Level control system for a vehicle, in particular a rail vehicle
AssigneeKnorr-Bremse Systeme FüR Schienenfahrzeuge GmbH
InventorsEduard Nies, Ulrich Wermund, Reinhard Loebner, Jürgen Muhr, Martin Lehmair
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Abstract
A level control system for a vehicle, in particular a rail vehicle, includes at least one level control cylinder and one level control piston, the level control piston being movably guided in the level control cylinder in order to adjust the level of the rail vehicle, the level control piston having an outer piston sleeve and a piston main body at least partially accommodated in the piston sleeve, and the piston main body being slidable relative to the piston sleeve for wear readjustment and being lockable and/or fixable in at least two adjustment positions.
Claims17
A level control system for a rail vehicle, the system comprising:
- at least one level control cylinder;
- and
- one level control piston,
- wherein the level control piston is movably guided in the level control cylinder for adjustment of the level of the rail vehicle,
- wherein the level control piston comprises an outer piston sleeve and a piston base body accommodated at least partially in the piston sleeve,
- wherein the piston base body is movable relative to the piston sleeve for readjustment and to be established and/or fixed in at least two adjustment positions, and
- wherein the level control system further comprises a secondary spring, which is arranged around the level control cylinder and the level control piston, wherein the secondary spring is a coil spring.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.