초록

A railroad car sensing system for monitoring car performance by detecting vertical, transverse and/or longitudinal car truck movements, which includes one or more accelerometers mounted on a plastic brake beam guide for generating and sensing car truck movement signals to a computer for processing.

대표청구항 ▼

[ The invention is hereby claimed as follows:] [1.] In a brake beam wear plate for a brake beam guide bracket on the inner side of a side frame of a railroad car truck including at least one axle carrying a pair of wheels,wherein the bracket includes an elongated pocket for supporting a brake beam o

[ The invention is hereby claimed as follows:] [1.] In a brake beam wear plate for a brake beam guide bracket on the inner side of a side frame of a railroad car truck including at least one axle carrying a pair of wheels,wherein the bracket includes an elongated pocket for supporting a brake beam of a brake system and said brake beam includes brake shoes mounted in alignment with the wheels,said wear plate comprising a molded U-shaped body of polymer material having spaced apart upper and lower side walls and an interconnecting wall,said side walls and interconnecting wall adapted to fit in said bracket pocket and define a slideway for an end of the brake beam,the improvement in means for monitoring car performance which comprises a computer and means mounted on said wear plate for sending signals to the computer indicating vertical, transverse and/or longitudinal car truck movements.