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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 12, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert L Bullock, Antioch, IL (US);
Armand P Taillon, Chicago, IL (US);
Assignee:
Standard Car Truck Company, Park Ridge, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1052181 ;
Abstract
A three piece rail car truck has a pair of side frames, a pair of wheelsets and a roller bearing adapter seated on each end of each wheelset. Each side frame has pedestal jaws formed and adapted to seat upon each roller bearing adapter. The improvement comprises a stabilizer bar connected between each roller bearing adapter and an adjacent portion of a side frame, with the stabilizer bars resisting unsquaring relative movement between the wheelsets and side frames.