Railway rolling stock – Trucks – Supplemental wheel
Patent
1977-05-19
1980-11-11
Love, John J.
Railway rolling stock
Trucks
Supplemental wheel
104120, 104243, 104246, 105138, B61B 1304, B61F 900, B62D 1100
Patent
active
042326117
ABSTRACT:
A guide-way vehicle adapted for running on guide way means having running surface means and guide rail means on the running surface means, wherein the vehicle comprises three axle assemblies provided at front and rear end portions and an intermediate portion of a car body, each axle assembly having wheels with rubber tires attached to the opposite ends thereof. The axle assemblies at the front and rear portions of the car body are adapted to swivel in a horizontal plane relative to the car body and respectively have guide wheels adapted for running along the guide rail means whereby the axle assemblies are steered along the guide rail means. Separate driving power means for driving the wheels are provided at the opposite ends of the intermediate axle assembly independently to each other, each of the front and rear axle assemblies bearing a load share of the vehicle weight less than that of the intermediate axle assembly in static load distribution and each tire in the front and rear axle assembly having an allowable load limit which is less than that of the tire in the intermediate axle assembly.
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Beltran Howard
Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Love John J.
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