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Method for compensating for a loss of traction of a rail vehicle

US11285976B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Mobility GmbH · DE

Inventors

Werner Breuer · Krefeld, DE
Hans Juergen Maerkl · Stadtbergen, DE
Wolfgang Rulka · Munich, DE
Martin Zaech · Balzers, LI

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 8, 2018
Grant date	Mar 29, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 15, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB61F5/386
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for compensating for a loss of traction of a rail vehicle, preferably a freight locomotive, in a track curve, is particularly pertinent when the rail vehicle is starting up and/or is on an incline. Comparably unfavorable frictional conditions between a track and at least one driven track wheel of the rail vehicle are changed into comparably favorable frictional conditions by actively steering the track wheel on the rail.

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