3128results about "Bogies" patented technology

A system for controlling a railroad train over a segment of track. The system comprises a first element for determining a location of the train on the segment of track; a second element for providing track characterization information for the segment of track; the track characterization information related to physical conditions of the segment of track; and a processor for controlling applied tractive forces and braking forces of the train responsive to the location of the train and the track characterization information to reduce at least one of wheel wear and/or track wear during operation of the train over the segment of track.

Adjustable depth merchandising crossbar systems and methods dispense retail products, the crossbar systems and methods having a fixed portion comprising a first outer mounting assembly, a second outer mounting assembly movably connected to the first outer mounting assembly, and upright mounting hooks provided at rear sides of the first outer mounting assembly and the second outer mounting assembly, wherein the upright mounting hooks are configured to be mountable to retail aisle uprights and a sliding portion comprising a first inner sliding assembly and a second inner sliding assembly movably connected to the first inner sliding assembly. The crossbar systems and methods also have an expandable attachment bar connected to the first and second inner sliding assemblies of the sliding portion of the crossbar, wherein the expandable attachment bar is configured to receive at least one retail product merchandising pusher system for dispensing retail products and a plurality of sliding assemblies connected the fixed portion to the sliding portion of the crossbar. The sliding portion of the crossbar is movable to a closed position or to an at least partially extended position via the plurality of sliding assemblies.

The flexible connection device of the invention is disposed between a flexible side beam of a bogey frame and an arm of an axle-box, and wherein the stiffness of the connection is greater in the vertical direction (Z) than in the two horizontal directions (X, Y). This enables the side beam to be decoupled from the axle-box, thereby reducing the stresses at the interfaces between these parts when the bogey frame moves transversely and vertically relative to the axles. This also presents the advantage of allowing relative displacements between the side beam and the axle-box.

The invention discloses a power bogie with independent wheels for 100 percent low-floor light rail vehicles. The power bogie with the independent wheels comprises a framework, an axle mechanism, primary springs, secondary springs, secondary vertical and transverse dampers, a double-pull rod traction mechanism, the longitudinal driving mechanism of an elastically frame-suspended motor and a hydraulic brake unit, wherein the side beams of the framework are cantilevers which protrude outward; two short shafts are supported by bearing units and connected with elastic wheels respectively; an axle consists of the two short shafts; two wheels on the same side of the bogie are fixed on a motor-driven shaft; a motor is coupled with two gear boxes; a brake system is integrated with a traction motor; the four secondary vertical dampers are arranged at the four corners of the framework; the secondary transverse dampers are arranged at the two ends of the framework; and a parallel double-pull rod traction system is arranged on the inner side of the framework. The requirement of 100 percent low floor on vehicle bodies is really realized by the high-strength welded framework, the independent wheel axle mechanism, the primary springs and the secondary springs which are rationally structured, the optimal secondary vertical and transverse dampers, the parallel double-pull rod traction device with internal traction, the longitudinal drive of the elastically frame-suspended motor, and the hydraulic brake unit which is integrated with the traction motor.

A rail car mover apparatus for a loader vehicle comprises means to rotatably attach a pair of front rail wheels to a front end of the loader vehicle such that the front rail wheels are spaced to engage the pair of railroad rails and such that the front rail wheels can move up and down in response to forces exerted by a front actuator; means to rotatably attach a pair of rear rail wheels to a rear end of the loader vehicle such that the rear rail wheels are spaced to engage the pair of railroad rails and such that the rear rail wheels can move up and down in response to forces exerted by a rear actuator; and a coupler adapter adapted at a rear end thereof for attachment to a front portion of the loader arms and adapted at a front end thereof for coupling to a rail car hitch.

The present invention relates to a semi-active damper controlled by a control circuit including a direct control loop made up of an inverse model of the damper. The inverse model of the damper determines an ideal value for an electrical current ith for controlling a compression controlled-restriction valve and an expansion controlled-restriction valve on the basis of a measured value for a relative speed +E,dot y+EE between the two ends of the damper and on the basis of a force reference value Fc. The semi-active damper of the invention is applicable as a transverse secondary suspension for a passenger rail vehicle.

A hanging merchandising product divider and pusher system and method dispense retail products. The system and method have a first divider having a length defined between a front end and a rear end and a height defined between a top end and a bottom end, at least one second divider having a length defined between a front end and a rear end and a height defined between a top end and a bottom end, and at least one connection plate connecting at least a portion of bottom end of the first divider to at least a portion of the bottom end of the second divider. The system and method also have at least one rear support connector connecting at least a portion of the rear end of the first divider to at least a portion of the rear end of the second divider and a first pocket defined by the first and second dividers, the connection plate, the rear support connector and the front ends of the first and second dividers, wherein the first pocket is sized or configured to receive one or more first retail products. Further, the system and method have a pusher paddle movably connected to the connection plate between the first and second dividers, wherein the pusher paddle is urged towards a front-side of the hanging system such that the pusher paddle moves the one or more products towards the front-side of the hanging system when the one or more first retail products are positioned within the first pocket of the hanging system, and rear mounting hangers located at a back-side of the hanging system.

A railway car truck includes side frames each having a pedestal formed on longitudinally opposite ends thereof. Each pedestal has an upper jaw and a lower jaw surrounding a pedestal opening. The upper jaw has a roof section above the pedestal opening and the lower jaw has an inner wall and an outer wall on opposite sides of the pedestal opening. The inner and outer walls are spaced apart from one another to define a wide pedestal opening. A bearing adapter is received in each pedestal opening. Each bearing adapter includes a concave opening to receive a bearing and a generally rectangular center section having a top surface generally opposite the concave opening. The bearing adapter has steps extending outward from sides thereof that have outer surfaces separated by a distance corresponding to the width of the pedestal opening. The railway car truck also includes an elastomeric adapter pad mounted on top of the bearing adapter that has a generally flat, generally rectangular top section and depending legs that extend along the outer surfaces of the steps. The top section defines a pad for engaging the roof section. The depending legs define pads for engaging the inner and outer walls.

