Patent ID: 7143700
Filing Date: 2006-12-05
Classification: B61F

Abstract:
1. A wheelset-to-sideframe interface assembly for a railroad car truck, said interface assembly comprising: a bearing adapter and a mating pedestal seat; said bearing adapter having first and second ends formed for interlocking insertion between a pair of pedestal jaws of a railroad car truck sideframe; said bearing adapter having a first rocking member; said pedestal seat having a second rocking member; said first and second rocking members being matingly engageable to permit rocking therebetween; a resilient member mounted between said bearing adapter and said pedestal seat; said resilient member having a portion formed to engage said first end of said bearing adapter; said resilient member having an accommodation formed therein to permit mating engagement of said first and second rocking members; and, when assembled, said bearing adapter receives vertical loads from said pedestal seat through said first rocking member uninterrupted by said resilient member.