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US 6,551,003 B1Granted
Joint for pivotally joining a brake head to a brake beam
AssigneeAcertek, S.A. de C.V.
InventorJorge De La Fuente-Farias
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Abstract
A joint for pivotally joining a brake head to a brake beam of a railway car which allows to the brake head to modify its radial direction with respect to a bogie wheel, allowing the brake shoe to adapt to the wheel contour, and achieving an adequate force distribution along the brake shoe.
Claims4
A joint for pivotally joining a brake head having two transverse ends and a transverse axis, to a railway brake beam having first and second longitudinal sides, said joint comprising:
- brake beam linking means for linking the brake head to the brake beam and joined to the brake beam, and including brake head pivotal linking means for pivotally linking the brake head to the brake beam, said brake beam linking means comprising:
- two metal plaques, each comprising a flat rectangular-shaped piece having first and second longitudinal ends, each plaque joined by the first longitudinal end to an end of the brake beam;
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- a plaque bushing having a diametric axis, retained between both metal plaques and welded to the second longitudinal end of both metal plaques, wherein the diametric axis remains perpendicular to both longitudinal sides of the brake beam.
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