RAILWAY VEHICLE BOGIE Russian patent published in 1997 - IPC

FIELD: railway transport; vehicles with three and more wheelsets. SUBSTANCE: bogie has frame, wheelsets, axle boxes on which frame rests through resilient members. Axles boxes are made separately from equalizers which are hinge-coupled with bogie frame in their middle portion. Ends of equalizers are connected with axle boxes by means of cross links which are hinge-coupled both with equalizer and axle boxes. Equalizers are coupled with bogie frame in vertical direction by means of tie-rods. Bogie frame is coupled with axle boxes also by means of longitudinal links. Rubber-metal hinge joints are used. Such design version makes it possible to use more reliable taper or cylindrical roller bearings in bogie axle boxes. EFFECT: bogies for high speed running. 4 cl, 6 dwg