The application requires to have the US Pat provisional application No.60/547 that submitted on February 23rd, 2004,007 preceence.
The application is to be that February 23, application number in 2005 are the dividing an application of application of 200510052861.5 identical denomination of invention the applying date.
Summary of the invention
The invention provides a kind of improved high efficiency semi-articulated railway power bogie efficiently, it has the type that above-mentioned United States Patent(USP) No. 4.485,743 is introduced.The invention provides a kind of railway power bogie fabricate block; Comprise: bogie truck under a pair of multiaxis; Has the framework that support bolster and relative bolster are pivoted; Wherein said bolster supporting track locomotive body, said bogie truck down longitudinally the end near the common supporting mechanism that receives that constitutes the support of said bogie truck down of said bolster and vehicle body is set before and after the end; Engine installation can drive the wheel of said bogie truck; With the tractive force kinematic link, longitudinally connect said bogie frame down to the said supporting mechanism that receives; It is characterized in that; Each descends bogie truck to have and is mounted to the attaching parts that becomes oblique line with another following bogie truck attaching parts; Transverse link laterally connects the adjacent end portion of said two following bogie frame through said attaching parts; Said bogie truck down is associated with said bolster does pivoted; Said transverse link comprises the compression piece that loads in advance, and it is connected between the said following bogie truck, can effectively require said bogie truck down to have basic identical and opposite synchronous divertical motion; And the adjacent end portion that makes said down bogie truck at least has limited freedom vertical relatively and longitudinal movement each other, swings between the framework with isolation and the coordination of tractive force effect turns to control thereby provide.
The invention provides a kind of railway power bogie fabricate block; Comprise: bogie truck under a pair of multiaxis; Has the framework that support bolster and relative bolster are pivoted; Wherein said bolster supporting track locomotive body, said bogie truck down longitudinally the end near the common supporting mechanism that receives that constitutes the support of said bogie truck down of said bolster and vehicle body is set before and after the end; Engine installation can drive the wheel of said bogie truck; The tractive force kinematic link longitudinally connects said bogie frame down to the said supporting mechanism that receives; Linkwork; Laterally connect two said adjacent end portions of bogie frame down; And bearing, it is supported in the opposed end of axle and remains in the bearing adapter, it is characterized in that; Also comprise through the resilient sleeve that loads in advance longitudinally being connected to one of said bearing adapter and its draw bar between framework of bogie truck down, be used for longitudinal traction power and braking force are transmitted between the bogie frame down at said axle and said.
Preferably, said linkwork comprises the compression piece that loads in advance that is connected between the said following bogie truck.Preferably, said compression piece is a resilient sleeve.Preferably, said resilient sleeve is a rubber.
Preferably, said bogie truck down comprises 4 wheels that are connected to two parallel shafts respectively.
Preferably, said fabricate block also comprises another of said bearing adapter is connected to its another draw bar of bogie frame down; At said bearing adapter and said elastic supporting member for supporting optical member between the bogie frame down, can absorb vertical support load; Wherein, said another draw bar through the resilient sleeve that loads in advance longitudinally be connected to said bearing adapter another and its down between the framework of bogie truck, can be through another transmission longitudinal traction power and braking force of said bearing adapter.
Preferably, said fabricate block comprises horizontal thrust pad, and between said bearing adapter and said bogie frame, but sorption is to the horizontal thrust between said framework and the said adapter.
Preferably, said bearing adapter comprises the head bearing housing, and it has the groove to lower open end that has that holds bearing; Seal the bearing holding element of said groove, holding element can take off, and wheel, axle and bearing assembly are separated with said bogie frame, can not interfere and said bogie frame bonded assembly head bearing housing.
This new bogie truck has some advantage; Like improved vehicle weight distribution in orbit; And turn to the wheel that mutual action causes and the friction of track and other intrinsic characteristics of pivotally attached power steering rack device between the bogie truck under the power of before having reduced and back.In addition, some parts of assembly have carried out improving or have been replaced by improved design or mechanism, and these mechanisms can improve control, reduce wear, and increase service life or improve maintainability, therefore, have reduced the cost that uses this bogie truck in the railway operation.
Existing half hinged side of design-calculated formerly is provided with elasticity (rubber) cover of the compression in advance that is positioned at spherical bearing to pipe link.This external member has reduced the gap and lateral end framework bonded assembly rigidity controllable is provided, and it can increase stability that turns to and the swing that reduces bogie truck under institute's bonded assembly.
