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US 8,939,488 B2Granted
Rail wheel
AssigneeKnorr-Bremse Systeme FüR Schienenfahrzeuge GmbH
InventorsXaver Wirth, Christian Mosbach
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Abstract
A rail wheel with a wheel body and wheel brake discs connected thereto with fastening elements on both sides is designed in such a way that at least in the respective contact regions of the wheel brake discs a mechanically and thermally highly resilient intermediate layer is arranged on the wheel body.
Claims10
A rail wheel comprising:
- a wheel body;
- and
- wheel brake disks connected to the wheel body on both sides with fastening elements,
- wherein a mechanically and thermally highly loadable intermediate layer is provided between the wheel body and the wheel brake disks at at least respective contact regions of the wheel brake disks,
- wherein the intermediate layer is composed of a sheet of stainless steel having a polished surface and having a greater strength than the wheel body or a wheel web, and
- wherein the intermediate layer is held relative to the respective wheel brake disk in a radially secured manner, and
- wherein the intermediate layer acts as a sliding layer on which the combination of the intermediate layer and the connected wheel brake disk slides relative to the wheel body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.