Vehicular suspension device, steering bogie, and vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10046777-B2
Application number	US-201415039402-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 11, 2014
Priority date	Nov 28, 2013
Publication date	Aug 14, 2018
Grant date	Aug 14, 2018

Abstract

A vehicular suspension device has: a pair of primary support parts for respectively and elastically supporting elastic tires on a sub frame, the tires being located on both vehicle-widthwise sides; and a secondary support part for integrally and elastically supporting the pair of primary support parts and a car body via the sub frame, the secondary support part being located between the sub frame and the car body.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicular suspension device comprising:
a pair of primary support parts that respectively and elastically support running wheels having elasticity disposed on both sides in a vehicle width direction on a frame; and
a secondary support part that is disposed between the frame and a car body and integrally and elastically supports the pair of primary support parts and the car body via the frame,
wherein, if a spring stiffness of the running wheels is defined as k 1 , a spring stiffness of the primary support parts is defined as k 2 , and a spring stiffness of the secondary support part is defined as k 3 , k 1 >k 2 >k 3 is satisfied.

2. The vehicular suspension device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the spring stiffness of the primary support parts is set to ½ or more or ⅔ or less of the spring stiffness of the running wheels.

3. The vehicular suspension device according to claim 1 ,
wherein each of the pair of primary support parts includes
a primary suspension mechanism that couples the running wheels and the frame so as to be displaceable in an upward-downward direction, and an elastic member that is arranged between the primary suspension mechanism and the frame.

4. The vehicular suspension device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the secondary support part includes
an air spring that is arranged between the car body and the frame, and
an air supply and exhaust mechanism that performs air supply to and exhausting from the air spring and adjusts the height of the air spring in the upward-downward direction, and
wherein the air supply and exhaust mechanism performs air supply to and exhausting from the air spring on the basis of the total displacement of the primary support parts and the secondary support part in the upward-downward direction with respect to the car body.

5. A steering bogie comprising:
the running wheels;
a steering guide device that is guided by a guide rail extending along a track; and
the vehicular suspension device according to claim 1 that is disposed between the running wheels and the car body.

6. A vehicle comprising:
the car body; and
the steering bogie according to claim 5 that is provided in a lower part of the car body.

7. A vehicular suspension device comprising:
a pair of primary support parts that respectively and elastically support running wheels having elasticity disposed on both sides in a vehicle width direction on a frame; and
a secondary support part that is disposed between the frame and a car body and integrally and elastically supports the pair of primary support parts and the car body via the frame,
wherein a spring stiffness of the primary support parts is set to ½ or more or ⅔ or less of a spring stiffness of the running wheels.

8. The vehicular suspension device according to claim 7 ,
wherein each of the pair of primary support parts includes
a primary suspension mechanism that couples the running wheels and the frame so as to be displaceable in an upward-downward direction, and an elastic member that is arranged between the primary suspension mechanism and the frame.

9. The vehicular suspension device according to claim 7 ,
wherein the secondary support part includes
an air spring that is arranged between the car body and the frame, and
an air supply and exhaust mechanism that performs air supply to and exhausting from the air spring and adjusts the height of the air spring in the upward-downward direction, and
wherein the air supply and exhaust mechanism performs air supply to and exhausting from the air spring on the basis of the total displacement of the primary support parts and the secondary support part in the upward-downward direction with respect to the car body.

10. A steering bogie comprising:
the running wheels;
a steering guide device that is guided by a guide rail extending along a track; and
the vehicular suspension device according to claim 7 that is disposed between the running wheels and the car body.

11. A vehicle comprising:
the car body; and
the steering bogie according to claim 10 that is provided in a lower part of the car body.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Heavy Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Katahira Kousuke
• Tamura So
• Hoshi Mitsuaki

Classifications

• B61F5/52 Primary

  Bogie frames · CPC title

• B61F5/10

  incorporating fluid springs · CPC title

• B60G3/20 Primary

  all arms being rigid · CPC title

• B60G2300/10

  Railway vehicles · CPC title

• B61B13/04

  Monorail systems · CPC title