SIDE-BEARING PAD Russian patent published in 2023 - IPC B61F5/14 

FIELD: railway transport.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to the side-bearing pads of railway vehicles. The pad contains a base with an annular ledge, a centring ledge and two lateral protruding parts. Above the base is a plate with an annular protrusion. The annular ledges of the plate and the base are telescopically connected to each other. A heat insulator is located between the plate and the elastomeric element. J-shaped recesses are made on the side parts of the annular protrusion of the base. In the recesses there are locking latches with a central axis and two tips. One tip is located inside the annular protrusion of the base, and the second - outside. The base plate of the side bearing is made with an inclined surface.

EFFECT: possibility of self-disassembly of the side bearing is excluded.

4 cl, 9 dwg