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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2010
Jonathon Marlow, Hobart, IN (US);
Peter Gregar, Hobart, IN (US);
Jonathon Marlow, Hobart, IN (US);
Peter Gregar, Hobart, IN (US);
WABTEC Holding Corp., Wilmerding, PA (US);
Abstract
A railway vehicle truck mounted brake rigging includes spaced apart first and second brake beams, a horizontally disposed first transfer lever having a pivotal connection with one brake beam and further having an upturned flange, a link seated horizontally on the shoulder, a horizontally disposed second transfer lever having a pivotal connection with another brake beam, a first force-transmitting member passing through the first opening of the bolster for pivotal connection with each of the link and the second transfer lever, the pivotal connection is offset in a vertical direction from a horizontal plane defined by the first transfer lever, and a second force-transmitting member passing through the second opening of the bolster for pivotal connection with opposed ends of the respective first and second transfer levers.