Patent · US Expired

Out of gauge resistant railroad wheel

US5913988A · kind A · utility

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26Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJan 21, 1998
Grant dateJun 22, 1999
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Expiry dateJan 21, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC22C38/04
  • WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A railroad wheel revolving around an XX' axle perpendicular to a median plane P, of the type that includes a rim with a rolling surface and a flange, a hub, a plate a connecting area of the plate with the rim, a connecting area of the plate with the hub and with the plate section constructed along a meridian line AB extending between a point A located at the junction of the plate and the connecting area of the plate with the rim and a point B located at the junction of the plate and the connecting area of the plate with the hub, and characterized by the fact that the two points A and B are located on either side of the median plane P and are symmetrical to one another in relation to the intersection point I of the meridian line AB and the plane P, with point I an inflection point for the curve AB.

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