Patent ID: 6631936
Filing Date: 2003-10-14
Classification: B61C,B61F

Abstract:
An idler wheel axle with individually mounted wheels for chassis of rail vehicles, with a wheel carrying frame externally surrounding the wheels with lateral carrying legs, each wheel being rotatably mounted on the inside of the associated carrying leg, each wheel mounted on an axle stub of the carrying leg by a wheel mounting, and each wheel being torsionally connected on an inside of the wheel to a shaft which extends outward through orifices of the wheel and of the carrying leg, the wheel mounting consisting of two part bearings, and the first part bearing being arranged within the orifice of the wheel between the wheel and the axle stub of the carrying leg, while the second part bearing is arranged, offset axially and radially to the first, within the orifice of the carrying leg between the carrying leg and the shaft.