101 |
BOGIE FOR A RAIL VEHICLE WHICH HAS A DRIVE |
US12668240 |
2008-07-03 |
US20100192800A1 |
2010-08-05 |
Michael Holzapfel; Michael Bachmann; Heike Smula; Heiko Muhlberg |
The invention relates to a bogie for a locomotivewith a bogie framewith at least one wheel set, comprising two wheels, a wheel set gear, a wheel set shaft and a wheel set gear housing;with a push/pull rod, which acts on one side on the bogie frame and on the other side on the locomotive frame and transfers forces between these two.The invention is characterized by the following features:the gear housing of the wheel set exhibits a recess for the feeding through of the push/pull rod;the recess is bordered by walls which are integral with the remaining housing walls. |
102 |
System for the secondary suspension of a superstructure of a rail vehicle having a passive spring element |
US11015800 |
2004-12-20 |
US07185592B2 |
2007-03-06 |
Winfried Hommen; Henry Kirsch; Martin Lehmair; Reinhard Loebner; Martin Waldstein; Ralf Oberthür |
A secondary suspension for a rail vehicle includes a superstructure, a bogie and a steel spring arranged between the superstructure and the bogie. The steel spring ensures at least one raised traveling level for the superstructure when the rail vehicle is traveling. Further included is a tension cylinder. When the rail vehicle is stopped, the steel spring is compressed by the tension cylinder to adjust the superstructure to a lowered station platform level below the at least one traveling level. |
103 |
Railed vehicle with bodies and at least one chassis |
US10220420 |
2001-02-28 |
US06923125B2 |
2005-08-02 |
Reinard Pieper; Guido Bieker |
A railed vehicle with bodies and at least one chassis is disclosed, rotatably mounted about a vertical axis, whereby rotating coupling elements are provided between chassis and body. At least two tie rods (6, 7, 6′, 7′, 27, 28, 29) with predetermined spring rate and damping are arranged as torque coupling elements between chassis (1, 26) and body, with a predetermined separation in the transverse direction of the chassis. The tie rods (6, 7, 6′, 7′, 27, 28, 29) are each flexibly connected to brackets (9) on the body, at one end and to a transverse support (2) of the chassis frame, at the other end. A tie rod (6, 7, 6′, 7′, 27, 28) comprises a universal housing, with a shell (12) and end head pieces (13, 14), which guides a push-/pull-rod (11), whereby, within said universal housing at least one friction ring set is mounted and which can be operated by a push-/pull-segment (18) of the push-/pull-rod (11). |
104 |
Railed vehicle with bodies and at least one chassis |
US10220420 |
2003-01-21 |
US20030221581A1 |
2003-12-04 |
Reinard
Pieper; Guido
Bieker |
A railed vehicle with bodies and at least one chassis is disclosed, rotatably mounted about a vertical axis, whereby rotating coupling elements are provided between chassis and body. At least two tie rods (6, 7, 6null, 7null, 27, 28, 29) with predetermined spring rate and damping are arranged as torque coupling elements between chassis (1, 26) and body, with a predetermined separation in the transverse direction of the chassis. The tie rods (6, 7, 6null, 7null, 27, 28, 29) are each flexibly connected to brackets (9) on the body, at one end and to a transverse support (2) of the chassis frame, at the other end. A tie rod (6, 7, 6null, 7null, 27, 28) comprises a universal housing, with a shell (12) and end head pieces (13, 14), which guides a push-/pull-rod (11), whereby, within said universal housing at least one friction ring set is mounted and which can be operated by a push-/pull-segment (18) of the push-/pull-rod (11). |
105 |
Pneumatic shock-absorber |
US09979250 |
2002-01-24 |
US06568665B2 |
2003-05-27 |
Günther Foerster; Uwe Heiber; Karsten Klatt |
The invention relates to a pneumatic shock-absorber equipped with a height sensor which is to be mounted onto a rail vehicle. The aim of the invention is to prevent components of the rail vehicle, such as supports for the superstructure and/or an additional volume of pressure formed by a cradle, from being drilled or modified in another way in order to create the installation space for the height sensor. The inventive pneumatic shock-absorber is characterized in that an upper extension arm and a lower extension arm extend laterally from the upper support plate and lower mounting plate respectively and that the height sensor is positioned between the two extension arms. |
106 |
Retractable auxiliary bumper for hydraulic or pneumatic railway suspensions |
US10095230 |
2002-03-11 |
US06550394B1 |
2003-04-22 |
Richard B. Polley |
An auxiliary suspension for hydraulic or pneumatic railway car suspensions is disclosed. The auxiliary suspension includes a bumper assembly which is located below the railcar body. The bumper assembly further includes a bumper pad that is retracted when a certain level of pressure is present in the hydraulic or pneumatic suspension. In a retracted position, the passenger car has room to “kneel” at a station platform to align the car floor height with the station platform height. When pressure in the hydraulic or pneumatic suspension is absent, the bumper pad of the auxiliary suspension extends to allow safe operation of the passenger train. |
107 |
Device for transmitting the longitudinal forces of a bogie to the superstructure of a rail vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle with high tractive power |
US09623960 |
2000-11-09 |
US06397760B1 |
2002-06-04 |
Gerhard Schmidt |
