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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7308855 | Railway truck pedestal bearing adapter A railway car truck is provided that includes two sideframes and a bolster. Each sideframe has a pedestal opening at each end to receive a bearing adapter assembly. The bearing adapter assembly includes a cast steel bearing adapter that is formed to fit on top of a ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7231878 | Linear steering truck The present invention relates generally to a linear steering truck apparatus comprising a bolster member having two ends, the bolster being located along the transverse axis extending generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, generally located between and pa... | 06/19/2007 |
| 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 |
| 6422155 | Rail car truck pedestal shear pad A rail car truck has a pair of side frames, connected by a bolster, with the side frames each having pedestals at the opposite ends thereof which are designed to seat upon roller bearing adapters which are supported on the rail car truck wheel sets. Shear... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6234083 | Resilient clip-on wear plate A resilient clip on pedestal wear plate comprises a base with two opposing side lips for resiliently holding the base on a railway car side frame. When installed, the wear plate serves to prevent wear on the load bearing surface of the pedestal. The side ... | 05/22/2001 |
| 5799582 | Bearing adapter and adapter pad for railway trucks An improved adapter assembly for use in a railcar truck where an axle and bearing are loosely journaled in the pedestal area of a side frame, the adapter assembly being mounted above the bearing in the pedestal opening and including a novel adapter and a ... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5603265 | Angled traction rods A self-steering wheel truck for use with a railway locomotive or powered transit car in which tractive force is transferred from the axle to the frame through angled traction rods and steering beams connecting with the end axles. The steering beams interc... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5562044 | Steering railway truck A railway vehicle truck having side frames which are supported with respect to the journals of spaced apart wheelsets with the respective pair of wheelset axle ends supporting each side frame being constrained to move simultaneously in opposite directions... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5450799 | Truck pedestal design A pair of opposed positioning lugs are attached to respective front and rear pedestal jaw walls of a railcar truck sideflame. The lugs are interposed between said respective jaw wall and the truck axle bearing assembly, laterally extending across the widt... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5404826 | Bearing adapter for railway trucks having downward depending ends on adapter plate for protecting the adapter thrust lugs An improved adapter assembly for use in a railcar truck where an axle and bearing are loosely journaled in the pedestal area of a side frame, the adapter assembly being mounted above the bearing in the pedestal opening and including an adapter plate which... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5235918 | Railway bogie with improved stability and behavior in curves having a slidably mounted axle box arm A railway vehicle truck includes axles (12) with shrunk-on wheels and journalled in axle-boxes (20) connected to a rigid frame (2,4) through a horizontal primary connection comprising a link (18) coupled to the side member (2) of the frame by a resilient ... | 08/17/1993 |
| 5199359 | Steerable rail-bogie A twin-axle rail-bogie which incorporates a steering mechanism for positively steering one or both of the axles of the rail-bogie in proportion to the rotation of the frame of a structure supported by this rail-bogie. Steering is achieved by slidably moun... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5083513 | Railway car bogie with axle bearings centered on bogie axle A railway car bogie has a bearing (11,12) at the center of each of the front and rear axles (2) and a pair of struts (13, 14) arranged in a V connected at one end to each bearing to define an imaginary center of rotation at or adjacent the center of the b... | 01/28/1992 |
| 4968055 | Apparatus to vary axle orientation A device for changing the axle orientation in a balance beam suspension operates by introducing a variable axial eccentricity between an axle carrier and the beam hanger to vary the amount of yaw on the axle to enable the wheels on the axle to be oriented... | 11/06/1990 |
| 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 |
| 4776283 | Truck for railway vehicle In a truck for a railway vehicle having a plurality of wheels-and-axles, an arrangement is provided for permitting each wheel-and-axle an optimal steering operation when the truck runs on a curved track, and to simplify the construction of journal box loc... | 10/11/1988 |
| 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 |
| 4735149 | Railway vehicle suspension A railway bogie or a vehicle is so suspended to axleboxes on a plurality of wheelsets that each wheelset can yaw about a center of yaw, move laterally and move vertically relatively to the frame of the bogie or vehicle. Each axle box has a pair of radiall... | 04/05/1988 |
| 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 |
| 4552074 | Primary suspension for railroad car truck A railway vehicle truck including side frames and wheel sets maintained in a substantially rectangular relationship by resilient connection means at each of the axle mounts to the side frames. The resilient means are prestressed and in equilibrium at each... | 11/12/1985 |
| 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 |
| 4433629 | Railway truck bearing mounting assembly The bearing housing of a railway vehicle includes a pair of stop members spaced from respective pedestals of the truck frame and engageable with such pedestals to absorb lateral thrust loads upon relative movement between the bearing housings and truck fr... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4236457 | Steerable railway truck adapter pad centering means An adapter pad centering device for the side frame of a radially steerable railway car truck with pedestal jaws on opposed end portions thereof for mounting railway car wheel assemblies equipped with a resilient bearing adapter pad mounted between the bea... | 12/02/1980 |
| 4179995 | Snubbed railroad car truck A truck for a railroad car includes two spaced side frames which resiliently support ends of a transversely positioned bolster in a window formed in each side frame. On each side of the bolster is a vertical recess formed having opposing convex-shaped sid... | 12/25/1979 |
| 4109586 | Universally suspended snubbing railway axle truck This invention provides a railway wagon suspension unit comprising a frame mounted over a saddle accommodating an axle journal housing. The saddle can rock laterally relative to the journal housing. Suspension means are disposed between the frame and the ... | 08/29/1978 |
| 3965825 | Resilient truck axle bearing mounting A unitary resilient elastomeric pad is positioned between the bearing adapter and side frame of a railway truck. The truck side frame includes downwardly depending pedestal jaws spaced fore and aft of a bearing carried by the axle and defines longitudinal... | 06/29/1976 |
