Tilting mechanism

US6244190A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Moog Inc. · US

Inventors

• Roger Sembtner · Fellbach, DE
• Bernd Stehlin · Echterdingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 8, 1998
• Grant date: Jun 12, 2001
• Expiry date: Oct 8, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B61F5/22
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention refers to a tilting mechanism for creating track curve-dependent tilt of the superstructure of rail vehicles (1), consisting of a coupling (15) with which the superstructure (2) is movably connected to a bogie (3) in such a way that the superstructure can be transferred from an upright initial position into a tilted position relative to the bogie and having a drive (31) and an transfer mechanism including a transfer mechanism by which means the superstructure can be movably transferred from its initial position into its tilted position relative to the bogie. To be able to manufacture such tilting mechanism in a more inexpensive way, the invention aims at equipping the transfer mechanism with a mechanism with a variable transmission, the transmission of the mechanism increasing with increasing inclination angle of the superstructure relative to the bogie during transfer of the superstructure from its initial position into its tilted position.