AU2018320579A1 - Covering system for wheelset shafts of rail vehicles - Google Patents

Covering system for wheelset shafts of rail vehicles Download PDF

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AU2018320579A1
AU2018320579A1 AU2018320579A AU2018320579A AU2018320579A1 AU 2018320579 A1 AU2018320579 A1 AU 2018320579A1 AU 2018320579 A AU2018320579 A AU 2018320579A AU 2018320579 A AU2018320579 A AU 2018320579A AU 2018320579 A1 AU2018320579 A1 AU 2018320579A1
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Philipp Zeitler
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
    • B61F—RAIL VEHICLE SUSPENSIONS, e.g. UNDERFRAMES, BOGIES OR ARRANGEMENTS OF WHEEL AXLES; RAIL VEHICLES FOR USE ON TRACKS OF DIFFERENT WIDTH; PREVENTING DERAILING OF RAIL VEHICLES; WHEEL GUARDS, OBSTRUCTION REMOVERS OR THE LIKE FOR RAIL VEHICLES
    • B61F19/00—Wheel guards; Bumpers; Obstruction removers or the like
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
    • B61D—BODY DETAILS OR KINDS OF RAILWAY VEHICLES
    • B61D43/00—Devices for using the energy of the movements of the vehicles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
    • B61F—RAIL VEHICLE SUSPENSIONS, e.g. UNDERFRAMES, BOGIES OR ARRANGEMENTS OF WHEEL AXLES; RAIL VEHICLES FOR USE ON TRACKS OF DIFFERENT WIDTH; PREVENTING DERAILING OF RAIL VEHICLES; WHEEL GUARDS, OBSTRUCTION REMOVERS OR THE LIKE FOR RAIL VEHICLES
    • B61F15/00—Axle-boxes
    • B61F15/20—Details
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
    • B61F—RAIL VEHICLE SUSPENSIONS, e.g. UNDERFRAMES, BOGIES OR ARRANGEMENTS OF WHEEL AXLES; RAIL VEHICLES FOR USE ON TRACKS OF DIFFERENT WIDTH; PREVENTING DERAILING OF RAIL VEHICLES; WHEEL GUARDS, OBSTRUCTION REMOVERS OR THE LIKE FOR RAIL VEHICLES
    • B61F15/00—Axle-boxes
    • B61F15/20—Details
    • B61F15/26—Covers; Sealing thereof
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02T—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION
    • Y02T30/00—Transportation of goods or passengers via railways, e.g. energy recovery or reducing air resistance

