Railway trucks

Claim 1

A VEHICLE TRUCK ASSEMBLY, COMPRISING: (A) A FIRST FRAME SECTION COMPRISING A FIRST SIDE FRAME AND A FIRST TRANSOM RIGIDLY FIXED TO SAID FIRST SIDE FRAME AND EXTENDING LATERALLY THEREFROM; (B) A SECOND FRAME SECTION COMPRISING A SECOND SIDE FRAME AND A SECOND TRANSOM RIGIDLY FIXED TO SAID SECOND SIDE FRAME AND EXTENDING LATERALLY THEREFROM; (C) THE TRANSOMS OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND FRAME SECTIONS BEING SPACED FROM EACH OTHER LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID TRUCK; (D) WHEEL AND AXLE ASSEMBLIES JOURNALLED IN SAID FRAME SECTIONS AT OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE TRUCK AND PROVIDING WHEELS AT LOCATIONS CORRESPONDING GENERALLY TO THE FOUR CORNERS OF SAID TRUCK; (E) FIRST AND SECOND INDEPENDENT NON-RESILIENT MEANS FOR SO CONNECTING SAID FIRST FRAME SECTION TO SAID SECOND FRAME SECTION AS TO PERMIT VERTICAL DISPLACEMENT OF ANY ONE OF SAID WHEELS RELATIVE TO THE REMAINING WHEELS WHILE SUBSTANTIALLY MAINTAINING SAID SIDE FRAMES SUBSTANTIALLY IN RECTANGULAR TRAM AND SUBSTANTIALLY PREVENTING LATERAL TILTING OF SAID SIDE FRAMES; (F) SAID FIRST AND SECOND CONNECTING MEANS COMPRISING MEANS CONFINING THE RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND FRAME SECTIONS TO AN AXIS EXTENDING DIAGONALLY ACROSS SAID TRUCK ADJACENT THE ENDS OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND TRANSOMS.