Rail vehicle with crossbeam elastically held to undercarriage

US5775231A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• ABB Diamler-Benz Transportation (Deutschland) GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Gerd Kammerhofer · Kaisheim, DE
• Friedrich Werner · Cologne, DE
• Thomas Brendel · Treuchtlingen, DE
• Max Huber · Donauwörth, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 20, 1996
• Grant date: Jul 7, 1998
• Expiry date: Nov 20, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B61F1/12
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A rail vehicle has a longitudinal direction and includes an undercarriage, a crossbeam held against the undercarriage, extending transversely to the longitudinal direction of the superstructure and adapted for being seated on a bogie or similar structure. A mechanism is provided for elastically holding the crossbeam to the undercarriage.