A rail road freight car truck has a truck bolster and a pair of side frames, the truck bolster being mounted transversely relative to the side frames. The mounting interface between the ends of the axles and the sideframe pedestals allows lateral rocking motion of the sideframes in the manner of a swing motion truck. The lateral swinging motion is combined with a longitudinal self steering capability. The self steering capability may be obtained by use of a longitudinally oriented rocker that may tend to permit resistance to deflection that is proportional to the weight carried across the interface. The truck may have auxiliary centering elements mounted in the pedestal seats, and those auxiliary centering elements may be made of resilient elastomeric material. The truck may also have friction dampers that have a disinclination to stick-slip behaviour. The friction dampers may be provided with brake linings, or similar features, on the face engaging the sideframe columns, on the slope face, or both. The friction dampers may operate to yield upward and downward friction forces that are not overly unequal. The friction dampers may be mounted in a four-cornered arrangement at each end of the truck bolster. The spring groups may include sub-groups of springs of different heights.

The invention discloses a non-adhesion driving structure for a straddle type railway vehicle. The structure comprises a monorail runway track and a bogie which are matched with each other, and is improved in that: the two sides of the monorail runway track are provided with an induction plate respectively; the two sides of the bogie are provided with a linear motor respectively; and the linear motors and the induction plates correspond one to one, and are arranged opposite. The non-adhesion driving structure has the advantages that: the adhesion driving of the conventional straddle type railway vehicle is changed into non-adhesion driving, and the braking and acceleration of the vehicle are finished by an interaction force between the linear motors and the induction plates, so the load of a traveling wheel is decreased, the stability of the structure is improved and the running cost of the vehicle is decreased.

The invention discloses a variable-track-gauge wheel set and a locking mechanism thereof. The locking mechanism of the variable-track-gauge wheel set is arranged between a wheel hub and a wheel axle and used for locking wheels at different positions of the wheel axle to adjust the distance between the two wheels. A guiding structure for guiding the wheels to move axially is arranged on the wheel axle, and the locking mechanism adjusts the wheels to designated positions and then locks the wheels at the designated positions. On the premise that a variable track gauge is achieved, it is ensured that the wheel set has enough flexibility, reliability and accuracy.

A railway car truck is provided that includes two sideframes and a bolster. Each sideframe has a pedestal opening at each end to receive a bearing adapter assembly. The bearing adapter assembly includes a cast steel bearing adapter that is formed to fit on top of a bearing assembly. An adapter pad, comprised of a selected hardness elastomer, is fit on top of the bearing adapter. Protrusions extend from the adapter pad and are received in depressions in the bearing adapter to provide longitudinal stability for the adapter pad on the bearing adapter itself. Each adapter pad includes at least two wear tabs extending laterally outwardly from a top section of the adapter pad.

The invention belongs to the technical field of bogie systems, and particularly relates to a variable gauge bogie. The variable gauge bogie comprises an axle assembly, a sliding key assembly and an axle box assembly. The axle assembly comprises an axle and a bearing and wheel integrated mounting seat. The sliding key assembly comprises a sliding part. The axle box assembly comprises an axle box and a bearing. The position from a wheel seat to the end part of the axle is provided with a moving pair connecting part. The bearing and wheel integrated mounting seat comprises a bearing mounting seat and a wheel mounting seat which are mutually connected and further comprises a moving pair junction part. The moving pair junction part and the moving pair connecting part form an axial moving pair. The sliding part is of a cylindrical body. The outer side wall of the cylindrical body is in axial slidable connection with the axle box. The inner side wall of the cylindrical body is in axial fixed connection with the bearing mounting seat through the bearing. The wheel axial direction of the variable gauge bogie is adjustable to be adapted to different gauges, railway transportation of ''Silk Road Economic Belt'' is developed, and the problem that railway gauges are not uniform must be solved, therefore, it is very important and far-reaching to carry out design of the variable gauge bogie.

The invention relates to a axial pre-compress method of integrated ball hinged rubber flexible element and relative product, which comprises a metallic sheath, a flexible rubber element, a metallic inner sheath and a core axle. It is characterize in that: metallic sheath, flexible rubber element and the metallic inner sheath are independent two-section integrated structures, which are connected along the axle on the core axle; the flexible rubber pre-compress stress is realized by adjusting the axial position between the metallic sheath and the metallic inner sheath. And said stress can be formed by the axial separated two sections axially compress the metallic inner sheath and adjust the axial position of metallic inner sheath on the core pin.

A resilient pad having a base with two side arms and two side lips for resiliently holding the base on a pedestal wear plate, the pad being configured with dome shaped portions disposed substantially perpendicular to the direction of the pad and being spaced apart from each other, where the pad, when installed with a pedestal wear plate serves to improve the force load handling and preferably re-distributes the load bearing surface from the edges and center of the adapter to the flat load bearing surface of the adapter, thus eliminating load on areas that have no support. Because the spring arms do not depend on bending of the base for their resiliency, the pad of the invention provides improved service stress capabilities and allows for longer life of the wear plate.

A dynamo-electric machine has a stator with a primary winding and a rotor with a field magnet and a shaft. the field magnet includes a first field magnet having diferent polarity magnetic poles sequentially arranged in a rotation direction and a second field magnet having diferent polarity magnetic poles sequentially arranged in a rotation direction. The machine further has a mechanism for shifting the first and the second field magnets in axial and rotation directions.