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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7070177 | Sandwich design of four bag suspension for bus and coach rear drive axles A suspension assembly comprises four springs spaced at four distinct locations. A first plate extends to support each of the springs at each location. An axle is connected to the first plate. ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7011317 | Cart wheel with bearing components A wheel assembly for a material handling cart includes a wheel hub having first and second openings in first and second hub faces, each concentric with and extending along a central axis of the wheel hub. First and second ball bearings are located in the openings. I... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6915745 | Self-lubricating overhead conveyor system Described are a self-lubricating, overhead conveyor system and the component parts thereof. The self-lubricating overhead conveyor system obviates the need for added lubricants, and comprises three main components: a trolley assembly, a conveyor chain and a turn whe... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6681702 | Skate for use with a floor track storage system The wheeled skate includes an inverted U-shaped elongated channel member, two housings, and two wheels. The channel member has apertures formed in the top near both ends of the member. Each housing is in an inverted U-shape and has a rounded portion cover... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6631936 | Idler wheel axle for rail vehicles An idler wheel axle for single-axle or double-axle chassis of rail vehicles having individually mounted wheels and U-shaped, dropped-framed vehicles with lateral carrying legs, wherein each wheel is rotatably mounted on the inside of the associated carryi... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6405656 | Disseminated traction arrangement applied to single-axle train wheel sets provided with independent wheels Disseminated traction arrangement applied to single-axle train wheel sets provided with independent wheels, comprising, for each wheel (7), a traction motor (8), an extensible shaft (9) which, at one of its ends, is connected to the axle of the traction m... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6030126 | Two axis track roller The Two Axis Track Roller is in the form of two sealed bearings mounted to a single stud which allows the device to carry loads in two dimensional axis. In this way the device can carry a load along a track as well as guide along a track wall. When used i... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5943960 | Running wheel block A running wheel block, including a housing having at least one connecting surface for connection to a supporting framework, and further having two opposing, detachable side walls, two inwardly directed rotary bearing holding hubs, arranged in the housing,... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5495809 | Movable platform having removable wheels for orientation changing A movable platform or dolly for supporting heavy equipment in which the dolly rolls on tracks. Track sections are located under the dolly and additional sections can be attached to extend the track.... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5481984 | Leg apparatus for the magnetically levitated vehicle According to this invention, wheels are pivotally supported by a fork arm comprising a lever-type supporting component, an expandable lifting actuator having damper serially arranged to buffer and support thereof at other end end of arm of said supporting... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5445082 | Gantry bogie for connection between successive carriages of railborne vehicles Gantry bogey 19 for railborne vehicles inserted between adjoining ends of successive carriages 20, 21 of a carriage consist and forming at least in part the passage between the two carriages 20, 21 and comprising transversely to the direction of travel mu... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5415107 | Running gear for drop-frame rail vehicles A running gear for drop-frame rail vehicles includes a running-gear frame on which individual wheels are each rotatably mounted through a respective rocker and the rocker is fastened in an articulated manner and supported through primary springs. The conn... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5357868 | Trolley apparatus with reinforced plastic wheels and interlocking plastic bushings A trolley assembly is provided including a pair of trolley brackets with an axle extending outwardly from each of the trolley brackets. Bushings adapted to rotatably engage each of the axles are provided with a wheel fixedly attached to each of the bushin... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5337676 | Track device for mounting an entertainment module in chairs slotted The invention provides a device for moving an object, such as an entertainment module, between a storage location within a housing location (such as the armrest of a seat) and a user location outside of the housing. The device employs a track with a centr... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5289780 | Material handling railroad freightcar-mounted gantry and crane with toppling prevention and supplemental support upon derailment A gantry adapted for operation along rails attached to the top of a railroad car includes two pairs of wheels, each pair operating on a respective rail. A base support member is positioned above the rail and between the wheels on each side of the gantry. ... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5209167 | Trolley wheel assembly and housing having injection molded plastic parts The present invention relates to a wheel casing with a housing formed of two shells with bearings for a wheel. According to the invention, the shells (6, 7) of the housing (5) are injection molded parts, and they are connected to each other in a force-loc... | 05/11/1993 |
