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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8122835 | Undercarriage for a rail vehicle An undercarriage (1) for a rail vehicle has an undercarriage frame (2) comprising two longitudinal supports (3) and at least one transverse support (4) connected thereto. The undercarriage has at least two wheelsets (7) supported i... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8056482 | Articulated bogie for a railway vehicle A bogie includes two pairs of wheels (2), the wheels (2) of one pair being connected to one another by a shaft to form an axle (4), the axles (4) being connected to one another by two half-chasses (8) each having two side members (... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7191711 | Shafting especially a cardan shaft and homokinetic bogie drive system for rail vehicles A shafting, particularly a cardan shaft for rail vehicles, has two cardan joints (4,5), each of which comprises two link forks (7–10) coupled to one another by a central part (6). The central part (6) comprises at least two partial elem... | 03/20/2007 |
| 6931997 | Drive unit for a motor vehicle with curved teeth coupling Angular and axial offsets between the motor vehicle rotor (3) and transmission pinion (6) are intended to be compensated by a coupling which can be mounted in an easy manner. According to the invention, a curved teeth coupling (9) is mounted bet... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6662730 | Device for driving a vehicle and in particular a railway vehicle An electric motor is placed around the axle of a vehicle but includes a rotor that does not contact the axle. A drive element is fastened to the axle and extends radially from the axle. The drive element for driving the axle is coaxially fastened to the a... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6644213 | Mobile carriage A mobile carriage system includes a pair of spaced, parallel end rails fixed to a support surface, often with one or more intermediate rails fixed to the support surface and located parallel to and between the pair of end rails. At least one carriage is s... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6601520 | Motor bogie for a vehicle having an integral low-slung floor A motor bogie for a rail vehicle having an integral low-slung floor, the motor bogie having a frame resting on four wheels via a primary suspension, the frame supporting at least one motor disposed on one side of the frame and connected to at least one wh... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6405656 | Disseminated traction arrangement applied to single-axle train wheel sets provided with independent wheels Disseminated traction arrangement applied to single-axle train wheel sets provided with independent wheels, comprising, for each wheel (7), a traction motor (8), an extensible shaft (9) which, at one of its ends, is connected to the axle of the traction m... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6371031 | Mobile carriage A mobile carriage system includes a pair of spaced, parallel end rails fixed to a support surface, often with one or more intermediate rails fixed to the support surface and located parallel to and between the pair of end rails. At least one carriage is s... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6363861 | Bogie for rail vehicles The invention is based on a bogie (1) for rail vehicles on which two interconnected wheel bearing housings, in which wheel axles (5) for rail wheels (2) are mounted, are articulated via an oscillating link (10). The rail wheels (2) are driven by means of ... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6308639 | Hybrid battery/gas turbine locomotive Prior battery-powered electric locomotives have used multiple diesel engines to charge the batteries and have not been commercially accepted. The present invention provides a yard switcher which combines battery storage with a gas microturbine generator t... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6305296 | Power pack trolley and captivation system A conveyor belt structure (10) has a pair of longitudinally extending tracks or stringers (11) upon which trolleys can ride. A power pack trolley (12) also rides stringers (11). The trolley (12) has stringer-engaging wheels (14) and a power pack supported... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6253686 | Power puller motor bogie The invention concerns a power puller motor bogie comprising at least a gear motor (6, 10) arranged inside the bogie chassis (4), said gear motor (6, 10) being suspended in said bogie chassis (4) by means of at least two elastic connecting rods (7, 8, 9).... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6161485 | Mobile carriage A mobile carriage system includes a pair of end rails (12a, 12c) fixed to a support surface and one or more intermediate rails (12b) located parallel to and between the pair of end rails (12a, 12c). At least one carriage (10) is supported for movement on ... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6123029 | Intermodal transport system An improved intermodal transport system combining trucking and railway technology for the transport of passengers and freight. The present system includes a so-called Super Rail Train which incorporates an automotive truck drive system and components in a... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6092468 | Torque controlled mechanism for moving and steering a transit vehicle A bi-directional operating automated guided transit system such as a people mover including a vehicle having at least one pair of opposing axles, each axle having a wheel with its own drive system. The vehicle is capable of providing torque controlled ste... | 07/25/2000 |
| 5943959 | Partially sprung drive, in particular for electric traction vehicles A partially spring-loaded drive, particularly for electrically-powered rail vehicles, having a gear which, including an encapsulating gear housing, is seated on the wheel axle, and a pinion that is seated in the gear housing. The coupled motor is fixedly ... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5941174 | Motorized axle having wheels that rotate independently The present invention relates to an axle, or a pair of axles forming a bogie, motorized and having wheels that rotate independently, which axle is connected to a body or a corridor connection of a vehicle either via a load-bearing cross-member, or directl... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5562043 | Rail and carriage system with magnetically adhered plastic track A system for moving a work element along a work surface for performing work thereon includes an elongated track of flexible plastic material formed with gear teeth along one edge thereof. A carriage having a drive motor and a drive wheel driven thereby, i... