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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 1976
Filed:
Aug. 29, 1973
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jurg Zehnder, Zurich, CH;
Assignee:
Swiss Aluminium Ltd., Chippis, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61F / ; B61F / ; B61F / ; B61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
105167 ; 1051 / ; 1051 / ; 1051 / ; 1052 / ; 1052 / ; 267-3 ; 267 / ;
Abstract
A truck for a vehicle, especially a railway car, comprising a plurality of pairs of wheels for running on rails, a plurality of axles respectively interconnecting the wheels of a pair of wheels, a cross-beam extending substantially parallel to the axles, a plurality of rocker arms, and a plurality of ball joint-type means connecting the rocker arms to the cross-beam and to the plurality of axles, respectively, whereby the axles may carry out pendulum movements in substantially vertical and horizontal directions relative to the rails, and spring means interposed between the cross-beam and the rocker arms permitting movement of the latter in the mentioned directions.