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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6968788 | Vehicle carrying rail road car with deck access fittings A rail road car has a deck for carrying wheeled vehicles. The vehicles are loaded from the ground by use of a movable ramp that is positioned next to a separate coupler end of the rail road car. The car has deck access fittings mounted between the trucks near a coll... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6286435 | Apparatus for lifting and shifting a long load A rail vehicle for transporting a long load over a railway route can have a depressed portion of the car body and a lift and shift apparatus mounted in the depressed portion which can vertically and horizontally adjust the long load on the rail vehicle. G... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6082562 | Bridge crane A bridge crane includes at least one main girder (1), a trolley moving on the main girder or at least one hoist gear fixed to the main girder, end carriages (4) arranged at the ends of the main girder to support the main girder, wheels arranged to the end... | 07/04/2000 |
| 5456184 | Lateral energy absorbing device for slot guided vehicle A lateral energy absorbing device for an amusement ride vehicle includes a vehicle chassis with a driver for moving the vehicle along a path, and a vehicle body having an area for holding one or more passengers. Appropriate steering mechanisms are provide... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5454329 | Anticentrifugal active lateral suspension for railway vehicles Anticentrifugal active lateral suspension apparatus for balancing the non-compensated centrifugal acceleration along a curve of a railway vehicle, including fluid pressure jacks, interposed transversely between the body and the opposite sides of each bogi... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5027716 | Stabilized swing-motion truck for railway cars An improved swing-motion truck in which the transom has been replaced by a pair of transverse radius or tie rods for coupling the two rocker seats of the two side frames of the truck. The ends of the rods are directly coupled to anchor brackets formed as ... | 07/02/1991 |
| 4955293 | Slider The invention relates to a slider (1) for track vehicles which allows for horizontal relative movements in the longitudinal as well as in the latitudinal direction between the superstructure, such as a freight car body or another vehicle body, and the run... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4817535 | Stand alone well car with double axle suspension system A stand alone double stack railroad well car for carrying stacked containers is disclosed. The car includes a platform suspended at each end upon swing hangers from a multiple axle truck or suspension system, utilizing leaf springs. Adjacent axles are con... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4802419 | Steered axle for a railway vehicle An axle for a rail vehicle is pivotally connected to two equal length swinging arms, each of which is pivotally connected to the rail vehicle. The axle rotates about a virtual vertical axis away from the axle and nearer to the center of the rail vehicle. ... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4799431 | Model locomotive truck mounting mechanism An improved truck mounting mechanism for a model railroad locomotive includes a gimbal body fixed to a wheel-bearing truck frame. A gimbal mount is provided for receiving the gimbal body. The gimbal mount is flexibly secured to the locomotive chassis and ... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4771703 | Railroad flatcar with axle guards A railroad flatcar including an elongated center sill having undercarriage frames secured thereto at opposite ends thereof is disclosed. A single axle wheel truck is fixed to each undercarriage frame and suspends the car. Axle guard plate is provided to l... | 09/20/1988 |
| 4625652 | Two-axled central support bogie for railway and tramway vehicles with two or more articulated bodies A two-axled central support bogie for railway and tramway vehicles with two or more articulated bodies includes two cross members carrying the wheels, and a central longitudinal structure the ends of which bear on two air springs carried by respective cen... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4589346 | Axle stop arrangement for single axle wheel truck for a skeleton type railway car The wheel and axle assembly of a single axle wheel truck for a railway car is prevented from exceeding acceptable lateral and longitudinal movement with respect to fixed body portions of the railway car by an axle stop arrangement positioned laterally out... | 05/20/1986 |
| 4583464 | Suspension arrangements for four-wheeled railway vehicles A swing link suspension of a four-wheeled rail vehicle has respective pivotal mountings for permitting relative lateral and longitudinal movements of the wheelsets and vehicle body. Those pivotal mountings permitting longitudinal movement are provided wit... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4510871 | Railroad vehicle bogie A bogie for a railroad vehicle comprises a pair of wheel sets mounted in a frame which is pivotally connected to the vehicle so that it can rotate about a substantially upright axis. The wheel sets are connected to the frame resiliently and by links which... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4505207 | Crane anti-skewing device An anti-skewing device for a bridge crane comprises a proximity switch near a first side of a first track and near a first end of the crane for detecting the proximity of the switch to the first side of the first track and thereby any skewing of the crane... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4480554 | Articulated rail car for vehicular trailers A single axle railroad wheel truck is disclosed having two wheels joined by a single axle. A frame supported on the wheels and axle defines four spaced apart hanger flanges. A pair of cross members parallel to the axle for supporting a railroad car body a... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4475463 | Single axle truck transom assembly The present structure provides for a plurality of members for maintaining a pair of laterally spaced side frames of a single axle truck in a squared relationship. The members are joined to the side frames by detach-safe connections, wherein latches are fo... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4457238 | Railway truck; pivotal connection A railway truck assembly adapted to produce steering of the wheel axles radially to a curve to reduce wear and noise and characterized by a pivot connection between the bolster and the truck frame elements which; in cooperation with direct transmission of... | 07/03/1984 |
| 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 |
| 4362110 | Interconnected railway vehicle trucks The cross-coupling connects the two trucks of the vehicle together and employs a torsion shaft which is mounted on the vehicle body with torsionally stiff levers. The cross-coupling also has a shaft mounted on each truck with a pair of torsionally stiff a... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4339996 | Articulated railway car Disclosed is an articulated rail car for transporting two large wheeled vehicular truck trailers in "piggyback" fashion. The articulated rail car comprises two separate car bodies each supported by single axle railroad wheel truck assemblies mounted at ea... | 07/20/1982 |
| 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 |
| 4135456 | Powered railway car steering assembly A railway car includes a central steering axle transversely movable on the car body in response to track curvature. Actuating members connected to the transversely movable axle include longitudinally extensible and retractable elements which steer end axl... | 01/23/1979 |
| 4022133 | Lateral truck movement control system A device for reducing the lateral movements of a railway vehicle caused by irregularities in the rail. The railway vehicle contains at least one wheel which is mounted for limited rotation around a generally vertical axis. A separate power-operated contro... | 05/10/1977 |
| 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 |
| 3952669 | Snubbed railway vehicle bogie A railway vehicle bogie has a primary stage suspension between the undercarriage and the axle boxes consisting of resilient chevron blocks having high vertical flexibility and transverse rigidity, and a second stage suspension between the undercarriage an... | 04/27/1976 |
