RAIL-BOUND TRAM Russian patent published in 2019 - IPC B61J3/06 

FIELD: rail vehicles.

SUBSTANCE: device for moving mobile units on a rail track without own drive or without using own drive has electromotive drive element (2), which can be controlled by signals of a frequency converter or inverter (4), with drive shaft (6) and with drive cable pulley (8), which transfers the driving force required to move a mobile unit to traction cable (10). Electromotive drive element (2) and drive cable pulley (8) are directly interconnected by drive shaft (6) so that electromotive drive element (2) transfers the driving force directly and immediately to drive cable pulley (8) through drive shaft (6).

EFFECT: providing a simple design of the device, and less susceptibility to failure and less need for maintenance.

12 cl, 1 dwg