US Patent Issued to Trinity Rail Group on March 17 for "Refrigerated boxcar ducted floor" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,893, issued on March 17, was assigned to Trinity Rail Group LLC (Dallas).

"Refrigerated boxcar ducted floor" was invented by Kenneth W. Huck (Fairview, Texas), Carter Ray Andrews (Dallas), Marco A. Morales (Flower Mound, Texas) and Ricky A. Cribbs (Ovilla, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to some embodiments, a refrigerated railcar comprises a pair of side walls, a roof, a floor, and a refrigeration unit. The floor comprises a bottom structure comprising a plurality of channels for return air flow from an interior of the railcar to the refrigeration unit. The floor further comprises at least two top plates coupled to t...