Constant contact side bearing

Details Constant contact side bearing Constant contact side bearing

1994-06-14

1997-02-11

Le, Mark T.

Railway rolling stock

Trucks

Bogie

267 3, 384423, B61F 500

Patent

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056010311

ABSTRACT:
An improved side bearing for installation between a railcar body and the bolster of the railcar track, said side bearing having an open cylindrical housing with a mounting plate, a top cap for vertically reciprocating within said cylindrical housing and a one piece compression spring resisting the reciprocation of the top plate, the compression spring being formed, of a copolymer elastomer having a ratio of plastic strain to elastic strain that is greater than 1.5 to 1.

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