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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:
Jun. 20, 1978
Filed:
Jun. 08, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard J Bennett, Bartlesville, OK (US);
Assignee:
Phillips Petroleum Company, Bartlesville, OK (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1051 / ; 295 34 ; 105168 ;
Abstract
A railcar running gear or a wheel unit for railcars with at least two essentially parallel axles with two wheels on each axle is provided for, of which the front two wheels have a roll surface touching the rail that is slightly tapered so that the smaller diameter of the roll surface is located at the outside and the larger diameter of the roll surface is located at the inside of the wheel, and the rear two wheels have a roll surface touching the rail that is slightly tapered so that the smaller diameter of the roll surface is located at the inside and the larger diameter of the roll surface is located at the outside of the wheel.