Patent ID: 7533617

Claim:
A bogie for a rail vehicle having a longitudinal bogie axis and comprising: a first wheel unit comprising two wheels; a second wheel unit comprising two wheels; and a bogie frame; wherein said first wheel unit is spaced from said second wheel unit along said longitudinal bogie axis, said bogie frame is supported on said first wheel unit and said second wheel unit via a primary spring unit per wheel, a first primary spring unit is associated with a first wheel of said first wheel unit and a second primary spring unit is associated with a second wheel of said second wheel unit, said first wheel and said second wheel being located on the same side of said bogie frame, and said first wheel unit and said second wheel unit are connected via a compensation device mounted to said bogie frame, further wherein said compensation device is connected to said first wheel unit via a first interface of said first primary spring unit and to said second wheel unit via a second interface of said second primary spring unit, and said compensation device is arranged such that a shift of said first interface causes a shift of said second interface and wherein said compensation device has a neutral state and at least one damping device is provided to damp deflection of said compensation device from said neutral state.