Existing pedestal of design-calculated formerly and bearing block bearing adapter replace, and it can hold the leak free bearing assembly that is supported on the train shaft end.The bearing adapter supports main suspension spiral spring piece, and it has the main body oscillating motion of the Damper Control that is connected between adapter and the bogie frame.Longitudinal traction power and braking force are supported by draw bar.Draw bar is connected between bearing adapter and the framework, and the rubber coating that is positioned at jointing provides the frictionless that loads in advance to connect.External member loads in advance, and zero-lash guiding can be provided, and has improved the stability under the fair speed like this.
Rubber thrust pad bonding on the bearing adapter engages plastics (like the nylon) wear plate that is positioned at the bogie truck lateral frame, and control is from the lateral thrust of wheel assembly.Fabricate block provides improved Vehicle damper and life-span through frictionless draw bar external member.
Be provided with the bearing adapter of two parts, make and easily to change wheel-Shaft assembly, do not require and separate adapter head bearing housing and other bonded assembly parts through taking out the lower bearing holding element.Obtain simplifying through this characteristic replacing wheel and Shaft assembly.
The traction motor supporting comprises front link, has the rubber coating that loads in advance.Front link has replaced front assembly, and it comprises the wearing piece that has no friction component.
, will have more comprehensively with other feature and advantage of the present invention these and understand with reference to the introduction of accompanying drawing through following some specific embodiment of the invention.
The specific embodiment
In detail with reference to accompanying drawing, in the exemplary embodiment, mark 10 is represented the part of rail locomotives one end now, comprises the vehicle body 11 of 4 half pivotally attached railway bogies supports of numeral 12 expressions among Fig. 1 to 3.
Railway bogie 12 comprises bolster 14, and its center pivotally is connected to vehicle body through center plate 15.Bolster from center plate longitudinally forward with extend back 1/4 supporting leg 16,18 of about bogie truck length overall to horizontal expansion.
With the mode of introducing, bolster is supported in the first and second interconnected bogie trucks 20,22 down through below, and bogie truck has framework 23,24 separately respectively.Each framework comprises a pair of linearity siding track 26 that is generally, and siding track connects together through the center crossbeam 27 of horizontal expansion.Body side frame is also crossed the phase near-end connection of relevant bogie truck respectively through end crossbeam 28,30, interconnected mode will be introduced below.
Each time bogie truck comprises that also two pairs of tracks engage wheel 31, is supported in a pair of rotatable shaft 32, and the end of axle preferably is supported in leak free tubular bearing 34, and it remains on down in the bearing adapter 35 of bogie frame.Main hitch such as coil spring 37, is arranged on bearing adapter 35 and a little between the bossing 38, near the end of bogie frame down, is used for support frame in wheel and Shaft assembly.Inferior hitch has the form of cushion 39 or other suitable mechanisms, and vertical folder is between the straight line portion 41 of the end of bolster supporting leg 16,18 and following bogie frame, and suspension pad longitudinally is positioned at interaxle center, and is equidistant apart from the bolster center plate.
Main hitch allows each shaft end to descend bogie frame vertical shifting in its bearing adapter 35 relatively, keeps wheel loads equal basically simultaneously.The second cushion hitch is not only born vertical load between bolster and the following bogie frame through elastic shock attenuation, and the relative bolster of bogie frame is made limited pivoted and side travel under also allowing, like following more detailed introduction.Second hitch is equidistant and be positioned at the center of its bogie axle apart from the bolster center plate, makes bogie axle have the basic vertical load that equates.
Each time bogie truck also comprises pair of traction motor 42, is arranged to drive an axle 32 respectively, and is supported between the center crossbeam 27 of itself and adjacent bogie frame.Brake transsmission device is arranged to the brake tube 43 of frame supported, and the joint that affacts traditional form through brake rod 44 and connecting rod 46 is actuated the brake shoe 47 of wheel.
According to the present invention, under draw bar 48 effects, it will be described in detail below, and through being fixed to the tubular bearing 34 and relevant bearing adapter 35 of axle, tractive force reaches dynamically and mechanical braking power is delivered to down bogie frame from wheel and Shaft assembly.Through the horizontal drive link push and pull system of the low level that is connected to pair of posts; Pillar extends downwardly into laterally the position of bogie truck 12 longitudinal center and relevant center plate 15 relatively from the opposite side of locomotive body, and these power are delivered to locomotive body from each following bogie frame then.If desired, pillar may be selected to the extension into bolster 14, and tractive force and braking force are delivered to vehicle body through center plate 15.
