Relieved bearing adapter for railroad freight car truck

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8720347
APP PUB NO 20130098262A1
SERIAL NO

13620968

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A rail road freight car truck has a truck bolster mounted transversely between a pair of side frames. The mounting interface between the wheelset axle ends and the sideframe pedestals includes a bearing adapter. It has an upper portion that seats in the sideframe pedestal. The underside, lower portion, of the bearing adapter defines sits on the wheelset bearing casing. The lower portion has an apex, and has a first land portion for engaging a first portion of the bearing casing, and a second land portion for engaging a second portion of the bearing casing. The apex lies circumferentially between the first and second lands portions. There is a relief formed at the apex over the bearing race, so that vertical load is split to enter the casing to either side of top dead center.

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Patent Owner(s)

  • NATIONAL STEEL CAR LIMITED

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Forbes, James Wilfred Campbellville, CA 13 212
Hematian, Jamal Burlington, CA 31 659

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