elliptic spring

English

Noun

elliptic spring (plural elliptic springs)

(mechanical engineering, automotive) A curved leaf spring of different styles.
- 1962 December, “The B.R. standard diesel-electric Type 1 locomotive”, in Modern Railways, page 382:
  The bogie bolster itself is mounted on two double elliptic springs, which are spaced by a channel section spring plank suspended from the bogie frame by swing hangers and knife-edge rockers.

References

“elliptic spring”, in Collins English Dictionary.

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