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5520117 | Pendulum suspension for traction vehicle motor-transmission unit A traction vehicle, in particular railway traction vehicle, comprising a bogey chassis mounted on wheel axles, a vehicle chassis spring-mounted on the bogey chassis and at least one motor-transmission unit mounted underneath the vehicle chassis and within... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5448952 | Door driving mechanism A driving mechanism is disposed in the bottom of a door for driving the door and includes a reduction gearing and a motor fixed to the door, and a gear coupled to the reduction gearing and engaged with two shafts for rotatably supporting the wheels of the... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5381737 | Rail truck suspended car transit vehicles A rail truck for use in an elevated closed beam having a slot in the bottom surface for clearance of a car body support member. The passenger car body is hung beneath the beam and elevated above the ground with the trucks running inside the beam. The flan... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5372073 | Truck for low-platform cars In the truck (1) the static and dynamic forces are absorbed by the frame (5). In designing the body unit fitted on the frame (5), therefore, only the unit's own weight and the passenger load are significant, thus facilitating the use of extremely lightly-... | 12/13/1994 |
| 5277127 | Driven running gear with steerable individual units The driven running gear is intended for low-platform rail vehicles with at least two body parts which are articulated to each other. It is provided with two individual running gears (2, 2') fitted with steering means (15, 15', 16). The running gears are i... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5275113 | Vehicle driven on rails A vehicle driven on rails includes a vehicle frame, a wheel set, a pivotable truck and at least one drive unit being disposed in the pivotable truck for acting upon the wheel set. An intermediate support is connected to the pivotable truck and to the driv... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5205220 | Railway truck An improvement in railway trucks having a flexible frame and independent drive mechanism particularly adapted to accommodate the flexing frame. The frame includes parallel first and second frame members, a first cross-member rigidly attached to the first ... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5181473 | Rail vehicle bogey with independent motorized wheels A rail vehicle bogey includes a transverse chassis (1) carrying the body of the vehicle. Indepently motorized wheels are connected to the chassis via resilient hinges (6) including a pivotable hinge arm which supports a traction motor (20) for independent... | 01/26/1993 |
| 5119736 | Motor-driven bogie with independent wheels for platform cars A bogie for railway platform vehicles has mounted on its frame a swinging transom having a central portion thereof connected to the body of a platform vehicle. The transom has opposite sides thereof shaped in the form of inverted, generally L-shaped suppo... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5016543 | Freight system Two embodiments of monorail conveyor systems wherein the conveyor is operated by a drive motor that has its center of gravity positioned between the vertical sides of the monorail so as to improve stability and to permit the use of a single friction drive... | 05/21/1991 |
| 4867072 | Multi-unit rail vehicle for commuter traffic A multi-unit rail vehicle for commuter traffic. To keep the entry and exit of the vehicle only slightly higher than the level of the street, and to make it possible to travel through the entire vehicle without steps, a continuous, level central walkway is... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4697527 | Drive unit for a rail vehicle A drive unit for a rail vehicle has a motor-gearing unit which is supported on at least one wheel-set axle of a bogie and which includes either a motor which extends in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and has miter gearing units connected to bot... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4542699 | Powered radial truck In a powered truck or bogie for a railway vehicle having steerable wheelsets which pivot with respect to the truck or bogie frame, the motor for each wheelset is mounted to the truck or bogie frame and coupled to the drive transmitting means by a flexible... | 09/24/1985 |
| 4526107 | Railway truck for self-propelled railway vehicles A bogie for a self-propelled railway car comprises a brake for at least two wheel sets, the axle of one of which can be driven by an electric motor through a gear train. According to the invention, not only is the support frame mounted upon a pin dependin... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4506757 | Track type vehicle providing for ready dismounting and remounting of power train components A tracked vehicle designed to allow easy dismounting, as for servicing, of a power train assembly comprising a torque converter, a transmission, and a steering mechanism detachably joined together. Having its input shaft coupled to the output shaft of an ... | 03/26/1985 |
| 4461218 | Electric rail propulsion unit In a propulsion unit for the driven axles of an electrically-powered rail vehicle, the torque of an electric propulsion motor is transmitted to the respective driven axle by way of a torque transmitting mechanism including gears and couplings. A common ho... | 07/24/1984 |
| 4440092 | Railway steering truck linear induction motor assembly A steerable truck comprises a pair of wheelsets spaced apart along the longitudinal axis of the truck, each supporting a respective steering yoke. A main frame is supported by the yokes which are connected to the main frame to permit rotation of each yoke... | 04/03/1984 |
| 4388872 | Railway car bogie construction A bogie for rail cars comprises a traverse which has a portion at each side which extends forwardly and rearwardly and includes a central pin which is engaged in a support box of a half bogie. Each side of the traverse carries a pin which engages in the s... | 06/21/1983 |
| 4382412 | Dual drive traction system An auxiliary drive traction system for an automated guideway transit (AGT) vehicle. Remotely controlled hydraulic or electrically powered auxiliary drive systems are used to drive the AGT vehicle's lateral guide wheels, which are biased against a running ... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4377975 | Axle mounted alternator for railroad cars An alternator, including a rotor unit, a housing and stator unit rotatably mounted to and supported by the rotor unit, includes apparatus for mounting the alternator to the end of a rotating axle of a railroad vehicle.... | 03/29/1983 |
| 4241665 | Articulated railway car connecting passage A system for articulated bogie-type rail vehicles in which the adjacent ends of the car bodies are pivotally and rotatably supported by supporting arms extending beyond their end trusses on a single-part connecting portal jointed by bellows to the car box... | 12/30/1980 |
