Railway rolling stock – Trucks – Stub axle
Patent
1974-12-20
1976-02-24
Love, John J.
Railway rolling stock
Trucks
Stub axle
267 57, B61D 1500
Patent
active
039397793
ABSTRACT:
A railway truck assembly including a central hollow beam extending transversely of the assembly and adapted for supporting a railroad car. Four wheel units are attached to the central beam with two of the wheels being aligned adjacent one end of the beam and the other two wheels aligned and extending from the opposite end of the beam. Each wheel unit includes inside and outside arms for supporting an axle at the distal ends for, in turn, rotatably supporting a wheel. The arms extend from a torsion bar support sleeve which, in turn, surrounds a torsion bar. The outward end of each sleeve is splined to the torsion rod and the inward end of the torsion rod is splined to a reaction sleeve which is, in turn, secured to the central beam. The outward end of each torsion bar is supported by a bearing in a cage member secured to the central beam and the inward end of each sleeve member is rotatably supported by a bearing engaging the splined inward end of the torsion rod. Resilient or compressible thrust bearings are disposed at each end of the sleeve member for allowing the sleeve member and, thus, the wheel unit to move longitudinally relative to the torsion rod. Each of the outwardly disposed arms includes a cavity in which is disposed a hydraulic actuator for urging a brake shoe toward the adjacent wheel. Brake shoe retainer pins are disposed on opposite sides of the actuator in bores in the arm for releasably engaging the brake shoes.
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patent: 2594734 (1952-04-01), Cripe
patent: 2892420 (1959-06-01), Cooper
patent: 3028173 (1962-04-01), Leffler et al.
patent: 3334596 (1967-08-01), Suri
Love John J.
United States Steel Corporation
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