Multi-axle running carriage
AssigneeKrupp Bruninghaus GmbH
InventorRudolf Irle
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Abstract
The invention relates to a multi-axle running carriage for rail vehicles having two longitudinally, extending cast side walls (1, 2) and a transverse connecting assembly which are disposed axisparallel between two axles (3, 4) and are connected to the side walls, the side walls (1, 2) and the transverse connecting assembly forming a substantially H-shaped running carriage frame bearing a spring-mounted vehicle frame which can be fitted on, the load transmitting transverse connecting assembly provided being a transverse leaf spring (9) which consists of a number of spring leaves (14-19) and which bears in its central zone the lower part (10) of a bogie pivot at the connection of the vehicle frame and which is retained by its ends in the side walls (1, 2).
Claims11
A multi-axle running carriage for supporting a vehicle frame of a rail vehicle, consisting essentially of
- first and second cast side walls extending in a longitudinal direction,
- first and second axles mounted in said side walls and extending in an axial direction which is transverse to said longitudinal direction, and
- a transverse leaf spring assemblage disposed between said first and second axles and extending in aid axial direction, said leaf spring assemblage comprising a plurality of individual leaf springs, each of said leaf springs having a central zone which is connected to a lower part of a bogie pivot of said vehicle frame and first and second ends which are mounted in said first and second side walls,
- said first and second walls and said transverse leaf spring assemblage constituting a running carriage frame in which only said leaf springs bear said vehicle frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.