Railway vehicle suspensions

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Patent

CA 1151473

ABSTRACT OF THE INVENTION The invention relates to an arrangement for a railway vehicle or bogie therefor, having at least two wheel-sets each with a live axle mounted in a respective pair of axle bearings, and bracing means elastically interconnecting one axle bearing of one wheel set with at least one axle-bearing of the other wheel-set. Such an arrangement is described in our British Patent Specification 1179723 and the present invention provides an advantageous constructional arrangement for a vehicle- in which the live axles are individually motored. According to the invention a traction motor is provided for each wheel-set and comprises a motor casing which is rotatably mounted on its respective live axle via axle bearings, each motor casing being secured against rotation to a fixed part of the vehicle body or bogie, and said bracing means being connected via the motor casings, thereby effectively to provide said elastic interconnection. In the preferred form the motor casings provide a pair of opposed walls, and the bracing means includes a pivoted link arrangement which is pivotally connected about at least one vertical axis, between said walls, and arranged so that the motor casings, and hence their respective wheel sets, are restrained from relative linear displacements, but are free to move relatively to each other with rotational displacements.

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