Patent ID: 6401627
Filing Date: 2002-06-11
Classification: B61F

Abstract:
An adjustable bogie with three wheel sets for a rail vehicle comprising a bogie frame, a center wheel set and two end wheel sets mounted in the bogie frame, the center wheel set being mounted between the end wheel sets, each wheel set having a drive unit including an axle fixed against vertical and longitudinal displacement relative to the drive unit, each of the two end wheel sets being connected to the bogie frame by a pair of slanted links between the drive unit and the bogie frame, a first transverse link being mounted between one of the end wheel sets and the center wheel set and a second transverse link being mounted between the other end wheel set and the center wheel set, and longitudinal links extending between the bogie frame and the respective wheel sets, the longitudinal links being parallel to the longitudinal direction of the bogie frame, whereby the links permit the end wheel sets to be turned outward, while the center wheel set is displaced transversely when the bogie is negotiating a curve.