FRAME OF ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE BOGIE Russian patent published in 1999 - IPC

FIELD: railway transport. SUBSTANCE: bogie frame of electric locomotive has longitudinal and transverse beams, pedestal horns and brackets. Box-section longitudinal beam connects extreme transverse beams in places of installation of draw-and-buffer gears. Longitudinal beam is connected with middle transverse beam by ties. Rigidity of each tie in vertical direction is twice as great as than in horizontal direction. EFFECT: provision of partial unloading of longitudinal beams from horizontal forces acting onto automatic coupler. 4 dwg