Description

Covering system for wheelset shafts of rail vehicles
The invention relates to a covering system for wheelset shafts of rail vehicles according to the preamble of claim 1 and a generator system with such a covering system.
Asa rule, wheelset bearings are arranged on the wheelset shafts, having an end cap. The end cap of the wheelset bearing covers the wheelset bearing and prevents particles from getting into the wheelset bearing. Normally, no additional covering is needed to cover the end cap.
When a device is mounted on the end cap, such as a device for monitoring an operating variable of a wheelset bearing according to DE 10 2006 035 703 A1, an additional cover is required to cover the device. The cover from DE 10 2006 035 703 A1 basically covers the end of the wheel axle distant from the wheel and it is releasably connected by screws to the rest of the housing.
Further possibilities of covering an end of the wheelset shaft are disclosed in DE
10 2009 050 145 Al or in DE 199 34 307 Al.
The problem which the present invention proposes to solve is to indicate an improved and further developed covering system with an easier mounting.
As the solution to this problem of the invention, the covering system indicated in
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-2claim 1 is proposed. Optional advantageous embodiments of the invention will emerge entirely or partially from the dependent claims.
The covering system according to the invention for wheelset shafts of rail vehicles comprises a cover and a wheelset bearing unit. The wheelset bearing unit has a bearing housing and a wheelset bearing for the mounting of a wheelset shaft.
Furthermore, the wheelset bearing has an end cap and the cover surrounds the end cap of the wheelset bearing. The covering system according to the invention is characterized by a centering device for aligning the cover in relation to the bearing housing, wherein the centering device has at least one groove on the end o face of the bearing housing facing toward the cover. The bearing housing is often also called the adapter, which is connected to the bogie of the rail vehicle.
Preferably, the groove is shaped as a circular arc. The circular arc groove is fashioned coaxially to the wheelset bearing. Furthermore, the groove preferably extends over the entire width of the end face of the bearing housing. The width of the bearing housing is measured in the radial direction, starting from the axis of rotation of the bearing housing.
In one preferred embodiment, the cover comprises at least one elevation aligned with the bearing housing that engages with the groove of the bearing housing. The elevation extends for example across the entire length of the groove.
o Alternatively, the elevation extends for a portion along the length of the groove.
For example, a plurality of elevations may be formed on the cover, with the elevations engaging in a groove or each elevation in a groove.
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-3Moreover, the depth of the groove in the bearing housing, measured in the axial direction starting from the axis of rotation of the wheelset bearing, is greater than the depth of the elevation of the cover. This ensures that the end face of the bearing housing lies flat with the end face of the cover and no unwanted air gap is produced between the bearing housing and the cover.
In one exemplary embodiment, the cover comprises at least one flange segment, which lies against the end face of the bearing housing. The flange segment of the cover is preferably joined by means of two connection elements, especially screws, to the bearing housing of the wheelset bearing unit. That is, the cover is joined to the bearing housing of the wheelset bearing unit by means of screw connections. Preferably, the cover comprises two flange segment, which are arranged in particular symmetrically on the bearing housing of the wheelset bearing unit. Moreover, it is expedient for the at least one elevation to be arranged on the at least one flange segment of the cover.
In one preferred embodiment, the covering system comprises a gasket arranged between the cover and the bearing housing of the wheelset bearing unit. The gasket is formed for example as a labyrinth seal. Preferably, the wheelset bearing is designed as a tapered roller bearing.
Moreover, it is advantageous for the cover to cover a device, especially a gene2 o rator unit. This means that a generator unit is situated axially next to the end cap of the wheelset bearing and surrounded by the cover.
The generator system according to the invention for rail vehicles comprises a
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-4generator unit and the above described covering system. The generator unit is located in the cover of the covering system. The generator unit comprises a stator and a rotor, wherein the rotor is coupled to the end cap of the wheelset bearing and the stator to the cover of the covering system. Preferably, the generator unit is designed as a pancake generator.
Further details, features, combinations of features and effects based on the invention will emerge from the following description of a preferred exemplary embodiment of the invention and from the drawings. These show:
Figure 1 an exemplary embodiment of a covering system according to the
10 invention in perspective view,
Figure 2 an exemplary embodiment of a bearing housing in perspective view,
Figure 3 the cover of Fig. 1 in perspective front view,
Figure 4 the cover of Fig. 1 in perspective rear view,
Figure 5 the covering system of Fig. 1 in side view,
15 Figure 6 a cutout feature of the connection between the cover and the bearing housing of the covering system of Fig. 1 in cross sectional view,
Figure 7 the cross sectional view A-A of Fig. 5,
Figure 8 the cross sectional view B-B of Fig. 5.
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-5In all the figures, the same or equivalent parts are given the same reference symbols.
Fig. 1 and Fig. 5 to Fig. 8 represent an exemplary embodiment of a covering system 1 according to the invention for wheelset shafts of rail vehicles in various views. The covering system 1 comprises a cover 2 and a wheelset bearing unit 3, the cover 2 being rotationally fixed to the wheelset bearing unit 3.
The wheelset bearing unit 3 comprises a bearing housing 4, often also called an adapter, as well as a wheelset bearing 5. The wheelset bearing 5 comprises a bearing inner race 6, a bearing outer race 7, a plurality of roller elements 8 o arranged between the two bearing races 6, 7 and an end cap 9 rotationally fixed to the wheelset shaft, which axially closes off the wheelset bearing 5 starting from the axis of rotation of the wheelset bearing 5.
The end cap 9 of the wheelset bearing 5 is completely enclosed by the cover 2. That is, the cover 2 extends beyond the end cap 9 and partly surrounds the bearing outer race 7 of the wheelset bearing 5.
The bearing housing 4 is firmly connected to a bogie of a rail vehicle, not shown here, and represented in Fig. 2. At the end face 10 of the bearing housing 4 facing toward the cover 2 there is formed a circular arc shaped groove 11, which extends across the entire width B of the end face 10 of the bearing housing 4. The circular o arc shape of the groove 11 in the bearing housing 4 is fashioned coaxially to the wheelset bearing 5.
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-6Furthermore, four boreholes 12 are arranged on the end face 10 of the bearing housing 4, starting from the axis of rotation of the wheelset bearing 5, radially above the groove 11 in circular arc shape. The boreholes 12 are fashioned identically and arranged symmetrically to the radial midplane of the bearing housing 4.
The cover 2 is represented in various views in Figures 3 and 4.
The cover 2 is pot shaped and has a closed end face 13 and an open end face 14, the closed end face 13 facing away from the wheelset bearing unit 3. A recess 15 is present, extending from the open end face 14 in the axial direction, which extends in the circumferential direction across the width B of the bearing housing
4. Two flange segments 16 are formed flush at the recess 15. That is, the flange segments 16 are set off in the axial direction as compared to the open end face 14 of the cover 2. Hence, the flange segments 16 are formed between the two end faces 13, 14 of the cover 2, and the flange segments 16 lie directly against the recess 15. Each flange segment 16 has two boreholes 12, corresponding to the boreholes 12 at the end face 10 of the bearing housing 4.
On the flange segments 16 there is formed a circular arc shaped axial elevation 17, which extends along the entire circumference of the recess 15. That is, the elevation 17 protrudes into the recess 15 toward the wheelset bearing unit 3.
0 In the assembled state, as can be seen in Fig. 1 and Fig. 6, the flange segments 16 lie against the end face 10 of the bearing housing 4. The elevation 17 of the cover 2 protrudes into the groove 11 of the bearing housing 4. The depth TN of the
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-7groove 11 of the bearing housing 4, measured in the axial direction starting from the axis of rotation of the wheelset bearing 5, is larger than the depth TE of the elevation 17, so that the flange segments 16 lie directly against the end face 10 of the bearing housing 4.
Through the boreholes 12 of the flange segments 16, connection means 18, especially screws, protrude into the bearing housing 4, firmly connecting the cover 2 to the wheelset bearing unit 3, especially to the bearing housing 4.
The groove 11 in the bearing housing 4 and the elevation 17 on the cover 2 form a centering device 19 which serves for more easily orienting the cover 2 of the covering system 1 relative to the bearing housing 4 of the covering system 1 during the mounting process of the covering system 1, which simplifies the mounting of the cover 2.
In the cover 2 there is arranged a device, not depicted here, such as a generator unit. The cover 2 thus provides a covering of the device arranged therein and prevents the penetration of unwanted particles.
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WO 2019/037806
PCT/DE2018/100630
-8List of reference symbols
Covering system
Cover
Wheelset bearing unit
Bearing housing
Wheelset bearing
Bearing inner race
Bearing outer race
Roller element
End cap
End face of bearing housing facing toward the cover
Groove
Borehole
Closed end face of the cover
Open end face of the cover
Recess
Flange segment
Elevation
Connection element
Centering device
B Width of the end face of the bearing housing Tn Depth of the groove
TE Depth of the elevation
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Claims (6)

