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US 2021/0354734 A1Published application
Systems for a brake system
AssigneeTransportation IP Holdings, LLC
InventorsJingjun Zhang, Bret D. Worden
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Abstract
Various methods and systems are provided for a braking system. In one example, a braking arrangement comprising a dead lever comprising a protrusion offset toward a live lever and a slack adjuster.
Claims20
A braking system for a vehicle truck, comprising:
- a dead vertical lever comprising a protrusion offset toward a live vertical lever and a slack adjuster of the braking system.
A rail vehicle truck, comprising:
- a brake rigging arrangement for an unpowered axle of the rail vehicle truck, the brake rigging arrangement including:
- a dead vertical lever, a slack adjuster, and a live vertical lever, wherein the slack adjuster is coupled to a protrusion opening arranged on a protrusion of the dead vertical lever.
A system, comprising:
- a first axle comprising a first brake rigging arrangement;
- a second axle comprising a second brake rigging arrangement;
- and
- a third axle comprising a third brake rigging arrangement;
- wherein
- the first brake rigging arrangement and the second brake rigging arrangement comprise a first brake rigging ratio and the third brake rigging arrangement comprises a second brake rigging ratio less than the first brake rigging ratio, wherein a distance measured between an axis of a first dead vertical lever and a first slack adjuster of the first and second brake rigging arrangements is less than a distance measured between an axis of a second dead vertical lever and a second slack adjuster of the third brake rigging arrangement.
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