Patent ID: 8122835

Claim:
An undercarriage for a rail vehicle, comprising: an undercarriage frame having two longitudinal supports and a transverse support which is connected to the longitudinal supports; two wheelsets mounted in wheelset bearings connected to the undercarriage frame, each wheelset having a wheelset shaft and two wheels; two drives, accommodated in the undercarriage frame, for driving the wheelset shafts of the wheelsets, each said drive being movably suspended on the transverse support; first and second tension/compression elements; a first bearing block arranged on an upper side of the transverse support to provide an articulated connection of the first tension/compression element to a locomotive body or railcar body; a second bearing block arranged on a lower side of the transverse support to provide an articulated connection of the second tension/compression element to the locomotive body or railcar body; two torque supports for providing an articulated connection between the drives or a component thereof with the transverse support; and traction force connecting rods connected in an articulated fashion between the second bearing block on the lower side of the transverse support and the torque supports.