Patent ID: 8360214

Claim:
A brake shoe support assembly, comprising: a mounting bracket; a hanger body pivotally connected by a first pivot pin to the mounting bracket and comprising opposing sides defining a receiving pocket therebetween; a brake shoe holder pivotally connected to the opposing sides by a second pivot pin extending between the opposing sides and through a portion of the brake shoe holder, the brake shoe holder disposed on the second pivot pin such that spacing is present in the receiving pocket between the brake shoe holder and one of the opposing sides and such that the brake shoe holder is capable of lateral movement on the second pivot pin; and a resilient biasing structure mounted on the second pivot pin and disposed in the spacing defined between the brake shoe holder and one of the opposing sides, the resilient biasing structure allowing the brake shoe holder to track the lateral movement of a railway vehicle wheel and returns the brake shoe holder to a neutral position on the second pivot pin after performing a braking operation on the wheel in a curved section of track wherein the resilient biasing structure is compressed by the wheel as the brake shoe holder moves laterally on the second pivot pin.