RAILWAY VEHICLE BOGIE Russian patent published in 2001 - IPC

FIELD: railway transport; diesel locomotives, electric locomotives, rail cars. SUBSTANCE: proposed railway vehicle bogie has frame, wheelset with axle boxes, springs of spring suspension through which bogie frame rests on axle boxes, and radius rods connecting wheelset axle boxes with frame. Springs of extreme wheelset suspension are displaced towards middle of bogie. Axes of radius rods connecting upper brackets of axle boxes with end brackets of frame are arranged above axles of wheelsets. Thrust axle box springs are installed between lower brackets of axle boxes or their outer sides and stops which are found on frame end brackets. EFFECT: provision of automatic setting of axles of bogie wheelsets to provided stability of vehicle negotiating curved section of track. 3 dwg