  1. Patent claims
    1. A covering system (1) for wheelset shafts of rail vehicles, comprising a cover (2) and a wheelset bearing unit (3), which has a bearing housing (4) and a wheelset bearing (5) for the mounting of a wheelset shaft, wherein the wheelset
    5 bearing (5) has an end cap (9) and the cover (2) surrounds the end cap (9) of the wheelset bearing (5), characterized by a centering device (19) for aligning the cover (2) in relation to the bearing housing (4), wherein the centering device (19) has at least one groove (11) on the end face (10) of the bearing housing (4) facing toward the cover (2).
    10 2. The covering system (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that the groove (11) is shaped as a circular arc.
    3. The covering system (1) according to one of claims 1 or 2, characterized in that the cover (2) comprises at least one elevation (17) aligned with the bearing housing (4) and engaging with the groove (11) of the bearing housing (4).
    15 4. The covering system (1) according to claim 3, characterized in that the depth (TN) of the groove (11) in the bearing housing (4), measured in the axial direction starting from the axis of rotation of the wheelset bearing (5), is greater than the depth (TE) of the elevation (17) of the cover (2).
    5. The covering system (1) according to any of the preceding claims,
  2. 2 o characterized in that the cover (2) comprises at least one flange segment (16), which lies against the end face (10) of the bearing housing (4).
    6. The covering system (1) according to claim
  3. 3 or
  4. 4 and 5, characterized in that
    12002309_1 (GHMatters) P111572.AU
    -10the at least one elevation (17) is arranged on the at least one flange segment (16) of the cover (2).
    7. The covering system (1) according to any of the preceding claims, characterized by a gasket arranged between the cover and the bearing housing.
  5. 5 8. The covering system (1) according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the cover (2) covers a generator unit.
  6. 9. A generator system for rail vehicles, comprising a generator unit and a covering system (1) according to any of claims 1 to 8.
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