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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7353759 | Sideframe with adapters to connect surface brackets The present invention provides a sideframe for use in a traditional three piece railway fright car truck comprising a pair of laterally spaced sideframes supporting a bolster extending between the sideframes. Each sideframe comprises an elongated top compression mem... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7267058 | Articulated truck Wires (electric wires) 29 and 30 of cars are connected to each other through connecting wires mounted to a truck frame of an articulated truck. The connecting wires are inserted into a flexible protecting pipe member and an intermediate portion thereof... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7263931 | Rail road car and truck therefor A rail road car truck has side frames mounted to rock on the wheelsets. A bolster is mounted cross-wise on the sideframes, each end of the bolster being seated on a spring group, each spring group being seated in one of the sideframe windows. The bolster has damper ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7017498 | Multi-purpose universal sideframe for railway trucks An improved sideframe has a bolster opening configured to accept a variety of spring group and friction shoe assembly designs. The bolster opening is defined by a bottom section, a top compression member, and two opposing column members and has two column wear plate... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7004079 | Rail road car and truck therefor An autorack rail road car is provided with a truck that includes a pair of sideframes supported on wheel sets with bearing adapters positioned therebetween. The bearing adapters and the sideframes have associated parts or surfaces with curvatures configured to permi... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6823800 | Spring seat for a railway truck sideframe and method of making the same A cast metal sideframe for use in a railway car truck has a spring seat for supporting the springs of a spring set. The sideframe is molded using a core that includes a portion for defining the exterior surface of the spring seat. The core can be a single piece or m... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6631685 | Dual friction wear plate assembly for a railcar side frame saddle A wear plate assembly adapted to engage a friction wedge of a railroad car truck. The wear plate assembly includes a base member having an upper wear member adapted to engage the friction wedge. The upper wear member is formed from a first material such a... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6543367 | Lightweight truck sideframe There is disclosed a lightweight truck sideframe for use in a railway car. The truck sideframe is of lighter weight than conventional truck sideframes because of the removal of the double wall of the truck sideframe tension member, leaving a single wall t... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6422154 | Three-piece railway truck frame having a selectively removable bolster A railway truck frame for a railway truck including a first side frame and a second side frame, each side frame having an inverted trapezoidal-shaped window including a first inclined side and a second inclined side. The truck frame also includes a bolste... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6305297 | Railway vehicle bogie and process for manufacturing a side member of such a bogie A railway vehicle bogie, including at least two axles, at least one side member being provided to connect the axles to a central part of the bogie. The side member is formed by an elastic blade shaped as a vertically oriented continuous flattened loop whi... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6227122 | Side frame-bolster interface for railcar truck assembly A three-piece railcar truck assembly is disclosed. The truck assembly has two side frames and a bolster extending between the side frames. Each side frame has spaced columns defining an opening which receives one end of the bolster. Each side frame also h... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6220177 | Bogie for railway vehicle and process for manufacturing same A bogie for a railway vehicle which is supported on wheels mounted on at least two axles wherein the bogie includes a chassis which includes at least one housing in the form of a tubular beam which receives a side member which connects the at least two ax... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6186075 | Side frame-bolster interface for railcar truck assembly A three-piece railcar truck assembly is disclosed. The truck assembly has two side frames and a bolster extending between the side frames. Each side frame has spaced columns defining an opening which receives one end of the bolster. Each side frame also h... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6142081 | Pedestal rocker seat for providing passive axle steering to a rigid railway truck A pedestal rocker seat arrangement adapted for use in connection with the side frame of a railway truck and with a roller bearing adapter member. The pedestal rocker seat includes an elastomeric pad adapted to be placed within the pedestal roof cavity of ... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6125767 | Railway truck sideframe with reinforced columns The present invention provides a sideframe for use in a traditional three piece railway freight car truck comprising a pair of laterally spaced sideframes supporting a bolster extending between the sideframes. Each sideframe comprises an elongated top com... | 10/03/2000 |
