Railcar bogie including axle spring

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10059351-B2
Application number	US-201314431546-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 20, 2013
Priority date	Oct 3, 2012
Publication date	Aug 28, 2018
Grant date	Aug 28, 2018

Abstract

A railcar bogie includes: an axle box; a bogie frame; a pair of rubber springs, which are fixed to respective side surfaces of the axle box and the bogie frame; a pair of axle-box-side supporting members provided on respective lower portions of both the side surfaces of the axle box, the axle-box-side supporting members being configured to support the rubber springs when a fixed state between the rubber springs and the bogie frame as well as between the rubber springs and the axle box is released; and a pair of axle-box-side locking members each provided on top of the axle box in a removable manner, the axle-box-side locking members being configured to lock upper portions of the one ends of the rubber springs when the fixed state between the rubber springs and the bogie frame as well as between the rubber springs and the axle box is released.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A railcar bogie comprising:
an axle box;
a bogie frame surrounding both side surfaces of the axle box in a longitudinal direction of the bogie and an upper surface of the axle box;
a pair of rubber springs interposed between the bogie frame and both the side surfaces of the axle box, respectively, such that one ends of the rubber springs are fixed to the respective side surfaces of the axle box, and such that other ends of the rubber springs are fixed to the bogie frame;
a pair of axle-box-side supporting members provided on respective lower portions of both the side surfaces of the axle box, the axle-box-side supporting members being configured to support the rubber springs by contacting lower portions of the one ends of the rubber springs from below when a fixed state between the rubber springs and the bogie frame as well as between the rubber springs and the axle box is released; and
a pair of axle-box-side locking members each positioned at a top of the axle box in a removable manner, the axle-box-side locking members each being configured to lock an upper portion of the one end of a corresponding one of the rubber springs by contacting the upper portion in a direction from the other end to the one end of the corresponding rubber spring when the fixed state between the rubber springs and the bogie frame as well as between the rubber springs and the axle box is released.

2. The railcar bogie according to claim 1 , wherein the rubber springs are chevron rubber springs.

3. The railcar bogie according to claim 1 , wherein each of the pair of rubber springs extends obliquely upward from a corresponding one of the side surfaces of the axle box.

4. The railcar bogie according to claim 1 , wherein each of the axle-box-side locking members includes a stopper that includes a neck portion and a head portion, the neck portion extending from the axle box through a notch that is formed in the upper portion of the one end of the corresponding rubber spring, the head portion being formed on a distal end of the neck portion and larger than the notch.

5. The railcar bogie according to claim 1 , wherein the axle-box-side locking members lock the upper portions of the one ends of the rubber springs, such that the upper portions of the one ends of the rubber springs are not spaced apart from the axle box by a certain space or more.

6. A railcar bogie comprising:
an axle box;
a bogie frame including a pair of rubber spring receivers and surrounding both side surfaces of the axle box in a longitudinal direction of the bogie and an upper surface of the axle box;
a pair of rubber springs interposed between the pair of rubber spring receivers and both the side surfaces of the axle box, such that one ends of the rubber springs are fixed to the respective side surfaces of the axle box, and such that other ends of the rubber springs are fixed to the respective rubber spring receivers;
a pair of bogie-frame-side supporting members provided, in a removable manner, on respective lower portions of fixing portions of the bogie frame to which the rubber springs are fixed, the bogie-frame-side supporting members being configured to support the rubber springs by contacting lower portions of the other ends of the rubber springs from below when a fixed state between the rubber springs and the bogie frame as well as between the rubber springs and the axle box is released; and
a pair of bogie-frame-side locking members provided above the respective fixing portions of the bogie frame to which the rubber springs are fixed, the bogie-frame-side locking members being configured to lock upper portions of the other ends of the rubber springs when the fixed state between the rubber springs and the bogie frame as well as between the rubber springs and the axle box is released.

7. The railcar bogie according to claim 6 , wherein the bogie-frame-side locking members lock the upper portions of the other ends of the rubber springs, such that the upper portions of the other ends of the rubber springs are not spaced apart from the fixing portions of the bogie frame by a certain space or more.

8. The railcar bogie according to claim 6 , wherein the rubber springs are chevron rubber springs.

9. The railcar bogie according to claim 6 , wherein each of the pair of rubber springs extends obliquely upward from a corresponding one of the side surfaces of the axle box.

10. The railcar bogie according to claim 6 , wherein
the bogie frame includes displacement preventing portions that extend from the rubber spring receivers and that are positioned over the rubber springs, and
the bogie-frame-side locking members project downward from the displacement preventing portions.

11. A railcar bogie comprising:
an axle box;
a bogie frame including a pair of rubber spring receivers and surrounding both side surfaces of the axle box in a longitudinal direction of the bogie and an upper surface of the axle box;
a pair of rubber springs interposed between the pair of rubber spring receivers and both the side surfaces of the axle box, such that one ends of the rubber springs are fixed to the respective side surfaces of the axle box, and such that other ends of the rubber springs are fixed to the respective rubber spring receivers;
a pair of axle-box-side supporting members provided on respective lower portions of both the side surfaces of the axle box, the axle-box-side supporting members being configured to support the rubber springs by contacting lower portions of the one ends of the rubber springs from below when a fixed state between the rubber springs and the bogie frame as well as between the rubber springs and the axle box is released;
a pair of axle-box-side locking members each provided on top of the axle box in a removable manner, the axle-box-side locking members each being configured to lock an upper portion of the one end of a corresponding one of the rubber springs by contacting the upper portion in a direction from the other end to the one end of the corresponding rubber spring when the fixed state between the rubber springs and the bogie frame as well as between the rubber springs and the axle box is released;
a pair of bogie-frame-side supporting members provided, in a removable manner, on respective lower portions of fixing portions of the bogie frame to which the rubber springs are fixed, the bogie-frame-side supporting members being configured to support the rubber springs by contacting lower portions of the other ends of the rubber springs from below when the fixed state between the rubber springs and the bogie frame as well as between the rubber springs and the axle box is released; and
a pair of bogie-frame-side locking members provided above the respective fixing portions of the bogie frame to which the rubber springs are fixed, the bogie-frame-side locking members being configured to lock upper portions of the other ends of the rubber springs when the fixed state between the rubber springs and the bogie frame as well as between the rubber springs and the axle box is released.

12. The railcar bogie according to claim 11 , wherein
the axle-box-side locking members lock the upper portions of the one ends of the rubber springs, such that the upper portions of the one ends of the rubber springs are not spaced apart from the axle box by a certain space or more, and
the bogie-frame-side locking members lock the upper portions of the other ends of the rubber springs, such that the upper portions of the other ends of the rubber springs are not spaced apart from the fixing portions of the bogie frame by a certain space or more.

13. The railcar bogie according to claim 11 ,

Assignees

• Kawasaki Heavy Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Kamura Keiichiro
• Wada Naoki
• Sakahira Masahiro

Classifications

• F16F1/403

  characterised by the shape of the non-elastic interengaging parts between the elements · CPC title

• F16F2230/24

  Detecting or preventing malfunction, e.g. fail safe · CPC title

• B61F5/305 Primary

  incorporating rubber springs · CPC title