Rail vehicle having increased side-wind stability
AssigneeSiemens Mobility GmbH
InventorsJan Neuhaus, Kaspar Schroeder-Bodenstein
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Abstract
The invention relates to a rail vehicle, for which a direction of travel is specified and which has a leading bogie at a front of the rail vehicle with respect to the direction of travel and a trailing bogie at the end of the rail vehicle which is directed counter to the direction of travel. The leading bogie and the trailing bogie are each equipped with an anti-roll stabilizer. The roll stiffnesses of the anti-roll stabilizers of the leading bogie and of the trailing bogie are selected to be different such that, when side wind acts on the rail vehicle, unequal wheel unloading at the leading and trailing bogies is counteracted.
Claims8
1-7. (canceled)
A rail vehicle, comprising:
- a direction of travel defining a front end of the rail vehicle facing in the direction of travel and an end of the rail vehicle facing counter to the direction of travel;
- a leading bogie at said front end and a trailing bogie at said end facing counter to the direction of travel, said leading bogie and said trailing bogie each being equipped with a respective anti-roll stabilizer;
- said anti-roll stabilizers of said leading bogie and said trailing bogie having different roll stiffnesses, causing unequal wheel unloading on said leading and trailing bogies to be counteracted when the rail vehicle is subjected to a side wind.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.