rail car coupler that reduces bending of an intermediate portion of the pivot pin that coupled the knuckle to a rail car coupler. The knuckle has a body with a throughbore defining a first bearing surface at a first end of the throughbore and a second bearing surface and a second end of the throughbore. A support extends from the body into the throughbore and includes a third bearing sur...