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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 6289821 | Rail vehicle, especially for local traffic The rail vehicle, especially for a streetcar or metropolitan transit car for local traffic, includes a car body (1) and an undercarriage (2) nonrotatably connected with each other by respective guide rods (3) each extending in a longitudinal direction. Th... | 09/18/2001 |
| 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 |
| 5588368 | Secondary suspension for rail vehicles The body of a rail vehicle is lowered when it is stationary to facilitate ingress and egress. The body is raised in preparation for motion to provide satisfactory road clearance. In one embodiment of the invention, a lifting cylinder, in series with a sup... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5448953 | Running gear unit for low-floor rail vehicles A running gear unit for low-floor rail vehicles includes a running gear frame on which individual wheels are rotatably mounted through a respective rocker and the rocker is articulatingly attached and supported by primary springs. The running gear frame i... | 09/12/1995 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5099767 | Connection of two-multi-axle running gears into a running gear group for rail vehicles The present invention pertains to the connection of two multi-axle running gears into a running gear group for rail vehicles with low-lying platform, wherein the running gears have at least two wheel sets with small wheel base and a running gear frame con... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5005489 | Stand alone well car with double axle suspension system A stand alone, double stack railroad well car for carrying stacked containers includes a platform suspended at each end upon swing hangers from a multiple axle truck or suspension system, utilizing leaf springs. Adjacent axles are connected by bridge beam... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4941409 | Wheel set guidance for trucks of rail vehicles, especially commuter traffic vehicles A wheel set guidance for trucks of rail vehicles, especially commuter traffic vehicles. To have a continuously extending floor on as low a level as possible, a truck with free wheels is proposed where the free wheels are mounted in pedestal bearings that ... | 07/17/1990 |
| 4817535 | Stand alone well car with double axle suspension system A stand alone double stack railroad well car for carrying stacked containers is disclosed. The car includes a platform suspended at each end upon swing hangers from a multiple axle truck or suspension system, utilizing leaf springs. Adjacent axles are con... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4805539 | Well car end structure having frameless radial truck A railway well car for the transport of containers has a depressed floor section supported between lateral side structures and longitudinal end structures. Each end structure is supported on a frameless radial truck. The frameless radial truck has four lo... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4080905 | Schnabel railway car skid shipping assembly A shipping and handling fixture for a large load such as a steam generator or a reactor vessel. The fixture includes an elongate skid that may be integrated with wheeled sections at opposite ends thereof to form a Schnabel-type railway car or over-the-roa... | 03/28/1978 |