The connecting rod mechanism that separates with each time bogie truck comprises vertical drive link 50, its along the side of bogie truck from the bottom of pillar 49 forward with the back horizontal-extending, the place level attitude is preferably low as far as possible, generally is positioned at above the track about 10 inches.Drive link 50 is connected to the laterally projecting arm 51 of Transmission 52, and Transmission 52 pivotally is connected near the center of siding track of each time bogie frame.Transmission 52 also comprises vertical arm 54; Therefore form two through side direction kinematic link 55 interconnected reciprocating mechanisms; Said side direction kinematic link extends through the transverse center crossbeam 27 that descends bogie truck separately, connects the longitudinal component of the kinematic link that extends along the bogie truck side mutually.
Kinematic link not only is used for also allowing the associated end of the relative bolster that supports of each bogie frame to relatively rotate and oscillating motion through pillar transmitting tractive and brake load between following bogie frame and locomotive body.Such rotation and hunting motion, the center of bogie frame under general the centering on, and the limited cross motion of bolster can carry out through elasticity second hitch (pad) 39 between bolster leg and following bogie frame relatively.
For suitable control turning to or rotational motion of bogie frame 20,22 down, its with United States Patent(USP) No. 4; 485; 743 disclosed similar fashion are carried out, and the adjacent end portion of following bogie frame 23,24 connects mutually with half pivotally attached mode; Formed the interlocking control of time bogie frame divertical motion, the adjacent end portion of bogie frame has the freedom of associated vertical and longitudinal movement under allowing simultaneously.In illustrated embodiment, the oblique line relative position that each end crossbeam 28,30 is mounted in bogie frame connects.These connect through transverse link, pivotally laterally connect like connecting rod 56.Two following bogie trucks 20,22 of connecting rod and bogie truck 12 connect mutually, can be adjacent end side travel simultaneously, and this requires, and two following bogie trucks have identical and opposite rotatablely moving when moving along a curved path.
The mutual connection setting of being introduced provides a kind of structure, is called half hingedly in this article, is used for two following bogie frame that the connection request end is carried out cross motion simultaneously.Therefore couple together mutually and turn to, or the relativeness of its rotation is limited in along rotating or the opposite sense of swing has same amount.
When being provided like this, rotation acts on the balance of the creep driving force of two following bogie trucks; Therefore the function that turns between time bogie truck is provided; Can reduce the wheel rim load when turning; Because compare the laterally not interconnected situation of bogie truck down in end, can make axle when turning, have more standard or radially the position of relative warp rail.Simultaneously, has longitudinally freedom with the vertical direction relative motion between the interconnected end crossbeam of following bogie truck.This makes that bogie truck can be longitudinally and vertical direction free motion relative to each other, and the center of gravity that avoiding interfering with bogie truck 12 provides moves the characteristic identical with load.
For this point, the design of bogie truck can be distributed to following bogie truck separately through bolster with essentially identical locomotive weight, and the weight on each time bogie truck is equal to and is distributed to axle, and the distance of second suspender that axle supports bolster apart is equal.Provide an axle to move with the following traction link systems incorporate from track transmitting tractive power to vehicle body effectively to the center of gravity that another has very small amount of tractive force or braking force.
Therefore, the very bogie truck deposit efficiency of height is provided.The result that interconnection can this good center of gravity moving characteristic of negative effect of turning to of the little center of gravity moving characteristic of bogie truck and following bogie truck makes when turning and tangent line or rectilinear orbit bogie truck have than traditional 43 even the bigger drawbar efficiency of 2 axle bogies.Through the interconnection that turns to of following bogie truck, turning efficient is improved, and the wearing and tearing of wheel and axle reduce.
According to the present invention, the pivotal joint that the characteristic of the kinematic link of introducing above is set to through the elasticity of using pressurization in advance between the end frame 23,24 of transverse link or connecting rod 56 and adjacent following bogie truck is improved.Particularly, referring to figs. 1 to 4, connecting rod 56 at both endss are provided with ring 58, and each ring has cylinder open 59, can hold the connecting pin 60 that has annular or tubular rubber cover 62, and rubber coating is compressed between pin and the opening.Pin 60 comprises end flange 63, and its bolted connection refers to that to the finger 64 of the opening of attaching parts 66 piece installing is arranged on the horizontal opposite flank of bogie truck 12, and each bogie frame is provided with one.
