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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7210688 | Suspension system for motor vehicle A vehicle suspension system of a motor vehicle includes a plurality of suspension devices mounted on the vehicle with respect to right and left wheels of the vehicle, respectively, a first behavior controller that controls the motion of each of the suspension device... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7185592 | System for the secondary suspension of a superstructure of a rail vehicle having a passive spring element A secondary suspension for a rail vehicle includes a superstructure, a bogie and a steel spring arranged between the superstructure and the bogie. The steel spring ensures at least one raised traveling level for the superstructure when the rail vehicle is traveling.... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7168370 | System for the secondary suspension of a superstructure of a rail vehicle having an active spring element System for the secondary suspension of a superstructure (1) of a rail vehicle, having a hydropneumatic spring unit (3), with an assigned suspension accumulator (7) as an active spring element, placed between the superstructure (1) and a b... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7063023 | Railway car and bogie for railway car A subframe 50 is connected via a vibration isolator 40 to a floor 11 of a railway car body 10, and the subframe 50 has a center pin 60 protruding downward therefrom and connected to a bogie 30. The subframe 50 ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6550394 | Retractable auxiliary bumper for hydraulic or pneumatic railway suspensions An auxiliary suspension for hydraulic or pneumatic railway car suspensions is disclosed. The auxiliary suspension includes a bumper assembly which is located below the railcar body. The bumper assembly further includes a bumper pad that is retracted when ... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6453825 | Underframe for a rail-borne vehicle for the freely movable transport of loads The invention relates to an underframe for a rail-borne vehicle for transporting freely movable loads, more specifically the underframe of a railroad crane. The underframe has a plurality of curve-negotiating wheel sets which are accommodated in bogies an... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6131520 | Rail vehicle A rail vehicle having at least one superstructure which can be inclined by an angle of inclination () and which is supported on at least one undercarriage. At least one current collector arranged on the roof of the rail vehicle, the current collect... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6032584 | Apparatus for transferring paper rolls along an incline A carriage and track assembly for transferring paper and paperboard rolls along an inclined track. The assembly is useful for the transfer of paper rolls of slippery grades and is based on using a dual track (5, 6) over the length of the inclined section ... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5970883 | Link tilt device and a link tilt bogie The present invention relates to a link tilt device for a tilting cross-member suitable for being disposed in a bogie frame in such a manner as to be suspended from the bogie frame by means of the links, secondary suspensions being disposed between the ti... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5435639 | Modular rail for mobile filing and storage systems The disclosure herein describes a modular rail for use in the assembly of a mobile filing and storage system that includes cabinets each equipped with a roller carriage in their lower part. The rail is a longitudinal metallic extrusion that has a cross-se... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5331903 | System for controlling the rotation of the body of a railway vehicle about its longitudinal axis The system of the invention comprises a gyroscope having two degrees of freedom fixed to a carriage of the vehicle and having a first axis of sensitivity disposed in the longitudinal direction of the carriage and a second axis of sensitivity disposed in t... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5058504 | Apparatus for controlling the lateral disposition of a traveling service unit of a textile machine An apparatus for controlling the lateral disposition of a guide roller of a traveling service unit on a textile machine is provided. The apparatus includes a first support wheel rotatably mounted on the traveling service unit and an adjustable wheel assem... | 10/22/1991 |
| 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 |
| 4843810 | Apparatus for inclination adjustment of a traveling service unit for a textile spinning mill machine In a traveling service unit of the type utilized in conjunction with a textile spinning mill machine, the transverse and longitudinal inclination of the service unit with respect to the machine is monitored and adjusted with respect to a fixed horizontal ... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4787317 | Rail vehicle having magnetic means for compensating for load weight A rail vehicle with spring support of its car body on an underframe with flanged wheels for guidance and support on a track. Permanent magnets are provided on the underframe, which exert an attraction counter to the wheel load on armature bars extending a... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4567833 | Composite constant contact side bearing for railroad cars A composite constant contact side bearing for railroad cars that comprises a body, that may be either cage mounted or free mounted, having a top wall that supports the car body bolster, a bottom wall structure that is to be supported by the truck bolster,... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4516507 | Mechanical stop mechanism for a tilt system in a railway car A tilt system for a railway car includes mechanical actuating members for tilting the car only when lateral acceleration forces exceed preselected minimum levels. A mechanical stop mechanism is provided to selectively permit the tilting operation to excee... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4504079 | Sway bag suspension system A plurality of interconnected air bag assemblies suspend a frame above a vehicle axle or similar support member to provide a low vertical spring rate and a high roll spring. The air bag assemblies comprise a pair of air bags and a piston suspended therebe... | 03/12/1985 |
