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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 6397759 | Non-electric locomotive and enclosure for a turbine engine for a non-electric locomotive A locomotive is described including a frame having a wall with a roof and floor defining an enclosed space thereon. A turbine engine is disposed within the enclosed space. An air inlet is provided to permit ingress of air into the enclosed space for inges... | 06/04/2002 |
| 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 |
| 4825774 | Underfloor construction of monorail vehicle and method of assembling the same The workability during fabrication of an underfloor construction of a monorail vehicle is improved by reducing the steps of fabrication. An underfloor construction of a monorail vehicle comprises truck enclosures detachably mounted at positions where truc... | 05/02/1989 |
| 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 |
| 4278028 | Resilient railway truck articulated shaft housing A parallel drive shaft arrangement for rail vehicles wherein the output shaft of the electric motor is arranged parallel to the axle. The electric motor effects a driving of the axle through a gear arrangement and a toothed coupling. One side of the gear ... | 07/14/1981 |
| 4228739 | Motorized railway truck articulated shaft housing A system for suspending the traction motor and gear box of a parallel drive arrangement in a railway truck or the like in which the gear box and traction motor shafts are flexibly coupled together to accommodate relative movement between the two shafts. I... | 10/21/1980 |
