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US 4,355,582 AGranted
Railway car tilt control system
AssigneeThe Budd Company
InventorJohn A. Germer
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Abstract
A tilt system for a railway car includes mechanism for tilting the car only when lateral acceleration forces exceed preselected minimum levels and to limit the amount of tilting of the car.
Claims10
In combination with means for tilting a railway car body with respect to a truck in response to lateral acceleration forces,
- (a) means for detecting lateral acceleration forces in said railway car;
- (b) an actuator included in said means for tilting for receiving forces to cause said tilting;
- (c) means connected between said lateral acceleration forces and said actuator to tilt said railway car when said acceleration forces exceed predetermined levels, and
- (d) means for limiting the amount of tilting of said railway car.
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