BODY LATERAL SUPPORT AT BOGIE Russian patent published in 2013 - IPC B61F5/14 

FIELD: transport.

SUBSTANCE: body lateral support comprises top case 1 attached to car body frame 2 and bottom case 3 with bearer 4. Said bearer is composed of a plate secured to bogie bolster 5 that stays in contact with working surface of bottom case strap 7. Bottom case is coupled by torsion lever 8 with car body frame to press bottom case with strap to aforesaid bearer. One end of torsion lever is articulated with bottom case while its opposite end is secured via plain bearings 10 to body frame. Clearance of provided between bottom case nonworking surface 11 and top case to allow elastic interaction between body with thrust bearing 12 of bogie bolster.

EFFECT: stable operation of support, higher safety.

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