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Spring arrangement for a vehicle

US8047514B2 · kind B2 · utility

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9References

17Claims

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Assignee

Bombardier Transportation GmbH · DE

Inventors

Andreas Wolf · Munich, DE
Michael Wusching · Wilthen, DE
Mario Bonk · Wilthen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 4, 2008
Grant date	Nov 1, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 19, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB61F5/14
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A spring arrangement for a vehicle, in particular a rail vehicle, with a first spring device and a second spring device, wherein the first spring device and the second spring device are mechanically arranged in series, and are designed to support a component of the vehicle on a further component of the vehicle in a support direction, the first spring device has a first transverse rigidity in a transverse direction running transverse to the support direction, the second spring device has a second rigidity in the transverse direction which is smaller than the first transverse rigidity. The first spring device and the second spring device are arranged nested in the support direction.

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