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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7845287 | Steered axle railway truck A railway truck has a frame, and two wheel-sets operatively connected to the frame. Each wheel-set includes a corresponding axle, and two wheels disposed on the axle. A first steering lever is pivotally connected to the first end portion of the first axle about a fi... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7458324 | Method and device for active radial control of wheel pairs or wheel sets on vehicles The invention relates to a method for active radial control of the wheels (11, 53, 103, 108, 115) of at last one wheel unit (8, 9, 10, 51, 52) on a chassis, in particular a bogie on a tracked vehicle, whereby control movements are applied to the wheel ... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7360318 | Apparatus for aligning female connector in fixture for use in reconditioning of articulated connector An apparatus for aligning a female articulated connector while it is still mounted to the end structure of a rail car in a reconditioning fixture is disclosed. The apparatus is a centering tool having a generally annular cylindrical arc shape for placement against t... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7356938 | Bore gauge apparatus for use in reconditioning articulated connector An apparatus for measuring a reconditioned portion of an articulated connector engaged in a reconditioning fixture while it is still mounted to the end structure of a rail car is disclosed. The gauge is a generally cylindrical arc with an inner side and outer side. ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7285896 | Electrically-actuated A.C. or D.C. motor for providing differential vehicle traction The device includes a housing and an outer shell including tightly wound wire coils fitted within the housing. Rotatable armatures including associated commutators are disposed at outer end portions thereof. The armatures further include spring loaded brushes and a ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7273230 | Tension shackle x-brace The present invention provides a device for reinforcing the rear end of a vehicle having a ladder-type frame. The device includes a first bar that is adapted to be secured between the left side rail and right suspension attachment of the vehicle frame and a second b... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7096795 | Linear steering truck The present invention relates generally to a linear steering truck apparatus comprising a bolster member having two ends, the bolster being located along the transverse axis extending generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, generally located between and pa... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7066095 | Railway undercarriage with a radially adjustable wheel axles A rail vehicle undercarriage comprises a load bearing implement 1 in the form of the bogie frame of a two-axle bogie, wherein the load bearing implement 1 is supported on two wheel pairs 4, 4; 4, 4 by means of spring elements 2. One respe... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7055439 | Interior contour for bore of a friction support bearing of a railway locomotive traction motor A contour or profile of a bore of a locomotive traction-motor support bearing structure, where such profile preserves the currently center-loading of the upper load zone but moves inboardly the lower load zone to a more general central location. The profile of the b... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7004079 | Rail road car and truck therefor An autorack rail road car is provided with a truck that includes a pair of sideframes supported on wheel sets with bearing adapters positioned therebetween. The bearing adapters and the sideframes have associated parts or surfaces with curvatures configured to permi... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6966266 | Device for the radial control of a rail vehicle The invention relates to a device for the radial control of a rail vehicle. According to the invention, at least one wheel set (1) is mounted in a bogie or chassis and the ends of said wheel set(s) can be adjusted in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle,... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6932173 | Steered vehicle The steered vehicle, which may be a road vehicle or a vehicle devised to be usable upon road surfaces and also upon a rail line, has road wheels or a combination of road and rail wheels as required. The wheels are mounted upon a bogie pivoted about a generally verti... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6923125 | Railed vehicle with bodies and at least one chassis A railed vehicle with bodies and at least one chassis is disclosed, rotatably mounted about a vertical axis, whereby rotating coupling elements are provided between chassis and body. At least two tie rods (6, 7, 6′, 7′, 27, 28, 29) with predetermined spri... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6920828 | Rail road freight car with resilient suspension An auto rack rail road freight car is provided for carrying low density, relatively high value, relatively fragile lading. The car has a relatively soft suspension and an empty vertical bounce natural frequency of less than 2.0 Hz. The car also has additional ballas... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6910426 | Control arm system for steering bogie wheels and axles An improved bogie control arm for steering wheels and axles of bogies comprising of two pairs of C-type control arm made out of rolled steel channel section which has been flared by splitting the web and thereafter welding profile cut steel plates, two pairs of fabr... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6871598 | Arrangement of radial bogie An arrangement for self-steering, radial bogie, truck or vehicle frame for locomotives and other railroad vehicles, which includes steering beams for and located behind their respective leading and trailing wheelsets, and whose rotary motions are coupled by an inter... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6752087 | Vehicle with a steerable wheelset A vehicle where respective inwardly inclined wheels (15) of a steerable wheelset run on respective inwardly sloping faces (54) of a guideway having centreline (39). The vehicle having sensing means for sensing lateral didsplacement of the wheels... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6571178 | Method for curve recognition and axle alignment in rail vehicles This invention relates to a method on a truck for railway vehicles to measure the curvature of a track and a method for configuring the steering orientation of an axle of a rail truck as a function of the curvature of the track, which axle is rotationally... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6418859 | Running gear for rail vehicles A truck for a railway vehicle has a truck frame with four individual wheels, which are mounted so that they can rotate around horizontal axles, and whereby one wheel pair is driven. To be able to negotiate tight curves with minimal wear, maximum safety an... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6397760 | Device for transmitting the longitudinal forces of a bogie to the superstructure of a rail vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle with high tractive power A device for transmitting the longitudinal forces of a bogie to the superstructure of a rail vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle with high tractive power. The device includes a transmission rod arranged in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and ... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6377215 | Apparatus and method for detecting railroad locomotive turns by monitoring truck orientation An apparatus for determining the rotation of a wheel truck on a rail vehicle and further for determining the relative direction of motion of said truck with respect to said rail vehicle and further for determining the rate at which the truck moves with re... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6038981 | Two-wheeled bogie for track-guided vehicles A two-wheeled running gear for a track-guided vehicle comprising a running gear frame; a wheel carrier; first and second wheels coupled to opposite sides of the wheel carrier; first and second vertical pivot pins, the first vertical pivot pin coupled to t... | 03/21/2000 |
