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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8136457 | Side bearing for a railroad car truck A side bearing for use in a railroad car truck includes a cage, a resilient element within the cage, and a cap engaging an upper end of the resilient element. The cage has a bottom surface and an upturned sidewall, while the cap includes a top surface with a downtur... | 03/20/2012 |
| 7874254 | Device for the secondary suspension of a car body in a rail vehicle A device for the secondary suspension of a body of a rail vehicle, the device comprising a spring element which is between the body and a bogie and to ensure at least one raised transport level for the body during the journey of the rail vehicle. The spring element ... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7802524 | Constant contact side bearing assembly with improved cap machining for a railcar A constant contact side bearing assembly includes a housing, a cap and an elastomeric resilient compressible element mounted within the interior chamber. The exterior surface of the cap wall has a generally even circumferential region which does not include protrusi... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7784410 | Constant contact side bearing assembly for a railcar A constant contact side bearing assembly for a railcar having a bolster with an upper surface and a walled receptacle upstanding from the upper surface of the bolster. An inner surface of the walled receptacle defines an open-top cavity wherein the side bearing asse... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7549379 | Railway freight car side bearing A long travel constant contact side bearing for railway cars provides better handling characteristics, achieving improved tracking and curving through use of various combinations of features. The side bearing comprises a base and a generally cylindrical wall section... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7546807 | Constant contact side bearing A long travel constant contact side bearing for railway cars provides better handling characteristics, achieving improved tracking and curving through use of various combinations of features. The side bearing comprises a base and a generally cylindrical wall section... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7527003 | Railroad freight car sidebearing An improved side bearing for railway cars is provided that achieves improved tracking and curving by the limitation of rock of the railway car. The side bearing comprises a base with a generally upwardly extending wall portion. A cap comprising a top section with ge... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7503264 | Constant contact side bearing assembly A side bearing assembly for a railway vehicle includes a cage, a cap coupled to and moveable relative to the cage, and an insulator disposed between the cage and the cap. The railway vehicle includes a bolster extending laterally and a car body disposed on the bolst... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7357228 | Disk brakes with noise suppression feature A disk brake has a support member, an inner pad, and an outer pad. The support member is mounted on a car body member at a side near a car body with respect to a disk rotor and straddles the disk rotor in a cantilever manner in a rotor axis direction. The inner pad ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7338034 | Elastomeric spring An elastomeric spring including an elongated elastomeric body defining a longitudinal axis for the spring and having first and second longitudinal ends. An outer surface of the elastomeric body extends between the first and second ends and has four generally planar ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7325499 | Constant contact side bearing assembly for a railcar A constant contact side bearing assembly configured for insertion into a walled receptacle provided on an upper surface of a railcar bolster. The side bearing assembly includes a housing assembly including a base and cap receivable within the open top walled recepta... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7275487 | Constant contact side bearing assembly for a railcar A constant contact side bearing assembly configured for insertion into a walled receptacle on an upper surface of a railcar bolster. The constant contact side bearing assembly includes a housing defining a cavity. A cap is positioned by and overlies an end of the sp... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7261043 | Articulated railway bogie connector An articulated railway bogie connector 10 is shown comprising a male connector component 12 and a female connector component 14. The articulated connector 10 is adapted to pivotally mount to a bolster 54 of a railway bogie 50 | 08/28/2007 |
| 7174837 | Three-piece motion control truck system An improved three-piece truck system for railroad cars provides long travel side bearings for improved stability, a “wide” friction shoe design or equivalent to improve sideframe and bolster squareness, a resilient pedestal pad for improved curving performance a... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7152534 | Constant contact side bearing assembly for a railcar A constant contact side bearing assembly configured for insertion into a walled receptacle on an upper surface of a railcar bolster. The constant contact side bearing assembly includes a housing defining a cavity. A cap is positioned by and overlies an end of the sp... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7151233 | Contact system A contact system needs comparatively little overall space. that the contact system includes a spring element acting on the contact holder, fabricated from an electrically nonconducting material. ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7121212 | Ride control constant contact side bearing arrangement A long travel constant contact side bearing for railway cars provides better handling characteristics, achieving improved tracking and curving through use of various combinations of features. Such a long travel side bearing is able to meet recent stringent American ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7112029 | Carrier apparatus and method A carrier apparatus and method includes a pair of oppositely positioned carriers. At least one pair of steerable wheels is connected to at least one of the oppositely positioned carriers. A movable neck is connected to each of the oppositely positioned carriers and ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7083165 | Side bearing pad In a side bearing pad assembly two housings are provided, each having a bore of such size and orientation that the housings slide telescopically one within the other. When assembled the bores constitute a single internal cavity which houses resilient members. Each h... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7044061 | Railroad car energy absorption apparatus An elastomer spring element arranged in operable combination with structure for inhibiting localized heat deterioration of the elastomer spring element. ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7025002 | Railway bogie bolster for an articulated wagon A bolster 14 for a bogie of an articulated railway wagon is shown including supports for constant contact sidebearers in the form of two pairs of brackets such as 26A and 26B being integral with the bolster 14 at its opposing respective e... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6978719 | Railway car and bogie of railway car The railway car comprises a subframe 40 disposed below a floor of the car body with a clearance therebetween, and a bogie 30 disposed below the subframe 40 with a clearance therebetween, wherein car body 10 and subframe 40 are conn... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6957611 | Constant contact side bearing assembly for a railcar A constant contact side bearing assembly configured for insertion into a walled receptacle on an upper surface of a railcar bolster. The constant contact side bearing assembly includes a housing defining a cavity and a spring. A cap is positioned by and overlies an ... | 10/25/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6862999 | Railroad car energy absorption apparatus A railroad car energy absorption apparatus is disclosed. The railroad car energy absorption apparatus includes a spring assembly having an elastomer spring element arranged in operable combination with structure for inhibiting localized heat deterioration of the ela... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6708624 | Side bearing with multi-purpose mounting points A railway truck side bearing with multi-purpose mounting points for securing the bearing cage to a railway truck bolster, such that one of the mounting points can serve a dual function of locating a resiliently deformable bearing element in the bearing cage and perm... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6644214 | Constant contact side bearing A side bearing provides constant contact between a truck bolster and a railway car body. The side bearing includes a base member having a central portion mounted on top of the bolster. The base member includes end portions which extend downwardly and outw... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6581527 | Adjustable side bearing for a railcar A side bearing for a railcar having a car body and a bolster. The side bearing includes a top member adapted to be located adjacent the car body of the railcar. The top member includes a downwardly extending projection. The side bearing also includes a ba... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6360674 | Vehicle On a railway vehicle with a car body and a truck with an undercarriage, the car body is supported on the truck by means of connecting devices. To achieve increased operating safety even in the event of a malfunction or failure of the connecting devices, t... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6341422 | Method of manufacturing a railroad car apparatus The present invention discloses a method for manufacturing an energy absorption apparatus including an elastomeric spring for a railroad car. The method involves the step of creating a predetermined wear condition in the elastomeric spring for the energy ... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6273002 | Rail vehicle with a vertical support actuator A rail vehicle equipped with a support actuator of variable vertical length mounted between a vehicle body and a running gear located underneath. In order to maintain an operational supporting device and adequate ride comfort after a failure or overload o... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6205933 | Support for a vehicle body on a chassis A support for a car body on a chassis, in particular on a truck of a rail vehicle. A support comprises a fluid-actuated piston-cylinder unit arranged between car body and chassis, and a rocker support arranged also between car body and chassis which compr... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6148734 | Elastomeric bearing with softening spring rate A railway car side bearing includes a lower housing member, an upper housing member spaced apart from the lower housing member, and an elastomeric spring member interposed between the upper and lower housing members that buckles upon application of vertic... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148735 | Light weight gondola car A light weight gondola car having side walls constructed of a plurality of upper and lower sheets with a longitudinal stiffener being formed from lower portions of the upper and lower sheets. A bolster transition stake joins the side sheet, top chord, bol... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6092470 | Railroad car side bearing with thermal insulator A railroad car side bearing is disclosed. The railroad car side bearing includes a housing, an upper member arranged in spaced relation relative to the housing, an elastomeric spring disposed between the housing and the upper member, and a thermal insulat... | 07/25/2000 |
| 5960719 | Railway car truck yaw control device A railway car yaw control device includes a housing mounted on the upper surface of a truck bolster with an engagement member biased upwardly from the housing into engagement with a depression formed in a wear plate attached to the bottom of a car body.... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5950544 | Rail vehicle A rail vehicle, includes an air-suspended body having an underside, an air spring having a base point and an internal air pressure, and cars supporting the body. The body rests on the cars and swings out on the air spring. There is also an emergency sprin... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5806435 | Side bearings for truck bolsters A constant contact spring bearing for use with a railway car truck bolster is provided. Greater design flexibility and installation tolerances are available because a longer travel spring, with potentially lower spring load rate and stress rate, may be us... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5749301 | Multi-rate vertical load support for an outboard bearing railway truck A constant-contact load-bearing assembly for a railcar truck bolster and operable against a complementary body bolster bearing and biased to continuously contact the body-bolster bearing to transfer the lading and railcar weight forces, which assembly has... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5746136 | Dynamically stable, lightweight railcar support system A freight railcar undercarriage constant-contact sidebearing arrangement provides a load force transfer mechanism with a more direct or less redundant force transfer path between the railcar body with its lading and the sideframe and wheels of a truck ass... | 05/05/1998 |
