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US 12,371,075 B2Granted
Assembly for positioning a wheel of a rail vehicle
AssigneeSiemens Mobility GmbH
InventorMartin Zaech
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Abstract
An assembly for positioning a wheel of a rail vehicle. The wheel is supported on a wheel shaft and there is provided a swing arm and a frame of a bogie of the rail vehicle. The swing arm has a first end that is connected to the frame of the bogie in a rotationally mounted manner. The swing arm has a second end that is connected to the wheel shaft. The swing arm has a fixed, but detachable, connection between the first end and the second end which allows for the swing arm to be mechanically divided into two.
Claims4
An arrangement for positioning a wheel of a rail vehicle, comprising:
- a frame of a bogie of the rail vehicle;
- a wheel shaft carrying the wheel;
- a swing arm having a first end rotatably mounted to said frame of the bogie;
- said swing arm having a second end connected to said wheel shaft;
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- said swing arm having a fixed but nondestructively releasable connection between said first end and said second end, said releasable connection enabling said swing arm to be mechanically divided into two parts, and said two parts of said swing arm being directly and rigidly connected at said releasable connection.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.