Idler wheel axle for rail vehicles
AssigneeGutehoffnungshutte Radsatz GmbH
InventorsAndreas Brinkmann, Thomas Timmermann, Thaddaus Kasprzyk, Bernd Wienkop
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Abstract
An idler wheel axle for single-axle or double-axle chassis of rail vehicles having individually mounted wheels and U-shaped, dropped-framed vehicles with lateral carrying legs, wherein each wheel is rotatably mounted on the inside of the associated carrying leg, and on an axle stub of the carrying leg via a wheel mounting, and wherein each wheel is torsionally connected on an inside thereof to a shaft that extends outward through orifices within the wheel and the carrying leg.
Claims10
An idler wheel axle (1) with individually mounted wheels (10) for chassis of rail vehicles, with a wheel carrying frame (8) externally surrounding the wheels (10) with lateral carrying legs (12), each wheel (10) being rotatably mounted, on the inside of the associated carrying leg (12), on an axle stub (36) of the carrying leg (12) via a wheel mounting (32), and each wheel (10) being torsionally connected on its inside to a shaft (16) which extends outward through orifices (11, 13) of the wheel (10) and of the carrying leg (12), the wheel mounting (32) consisting of two part bearings (34a, 34b), and the first part bearing (34a) being arranged within the orifice (11) of the wheel (10) between the wheel (10) and the axle stub (36) of the carrying leg (12), while the second part bearing (34b) is arranged, offset axially and radially to the first, within the orifice (13) of the carrying leg (12) between the latter and the shaft (16).
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