Method for controlling the height of a transport vehicle and related transport vehicle
AssigneeAlstom Transport Technologies
InventorSacheen DAUSOA
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Abstract
Disclosed is a method for controlling the position relatively to a platform of a floor of a carriage including a bogie including a chassis, a primary suspension, and a secondary suspension, the method including the steps: measuring the height of the secondary suspension; and adjusting the height of the secondary suspension, according to the height of the platform for positioning the floor at the height of the platform. This method includes a step for estimating the height of the top of the chassis, the adjustment of the height of the secondary suspension being achieved according to the estimated height of the top of the chassis.
Claims10
A method for controlling the position of a floor of a carriage of a railway vehicle moving on rails, relatively to a platform, the carriage comprising a body and at least one bogie, the bogie including an axle, a bogie chassis, at least one primary suspension interposed between the axle and the bogie chassis, and at least one secondary suspension interposed between the primary suspension and the floor, the axle comprising wheels connected through a shaft, the method including the following steps:
- measuring the height of the secondary suspension defined from a top of the bogie chassis, and
- adjusting the height of the secondary suspension, according to the height of the platform defined from the top of the rails for positioning the floor at the height of the platform,
- characterized in that, the method comprises a step for estimating the height of the top of the bogie chassis defined from the shaft of the axle, the adjustment of the height of the secondary suspension being achieved according to the estimated height of the top of the bogie chassis defined from the shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.