GB1217372A - Improvements in and relating to vehicle suspension systems - Google Patents

Improvements in and relating to vehicle suspension systems

Info

Publication number
GB1217372A
GB1217372A GB4969968A GB4969968A GB1217372A GB 1217372 A GB1217372 A GB 1217372A GB 4969968 A GB4969968 A GB 4969968A GB 4969968 A GB4969968 A GB 4969968A GB 1217372 A GB1217372 A GB 1217372A
Authority
GB
United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
axles
axle box
lever
arms
housing
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired
Application number
GB4969968A
Inventor
Bernard Ridge Wing
Archie John Hurst
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Dunlop Co Ltd
Original Assignee
Dunlop Co Ltd
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Dunlop Co Ltd filed Critical Dunlop Co Ltd
Priority to NO270069A priority Critical patent/NO124914B/no
Priority to BE735331D priority patent/BE735331A/xx
Priority to SE921769A priority patent/SE354243B/xx
Priority to RO6038369A priority patent/RO58358A/ro
Priority to FR6922250A priority patent/FR2012014A1/fr
Publication of GB1217372A publication Critical patent/GB1217372A/en
Expired legal-status Critical Current

Links

Classifications

    • 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
    • B61F5/00—Constructional details of bogies; Connections between bogies and vehicle underframes; Arrangements or devices for adjusting or allowing self-adjustment of wheel axles or bogies when rounding curves
    • B61F5/26—Mounting or securing axle-boxes in vehicle or bogie underframes
    • B61F5/30—Axle-boxes mounted for movement under spring control in vehicle or bogie underframes
    • B61F5/32—Guides, e.g. plates, for axle-boxes

Abstract

1,217,372. Triaxle bogies. DUNLOP CO. Ltd. 26 June, 1969 [29 June, 1968; 19 Oct., 1968], Nos. 31202/68 and 49699/68. Heading B7L. A vehicle suspension system, e.g. for rail vehicle bogies comprises a load supporting body 1 supported on three axles (only two of which 3, 4, are shown) by means of four rigid levers 2, one end of each lever being resiliently mounted on each axle box 10 of the two end axles, the other end of each lever being resiliently mounted on the adjacent axle box 7 of the central axle 4, each lever being pivotally connected at 15 to the body structure 1 so as to be capable of pivoting with respect to the vehicle body about a horizontal axis. Housings 6, 9 are arranged around each axle box 7, 10, and are held in position by a pair of " chevron " springs 8, 11, 12 each comprising V-shaped rubber blocks interposed between and bonded to V-shaped metal plates. Each housing 9 on the end axles 3 is formed integrally with its associated lever 2 which comprises two metal plates, Fig. 2 (not shown), extending normally to the axles 3, 4, each arm being pivoted to lugs 14 extending downwards from the supporting structure 1 by means of a rubber bushed bolt 15. The arms 13 are secured to the central axle box housing 6 by means of single rubber block " chevron " spring 16. The position of the pivot 15 on each arm 2 is chosen to give the desired load distribution between the axles 3, 4. To reduce rocking and tilting of the central axle box housing 6, longitudinal link members 19 are pivoted by means of rubber bushed pins 20, 21, to the central axle housing 6 and the adjacent lever arms 2 respectively, the links 19 lying in the horizontal plane passing through the axles. In a modification, Fig. 5 (not shown), the " chevron " springs 16 and associated abutment surfaces on the arms 2 and axle box housing 6 are inclined to the horizontal plane when considered in a cross-sectional plane normal to the axles so that the loads applied to the axle box housing 6 by the arms 2 act substantially radially with respect to the central axle, reducing the tendency for the central axle to tilt under braking torque, and enabling the length of the wheel base of the bogie to be reduced. The bogie is attached to a vehicle body by means of a central bushed king pin pivot, Fig. 2 (not shown).
GB4969968A 1968-06-29 1968-06-29 Improvements in and relating to vehicle suspension systems Expired GB1217372A (en)

Priority Applications (5)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
NO270069A NO124914B (en) 1968-06-29 1969-06-27
BE735331D BE735331A (en) 1968-06-29 1969-06-27
SE921769A SE354243B (en) 1968-06-29 1969-06-27
RO6038369A RO58358A (en) 1968-06-29 1969-06-30
FR6922250A FR2012014A1 (en) 1968-06-29 1969-06-30

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB3120268 1968-06-29

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
GB1217372A true GB1217372A (en) 1970-12-31

Family

ID=10319543

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
GB4969968A Expired GB1217372A (en) 1968-06-29 1968-06-29 Improvements in and relating to vehicle suspension systems

Country Status (1)

Country Link
GB (1) GB1217372A (en)

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2158023A (en) * 1984-04-27 1985-11-06 Hitachi Ltd Rail vehicle truck with wheelsets mounted for optimal self-steering on curved track

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2158023A (en) * 1984-04-27 1985-11-06 Hitachi Ltd Rail vehicle truck with wheelsets mounted for optimal self-steering on curved track

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
US3618533A (en) Elastomeric railway vehicle spring suspension
US3618971A (en) Suspension systems for road vehicles
US3547046A (en) Railway locomotive truck with low traction point
US2386620A (en) Articulated bogie for track laying or other vehicles
GB1429278A (en) Railway bogie
US2334024A (en) Railroad car truck
US3166142A (en) Suspension system for tandem axles interconnected by power transmission means
ES395470A2 (en) Vehicle suspension
US3548755A (en) Resilient railway vehicle truck supension
US3937153A (en) Swinging railway bogie bolster
ES338840A1 (en) Articulated railway bogey
US2743939A (en) Tandem axle wheel suspension for automotive vehicles
US2515812A (en) Bogie for railway rolling stock
US2955679A (en) Disk brake assembly for railway cars
GB1217372A (en) Improvements in and relating to vehicle suspension systems
GB1154064A (en) Improvements in or relating to a Low-Platform Railway Truck.
US2390912A (en) Tandem axle vehicle
US2815202A (en) Vehicle suspension apparatus
US2446877A (en) Equalizing spring suspension for tandem axle vehicles
US3092040A (en) Monorail constructions
ES472503A1 (en) Rigid axle suspension system for a vehicle.
US4238006A (en) Radial axle truck disc brakes
US2934028A (en) Railway vehicle structure
US3220358A (en) Railway car truck with elastic torsion blocks
US3063733A (en) Vehicle suspension systems