US Patent Issued to JAC OPERATIONS on Nov. 4 for "Method and cast components for cold formed center sill rail car modification programs and railcars formed thereby" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,549, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to JAC OPERATIONS INC. (Chicago).

"Method and cast components for cold formed center sill rail car modification programs and railcars formed thereby" was invented by Cloyd Wirick (Mineral Point, Pa.), Greg P. Josephson (Salix, Pa.), David F. Single (Portage, Pa.), Kerry Sauter (Sidman, Pa.) and Robert J. Roxby (Portage, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of modification of a railcar which includes providing an existing railcar with a cold formed center sill; removing an upper portion of the railcar; Cutting and splicing the center sill; Forming an upper railcar body having top chord section...