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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6935245 | Railway car for transporting semi-trucks The invention is directed to a railway car for the transportation of semi-trucks. The railway car may have an interior defined by a support surface for the trucks, a pair of upstanding sidewalls, and a roof. End doors may be located at each end of the railway car fo... | 08/30/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6145445 | Rail vehicle bogie, a method of machining the bogie, and a tool for implementing the method The bogie comprises an axle (14) rotatably mounted on a fixed underframe, and measurement apparatus for measuring a physical magnitude related to rotation of the axle (14). The measurement apparatus (34) comprises a metal disk (36) secured to the axle (14... | 11/14/2000 |
| 5524552 | Single axle truck for large railroad cars A specially designed single axle truck is designed for use on extra long railroad cars which are sixty feet or longer to accommodated bigger and heavier loads. The single axle trucks are secured to rigid subframes which, in turn, are mounted on the under ... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5479863 | Railroad freight car A railroad freight car includes a loading platform and two wheelsets, two double-axle running gears or two bogies, and cushioning is effected by leaf suspension springs suspended by links from spring brackets. The object of the invention is to provide a r... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5081933 | LCTS chassis configuration with articulated chassis sections between vehicles A chassis for an articulated vehicle comprises a pair of chassis portions pivotally connected to a central longitudinal beam. The beam is supported by inboard wheelsets and the chassis portions are supported by outboard wheelsets. Each portion is hinged i... | 01/21/1992 |
| 5001989 | Single axle suspension system for railway car truck The present invention provides a single axle railway truck. An axle box with journal bearings is provided at each axle end. Each axle box includes a spring support from which two springs extend upwardly wherein their upper ends are received in spring reta... | 03/26/1991 |
| 4813359 | Single axle railroad truck with frame improvements A railroad single axle truck having a pair of wheels with one wheel at each end of the axle, the truck including a frame having a pair of longitudinal spaced apart parallel horizontal side tubes of substantially equal length, the frame also including a pa... | 03/21/1989 |
| 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 |
| 4699065 | Suspension for railway vehicles A suspension for a railway vehicle comprises a bearing assembly for rotatably supporting an axle journal of a wheelset of the vehicle, a fore-and-aft extending beam to which the bearing assembly is connected, a linkage comprising two lever arms pivotally ... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4697526 | Articulation system for articulated depressed-floor tramway carriages The articulation system relates to articulated tramway carriages comprising at least two bodies, the opposing ends of which are connected together in an articulated manner in order to maintain substantial continuity of the walking surface, and are support... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4681040 | Railroad car with universal coupling capability A railroad car having universal coupling capability through provision of a coupling arrangement which permits connection to a standard coupler or a drawbar is disclosed. The coupling arrangement includes facing sill side frames which define key slots and ... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4651650 | Axle stabilizer for railway truck An elastomeric pad placed in shear and having one portion or surface engaged with a portion of a railway car body and another portion or surface engaged by pivotal linkage means to a wheel housing dampens vibrations of a wheel and axle assembly which is r... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4637318 | Swivelable single axle railcar truck and railcar The truck includes two parallel damper ramp supports connected together by a transverse tie assembly. A single wheeled axle is pivotally supported from the damper ramp supports in spaced apart parallel alignment with the transverse tie assembly by two ind... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4590864 | Single axle truck suspension for railway flat car A railway flat car is supported on an underframe which includes suspension support frames provided with single axle suspensions. The frames include longitudinally spaced bolsters including horizontal frame structures on which leaf springs are supported wh... | 05/27/1986 |
| 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 |
| 4561360 | Single axle suspension system for railroad vehicle A railway wheel and axle assembly comprises a journal box with spaced wings extending longitudinally of the railway vehicle away from the axle. Springs supported by said wings accommodate relative lateral, longitudinal, vertical, yaw, pitch and roll movem... | 12/31/1985 |
| 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 |
| 4445439 | Railroad vehicle truck with single wheelset A railroad vehicle truck having a single wheelset includes a pair of spaced side frames. The side frames are joined into a rigid unit by a pair of transversely positioned crossbars. The crossbars are positioned one each on each side of the wheelset which ... | 05/01/1984 |
| 4444121 | Single wheelset railway truck rigid transom connected sideframes A railroad vehicle truck having a single wheelset includes a pair of spaced side frames. The side frames are joined into a rigid unit by a pair of transversely positioned transom cross bars. The cross bars are positioned one each on each side of the wheel... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4424750 | Single wheelset railway truck sideframe A side frame for a single axle railway truck is provided. The side frame has top and bottom and spaced side walls. The side frame has a generally hollow cross section, with an upper middle portion, downwardly sloped intermediate portion and lower outer po... | 01/10/1984 |
| 4356775 | Damped railway car suspension The suspension includes a moveable load arm assembly adapted to support a railcar axle, at least one elliptical cross-section rod spring carried by the load arm assembly in load bearing relation with a railcar body, a frictional damping surface connected ... | 11/02/1982 |
| 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 |
| 4202276 | Self-steering wheel-set for convertible railway vehicle A self-steering wheel set for a railway vehicle, particularly a convertible rail-highway semi-trailer, wherein an arcuate member is secured transversely beneath the vehicle body and a wheel-set unit or bogie is provided comprising a yoke to which a tongue... | 05/13/1980 |
| 4136620 | Self steering railway truck A load-carrying railway truck having a longitudinal axis in its direction of travel and including at least one load-bearing member for supporting a load; a pair of live wheelsets supporting the load-bearing member, each wheelset being so mounted in the tr... | 01/30/1979 |
| 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 |
| 4091739 | Resilient single axle truck An undercarriage comprises a bogie frame, a bearing for each end of the wheel axle, and at least two coil springs and at least one hydraulic shock absorber mounted between the bogie frame and each axle bearing for damping movement between the bogie frame ... | 05/30/1978 |
| 4013016 | Railroad car truck suspension system The present invention includes a suspension system for use with railroad freight car trucks, or the like, wherein vertical, transverse and longitudinal movements of the car body sprung mass are restrained and isolated from rail-induced excitations and dam... | 03/22/1977 |