| 4986190 | Vehicle, particularly track vehicle A vehicle, preferably a track vehicle, having a body and wheels arranged in pairs at the sides of the body. The wheels of each pair are supported by a gantry-like frame having support elements extending upwardly from the wheels and a cross member located ... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4886285 | Transporter with wheels Underneath a load, on both sides, there are several transporter frames with transporter blocks for wheels. The wheels travel on tracks or rails, on which they are guided with wheel flanges or guide rollers. Each transporter frame has a vertical, U-shaped ... | 12/12/1989 |
| 4773691 | Adjustable wheel mount in crane carriages A crane wheel is adjustably mounted in the web structure of a crane carriage, head carrier, or the like by a bearing holders on each side of the wheel. The bearing holders are individually, pivotably fixed to the web structure by aligned clamping sleeves ... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4658734 | Independent suspension railway bogie A bogie for use with a railway wagon, comprising a rigid horizontal frame adapted to be vertically pivoted to the underside of the wagon by a central vertical pivot, also with the interposition of a large diameter ball bearing assembly, co-axial with the ... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4644872 | Depressed floor turncage for articulated rail vehicles The articulated joint for urban and suburban transport vehicles running on rails, in particular for tramway and/or underground railway vehicles, comprises a turn cage (2) which has its platform (16) substantially coplanar with the depressed floor of the a... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4550664 | Track wheel block A track wheel has an axially extended hollow hub with internally directed gear teeth capable of receiving an outer toothed driving shaft. The hub is supported by roller bearings in a bearing box from which the wheel may not be inadvertently removed once t... | 11/05/1985 |
| 4491074 | Force equalizing mechanism for the wheels of heavy load-carrying rail vehicles A vehicle for transporting heavy loads on parallel tracks is disclosed. Two of the wheels of the vehicle are fixedly mounted to the vehicle frame, while the remaining wheels are mounted so that they can vertically adjust to deviations in the height of the... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4459919 | Radial truck A supporting and guiding device for railway vehicles has at least four wheels 1, 2 mounted on a support intended to be fixed to the body 3 of a vehicle near one end thereof. The device includes a cross bar 8 maintained perpendicular to the vertical plane ... | 07/17/1984 |
| 4388872 | Railway car bogie construction A bogie for rail cars comprises a traverse which has a portion at each side which extends forwardly and rearwardly and includes a central pin which is engaged in a support box of a half bogie. Each side of the traverse carries a pin which engages in the s... | 06/21/1983 |
| 4301740 | Suspension system for a wheel rolling on a flat track An improved suspension system for an uncrowned wheel rolling on a flat track characterized by a wheel frame assembly including a wheel frame and at least one uncrowned wheel connected in supporting relation with the frame and adapted to be seated in rolli... | 11/24/1981 |
| 4220096 | Bogie A wheel-bogie for supporting a crane, said bogie comprising a load-carrying foot, a main frame, at least two intermediate frames and a number of wheel frames; the transfer of the load from the foot to the main frame and from said frame to the intermediate... | 09/02/1980 |
| 4064809 | Articulated railway car truck There is provided an articulated four wheel truck for a railway freight car and the like, having independently rotatable wheels mounted at opposite ends of longitudinally spaced apart axle bolsters. A span bolster connects and mounts the axle bolsters for... | 12/27/1977 |
| 4058065 | Spring stub axle railway vehicle The railway truck disclosed herein is provided with a split axle composed of two transverse aligned axle members each having mounted on the outer end thereof a rail wheel. The inner ends of the axle members in one embodiment are connected by means forming... | 11/15/1977 |
| 3990746 | Apparatus for and a method of storing and transporting lining sections in an underground tunnel driving installation A tunnel driving installation has an advanceable support shield and cutting means co-operating at the front end of the tunnel and a continuous tunnel lining disposed rearwardly of the support shield and constructed from individual lining sections. In orde... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3946676 | Self centering bogie A bogie having a bolster comprising a center pin support, and elongated support member mounted in center pin support, cam means on the center pin support to co-act with complementary cam means on a wagon to bias the support member to a position transverse... | 03/30/1976 |
| 3939779 | Railway truck assembly A railway truck assembly including a central hollow beam extending transversely of the assembly and adapted for supporting a railroad car. Four wheel units are attached to the central beam with two of the wheels being aligned adjacent one end of the beam ... | 02/24/1976 |