Rail damper mounting apparatus and rail damper systems containing the same

A rail damper mounting apparatus, comprising:

• a) a clipping device adapted to clip onto a rail;
• b) a mounting device adapted to allow an oscillator to secure thereto;
• wherein the rail damper mounting apparatus forms at least three clipping points with a rail when the rail damper mounting device is installed to the rail;
• wherein the mounting apparatus forms two clipping points located above a plane defined by foot tips of the rail on two sides of the rail, and one clipping point below the plane, when the rail damper mounting apparatus is installed to the rail;
• wherein the clipping device comprises a rail web contact member and a rail foot contact member;
• the rail web contact member forming a first clipping point and a second clipping point above the plane at a foot and a web of the rail respectively, when the rail damper mounting apparatus is installed to the rail;
• the rail foot contact member forming a third clipping point below the plane at the foot of the rail;
• the rail web contact member having a side edge in a curved shape that faces the web of the rail when the rail damper mounting apparatus is installed to the rail;
• wherein the rail web contact member is formed as a single piece with the rail foot contact member;
• the side edge forming the first and second clipping points when the rail damper mounting apparatus is installed to the rail;
• and
• wherein the first and second clipping points are located on the side edge at substantially the same radial distance from a rotating center defined by an intersection of two lines respectively normal to tangential lines at the first and second clipping points.