Truss-type brake beam for railway vehicle truck-mounted brake assembly
CA 1322729 C · Owner: American Standard Inc. · Inventors: Hart, James E.; Allan, Earl E.; Kyllonen, Allen W.
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Case 8421), ABSTRACT OF THE INVENTION A truss-type brake beam having a bent configuration in which the midpoint of both the compression and the tension members lies at a level below the ends of the brake beam. A specially constructed strut member is disposed between the compression and the tension members at their midpoints and includes an upraised portion via which a force-transfer lever of the linkage interconnecting the respective brake beams of a truck-mounted brake assembly can be mounted to rotate above the level of the tension member. Such an arrangement allows the force-transfer lever to be located closer to the tension member than heretofore possible, thus providing sufficient room …
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- Granted October 5, 1993. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended October 5, 2010.
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