Patent · US Expired

High speed railway truck

US3988992A · kind A · utility

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7Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJul 24, 1974
Grant dateNov 2, 1976
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Expiry dateJul 24, 1994

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB61F5/144
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A truck for a high speed rail vehicle which has a friction bearing between the car body and the truck frame so as to restrain movement of the frame about its vertical axis until the friction between the friction bearing and the truck frame has been overcome. The truck also has axle bearings in the form of mutually inclined surfaces made of material of high stiffness in the normal direction of travel of the truck.

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