IP Library Granted Patent US 7,004,078
Granted Patent B2
US 7,004,078 · App. 10/694,581 · Granted Feb 28, 2006

Truck for railroad car

Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
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Patent No.
US 7,004,078
App. No.
10/694,581
Granted
Feb 28, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a truck for railroad car capable of absorbing and reducing deformation due to torsional force acting on an end beam, end portions of right and left side frames 2 a and 2 b of a truck frame 2 are connected by an end beam 3 . An antenna support member 4 is supported by the end beam 3 . The end beam 3 includes antenna brackets 3 a and 3 b , as right and left support brackets, connected and fixed to outer end portions of the right and left side frames 2 a and 2 b by fastening tools 5 , and a center bar 3 c connected to inner end portions of the right and left antenna brackets 3 a and 3 b through rubber bushes 6 and 7 and having an antenna support member 4 . The rubber bushes 6 and 7 are positioned at both sides of the antenna support member 4 of the end beam 3 , include elastic rubber members 6 a and 7 a , and absorb the torsional force acting on the end beam 3 by elastic deformation of the elastic rubber members 6 a and 7 a.

Claims (16)

1. A truck for a railroad car comprising:

an H-shaped, when viewed in plan, truck frame including side frames extending substantially in parallel at both right and left sides of the truck for railroad car, and a transom connected to intermediate portions of the side frames, the intermediate portions being located substantially at a center in a longitudinal direction of a railroad car;

an end beam extending in a lateral direction of the railroad car and connected to end portions of the right and left side frames of the truck frame, wherein the end beam includes right and left support brackets whose outer ends are connected to the right and left side frames, and a center bar connected to inner end portions of the right and left support brackets through a deformation absorbing means and having an instrument attachment portion the end beam being configured to support an instrument; and

wherein the deformation absorbing means is included in the end beam and located at both sides of a portion of the end beam where the instrument is supported, for absorbing torsional force acting on the end beam.

2. A truck for a railroad car comprising:

an H-shaped, when viewed in plan, truck frame including side frames extending substantially in parallel at both right and left sides of the truck for railroad car, and a transom connected to intermediate portions of the side frames, the intermediate portions being located substantially at a center in a longitudinal direction of a railroad car;

an end beam extending in a lateral direction of the railroad car and connected to end portions of the right and left side frames of the truck frame, an instrument being supported by the end beam; and

deformation absorbing means provided at both sides of a port of the end beam where the instrument is supported, for absorbing torsional force acing on the end beam, wherein

the end beam includes right and left support brackets whose outer ends are connected to the right and left side frames, and a center bar connected to inner end portions of the right and left support brackets through the deformation absorbing means and having an instrument attachment portion, and the right and left support brackets through the deformation absorbing means and having an instrument attachment portion, and

each of the deformation absorbing means is constructed of a rubber bush including an outer cylindrical member, a center shaft member, and an elastic rubber member provided between the outer cylindrical member and the center shaft member, the outer cylindrical members are respectively connected to end portions of the center bar, and the center shaft members are respectively connected to the right and left support brackets.

3. The truck for railroad car according to claim 1 , wherein

the instrument is an antenna device supported by an antenna support member, and

a wiring attachment portion for fixing a wire to the antenna device is provided at the center bar.

4. The truck for railroad car according to claim 2 , wherein

the instrument is an antenna device supported by an antenna support member, and

a wiring attachment portion for fixing a wire to the antenna device is provided at the center bar.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 18, 2022
From: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: KAWASAKI RAILCAR MANUFACTURING CO.,LTD.
Reel/Frame 060107/0954 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 9, 2004
From: NISHIMURA, TAKEHIRO; TAKAHASHI, KEISUKE; OKUMURA, YASUFUMI; SAKAMOTO, JUNICHI
To: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 014957/0312 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2002-315428 · Oct 30, 2002 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20040123767A1 · Jul 1, 2004