Abstract: An end stop cap for a rolling bearing for mounting in a railway axle box of a respective support device. The cap being a concave disc delimited by a lateral wall having a symmetric axis, coaxial with a bearing's symmetric axis by an end wall, transverse to the symmetric axis, and by an elbow-shaped transition connecting the end and lateral walls. Holes extend through the end wall for fastening screws. The lateral wall terminates on the side opposite the end wall in an annular frontal surface which rests against a bearing ring. The end wall has a continuously variable thickness, in at least one radial direction passing through an symmetric axis of the holes in a radial direction between a maximum thickness located in a position substantially intermediate between an inner edge of the hole and the symmetric axis and a minimum thickness at the position of the symmetric axis.

Abstract: A tapered roller bearing includes: an inner ring including an inner raceway surface tapered so that the inner raceway surface increases in diameter from a first side to a second side; an outer ring including an outer raceway surface tapered so that the outer raceway surface increases in diameter from the first side to the second side; a plurality of tapered rollers disposed in an annular space defined between the inner ring and the outer ring; and an annular cage retaining the tapered rollers. The cage includes: a small diameter annular portion; a large diameter annular portion; and a plurality of cage bars connecting the small and large diameter annular portions. An outer clearance is defined between the outer ring and the cage and between circumferentially adjacent ones of the tapered rollers. The outer clearance has a cross-sectional area increasing from the second side to the first side.

Abstract: An axle box for a railway vehicle bogie comprises a rolling bearing having an outer ring element, an inner ring element, rolling elements mounted there between, and a seal element, the inner ring element being adapted to be secured by screw bolts to an axial end of bogie axle. The axle box comprises an end cap comprising a flange with an inner face and an outer face, an annular first radial surface portion of the inner face being so defined that it is able to lean against an axial end of the inner bearing ring element of the rolling bearing. The flange comprises a central part traversed by screw bores. The flange comprises a first inner axial ridge running alongside the outer circumference of the cap, and extending axially towards the rolling bearing all around the flange, further than the first radial surface portion.