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US 9,238,472 B2Granted
Wheelset axle protection
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsHeiko Meyer, Hans Juergen Maerkl, Guntram Ruef, Ralph Schmidt, Robert Thiess, Jens Vollert
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Abstract
The wheel set shaft of a rail vehicle is protected in an effective and economical manner by a protection device. The device includes an elastomeric mat which can be easily placed on the wheel set shaft and retaining means for retaining the elastomeric mat on the wheel set shaft.
Claims9
A device for protecting a wheelset axle of a rail vehicle, the device comprising:
- an elastomeric mat to be placed on the wheelset axle and retaining means configured to retain said elastomeric mat on the wheelset axle;
- a housing of a rigid material disposed for at least partially enclosing said elastomeric mat, said housing having two mutually facing free ends each facing a wheel when said housing is mounted, and said free ends having incisions formed therein, said incisions defining tongues having tongue free ends, said tongue free ends being said two mutually facing free ends of said housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.