Brace connection for frame braced truck

Details Brace connection for frame braced truck Brace connection for frame braced truck

1991-07-22

1993-09-14

Oberleitner, Robert J.

Railway rolling stock

Trucks

Radial

105168, 1051821, B61F 500

Patent

active

052439208

ABSTRACT:
A truck is braced by diagonal struts that are clamped to one another at their intersection. The clamp includes a pair of plates each having a channel to receive one of the struts. An elastomeric member is located between the struts and the plates to permit some flexibility in a vertical direction.

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