Railway rolling stock – Trucks – Radial
Patent
1976-07-02
1979-01-30
Makay, Albert J.
Railway rolling stock
Trucks
Radial
105176, 105182R, 105199S, 1052241, 267 3, B61F 308, B61F 506, B61F 532, B61F 538
Patent
active
041366204
ABSTRACT:
A load-carrying railway truck having a longitudinal axis in its direction of travel and including at least one load-bearing member for supporting a load; a pair of live wheelsets supporting the load-bearing member, each wheelset being so mounted in the truck and having such a profile that it is substantially self-steering; means interconnecting the wheelsets to transmit yawing and lateral movements of either wheelset in the opposite sense to the other wheelset; and elastic elements suspending the load to the wheelsets, at least some of the elastic elements having a lateral stiffness in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis of the truck which is lower than the stiffness provided by them in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis.
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Scheffel Herbert
Von Gericke Rowlen E.
Beltran Howard
Makay Albert J.
South African Inventions Development Corporation
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