Railway rolling stock – Trucks – Bogie
Patent
1995-08-24
1996-10-15
Morano, S. Joseph
Railway rolling stock
Trucks
Bogie
B61F 500
Patent
active
055643426
ABSTRACT:
A railway vehicle having a variable trim body, comprising two bogies with respective swinging transverse members pivotally connected to the body, and a control system for controlling roll of the body about its longitudinal axis, by use of linear actuators interposed between the swinging transverse members and the opposite sides of the body and operated through a regulation electronic unit connected to a first transducer device detecting the non-compensated centrifugal acceleration acting on the body, and to a second transducer device comprising at least two angular transducers for detecting the momentary relative angle between each swinging transverse member and the body.
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Casetta Claudio
Gatti Paolo
Parussatti Bruno
Fiat Ferroviaria SpA
Hochberg D. Peter
Jaffe Michael
Kusner Mark
Morano S. Joseph
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