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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 1996
Filed:
Apr. 05, 1995
John W Rudibaugh, West Chester, PA (US);
Charles L Van Auken, Dillsburg, PA (US);
Pennsy Corporation, Westchester, PA (US);
Abstract
In a railway car truck assembly, a bearing adapter assembly includes an adapter and an adapter pad positioned between the adapter and a corresponding side frame end. The adapter is provided at each longitudinal end thereof an adapter opening having a lateral dimension greater than the lateral width of a corresponding thrust lug in a corresponding pedestal opening at the corresponding side frame end. The adapter pad is provided with longitudinal end portions depending down into respective ones of the adapter openings and including thrust lug openings each having with a lateral dimension approximately equal to the lateral width of the corresponding thrust lug to prevent significant relative lateral movement between the corresponding side frame end and the adapter pad.