Patent ID: 7624687
Filing Date: 2009-12-01
Classification: B61F

Abstract:
1. A truck apparatus for a railway car, said truck apparatus comprising: (a) a pair of wheel sets each having a pair of wheels joined by an axle; (b) a frame means for carrying one end of a railway car body, said frame means including a first member aligned laterally relative to said railway car body and a pair of side members positioned at opposite ends respectively of said first member external to a respective pair of wheels and aligned longitudinally relative to such railway car body; and (c) a plurality of suspension means each positioned at a respective axle end for positioning said side members of said frame means in a suspended pendulum manner relative to said pair of wheel sets below respective axles thereof and for decoupling from each other vertical, lateral and longitudinal forces applied to said frame means relative by said pair of wheel sets.