Electric rail vehicle
OwnerMatthew Soule, John Howard +1inventors
InventorsMatthew Soule, John Howard, Benjamin Stuart Stabler
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Abstract
The electric vehicle can include: a payload interface, a payload suspension, a chassis, a set of bumpers, a sensor suite, a controller, a chassis suspension, and an electric powertrain. The electric vehicle 100 can optionally include a payload adapter, a power source, a cooling subsystem, and/or any other suitable components. The electric vehicle functions to structurally support a payload, such as a cargo container (e.g., intermodal container, ISO container, etc.), and/or to facilitate transportation of a payload via railway infrastructure.
Claims21
An electric rail vehicle comprising:
- a bogie chassis;
- a payload interface coupled to the bogie chassis;
- a battery mounted to the bogie chassis;
- electric powertrain mounted to the bogie chassis and coupled to the battery, comprising:
- a traction motor and a split axle connected to the traction motor, the split axle comprising a first and a second end;
- and
- a chassis suspension coupled to the bogie chassis and independently suspending a first rail wheel and a second rail wheel at the first and second ends of the split axle, respectively.
A rail vehicle comprising:
- a bogie chassis;
- powertrain mounted to the bogie chassis and comprising a drive axle;
- and
- a chassis suspension coupled to the bogie chassis, comprising:
- an anti-roll bar, coupled to the drive axle at a first and second end;
- and
- at each of the first and second ends of the drive axle:
- a pair of nested coil springs;
- and a set of chevron springs aligned with an axis of the pair of nested coil springs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.