Patent ID: 9090267
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
Classification: B61C,B61F

Abstract:
1. A railway vehicle body tilting system comprising: a height control valve to be operated by an actuator to supply and discharge compressed air with respect to air springs; an auxiliary control valve to supply the compressed air to the air springs to tilt a vehicle body; a backup valve to change over connection between one of the height control valve and the auxiliary control valve and the air springs; and controllers one each installed in each of a plurality of vehicles coupled to one another to make up a train, wherein the controller provided in each of the vehicles controls the height control valve of the associated vehicle during normal condition and monitors abnormality in other linked controllers, and in case of abnormality occurring in one of the linked controllers, another normal controller stops control by a failed controller and controls the backup valve of the vehicle with the failed controller.