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US 2012/0319420 A1Published application
Wheelset axle protection
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsHeiko Meyer, Hans Juergen Maerkl, Guntram Ruef, Ralph Schmidt, Robert Thiess, Jens Vollert
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Abstract
The wheel set shaft of a rail vehicle is protected in an effective and economical manner by a protection device. The device includes an elastomeric mat which can be easily placed on the wheel set shaft and retaining means for retaining the elastomeric mat on the wheel set shaft.
Claims11
1-10. (canceled)
A device for protecting a wheelset axle of a rail vehicle, the device comprising an elastomeric mat to be placed on the wheelset axle and retaining means configured to retain said elastomeric mat on the wheelset axle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.