Steered axle for a railway vehicle

Details Steered axle for a railway vehicle Steered axle for a railway vehicle

1986-10-08

1989-02-07

Reeves, Robert B.

Railway rolling stock

Trucks

Lateral motion

105165, 105176, B61F 538

Patent

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048024198

ABSTRACT:
An axle for a rail vehicle is pivotally connected to two equal length swinging arms, each of which is pivotally connected to the rail vehicle. The axle rotates about a virtual vertical axis away from the axle and nearer to the center of the rail vehicle. The axle is then radial for all curves over which a rail vehicle would usually traverse. In addition, the overhang of the rail vehicle while traversing a curve is reduced since the rail vehicle chords between virtual axes.

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