Patent · US Expired

Guide wheel assembly

US6550396B2 · kind B2 · utility

1Cited by

26References

12Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Daimlerchrysler AG · US

Inventors

Stefan Kummeter · Böblingen, DE
William K. Cooper · Monroeville, US
Holger Strubelt · Frankfurt, DE
Ralf Krause · Bethel Park, US
Jeffrey J. Schwalm · Waynesburg, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 29, 2001
Grant date	Apr 22, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 29, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF16C2326/10
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A guide wheel assembly, which can be pre-assembled as a single unit, is configured to be connectable to a guide frame of a rail guided vehicle. The guide wheel assembly generally includes a fixed component connectable to the guide frame and a rotating component rotatably supported on the fixed component by a bearing assembly. The elements of the fixed component, the rotating component and the bearing assembly are assembled on a shaft of the fixed component from a top or first end of the shaft. The shaft includes a support member secured at a second end of the shaft and configured to prevent the rotating component from detaching from the fixed component in the event of bearing failure.

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