Steering bogie, and vehicle for track-based transportation system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10131367-B2
Application number	US-201414915467-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 30, 2014
Priority date	Oct 18, 2013
Publication date	Nov 20, 2018
Grant date	Nov 20, 2018

Abstract

This invention is equipped with: a steering shaft provided to an underframe of a carbody of a vehicle travelling on a traveling road surface of tracks; king pins provided as a pair to end sections of the steering shaft at both sides in the width direction; axle hubs swingably provided to the steering shaft via the king pins; tires mounted plurally to each of the axle hubs; guide wheels, which roll over guide rails provided to the tracks in the direction of extension of the tracks, and which are guided from the width direction of the tracks; a guide device part for supporting the guide wheels and the steering shaft; and a steering mechanism for causing the axle hubs to turn about the king pins in accordance with the displacement of the guide device part.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A steering bogie comprising:
a steering shaft provided at a lower part of a carbody of a vehicle for a track-based transportation system traveling on a traveling road surface of a track;
shaft-like king pins provided in a pair at end sections of the steering shaft on both sides of the carbody in a width direction;
axle hubs provided so as to be swingable with respect to the steering shaft via the king pins;
a plurality of tires mounted on each of the axle hubs;
guide wheels that roll on guide rails provided at the track in an extending direction of the track and that are guided from the width direction of the track;
a guide device part that supports the guide wheels and the steering shaft; and
a steering mechanism that causes the axle hubs to rotate around the king pins in accordance with the displacement of the guide device part,
wherein the guide wheels are supported by the guide device part in front of and behind the tires,
wherein the guide device part includes a guide frame that supports the guide wheels and is provided so as to be turnable with respect to the carbody,
wherein the steering mechanism includes a steering member that is installed between each of the axle hubs and the guide frame and steers the plurality of tires in accordance with the displacement of the guide frame,
wherein the king pins are provided at an inclination angle of 0 degrees or more and 1 degree or less on a basis of a vertical line orthogonal to a traveling direction and the width direction of the carbody, and
wherein the axle hubs are provided to have the inclination angle.

2. The steering bogie according to claim 1 ,
wherein in the king pin, spacing between a central position, on the traveling road surface, of a tire width that is a distance between an inside end surface in a tire located on an innermost side in the width direction among the plurality of tires in a same axle hub, and an outside end surface in a tire located on an outermost side in the width direction, and a point where a central axis of the king pin intersects the traveling road surface is 50 mm or more and 350 mm or less.

3. The steering bogie according to claim 1 ,
wherein, in the plurality of tires in the same axle hub, air pressure is higher in the tire provided on a side away from the king pin than in the tire provided on a king pin side.

4. The steering bogie according to claim 1 ,
wherein, in the plurality of tires in the same axle hub, dimension of the tire width is larger in the tire provided on a side away from the king pin than in the tire provided on a king pin side.

5. The steering bogie according to claim 1 ,
wherein, in the plurality of tires in the same axle hub, dimension of tire diameter is larger in the tire provided on a side away from the king pin than in the tire provided on a king pin side.

6. The steering bogie according to claim 1 ,
wherein the guide wheels are guided by the guide rails provided in a pair on both sides of the track in the width direction.

7. The steering bogie according to claim 1 ,
wherein the guide wheels are guided by one guide rail provided on at a central position of the track in the width direction.

8. A vehicle for a track-based transportation system comprising: the steering bogie according to claim 1 ; and a carbody having the steering bogie provided at a ower part thereof.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Heavy Ind Ltd
• Mitsubishi Heavy Ind Eng Ltd

Inventors

• Katahira Kousuke
• Tamura So
• Hoshi Mitsuaki
• Masukawa Masahisa

Classifications

• B61F9/00

  Rail vehicles characterised by means for preventing derailing, e.g. by use of guide wheels · CPC title

• B61F5/38 Primary

  Arrangements or devices for adjusting or allowing self- adjustment of wheel axles or bogies when rounding curves, e.g. sliding axles, swinging axles · CPC title

• B61B13/00 Primary

  Other railway systems · CPC title