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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6672224 | Railway car truck with a rocker seat A railway car truck having a pair of side frames and a bolster and a transom extending transversely between the side frames. A respective rocker seat is rigidly and permanently attached to each end of the transom and is pivotally supported on a rocker bar... | 01/06/2004 |
| 5802982 | Roll control mechanism for swing motion truck A roll control mechanism for use with a swing motion railway car truck. The control mechanism comprises a transom stop adapted to be attached to the transom of the truck. The transom stop includes a convex cylindrical surface having a tip that is adapted ... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5241913 | Reinforced bolster for a railroad car truck A bolster of a railroad car truck is shallow and has a unique reinforcement rib which extends longitudinally of the bolster between a pair of stops which are designed to engage adjacent abutments which are carried by a transom to limit relative axial move... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5222441 | Fastening device for a railroad car truck rocker seat A connection is described for securing the ends of a transom to rocker seats which are each supported on a pair of rocker seat bearings that are designed to rest in u-shaped channels which are formed in the sideframes of a railroad car truck or bogie. The... | 06/29/1993 |
| 4938152 | Flexible railway car truck A multiple axle railway truck is disclosed having side frames and a plurality of axled wheelsets, with roller bearings mounted in pedestal jaws having clearance fore-and-aft of the vehicle, thereby providing freedom for relative yaw motions of the wheelse... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4674411 | Railroad-vehicle truck frame with transoms having flanges and central webs A railroad-vehicle truck with a frame that yields under torsion and consists of transoms (2) and side frames bars (1) welded into an H. The transoms (2) are positioned such that the planes that the transom webs (2k) lie in intersect at one line (S7), whic... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4633786 | Flexible transom connected between side frames of a railway truck to provide equalization A transom, shaped in the form of an "I" beam, is welded between two side frames of a railway car. The web plate permits a small amount of twisting and relative weaving movements between the side frames in vertical directions to provide equalization.... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4538525 | Four-wheel passenger car truck A railway vehicle truck has a rigid frame spring-supported at the ends of the frame side members on the journal boxes inboard of the wheels, with the central portion of the frame side members depressed to a lower level than the ends. A pair of center tran... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4483253 | Flexible railway car truck A multiple axle railway truck having side frames with pedestals, roller bearings for the axles received in the pedestal jaws with clearance in a direction fore-and-aft of the vehicle to permit relative yawing motion of the axles. A yielding pad is provide... | 11/20/1984 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 4244297 | Articulated railway car trucks An articulated railway truck assembly is provided with a pair of side frames, a transverse center support structure and a pair of wheelset swiveling assemblies. An inward portion of each of the wheelset swiveling assemblies is supported by either the side... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4242966 | Railway car truck transom including a tubular bearing assembly In a railway car truck a transom is provided comprising a pair of tubes rigidly connected respectively to a pair of longitudinally extending side frames. The tubes are longitudinally and vertically aligned and are located below a bolster which extends bet... | 01/06/1981 |
| 4173933 | High speed bogie A bogie with a torsion-soft corner-stiff frame for high speed rail vehicles with a wear-resistant means interconnecting the central areas of the longitudinal beams of the bogie together with one wear-resistant means each interconnecting the longitudinal b... | 11/13/1979 |
| 4161913 | Railway truck frames A rigid type truck or bogie frame in which the cross-member or bolster is secured at its end portions to a laterally extending central portion of each side member includes a cylindrical portion registering with the main body of the cross-member or bolster... | 07/24/1979 |
| 4133268 | Railway bogie-trucks and method of manufacturing same An improved railway stock railway rolling stock bogie truck includes a cross beam and a pair of spaced longitudinal side members with an asymmetrical cross-sectional configuration with the cross beam in alignment both with the bearing support and the side... | 01/09/1979 |
| 4082043 | Fabricated railway car truck In a railway car truck a transverse member is provided including spaced sides and a member joining said sides to define a hollow portion having an open bottom such that the shear center is spaced upwardly from the neutral axis of the section. A truck cent... | 04/04/1978 |
| 3961584 | Railway car truck A truck is provided with a torsionally compliant transverse member connecting to transversely spaced side frames. The side frames are suspended on the axles by a spring suspension system of generally cylindrical elastomer elements and a combined damping s... | 06/08/1976 |
| 3946676 | Self centering bogie A bogie having a bolster comprising a center pin support, and elongated support member mounted in center pin support, cam means on the center pin support to co-act with complementary cam means on a wagon to bias the support member to a position transverse... | 03/30/1976 |
