Railcar bogie

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9845098-B2
Application number	US-201414759502-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 6, 2014
Priority date	Jan 10, 2013
Publication date	Dec 19, 2017
Grant date	Dec 19, 2017

Abstract

A railcar bogie includes: a bogie frame including a cross beam supporting a carbody of a railcar; a pair of axles respectively arranged at both sides of the cross beam in a car longitudinal direction and extending in a car width direction; bearings provided at both car width direction sides of each of the axles and rotatably supporting the axles; axle boxes respectively accommodating the bearings; and coupling devices coupling the axle boxes and the bogie frame to one another, each of the coupling devices including a first member projecting from the axle box to the bogie frame, a second member projecting from the bogie frame to the first member, and a coupling portion coupling the first member and the second member to each other, and the second member being formed separately from the bogie frame and positioned by contacting the bogie frame.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A railcar bogie comprising:
a bogie frame including a cross beam supporting a carbody of a railcar;
a pair of axles respectively arranged at both sides of the cross beam in a car longitudinal direction and extending in a car width direction;
bearings provided at both car width direction sides of each of the axles and rotatably supporting the axles;
axle boxes respectively accommodating the bearings; and
axle beam coupling devices coupling the axle boxes and the bogie frame to one another,
each of the axle beam coupling devices including
an axle beam projecting from the axle box to the bogie frame and extending in the car longitudinal direction,
a receiving seat unit projecting from the bogie frame to the axle beam and extending in the car longitudinal direction, and
a coupling portion coupling the axle beam and the receiving seat unit to each other, and

the receiving seat unit being formed separately from the bogie frame and positioned by contacting the bogie frame.

2. The railcar bogie according to claim 1 , wherein:
the receiving seat unit is located under the cross beam and extends in the car longitudinal direction; and
one of end portions of the receiving seat unit which is located at one of sides in the car longitudinal direction is coupled to the axle beam connected to the axle box located at the one side, and the other end portion of the receiving seat unit which is located at the other side in the car longitudinal direction is coupled to another axle beam connected to the axle box located at the other side.

3. The railcar bogie according to claim 1 , wherein:
each of the bogie frame and the receiving seat unit includes a bracket portion having a pin hole; and
a pin is inserted into the pin hole of the bogie frame and the pin hole of the receiving seat unit.

4. The railcar bogie according to claim 1 , wherein:
the receiving seat unit includes a fitting portion;
the bogie frame includes a fitted portion in which the fitting portion is fitted; and
the receiving seat unit is positioned relative to the bogie frame in a horizontal direction by fitting the fitting portion in the fitted portion from above.

5. The railcar bogie according to claim 1 further comprising plate springs respectively contacting and supporting both car width direction end portions of the cross beam from below and extending in the car longitudinal direction, both longitudinal direction end portions of each of the plate springs being respectively supported by the axle boxes,
the receiving seat unit is located at both sides of the plate spring in the car width direction.

6. The railcar bogie according to claim 1 , wherein:
the bogie frame and receiving seat unit are provided with bolt holes at corresponding positions; and
the bogie frame and the receiving seat unit are fixed to one another by fastening bolts to the bolt holes.

Assignees

• Kawasaki Heavy Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Nishimura Takehiro
• Nakao Shunichi

Classifications

• B61F5/305

  incorporating rubber springs · CPC title

• B61F5/302

  Leaf springs · CPC title

• B61F5/52 Primary

  Bogie frames · CPC title

• B61F5/26 Primary

  Mounting or securing axle-boxes in vehicle or bogie underframes · CPC title

• B61F5/307 Primary

  incorporating fluid springs · CPC title