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US 11,535,281 B2Granted
Drive system for a rail vehicle, rail vehicle having the drive system and methods for the forward movement of a rail vehicle
AssigneeSiemens Mobility GmbH
InventorOlaf Koerner
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Abstract
A drive system for a rail vehicle includes at least one drive motor and at least one cooling apparatus for cooling the at least one drive motor and/or other components of the drive system, in particular a current converter. The drive system is constructed and intended to use kinetic energy of the rail vehicle for operation of the cooling apparatus. A rail vehicle having the drive system and methods for the forward movement of a rail vehicle are also provided.
Claims9
A drive system for a rail vehicle configured as a car locomotive, the drive system comprising:
- at least one permanent magnet-excited drive motor without self-ventilation;
- at least one cooling apparatus for cooling said at least one drive motor;
- said at least one cooling apparatus configured to be operated exclusively by kinetic energy of the rail vehicle during operation of the rail vehicle as a car locomotive.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.