Patent ID: 8322289

Claim:
A low floor vehicle comprising: a bogie provided under a vehicle body and rotatable with respect to the vehicle body; a bogie frame configured as a frame member of the bogie; front and rear bogie frame cross beams arranged along a vehicle lateral direction in a middle in a vehicle longitudinal direction of the bogie frame and spaced apart from each other in the vehicle longitudinal direction; and a pair of front wheels and a pair of rear wheels provided forward and rearward with respect to the bogie frame cross beams, respectively, and configured to travel on a track, wherein a pair of flexible traction rods, arranged along the vehicle longitudinal direction and extendible and retractable in the vehicle longitudinal direction, are provided in the bogie, the flexible traction rods are spaced apart from each other in the vehicle lateral direction, one end of each of the flexible traction rods is attached to one of the bogie frame cross beams, and the other end of each of the flexible traction rods is attached to a first receiving section provided in the vehicle body, front and rear turn suppression dampers, arranged along the vehicle lateral direction for attenuating forces in the vehicle lateral direction, are provided in a front section of the front bogie frame cross beam and in a rear section of the rear bogie frame cross beam, respectively, a first end of each of the turn suppression dampers is attached to the corresponding bogie frame cross beam, and a second end of each of the turn suppression dampers is attached to a second receiving section provided in the vehicle body, a stopper receiving section provided in the vehicle body is spaced apart from the second receiving section in the vehicle lateral direction, and a stopper member provided in the bogie is arranged between the second receiving section and the stopper receiving section, and the stopper member is contactable with the second receiving section and the stopper receiving section so as to regulate a turn of the vehicle body.