摘要:
A railroad car side bearing including a cage, a cap, a lock out insert configured to be removably connected to the cage, and an elastomer element configured to mate with the lock out insert. The lock out insert includes a key that is dimensioned based on a diameter of an interior channel of the elastomer element. Different lock out inserts with different dimensioned keys for different elastomer elements enable a common cage and a common cap to be used with different elastomer elements with different interior channel dimensions, thus reducing the need to have different cages.
摘要:
A constant contact side bearing assembly configured for insertion into a walled receptacle provided on an upper surface of a railcar bolster. The constant contact side bearing assembly includes a walled housing defining a cavity extending therethrough and open at opposite ends and a spring having a first end, abuttingly engaging a portion of the upper surface of said railcar bolster, and a second end, axially spaced from the first end. A cap is arranged at the second end of the spring. The cap is mounted for reciprocatory guided movements by and relative to the housing, with a generally flat railcar body engaging portion on the cap being positioned relative to the housing and the walled enclosure by the spring. The side bearing assembly further includes an apparatus for locating and securing the side bearing assembly within the walled receptacle on the railcar bolster.
摘要:
A railroad car energy absorption apparatus is disclosed. The railroad car energy absorption apparatus includes a spring assembly having an elastomer spring element arranged in operable combination with structure for inhibiting localized heat deterioration of the elastomer spring element.
摘要:
A railway car truck side bearing (10) includes a housing (24) mounted on the upper surface of a truck bolster (12) with an engagement member (32) biased upwardly from the housing into engagement with a depression (30) formed in a wear plate (18) attached to the bottom of a car body (20). A carriage (28) is affixed to the bottom of the top plate (16) and supports two stacks of disk springs (40) under an engagement member support member (34) to bias the support member (34) and the engagement member (32) upwardly into the top plate aperture (42). A pair of elastomeric blocks (26) are located on opposite sides of the carriage, between the top plate and the housing bottom, within the housing, to act as shock absorbers for the top plate.
摘要:
An elastomeric element for a railway car side bearing, the elastomeric element comprising a compression portion adapted to compress under load in use, wherein the compression portion comprises one or more ribs adapted for facilitating compression of the compression portion in use.
摘要:
A constant contact side bearing assembly includes a housing, a cap and an elastomeric resilient compressible element mounted within the interior chamber. The exterior surface of the cap wall has a generally even circumferential region which does not include protrusions or cavities other than small irregularities that are common to a casting process by which the cap of the present invention is manufactured. Accordingly, the anti-rotational tabs are positioned below this region and are operatively received within the channels disposed on the housing.
摘要:
The present disclosure relates to a side bearing assembly adapted to be accommodated within a generally rectangular receptacle having a pair of generally parallel and spaced side walls and a pair of generally parallel and spaced end walls, the receptacle being fixedly secured on an upper surface of a railcar bolster. The side bearing assembly includes a rubber spring including an insert having a through hole and first and second bases having a pair of spaced side walls and a pair of spaced end walls, the base defining a cavity for accommodating the rubber spring, and first and second elongated spacers. The bases are positioned within the receptacle so that the end walls of each base are adjacent each other, the first and second spacers being positioned between the adjacent ends walls, and the first spacer is fastened to the second spacer for positioning and securing the pair of bases within the receptacle.
摘要:
An elastomeric spring assembly for a railcar apparatus is disclosed. The elastomeric spring assembly includes an elongated body of elastomeric material (60) having a series of axially spaced members (50) coaxially arranged and wholly embedded within the body of elastomeric material. The majority of the embedded members (50) are configured to resist radial outward movement of said elastomeric material while causing the elastomeric material (60) to react in an axial direction between confronting surfaces defined by the members upon axial deflection of the elastomeric spring whereby enhancing performance characteristics of the spring assembly. A method of making an elastomeric spring assembly is also disclosed.
摘要:
An elastomeric bearing and molding method for forming the same. The bearing includes first and second members and an elastomeric member (242) interposed in a cavity (225) defined between the first and second members. The second member (242) has a recess (228) formed therein which communicates with the cavity (225). The elastomeric member includes a working section (245) positioned in the cavity (225) and a non-working section (244) integral with the working section (245) and disposed in the recess (228). The non-working section (244) serves as a sprue location site during the molding process to avoid locating surface defects associated with the sprue in the working section (245).
摘要:
A railway car side bearing includes a lower housing member, an upper housing member spaced apart from the lower housing member, and an elastomeric spring member interposed between the upper and lower housing members that buckles upon application of vertical loading to provide a spring rate that softens within a range of compressive loads. The upper and lower housing members cooperate with each other to allow for relative vertical movement therebetween, but restrain lateral and rotational movement therebetween. The elastomeric spring member has a first set of spring rates when subjected to axial loads within a first range. However, when the side bearing is subjected to axial loads within a second range, the elastomeric spring member buckles and exhibits a second set of substantially softer spring rates.