RAIL VEHICLE Russian patent published in 2017 - IPC B61D13/00 B61D3/10 B61F5/22 B61G5/02 

FIELD: transportation.

SUBSTANCE: vehicle comprises a connecting rail car (3) mounted between two cars (1, 2, 11, 12, 13), supporting these cars and installed resting on its own truck (6) with the ability to freely rotate around one rotation axis (T) in the horizontal plane. Between the connecting car and the cars attached to it, a device is unconnected with their trucks is arranged to support horizontal rotation angles (α, β) between them almost equal in value, which comprises a lever mechanism (7) comprising a first rod (8) hingedly connected to one car (1, 11, 12), a second rod (9) hingedly connected to the other car (2, 11, 13), and an idle shaft (10) rotatably mounted on the connecting car (3). The first rod (8) and the second rod (9) are hingedly connected to opposite sides of the rotation axis (A) of the idle shaft at selected distances from the rotation axis (A). The first rod (8) and the second rod (9), as well as the idle shaft (10), are located on one side of the rail vehicle with respect to its longitudinal vertical central plane (B).

EFFECT: reducing the car and truck weight, increasing their service life.

7 cl, 5 dwg