Arch-bar Type Patents (Class 105/204)
  • Patent number: 4332201
    Abstract: Railway vehicle trucks having at least two wheel-sets, each with a live axle mounted in a respective pair of bearings, at least one axle bearing of one wheel-set being elastically interconnected with at least one axle bearing of the other wheelset through bracing structure providing bracing between the wheel-sets. Side frames are connected to respective axle boxes via a primary spring mounting and each side frame is of fabricated construction constituting a bridge member of I-section form which a sub-frame depends, the bridge member and sub-frame defining a space therebetween into which respective side flanges of a bolster project, each said side flange being supported by the respective sub-frame via a secondary spring mountings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1979
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1982
    Assignee: British Railways Board
    Inventors: Maurice G. Pollard, Allan Sutton
  • Patent number: 4133268
    Abstract: 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 members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1976
    Date of Patent: January 9, 1979
    Assignee: Societe des Acieries de Paris et d'Outreau
    Inventor: Jean C. Guillaumin