Patent ID: 10112437

Abstract:
The present invention relates to an elastic wheel for railway vehicles, formed by a tread (1) and a wheel center (2), defining a housing for the insertion of an elastomer that is compressed by a retaining ring (3) which is attached to the wheel center (2) by means of attachment screws (4), and in which the elastomer is formed by a plurality of V-shaped elastic blocks (5), having two oblique walls belonging to the wheel center (2) and to the retaining ring (3), respectively, forming an angle of between 48° and 52° with respect to the axis (R) of the wheel, and in which the oblique walls end in respective inclined sections on which the vertices of the V-shaped elastic blocks (5) are supported, said inclined sections forming an angle of between 2° and 10° with respect to the axis (R) of the wheel.