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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2014
Applicant:
Nevis Industries Llc, Wilmington, DE (US);
Inventors:
Erik L. Gotlund, Green Oaks, IL (US);
Jon R. Jeambey, Naperville, IL (US);
F. Andrew Nibouar, Chicago, IL (US);
James A. Pike, Fairview, PA (US);
Jason C. Bryant, Erie, PA (US);
Jonathan A. Stull, Erie, PA (US);
William A. Kurtzhals, Erie, PA (US);
Roshan N. Manibharathi, Des Plaines, IL (US);
Assignee:
Nevis Industries LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61F 5/26 (2006.01); B61F 5/12 (2006.01); B61F 5/50 (2006.01); B61F 5/30 (2006.01); B61F 5/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B61F 5/26 (2013.01); B61F 5/125 (2013.01); B61F 5/305 (2013.01); B61F 5/32 (2013.01); B61F 5/50 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49622 (2015.01);
Abstract
A railcar truck and adapter pad system for placement between a roller bearing and side frame pedestal roof of a three-piece railcar truck. Many different features of the pad and/or the adapter-pad interface are configured to improve stiffness characteristics to satisfy both curving and high speed performance of the railcar truck.