A device for transmitting the longitudinal forces of a bogie to the superstructure of a rail vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle with high tractive power. The device includes a transmission rod arranged in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and comprising two rod parts (4), of which one rod part engages on a pivot point of the superstructure and the other rod part engages on a pivot point of the bogie frame. The two rod parts are connected at a joint which is capable of rotary motion about the transverse axis of the vehicle and is supported vertically relative to the bogie frame. The two rod parts and the joint capable of rotary motion are embodied in a buckle-resistant manner, the joint being connected to the bogie frame in a manner which allows force to be transmitted in both vertical directions. |
108 |
Element for supporting suspension-springs |
US176296 |
1988-03-31 |
US4861007A |
1989-08-29 |
Emilio Morini |
An element for supporting the suspension-springs of railway wagons including a bottom plate, an intermediate plate and a parallel adjacent supporting plate provided with the interposition of first and second elastic rings which are connected to the plates at their respective contacting surfaces. The second elastic ring has a greater rigidity compared to that of the first elastic ring. The greater rigidity is obtained by forming the second ring to have a lesser height (L") than that (L') of the first ring, or by use of an elastomeric material that is more rigid than the material which is used for forming the first ring. |
109 |
Single axle truck suspension for railway flat car |
US553253 |
1983-11-18 |
US4590864A |
1986-05-27 |
Phillip G. Przybylinski |
A railway flat car is supported on an underframe which includes suspension support frames provided with single axle suspensions. The frames include longitudinally spaced bolsters including horizontal frame structures on which leaf springs are supported which are also carried by journals supporting the single axles. The ends of the leaf springs are supported by vertical spaced hanger straps pivotally connected at their lower ends to support brackets which are fixed to the bolster structures of the support frames. In the present improvement the brackets are welded into recesses provided in the bolsters providing an improved structure minimizing stress problems. The brackets become an integral part of the bolster structures. |
110 |
Axle stop arrangement for single axle wheel truck for a skeleton type
railway car |
US535406 |
1983-09-26 |
US4589346A |
1986-05-20 |
Roy W. Miller |
The wheel and axle assembly of a single axle wheel truck for a railway car is prevented from exceeding acceptable lateral and longitudinal movement with respect to fixed body portions of the railway car by an axle stop arrangement positioned laterally outboard of the wheel truck springs. This axle stop arrangement controls the wheel set movement relative to the car body and, due to its laterally outboard positioning, engagement between the axle stop structure and the wheels is prevented. |
111 |
Railway vehicle with end and intermediate trucks |
US594878 |
1984-03-29 |
US4562775A |
1986-01-07 |
Keith L. Jackson; W. Clifford Jones; John L. Schauster |
A railway vehicle, in particular a locomotive, has three or more trucks with the bolsters of each swivelly supported on the respective truck frames and having means for transmitting longitudinal traction and braking forces to the body underframe. The truck bolsters mount upright body-support spring devices which are yieldable in shear transversely of the locomotive to permit sufficient limited lateral movement of the body with respect to the trucks to prevent the full force of lateral blows and shocks received by the wheels from being communicated to the body and for preventing the momentum of the body from acting with its full lateral force on the truck wheels and rails. The upright springs of the end trucks support the underframe directly while the upright springs of the intermediate truck or trucks support a superbolster which is movable transversely of the locomotive underframe a substantial distance in addition to the lateral deflection of the upright springs to accommodate the additional lateral movement or excursion of the intermediate truck or trucks with respect to the underframe required during operation on curved track. |
112 |
Railway locomotive truck |
US708722 |
1976-07-26 |
US4088080A |
1978-05-09 |
Keith L. Jackson |
A six-wheel railway motor truck for swivelly supporting a locomotive body is connected to the same for the effective transmission thereto of draft and braking forces at a level at or near that of the rail whereby the vertical moment arm through which traction forces might act to tip the truck frame and thereby cause load transference from axle to axle is minimized, with corresponding minimization of such load transference. The truck comprises a rigid frame resiliently supported on the three axles, a body support bolster supported on the sides of the truck frame by upright springs and held against swivelling movements or longitudinal movements with respect to the truck frame while being free for limited vertical and transverse movements with respect to the truck frame. Transversely and longitudinally spaced sliding bearings on the bolster slidably engage opposing bearings on the locomotive underframe for holding the bolster against tipping longitudinally or transversely with respect to the underframe and cooperating vertical axis pivot-forming bearings on the underframe and bolster transmit longitudinal forces from the bolster to the underframe and permit swivel of the entire truck with respect to the underframe. For transmitting longitudinal forces from the truck frame to the bolster and hence to the supported longitudinal body substantially at rail level, the truck frame is connected to the bolster at each side by a pair of longitudinally upwardly and outwardly inclined links arranged so that their axial projections intersect at track level. |
