Railcar bogie

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9688292-B2
Application number	US-201414787056-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 14, 2014
Priority date	Apr 24, 2013
Publication date	Jun 27, 2017
Grant date	Jun 27, 2017

Abstract

A railcar bogie includes: a bogie frame including a cross beam and plate springs, the plate springs supporting both respective car width direction end portions of the cross beam and extending in a car longitudinal direction; axles extending in a car width direction; bearings provided at both respective car width direction sides of each of the axles; axle boxes accommodating the respective bearings and supporting the plate springs from below; and rubbing plates provided on an upper surface of the bogie frame to slidingly contact respective rubbed plates provided on a lower surface of a bolster. In a plan view, each of the rubbing plates is arranged within a region where the cross beam and the plate spring intersect with each other and is arranged on a center line of the plate spring, the center line extending in the car longitudinal direction.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A bogie supporting a carbody of a railcar,
the bogie comprising:
a bogie frame including a cross beam extending in a car width direction and pressing members provided respectively under car width direction end portions of the cross beam, each of the pressing members having a lower surface formed in a downward convex shape in a side view, the bogie frame being rotatable relative to the carbody in a yawing direction;
axles extending in the car width direction;
bearings provided at both respective car width direction sides of each of the axles and rotatably supporting the axles;
plate springs supporting both respective car width direction end portions of the cross beam from below via respective pressing members and extending in a car longitudinal direction;
axle boxes accommodating the respective bearings and supporting both respective longitudinal direction end portions of each of the plate springs from below; and
rubbing plates provided on an upper surface of the cross beam to slidingly contact respective rubbed plates provided on a lower surface of a member attached to the carbody,
the pressing members not being fixed to the plate springs,
a curvature of the lower surface of each of the pressing members being larger than a curvature of an upper surface of a middle portion of each of the plate springs in a state where the bogie is not supporting the carbody,
in a plan view, each of the rubbing plates being arranged within a region where the cross beam and the plate spring intersect with each other and being arranged on a center line of the plate spring, the center line extending in the car longitudinal direction,
in the side view, each of the rubbing plates being arranged on a center line extending through a center of the pressing member in a vertical direction.

2. The bogie according to claim 1 , wherein a car width direction length from a car width direction inside end of the rubbed plate to the rubbing plate is larger than a car width direction length from a car width direction outside end to the rubbing plate.

3. The bogie according to claim 1 , wherein
the bolster including project portions each projects toward both sides in the car longitudinal direction such that a lower surface of the bolster partially expands in the car longitudinal direction at a position opposing the rubbing plate,
the rubbed plate is attached to the lower surface of the bolster so as to be located at a position including a lower surface of the projecting portion.

4. A bogie supporting a carbody of a railcar,
the bogie comprising:
a bogie frame including a cross beam being rotatable relative to the carbody in a yawing direction, the cross beam extending in a car width direction;
axles extending in the car width directions;
bearings provided at both respective car width direction sides of each of the axles and rotatably supporting the axles;
plate springs supporting both respective car width direction end portions of the cross beam from below via respective pressing members and extending in a car longitudinal direction, each of the pressing members having a lower surface formed in a downward convex shape in side view;
axle boxes accommodating the respective bearings and supporting both respective longitudinal direction end portions of each of the plate springs from below; and
rubbing plates provided on an upper surface of the cross beam to slidingly contact respective rubbed plates provided on a lower surface of a member attached to the carbody,
in a plan view, each of the rubbing plates being arranged within a region where the cross beam and the plate spring intersect with each other and being arranged on a center line of the plate spring, the center line extending in the car longitudinal direction,
in the side view, each of the rubbing plates being arranged on a center line extending through a center of the pressing member in a vertical direction,
in the plan view, the cross beam projecting outward in the car width direction from the plate springs located under the cross beam,
when viewed from the car longitudinal direction, the rubbing plate being provided on the upper surface of the cross beam so as to be located on the center line extending through the center of the pressing member in the vertical direction.

5. A bogie supporting a carbody of a railcar,
the bogie comprising:
a bogie frame including a cross beam and side members and being rotatable relative to the carbody in a yawing direction, the cross beam extending in a car width direction, the side members supporting both respective car width direction end portions of the cross beam and extending in a car longitudinal direction;
axles extending in the car width direction;
bearings provided at both respective car width direction sides of each of the axles and rotatably supporting the axles;
axle boxes accommodating the respective bearings and supporting the side members from below;
rubbing plates provided on an upper surface of the bogie frame to slidingly contact respective rubbed plates provided on a lower surface of a member attached to the carbody; and
a bolster supporting the carbody via air springs and supported by the bogie frame so as to be rotatable relative to the bogie frame in the yawing direction,
in a plan view, each of the rubbing plates being arranged within a region where the cross beam and the side member intersect with each other and being arranged on a center line of the side member, the center line extending in the car longitudinal direction,
the rubbed plate being attached to the lower surface of the bolster.

6. The bogie according to claim 5 , wherein the side members are plate springs which support the respective car width direction end portions of the cross beam from below.

7. The bogie according to claim 5 , wherein the rubbing plates are parts of rubbing plate units provided on respective upper surfaces of the cross beam;
the rubbing plate is made of resin; and
each of the rubbing plate units includes a receiving member fixed to the upper surface of the cross beam, and the rubbing plate accommodated in a concave portion formed on an upper surface of the receiving member and projecting upward from the receiving member.

8. The bogie according to claim 7 , wherein the side members are plate springs which support the respective car width direction end portions of the cross beam from below.

Assignees

• Kawasaki Heavy Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Nishimura Takehiro
• Nakao Shunichi

Classifications

• B61F5/14 Primary

  Side bearings · CPC title

• B61F5/302

  Leaf springs · CPC title

• B61F3/04 Primary

  with driven axles or wheels · CPC title

• B61F5/52

  Bogie frames · CPC title

• B61F5/20 Primary

  with springs allowing transverse movements · CPC title