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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6637344 | Running gear for a rail vehicle The running gear (1) for a rail vehicle comprises at least two wheel sets (3) mounted in wheel set bearings (2). The wheel sets have axles (4), wheels (5) and a chassis frame (6). The chassis frame (6) is provided with two longitudinal sole bars (7) and w... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6401627 | Adjustable bogie with three wheel sets for a rail vehicle A bogie with three wheel sets for a rail vehicle is described, in which the bogie has two end wheel sets (3) which are connected to a bogie frame (2) at their drive units by in each case at least one slanted link (1), and a center wheel set (12) is connec... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6230631 | Rolling monoaxle provided with movable independent wheels for articulated railway carriages intended to the transportation of cars Single-axle running gear with movable independent wheels for articulated car transporter wagons. The running gear comprises a carrying frame (1), suspension springs (2) with vertical dampers (AV) mounted inside them, sliding shoes for supporting the runni... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6123029 | Intermodal transport system An improved intermodal transport system combining trucking and railway technology for the transport of passengers and freight. The present system includes a so-called Super Rail Train which incorporates an automotive truck drive system and components in a... | 09/26/2000 |
| 5372073 | Truck for low-platform cars In the truck (1) the static and dynamic forces are absorbed by the frame (5). In designing the body unit fitted on the frame (5), therefore, only the unit's own weight and the passenger load are significant, thus facilitating the use of extremely lightly-... | 12/13/1994 |
| 4841873 | Railway locomotive and stabilized self steering truck therefor A railway locomotive structure has a stabilized self steering bolsterless and pedestalless powered railway truck with a pivotable carbody beam connecting the truck frame with the carbody for low axle weight transfer and supplemental stabilizers in the for... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4679506 | Railway truck with improved steering linkage, detachable suspension and traction motor mounted brake A self-steering railway truck is disclosed having a novel axle relating traction linkage connecting with the bearing housings of a separable suspension system having detachable spring seats shimable for height adjustment. The brake mechanism is mounted on... | 07/14/1987 |
| 4628824 | Self steering railway truck A self steering railway truck, especially a powered locomotive type, provides limited freedom for axle steering motion in the truck frame with a separate linkage of parallel rods and a steering beam for transmitting traction and braking forces to the truc... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4485743 | High efficiency semi-articulated railway power truck A semi-articulated railway power truck has in preferred embodiment a pair of dual axle sub-trucks semi-articulated for creep force balancing turning control while retaining freedom of rocking and relative longitudinal motion. An equalized centered bolster... | 12/04/1984 |
| 4279202 | Torsionally flexible railway truck frame A swivel truck frame of high torsional flexibility for rail vehicles is provided comprising a pair of generally straight longitudinal beams running parallel to one another, said longitudinal beams connected to one another by parallel running crossbeams to... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4231296 | Three-truck high adhesion locomotive A railway locomotive has three power trucks with the end trucks each having a bolster resiliently supported on the truck frame and connected to the underframe by cooperating vertical axis pivot-forming means, the middle truck bolster being connected to th... | 11/04/1980 |
| 4175494 | Fluid pressure actuator interconnected bogies The bogies are connected together via fluid pressure operated reciprocating actuators and pressure lines in order to have the trailing bogie carry out complementary lateral movements to the lead bogie. The actuators each have a longitudinal axis directed ... | 11/27/1979 |
| 4167906 | Railway vehicle bogies The drive means for each wheel set is connected via a two bar-like connecting member to an intermediate portion of the bogie frame or to a cross-member in a manner such that longitudinal forces are transferred to the vehicle body. Also, the opposite side ... | 09/18/1979 |
| 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 |
| 4164188 | Self steering railway car A railway car includes a chassis supported on two sub-frames which are relatively pivotally movable. The sub-frames support propulsion motors, differentials, and driven flanged wheels. And intermediate steering axle and wheel assembly are transversly mova... | 08/14/1979 |
| 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 |
| 4015541 | Bogie draft links A rail vehicle arrangement in which a load supporting bridge boom has a pair of trucks in spaced relation therebeneath and springs supporting the booms on the trucks. The trucks have no bogie pin connection with the bridge boom and the transmission of pul... | 04/05/1977 |
| 4003317 | Resiliently centered railway truck suspension A secondary suspension for use on a railway three-axle truck frame. Each of the three axles are equidistantly spaced from one another and driven by a respective traction motor mounted on bearings on each axle and additionally supported by the truck frame.... | 01/18/1977 |