113 |
Resilient stabilizing railway truck assembly |
US3433177D |
1966-03-01 |
US3433177A |
1969-03-18 |
CRIPE ALAN R |
|
114 |
Railway car truck |
US56218056 |
1956-01-30 |
US2908230A |
1959-10-13 |
DEAN WALTER B |
|
115 |
Lateral motion dampening device for locomotives |
US64338132 |
1932-11-19 |
US2025931A |
1935-12-31 |
BLUNT JAMES G |
|
116 |
Railway Vehicle and Funicular Apparatus |
US15509003 |
2015-09-04 |
US20180093679A1 |
2018-04-05 |
Guillaume Cottard |
A funicular intended particularly for transporting heavy loads between an upstream station (10) and a downstream station (12), comprises a railway track (14) connecting the upstream station (10) to the downstream station (12) and a vehicle (16) running on the track (14) and drawn by at least one towing cable (30). The vehicle comprises a chassis (50) defining a median longitudinal vertical plane that rests on at least one pendulum running gear, comprising two independent lateral pendulum devices (60) situated on either side of the median longitudinal vertical plane, wherein each lateral pendulum device (60) comprises a secondary pendulum (62) articulated in relation to the chassis (50) around a horizontal secondary pivot axis and two primary pendulums, each articulated in relation to the secondary pendulum (62) around a horizontal primary pivot axis, wherein the primary pivot axes of the two primary pendulums are spaced apart from one another longitudinally on either side of the secondary pivot axis, wherein each primary pendulum is associated with at least two support rollers designed to run on the railway track (14), each rotating around a rotation axis parallel to the primary pivot axis of the associated primary pendulum and situated longitudinally on either side of the primary pivot axis of the associated primary pendulum. |
117 |
Air spring for railroad car |
US14125800 |
2011-07-08 |
US09517781B2 |
2016-12-13 |
Kenji Fujimoto |
An air spring for railroad cars includes an air spring part formed by an upper support on a vehicle body side, an intermediate support arranged therebelow, and a diaphragm made of rubber and extending between the upper support and the intermediate support; and an elastic mechanism b formed by a rubber mass 5 interposed between the intermediate support and a lower support 4 on a bogie side arranged therebelow. The rubber mass 5 has an end in contact with the lower support 4 formed as an enlarged end 5A increasing in diameter as approaching the lower support 4 in a vertical direction. An outer circumferential portion of this enlarged end is fitted in and bonded to an annular groove 12 formed in the lower support 4, and the annular groove 12 has an annular bottom 12A inclined to decrease in height radially outwards to have an annular tapered bottom 12a. |
118 |
Air spring |
US14125388 |
2013-04-01 |
US09309944B2 |
2016-04-12 |
Yoshiyuki Kita; Hirokazu Haraguchi |
An air spring includes an upper surface plate, a lower surface plate, and a diaphragm connecting the upper surface plate and the lower surface plate. The diaphragm has an annular shape having an opening on an inner circumferential side. In the diaphragm, an upper surface plate contact portion, which is a region defining the opening and being in contact with the upper surface plate, includes a deformed portion elastically deformed to protrude toward the lower surface plate side by contact with a support plate. The deformed portion is in contact with a sliding member located on the lower surface plate side when viewed from the deformed portion. |
119 |
END MEMBERS FOR RAIL SPRING ASSEMBLIES AND SUSPENSION SYSTEMS INCLUDING SAME |
US14413917 |
2013-07-09 |
US20150122145A1 |
2015-05-07 |
David D. Jackson, JR. |
End members (202, 204) dimensioned for securement to an associated flexible wall (206) of a rail spring assembly (200) can include an end member body formed from a polymeric material and can have a longitudinal axis (AX). The end member body can include an end wall (232) that extends transverse to the longitudinal axis. An outer side wall (234) can extend longitudinally from along the end wall. An outer peripheral wall (264) can extend from along the outer side wall and can be dimensioned to abuttingly engage the associated flexible wall. A plurality of support walls (272) can extend between and operatively interconnect the outer side wall and the outer peripheral wall and thereby buttress at least the outer peripheral wall against loads applied by the associated flexible wall. Gas spring assemblies including one or more of such end members and suspension systems for rail vehicles including one or more of such gas spring assemblies are also included. |
120 |
Railroad car wheel truck |
US13664405 |
2012-10-30 |
US08683927B2 |
2014-04-01 |
Mingdao Sun; Yong Xu; Baolei Wang; Yongjiang Li; Hui Luo; Wanlu Gong; Guangyi Xiao |
A wheel truck for a railroad car, including: a front wheel pair assembly and a rear wheel pair assembly; two side frame assemblies, each side frame assembly including a square box and journal-box guides; two spring suspension devices; and a bolster assembly including two ends disposed on the two spring suspension devices, respectively. The bolster assembly includes a pilot hole in the center and two mounting holes on the two ends, the pilot hole is rotationally matched with a cylindrical upper center plate of a car body for transmitting vertical and horizontal forces from the car body, and the two mounting holes are disposed above the two spring suspension devices, respectively. Each mounting hole receives a lower side bearing, and the lower side bearing is matched with a corresponding upper side bearing disposed on each side of the car body for transmitting the vertical load from the car body. |