| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 105199100 |
Body connections
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| 105197050 |
Sprung bolster
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| 105185000 |
Lateral-motion bolster | 5 |
| 20100037797 | RAIL ROAD CAR AND TRUCK THEREFOR - An auto rack rail road freight car is provided for carrying low density, relatively high value, relatively fragile lading. The car employs wheels that are greater than 33 inches in diameter. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100107922 | Rotation Impeding Device for a Vehicle - A rotation impeding device for a vehicle having a first vehicle component comprising a running gear and a second vehicle component comprising a wagon body supported thereon the rotation impeding device comprising a friction element carrier for a first friction element, wherein the friction element carrier is connectable to the running gear or the wagon body in such a manner torsionally rigid about a height axis of the vehicle that the wagon body is supported on the running gear by means of the friction element, wherein the wagon body is rotatable relative to the running gear under a friction-laden relative movement between the first friction element and a second friction element impeding a rotation about the height axis. There is provided a force generating device with a contact element, wherein the force generating device is connectable to the vehicle component carrying the friction element carrier in such a way that it acts, via the contact element, on the friction element carrier in order to generate a contact force between the first friction element and the second friction element. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20160075352 | RAILCAR BOGIE - A railcar bogie includes: a bogie frame including a cross beam and plate springs and being rotatable relative to a bolster in a yawing direction, the cross beam extending in a car width direction, the plate springs supporting both respective car width direction end portions of the cross beam and extending in a car longitudinal direction; and stoppers provided at the bogie frame and configured to contact interference members to restrict a rotation range of the bogie frame when the bogie frame rotates relative to the bolster in the yawing direction, the interference members being connected to the bolster. When the bogie frame is located at a neutral position relative to the bolster in the yawing direction, the stoppers are arranged at car width direction lateral sides of the cross beam so as to overlap the cross beam in a side view. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20080196618 | RUNNING GEAR FOR RAIL VEHICLES - This invention comprises a running gear for rail vehicles with at least three wheel sets housed in a bogey frame and at least one steering device that makes possible a transverse displacement of an end wheel set, wherein the bogey frame, seen in longitudinal direction, has several sections, wherein at least the frontmost section, seen in the direction of travel, in which the leading wheel set is arranged, is connected horizontally pivotable to a second, rigid section, characterized in that at least the frontmost section, seen in the direction of travel, of the bogey frame in which the leading wheel set is arranged is formed as a parallelogram that can be displaced transversely to the longitudinal axis of the bogey frame. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20110239899 | LOW FLOOR VEHICLE - A low floor vehicle reduces, when the vehicle enters a curved track, the lateral force of the vehicle, prevents occurrence of vibration and creaking sounds of the vehicle, improves riding quality of passengers, and reduces wear of wheel flanges. A low floor vehicle includes a bogie frame | 10-06-2011 |
| 105206100 |
Side frames | 5 |
| 20130213258 | FULL BUTT JOINT STRUCTURE OF CONNECTION JOINT BETWEEN SIDE FRAME AND CROSS BEAM OF BOGIE FRAME AND ASSEMBLY WELDING PROCESS - A full butt joint structure of a connection joint between a side frame and a cross beam of a bogie frame, characterized in: the side frame is connected to the cross beam by a connecting seat to realize the full butt joint, a side frame connecting end of the connecting seat, a transport column and a side frame inside vertical plate form a plate-plate butt joint structure, and a cross beam connecting end of the connecting seat and the cross beam form a tube-tube butt joint structure. An assembly welding process comprises: the connecting seat is assembled and welded to the cross beam; a cross beam unit is assembled and welded; the connecting seat is assembled and welded to the transport column and the side frame inside vertical plate; a side frame strengthen partition plate is assembled and welded to an upper plate; and the bogie frame is welded. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20100011985 | CHASSIS FRAME OF A RAIL VEHICLE - A running gear frame for a running gear of a rail vehicle with a frame body, which is configured to be supported at least on one wheel unit of the running gear. The frame body has two longitudinal beams extending in a longitudinal direction of the running gear and at least one transverse beam extending in a transverse direction of the running gear. The transverse beam substantially rigidly connects the two longitudinal beams to each other. The frame body is at least partially made of grey cast iron material. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20120180693 | Roll compensation system for rail vehicles - A rocking compensation system for rail vehicles includes actuators which are arranged within primary helical compression springs of bogies for a targeted height adjustment of a bogie frame of the bogie. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120291661 | SIDE FRAME AND BOLSTER FOR A RAILWAY TRUCK AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A method of manufacturing a side frame mold for casting a side frame of a railway car truck includes forming a drag and a cope portion of a mold from a casting material to define an exterior surface of a drag portion and cope portion, respectively, of the side frame. The mold includes a portion for casting the pedestal jaw of the side frame. The drag and the cope portions are then cured. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20140165871 | BOGIE AND SIDE FRAME THEREOF - A side frame for a bogie. Two longitudinal sides of the side frame are respectively provided with a supporting seat for connecting an end portion of a connecting rod, and the supporting seat is integrally formed with the side frame by casting. The supporting seat includes a supporting plate, a middle rib and a first side rib. The supporting plate is provided with a through hole. The connecting rod and the supporting seat are thread-connected via a conical pole which is fixedly provided in the through hole. The side frame reduces the welding processes, ensures the installation precision of the supporting seat, and enhances the strength of the supporting seat. | 06-19-2014 |
| 105200000 |
Bolster connections | 3 |
| 20150040794 | Rail Car - The following disclosure relates to a rail car. In one embodiment, a railcar can comprise a span bolster, outer truck assemblies, and a middle truck assembly. The outer truck assemblies can be rotatably mounted to each end of the span bolster. The middle truck assembly can be slidably mounted at a middle portion of said span bolster. In another embodiment, a railcar system can comprise a pair of railcars and a body. The rail cars can comprise a span bolster, outer truck assemblies, and a middle truck assembly. The outer truck assemblies can be rotatably mounted to each end of the span bolster. The middle truck assembly can be slidably mounted at a middle portion of said span bolster. The body can have two ends, each of the ends connected to one of the span bolsters. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20140174317 | BRAKE BEAM PADDLE CAPS - A brake beam assembly for a railway car truck includes a brake beam configured to be mounted between opposed side frames of the railway car truck, a strut extending from the brake beam and brake heads coupled to the brake beam proximate to right hand and left hand ends thereof. Each brake head holds a brake shoe configured to engage a wheel of the railway car truck. Paddles extend exterior of the brake heads. The paddles have distal ends received in corresponding guide brackets of the side frames to guide movement of the brake beam. Paddle caps cover the distal ends of the paddles. The paddle caps are configured to be received in brake beam wear liners in corresponding side frames of the railway car truck. The paddle caps have a lower coefficient of friction than the paddles. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20160001796 | TRUCK AND SIDEFRAME THEREFOR - A railroad car truck includes a bolster mounted cross-wise between a pair of sideframes, with the sideframes supported on wheelsets. The bolster and the sideframes are steel castings. The interface between the sideframes and the wheelsets may include self-steering apparatus. Friction dampers are mounted at the interface between the bolster and the sideframes. The friction dampers have non-metallic friction surfaces that bear against the sideframe columns. The sideframe columns may be of a width for single dampers contact; double-damper side-by-side contact; or double-dampers separated by a land contact. The sideframe column bearing surfaces are permanent, and may be formed as part of the sideframe castings. The sideframes do not have removable, replaceable wear plates. Where double dampers are used, the damper edges may have both primary and secondary damper wedge angles. | 01-07-2016 |