| 5967053 | Sideframes for railway trucks Improvements in cast metal sideframes for railway trucks are disclosed, along with improvements in the processes of casting such products and the cores used in the casting process. A radial draft is provided on the casting surrounding a bolt hole at a cor... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5924366 | Side frame pedestal roof with rocker seats A side frame for a railway car is disclosed comprising a pedestal jaw and an integral crown shaped pedestal jaw roof. A liner matching the shape of the crowned pedestal jaw roof is removably mounted to the pedestal jaw roof. In operation, the crown shaped... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5718177 | Railway truck sideframe with internal ribs in bottom member The present invention provides a railway truck sideframe with a strengthened bottom member. The sideframe comprises an elongated top compression member, two diagonal tension members extending downwardly at acute angles from near the ends of the top compre... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5609109 | Frame brace integral cross brace support bracket A rail car truck side frame for use in a frame brace truck which has stabilizing cross braces extending between the side frames. The side frame has a top compression member and a bottom tension member which are joined by upwardly and outwardly slanted end... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5579696 | Rail car side frame car progressor contact A rail car truck side frame has an upper compression member and a lower tension member, with these members being joined by integral end walls which slant upwardly and outwardly from the tension member toward the compression member. To protect the side fra... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5546869 | Lightweight railcar truck sideframe with increased resistance to lateral twisting A lightweight sideframe having a solid and open, unitary cross-sectional I-beam shape, is structurally improved by strengthening both sides of the sideframe with cross-bracing at each pedestal jaw area. The cross-bracing laterally stiffens the sideframe, ... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5481986 | Lightweight truck sideframe A lightweight, cast steel railcar truck sideframe is the result of matching stress levels within each of the sideframe components with an amount of metallic mass necessary to maintain structural integrity during railcar loading. Areas on each component wh... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5410968 | Lightweight fatigue resistant railcar truck sideframe with tapering I-beam construction The sideframe of a railway car truck are constructed such that basic overall sideframe appearance is maintained, but the actual construction results in a more efficient use of the materials as a way of reducing the sideframe weight. This means that materi... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5305694 | Sideframe with increased fatigue life having longer cross-sectional thickness transition zone The present invention involves structurally changing an American Association of Railroads (AAR) standard 100 ton sideframe so that it is statically and dynamically capable of handling a 110 ton payload; this is accomplished by reducing two weak points on ... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5303657 | Bogie frame of rolling stock having composite hollow beam construction A rolling-stock bogie frame has a ladder-shaped frame structure comprising side beams and cross beams, each of which has a trough-shaped part with an open upper part and a reinforcing member secured to the trough-shaped part to cover and close the open up... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5226369 | Sideframe for a railroad car truck A railroad car sideframe of a truck is provided with a pair of identical twin ribs which are designed to reinforce and strengthen each of the pedestal frames against stress failures caused by the large railroad cars being built today and the heavier loads... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5222442 | Torsion bar railway truck A railway truck has frames on each side divided into separate components or lever arms extending from the axles. Opposed arms are secured together by a pair of parallel torque tubes. A bolster rides on the tubes and maintains the tubes in parallel and pro... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5205220 | Railway truck An improvement in railway trucks having a flexible frame and independent drive mechanism particularly adapted to accommodate the flexing frame. The frame includes parallel first and second frame members, a first cross-member rigidly attached to the first ... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5085151 | Bogie frame for railway vehicle and method thereof A bogie frame for a railway vehicle has a pair of side beams made of fiber reinforced plastic material with a box-shaped cross section. A pair of cylindrical horizontal beams span between the paired side beams are formed of a fiber reinforced plastic mate... | 02/04/1992 |
| 5024166 | Bogie for rail vehicles A bogie for rail vehicles with a low-seated loading ramp, comprises at least two sets of wheels with a small axle base and a bogie frame comprising lateral cheeks and a traverse extending between every two axles. The sets of wheels are clamped into the bo... | 06/18/1991 |
| 4811668 | Three axle railway truck The present invention provides a three axle railway truck. The truck comprises three wheelsets supporting two parallel sideframes. Each sideframe comprises two sections. One wheelset is located near the longitudinal middle of the sideframes, with the two ... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4526108 | Means for supporting third rail collector gear and the like on inside bearing railway trucks For supporting equipment such as third rail collection gear, which must be maintained at constant height above the rails, on inside bearing trucks in which the truck frame is spring-supported from journal boxes vertically movable relative to box section t... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4491075 | Snubbed railway car truck A snubbed railway car truck including a side frame having a bolster opening defined by a pair of columns. A bolster end is disposed in the bolster opening. Resiliently biased friction shoes are provided with friction faces which engage friction faces of w... | 01/01/1985 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 4429637 | Railway vehicle truck A radial axle railway truck has separate depressed center beam-type side frames mounted at their ends on journal bearing assemblies by means of elastomeric pad devices between downwardly facing surfaces on the side frames and upwardly facing surfaces on t... | 02/07/1984 |
| 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 |
| 4362109 | Railway vehicle trucks A railway-vehicle truck has a support structure in the form of a horizontal rectangular plate the opposite ends of which carry respective transverse tubular supports. Each tubular support mounts a shaft the two ends of which carry respective arms. Each ar... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4357880 | Bolster for a railroad car truck A bolster for a railroad car is described as having larger than normal wedge shoes which necessitate enlarged pockets that reduce the strength of the bolster casting, thereby making it more susceptible to fracturing, unless the high force concentrations i... | 11/09/1982 |
| 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 |
