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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2018
Applicant:
Amsted Rail Company, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Michael Lumpkin, Richmond, VA (US);
Michael Mason, Richmond, VA (US);
Assignee:
Amsted Rail Company, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 33/78 (2006.01); B61F 15/20 (2006.01); B61F 15/12 (2006.01); B61F 15/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B61F 15/20 (2013.01); B61F 15/12 (2013.01); B61F 15/22 (2013.01); F16C 33/7813 (2013.01); F16C 2226/74 (2013.01); F16C 2326/10 (2013.01); F16C 2361/31 (2013.01);
Abstract
In accordance with one aspect of the present disclosure, a wear ring assembly is provided for a railway roller bearing. The wear ring assembly includes a wear ring having a central opening for receiving a journal of a railway wheel assembly and an insert including a plurality of spacers configured to extend in the opening of the wear ring to separate the wear ring from the journal. The spacers are spaced apart from each other about the wear ring. The insert may include one or more flanges that separate the wear ring from a bearing cone.