| 5918546 | Linear steering truck A steerable truck apparatus for railroad cars for providing for the controlled and uniform yawing of the axles of the truck. The truck apparatus provides for a yawing response which is linear substantially throughout the range of movement of the axles. Th... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5909711 | Bogie for a railway vehicle with adjustable wheel sets and railway vehicle with such a bogie The bogie contains a bogie frame supported on two wheel sets with a coupling device via which the two wheel sets are coupled to one another so as to be steerable in opposite senses. The coupling device contains an additional adjustment device for the tran... | 06/08/1999 |
| 5820156 | Vehicle suspension system A vehicle suspension system having a pair of hanger brackets. A first intermediate bracket dependent from a vehicle, a second intermediate bracket a pair of control arms, and a torque rod. One end of each control arm is pivotally mounted on a correspondin... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5746134 | Railway vehicle suspensions A railway vehicle has a frame which is suspended on wheelsets each having a live axle. The ends of the axles are mounted in axleboxes. Couplings are provided which are attached to the vehicle frame and which couple an axlebox of one wheelset to an axlebox... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5730064 | Self-steering railway bogie A self steering railway bogie configured to run on a railway track having two opposed rails defining a track centerline therebetween. The bogie has a forward end and a rearward end and includes a pair of axle sets having a forward axle set and a rearward ... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5718445 | Vehicle suspension system A vehicle suspension system having a pair of hanger brackets. A first intermediate bracket dependent from a vehicle, a second intermediate bracket a pair of control arms, and a torque rod. One end of each control arm is pivotally mounted on a correspondin... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5666885 | Linear steering truck A steerable truck apparatus for railroad cars for providing for the controlled and uniform yawing of the axles of the truck. The truck apparatus provides for a yawing response which is linear substantially throughout the range of movement of the axles. Th... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5640910 | Method for adjusting the orientation of travelling wheel assemblies The string of vehicles travelling on rails includes bodies (2, 3, 4) articulated together and wheel assemblies (8 to 11), wherein the orientation of the wheels can be adjusted to be tangent to the rails. To this end, an adjusting device includes sensors (... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5638757 | Rail vehicle and truck for such a vehicle The rail vehicle has at least one truck (1) with two wheelset units (12, 12') which are hingedly connected to one another via a coupling arrangement. This truck (1) is formed as a frameless support arrangement and the vehicle body (17) is supported on spr... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5622338 | Truck hunting detection and abatement apparatus using selective brake application A brake control apparatus (8) for a rail car including a truck (14) traveling along a rail (16, 18) includes a truck hunting detection and abatement apparatus (10) for use as part of a brake controller (12). The brake controller (12) is configured for bra... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5588367 | Railway vehicle suspensions A railway vehicle has a frame which is suspended on wheelsets (10) each having a live axle (11). The ends of the axles (11) are mounted in axleboxes (12). Couplings (17 to 21) are provided which are attached to the vehicle frame (13) and which couple an a... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5582110 | Wheeled vehicle construction for increased speed A vehicle movable along a pair of tracks includes a drive for pivoting the vehicle body with respect to the front and rear wheel assemblies about a pivotal axis parallel to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle body. The wheels include track-engaging surfa... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5562044 | Steering railway truck A railway vehicle truck having side frames which are supported with respect to the journals of spaced apart wheelsets with the respective pair of wheelset axle ends supporting each side frame being constrained to move simultaneously in opposite directions... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5555816 | Self steering railway truck A self-steering wheel truck for use with a railway locomotive or powered transit car in which tractive force is transferred from the axles to the frame through traction rods and steering beams connecting with the end axles. The steering beams are intercon... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5546867 | Truck frame for a railborne vehicle A railborne vehicle includes a truck frame having wrist blocks for articulatingly fastening wheelset guide rods. An intermediate partial frame is connected to the truck frame. The intermediate partial frame has bearings for fastening or bearing compensati... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5488910 | Undercarriage for railway car On truck frames having three wheelsets, the invention teaches that the middle wheelset is in contact on each side with the vehicle frame by means of actuators in the lateral direction. These actuators are used to adjust the middle wheelset when the train ... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5463963 | Method of centering steerable axles of a bogie The present invention relates to a method of centering steerable axles of a bogie, wherein, on going into a curve in the track, at least one of the axles is steered towards the center of the curve, and wherein each wheel is positioned transversely relativ... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5461987 | Side arm structure of a steering arm assembly having an undercut radius A steering arm assembly for a railway truck has an undercut compound radius between the body portion and the longitudinal segment on of each side arm in order to decrease the stress intensity at this location, which resultantly provides increased flexural... | 10/31/1995 |