| 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 |
| 4440093 | Vehicle tilt control apparatus A vehicle tilt control apparatus has an acceleration detector for detecting vibration in horizontal and lateral direction of a car body, a fluidically operating mechanism disposed between the car body and a truck and compensation circuits for compensating... | 04/03/1984 |
| 4363277 | Stabilizing high speed railway truck safety device A safety device for a banking vehicle includes a pair of cylinders which extend to hold the superstructure in an upright position. The cylinders are hydraulically connected to an accumulator which provides a pressurized fluid reservoir. A valve controls f... | 12/14/1982 |
| 4357878 | Fluid load distribution system A load distribution system for railway cars, in which the load is applied to the supporting structure by fixed bearing arrangements, at one pair of longitudinally spaced points, at one side of the center line of the structure and is applied to the support... | 11/09/1982 |
| 4355582 | Railway car tilt control system A tilt system for a railway car includes mechanism for tilting the car only when lateral acceleration forces exceed preselected minimum levels and to limit the amount of tilting of the car.... | 10/26/1982 |
| 4324187 | Rail vehicle having a roll support device The rail car is provided with a roll support device which is independent of the resilient weight support springs. The roll support device provides resistance to the rolling motions of the car body relative to the truck frame and includes connecting elemen... | 04/13/1982 |
| 4307668 | Transportation system unitizing permanent magnets for levitation of a vehicle A vehicle-suspension type of permanent magnet-levitation transportation system has an elevated track structure defining a bed with a ferromagnetic levitation track on the underside thereof and a spaced parallel control track composed of ceramic magnetic m... | 12/29/1981 |
| 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 |
| 4271765 | Railway car tilting stabilizing system A tilt control system comprises a roll bar structure having two separate opposite rotatable members attached on the bottom of both sides of the car body between the car body and bolster. A pair of lever arms connect the ends of the rotatable members to th... | 06/09/1981 |
| 4267736 | Device for tilting the body of a high-speed vehicle relative to an underframe thereof A tilting arrangement for a vehicle with the aid of which a body of the vehicle is adjustable in a roll direction relative to an underframe of the vehicle to compensate for centrifugal force exerted in curves on subjects resting on the body is controlled ... | 05/19/1981 |
| 4167143 | Pneumatic bogie pitch stabilizer A rail vehicle having a driving bogie frame and a vehicle frame, in which these frames are interconnected by means of supporting springs and at least one of the end faces of said frames are interconnected by air springs. The air springs communicate with a... | 09/11/1979 |
| 4113111 | Load handling vehicle with hydraulic torsion transmitting devices A vehicle with a spring-supported frame has torsion transmitting hydraulic cylinders arranged between the ends of the axles of the undercarriages and the frame. Each cylinder is in torsion transmitting connection with the frame and conduits interconnect c... | 09/12/1978 |
| 4103920 | Vehicle anti-roll mechanism Mechanism for minimizing the tendency of a vehicle to overturn or roll during high speed turns on unbanked road or rail surfaces. The mechanism includes a heavy (high mass) piston arranged in a fluid cylinder extending transversely across the vehicle unde... | 08/01/1978 |
| 4091738 | Stabilized fluid railway car suspension A railway truck employs air springs at either side of the truck to provide a secondary suspension to support a car body, or an intermediate member between the car body and truck which in turn supports the car body. Protection against possible rupture of o... | 05/30/1978 |
| 4069767 | Pneumatically controlled hydromechanical railway car stabilizing apparatus A control system for a stabilizing apparatus for a rail vehicle body, which is tiltable on a bogey by means of jacks, comprises a lateral accelerometer and an angular accelerometer mounted on the vehicle body, two servo-mechanisms respectively responsive ... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4067261 | Damping railway vehicle suspension A damping suspension for a railway truck having load-bearing members supported on at least two live wheelsets which are self-steering and which are directly interconnected to couple their yawing movements in opposite senses. The wheelsets are self-steerin... | 01/10/1978 |
| 4041878 | Speed and track curvature suspension control system A pendular suspension system for vehicles running on railroad tracks, which comprises resilient means for tilting the vehicles in response to unbalanced centrifugal force, located symmetrically on either side of a central vertical longitudinal plane of th... | 08/16/1977 |
| 3977694 | Roll stabilization system A vehicle has a wheeled chassis and a body movably mounted thereon, the body being able to carry goods and/or passengers. An accelerometer detects forces acting on the vehicle as the vehicle passes through a curve and is arranged to activate a vehicle bod... | 08/31/1976 |
| 3974779 | Vehicle bogie A vehicle bogie or similar wheel carrying unit which carries a vehicle body and which is connected to a device which holds the carrying unit at a predetermined distance from the ground, the vehicle body and/or carrying unit being provided with means for i... | 08/17/1976 |
| 3970009 | Fluid railroad passenger car suspension A railroad passenger car suspension system in which a car body is supported on trucks in the running mode through rotary hydraulic actuators. All of the necessary conditions for passenger comfort, increased train speed and safety are met. The level of cen... | 07/20/1976 |