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| 20090133600 | Reinforcing Assembly for a Tubular Cross Member of a Rail and Tram Car Bogie - A reinforcing assembly for a tubular cross member of a rail and tram car bogie has a liner elongated along an axis, deformable radially, and insertable axially inside one end of the tubular cross member to line an inner cylindrical surface of the end; a tubular body insertable coaxially inside the liner; and a number of radial forcing devices, which are activated to force the tubular body, and hence the liner, radially outwards to lock the liner frictionally against the inner cylindrical surface of the cross member. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090249974 | GUIDEWAY TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM WITH INTEGRATED MAGNETIC LEVITATION SUSPENSION, STABILIZATION AND PROPULSION FUNCTIONS - A networked guideway transit system uses permanent magnet repulsion with induction-based repulsion within the networked guideway transport system, which can levitate passively with motion. Magnetic levitation technology is used to replace wheels as the primary means of vehicle suspension. The networked guideway transit system uses the permanent magnets to provide primary lift and uses electrodynamic repulsion to create centering forces at most operational speeds while integrating linear motor functions with the electrodynamic centering function. Further, the networked guideway transit system uses no moving parts in the guideways, which enhances reliability in the guideways. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090260537 | VEHICLE WITH ANTI-ROLL DEVICES - A vehicle, in particular a rail vehicle, having a longitudinal axis, at least one first vehicle component which is supported via at least one first spring device on at least one first wheel unit and at least one second spring device on at least one second wheel unit, and having at least one first anti-roll device and a second anti-roll device which are coupled to one another via a coupling device, are each connected to the first vehicle component and counteract rolling motions of the first vehicle component. The first anti-roll device and the second anti-roll device are articulated to the coupling device at first and second articulation points, respectively. The coupling device is configured such that, caused by a counterforce-free first displacement of the first anti-roll device via the first and second articulation points, an opposing second displacement is introduced into the second anti-roll device. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20100175582 | CAB ISOLATION FOR A LOCOMOTIVE - Provided is a cab isolation system for a locomotive is provided including a cab having a front and a rear. The cab isolation system further includes a pivot located generally near the rear of the cab and at least one spring generally located near the front of the cab. In another embodiment, dampers may further be provided and generally located near the front of the cab. In another embodiment, lateral links may further be provided and generally located near the front of the cab. This system may include any of the above elements, alone or in combination, to provide for a cab isolation system for isolating a locomotive cab from engine generated structure borne noise and vibration, while lower frequency track induced motions are not magnified. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100186620 | Bogie for Railway Vehicle - A bogie for a railway vehicle including a chassis; two front wheels and two rear wheels; and for each front wheel and each rear wheel, a guide for guiding the wheel in rotation and a primary suspension device of the chassis on the guide is provided. At least the primary suspension devices associated with the front and rear wheels arranged on the same first lateral side of the bogie each include two longitudinal connecting rods, each connected to the chassis by a first connection point and to the corresponding guide by a second connection point, and at least one resilient component inserted between the two connecting rods to define at least the vertical stiffness of the primary suspension device, the two connecting rods being offset longitudinally from one another. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100294164 | LOW-FLOOR RAILWAY VEHICLE BOGIE AND LOW-FLOOR RAILWAY VEHICLE COMPRISING THE BOGIE - A bogie for a low floor type railway vehicle, in which the accuracy of the distance between left and right wheels is enhanced and which enables a vehicle body to be low-floored. The bogie has a bogie frame for supporting the body of the railway vehicle, a main axle and an auxiliary axle arranged so as to laterally extend at the front and rear in the traveling direction of the bogie frame, wheels attached to both the left and right sides of each of the axles, shaft boxes attached to both the left and right sides of each of the axles and supporting the axle, and shaft box support devices respectively supporting each of the shaft boxes by elastically joining the shaft boxes and the bogie frame together. The wheels attached to the main axle are large-diameter wheels, and the wheels attached to the auxiliary axle are small-diameter wheels having a smaller diameter than the large-diameter wheels. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20120000391 | BOGIE FOR GUIDE RAIL TYPE VEHICLE | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120017800 | BOGIE FOR GUIDE RAIL TYPE VEHICLE - The present invention provides a bogie for a guide rail type vehicle that runs along a predetermined guideway. The bogie includes a turn frame connected to a vehicle body; an axle turnably mounted to the turn frame via bearings and; a guide frame mounted to the axle; a first pair of guide wheels rotatably provided at a vehicle body end side portion of the guide frame; a second pair of guide wheels rotatably provided at a vehicle body center side portion of the guide frame; a stopper provided so as to project from an upper surface on a vehicle body side of the axle toward the vehicle body; and a pair of stopper receivers arranged facing each other at intervals from the stopper in a vehicle lateral direction. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120037032 | Brake beam wear liner - A brake beam wear liner for receiving a brake beam assembly of a railway car truck includes a base wall having an inner surface and an outer surface extending between opposite side edges, and having a base wall thickness between the inner surface and the outer surface thereof. The brake beam wear liner also includes sidewalls extending from the opposite side edges. The sidewalls have inner surfaces and outer surfaces, and have a sidewall thickness between the inner surface and the outer surface thereof. The inner surfaces of the sidewalls and the inner surface of the base wall define an open ended trough configured to receive an end of the brake beam assembly. The brake beam wear liner also includes flanges extending outward from the sidewalls. The flanges have inner surfaces and outer surfaces, and have a flange thickness between the inner surfaces and the outer surfaces thereof. The base wall thickness is greater than the sidewall thickness. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120037033 | Tapered brake beam wear liner - A brake beam wear liner for receiving a brake beam assembly includes a base wall extending between a rear end and front end. The base wall has opposite side edges. The base wall has a tapered thickness between the rear end and the front end with the base wall being thicker proximate to the rear end and being narrower proximate to the front end. The brake beam wear liner also includes side walls extending from the opposite side edges and flanges extending outward from the side walls generally opposite the base wall. The side walls and the base wall define an open ended trough configured to receive an end of the brake beam assembly. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120060719 | LOW-FLOOR RAILCAR BOGIE AND LOW-FLOOR RAILCAR INCLUDING THE SAME - A low-floor railcar bogie of the present invention includes: a bogie frame including a pair of left and right side beams and a cross beam, each of the left and right side beams including a front portion, an intermediate portion, and a rear portion in a vehicle longitudinal direction, the intermediate portion being located at a position lower than the front portion and the rear portion, the cross beam connecting the intermediate portions of the pair of side beams each other; a pair of front and rear axle beams formed separately from the bogie frame, respectively located on a front side and rear side of the cross beam, and each extending in a vehicle width direction; independent wheels rotatably supported by left and right side portions of the axle beams, respectively; primary suspensions configured to elastically couple the front and rear portions of the side beams and the left and right side portions of the axle beams; and secondary suspensions provided on upper surfaces of the front and rear portions of the side beams. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20130255532 | RAILWAY WAGON BOGIE AND RAILWAY WAGON - A railway wagon bogie and a railway wagon are provided. The bogie includes wheel sets, side frames provided with triangular holes, a swing bolster provided with a preset hole in its body, and cross-braced rods. Cavities are formed in the side frames, symmetric around the center of the side frames, and located below the triangular holes. A connecting seat is provided in each of the cavities, and provided with a vertical mounting hole in a middle portion of the connecting seat. The cross-braced rods are elastically connected to the connecting seats through the mounting holes. In the railway wagon bogie and the railway wagon, the strength of the bogie is increased. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130333590 | Bogie for Railway Vehicle with a Suspension System - A bogie is provided. The bogie includes two pairs of wheels, the wheels of each pair are connected to each other by an axle structure, this axle structure includes, for each wheel, an axle box. The bogie includes an articulated chassis, each axle structure is supported by the chassis by way of the primary suspension device. The primary suspension device includes, for each wheel, an arm extending substantially longitudinally between a first end that is integrally joined with the axle box associated with this wheel, and a second free end. The arm is articulated between the first and second ends about a pivot connection with the chassis. For each arm, a primary helical spring extends between a first seat provided on the second end of the arm, and a second seat carried by the chassis. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20140137765 | RAILCAR BOGIE - A railcar bogie includes: a cross beam supporting a carbody; a pair of front and rear axles sandwiching and arranged in front of and behind the cross beam in a railcar longitudinal direction to extend in a railcar width direction; bearings provided at both railcar width direction sides of each and rotatably supporting the axles; axle boxes accommodating the bearings; side members extending in the railcar longitudinal direction supporting both railcar width direction end portions of the cross beam and each including both railcar longitudinal direction end portions supported by the axle boxes; contact members provided at both railcar width direction end portions and disposed on railcar longitudinal direction middle portions of the side members so as not to be fixed to the side members in an upper-lower direction; and supporting members provided at the axle boxes and supporting the railcar longitudinal direction end portions of the side members. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140290527 | WHEELSETS FOR RAIL VEHICLES OR PARTS OF WHEELSETS FOR RAIL VEHICLES AND METHOD FOR COATING - Disclosed are wheelsets having a cured coating produced from the application and curing of a composition comprising a component A comprising a1) 18 to 30% by weight of a polyether polyol with a hydroxy number of 300 to 500 mg KOH/g, a2) 38 to 60% by weight of castor oil, a3) 0.6 to 2.0% by weight of at least one di- or polyamine, a4) 5.6 to 9.0% by weight of trizinc bis(orthophosphate), a5) 2.2 to 3.5% by weight of zinc oxide and/or zinc phosphate, a6) 0.05 to 0.4% by weight of a catalyst which catalyzes urethane formation, where the percentage by weight data are based on the total mass of the coating composition, and a component B comprising one or more di- and/or polyisocyanates in an amount corresponding to a molar ratio of 0.6:1 to 1.2:1 of the isocyanate groups to the hydroxy groups of the constituents a1) and a2). | 10-02-2014 |
| 20150033979 | RAIL CARRIAGE GROUP - A rail carriage group ( | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150362407 | Method for Detecting Vibration in a Rail Vehicle - A method for detecting a vibration of a driven axle system of a rail vehicle includes a sensor system detecting a parameter indicating the vibration of an element of the axle system and an evaluating unit evaluating a signal of the sensor system. In order to reliably detect the vibration of the driven axle system of the rail vehicle, the sensor system includes a motion sensor which detects a motion of the element as the parameter. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20160023670 | PARALLEL CARDAN DRIVING SYSTEM STEERING BOGIE - A steering mechanism configured to rotate first and second axles relative to bogie-frame to perform steering; electric motors supported by bogie-frame, arranged at the front and rear sides in the car longitudinal direction, respectively, including output shafts, respectively, and output shafts being parallel to first and second axles at the time of non-steering; reducers connected to axles, respectively; and first constant velocity ball joint by which the first output shaft is coupled to the first reducer and which follows rotations of the first axle at the time of steering to allow relative displacement between the first output shaft and the first reducer, and a second constant velocity ball joint by which the second output shaft is coupled to the second reducer and which follows rotations of the second axle at the time of the steering to allow relative displacement between the second output shaft and the second reducer. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160251002 | COOLING DEVICE, AND STEERING BOGIE AND VEHICLE PROVIDED WITH SAME | 09-01-2016 |
| 20160375914 | RAILWAY BOGIE WITH A WINTERPROOF PIPING AND WRITING PTOECTING IMPACT GUARD - A railway bogie includes one or more operative components for the operation of the railway bogie and an impact guard protecting the one or more operative components from flying debris. The impact guard is made of a high density polyethylene (HDPE). The railway bogie can be used in Jacobs bogies of multiple units operating under wintery conditions. | 12-29-2016 |
