Idler wheel axle for rail vehicles

US6631936B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Gutehoffnungshütte Radsatz GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Andreas Brinkmann · Oberhausen, DE
• Thomas Timmermann · Solingen, DE
• Thaddäus Kasprzyk · Dorsten, DE
• Bernd Wienkopf · Bochum, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 21, 2001
• Grant date: Oct 14, 2003
• Expiry date: Jun 21, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B61F15/14
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An idler wheel axle for single-axle or double-axle chassis of rail vehicles having individually mounted wheels and U-shaped, dropped-framed vehicles with lateral carrying legs, wherein each wheel is rotatably mounted on the inside of the associated carrying leg, and on an axle stub of the carrying leg via a wheel mounting, and wherein each wheel is torsionally connected on an inside thereof to a shaft that extends outward through orifices within the wheel and the carrying leg.