Track short-circuit and current return device for a rail vehicle
AssigneeAlstom Transport SA
InventorsCyril Costes, Alain Rodet, Yves Longueville
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Abstract
A rail vehicle of the type comprising including at least one equipped axle which is provided with a transmission shaft which is movable in terms of rotation and which is fixedly joined in terms of rotation to two wheels, each of which is provided with a tire, the device including an electric current supply source, the source supplying a friction assembly with electric current. The friction assembly is alone and is electrically connected to a cable assembly which electrically connects the tires of the two wheels, the cable assembly including a cable portion which extends inside the transmission shaft between the two wheels.
Claims10
A track short-circuit and current return device for a rail vehicle comprising:
- at least one equipped axle having a transmission shaft movable in terms of rotation and fixedly joined in terms of rotation to two wheels, each of the wheels having a tire;
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- an electric current supply source, the source supplying a friction assembly with electric current, wherein the friction assembly is single and is electrically connected to a cable assembly, the cable assembly electrically connecting the tires of the two wheels, the cable assembly including a cable portion extending inside the shaft between the two wheels.
A rail vehicle comprising:
- at least one bogie provided with at least one equipped axle including a transmission shaft movable in terms of rotation and fixedly joined in terms of rotation to two wheels, each of the two wheels provided with a tire;
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- an electric current supply source, the source supplying a friction assembly with electric current, wherein the friction assembly is single and is electrically connected to a cable assembly, the cable assembly electrically connecting the tires of the two wheels, the cable assembly including a cable portion extending inside the shaft between the two wheels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.