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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 1983
Filed:
May. 07, 1981
Applicant:
Inventor:
Harry W Mulcahy, Griffith, IN (US);
Assignee:
AMSTED Industries Incorporated, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61B / ; B61B / ; B61H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
105168 ; 1051 / ; 1052 / ; 1052241 ; 188 52 ;
Abstract
A truck for a railroad car has a front and rear wheelset with axle ends rotatively carried in a front and rear steering arm, respectively. The steering arms are carried in pedestal jaws of a right and left side frame with resilient pads interfacing between the steering arms and the side frames. The resilient pads allow each wheelset and steering arm to rotate or yaw to an out-of-square condition with respect to the side frame as the railroad car proceeds, for example, around a curve in the track on which the car is traveling. This rotational movement is selectively regulated by a joint connecting the front and rear steering arms.