Elasticity (rubber) cover 62 of pressurization in advance provides no worn-down to connect, and is very close to each other and allow limited pivoted, but has controlled rigidity, can rotate bogie truck down together, and the stability of improved tempo turn is provided.
With reference to figure 1,3,5 and 6, the pedestal of the bogie truck of former patent and bearing seat according to the present invention, are replaced by tubular or other forms of bearing 34, bearing be contained in bearing adapter 35 upper shell 69 under shed recess 68.Adapter comprises two parts, comprises upper shell 69, can hold and vertical, the horizontal and vertical load of transmitting bearing 34.The open end that bearing cap shim separately or holding element 70 are crossed recess 68 is fixed, to keep bearing in place.Holding element 70 can take off, and helps easily to take off wheel and Shaft assembly from bogie truck, so that repair or replace.Upper shell 69 remains on the appropriate location with the part that links to each other, and when safeguarding wheel assembly and bearing, does not dismantle the trouble of its connecting element.
Related union piece comprises main suspension coil spring 37, and it is contained in the container 72 of outshot a little 38 of framework 23,24 (seeing Fig. 5 and Fig. 6).A flexible damper 73 vertically is connected between framework and each the bearing adapter 35, and it illustrates in the drawings.Fig. 6 demonstrates with section drawing, and the thrust pad 74 of an adhesive rubber is fixed to the upright interfacing part 76 of adapter upper shell 69, and joins suitable wear plate 77 to, and like nylon or other plastics, it is fixed to frame container 72.
Fig. 1,3 and 5 clearly shows between the connecting wall 78 of suspention that draw bar 48 vertically is connected to adapter upper shell 69 and following bogie frame 23,24.Framework 23 bonded assembly section drawings show at Fig. 7.
Each draw bar 48 has ring 78, is provided with cylinder open 80 in each end.Opening 80 interior elastic caoutchouc covers 81 are compressed to ring and turn between the plug-in unit 82.Plug-in unit has the shape of drum type slightly, so that rubber coating 81 is remained on the appropriate location in the ring 78.Plug-in unit 82 is fixed to framework 23 through bolt 84, and bolt passes the insert aperture and the frame wall 78 that match and extends.Similarly connecting other rings 78 and its relevant bearing that are arranged on each draw bar 48 keeps between the upper shell 69.
During use, the cross motion of the axle 32 of framework 23,24 receives the restriction of the fixing thrust shaft rim of holding element, and the wear plate 76 that its bonded to frame is fixing is applied to the horizontal thrust of taking turns with axle during with the opposing locomotive work.
Longitudinal traction power and braking force transmit through draw bar 48 between axle 32 and framework 23,24.Rubber wedging ring 81 provides the elasticity that loads in advance to connect, and its no gap can guarantee identical characteristic having or not having under the situation of tractive force, and because does not have friction ring to change in time in connecting.The connection that loads in advance of draw bar provides more stable down at a high speed bogie truck operation, and this is because very close to each other in connecting.
As for other characteristics, bogie truck 12 also provides improved traction motor anterior suspension, and it utilizes the advantage of rubber wedging ring, and longer service life and improved maintenance to the traction motor fixed form can be provided.Fig. 8 clearly shows its structure, is provided with front link 85, can support the anterior or inboard of each traction motor 42 from the center crossbeam 27 of relevant bogie frame 23,24 down.Each front link has upper and lower supporting pin 87, is contained in the rubber coating 88 near the pressurization in advance in the ring opening 89 of each end of connecting rod.Pin is provided with flat end 90, and bolted connection extends to hold-down arm 92 to crossbeam 27 or from the traction motor front portion.The opposite end of each traction motor is supported in the bearing on the reference axis traditionally.
The front link suspension has replaced comprising the front assembly of wearing piece, and wearing piece is cancelled in new suspension, has therefore prolonged the work life of anterior suspension.Take off traction motor and also obtain simplifying, only require from hold-down arm and extract pin that the motor front portion is still supported simultaneously because unload lower front end.
Although the present invention is introduced, should be known under the situation of scope that does not break away from the invention disclosed design and spirit, can carry out various changes with reference to preferred embodiment.Therefore, hope to the invention is not restricted to the disclosed embodiments, its four corner is limited appended technical scheme.