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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 1984
Filed:
Feb. 18, 1982
Applicant:
Inventors:
Harry W Mulcahy, Griffith, IN (US);
Horst T Kaufhold, Chicago, IL (US);
Assignee:
AMSTED Industries Incorporated, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1051 / ; 267-3 ; 267 85 ; 267152 ; 384423 ;
Abstract
A multi-rate side bearing for a railway truck is provided. The side bearing comprises a base plate and an upper plate, with two resilient devices located between the base plate and the upper plate. The resilient devices usually are elastomeric pads of different compression rates and shear stiffness. Under unloaded car conditions, only one pad is in load supporting contact, but under loaded car conditions, both resilient devices contact the upper and base plates to provide load support and car body-truck motion damping.