Patent ID: 8381659

Claim:
A railway vehicle comprising a plurality of bogies, each bogie comprising: a chassis; two front wheels and two rear wheels, the two front wheels being offset longitudinally from the two rear wheels; a guidance device for each front wheel and each rear wheel, guiding each front wheel and each rear wheel in rotation; a primary suspension device of the chassis on each guidance device; and a pivot connection for connecting to a body of the railway vehicle; at least the primary suspension devices associated with the front and rear wheels arranged on a same first lateral side of the bogie each including: two longitudinal connecting rods, each connected by a first connection point to the chassis and by a second connection point to the corresponding guidance device, the two connecting rods being offset longitudinally relative to one another, and at least one resilient component inserted between the two connecting rods defining at least the vertical stiffness of the primary suspension device, each second connection point between each of the two longitudinal connecting rods and the corresponding guidance device being exclusive of the at least one resilient component and exclusive of the chassis.