(19)
(11) EP 0 818 375 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
31.03.1999 Bulletin 1999/13

(43) Date of publication A2:
14.01.1998 Bulletin 1998/03

(21) Application number: 96830653.0

(22) Date of filing: 24.12.1996
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6: B61F 5/12
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
SI

(30) Priority: 11.07.1996 IT TO960591

(71) Applicant: FIAT FERROVIARIA S.p.A.
10125 Torino (IT)

(72) Inventor:
  • Vanolo, Pietro
    10137 Torino (IT)

(74) Representative: Buzzi, Franco et al
c/o Buzzi, Notaro & Antonielli d'Oulx Srl, Corso Fiume, 6
10133 Torino
10133 Torino (IT)

   


(54) Railway vehicle bogie


(57) A railway vehicle bogie including a frame (1), two axles (6, 7) connected to the frame (1) through respective journal boxes (12, 13), secondary suspension springs (17) interposed between the frame and a load bearing transom (16) intended to be fixed to vehicle body, and hunting absorbers arranged at the opposite sides of the bogie. The hunting absorbers comprise, at each bogie side, a pair of juxtaposed telescopic dampers (21, 22) placed between the load bearing transom (16) and the journal boxes (12, 13) of the two axles (6, 7). The hunting dampers (21, 22) are inclined both in the vertical plane and in the horizontal plane, and may also act as vertical and/or lateral shock absorbers.






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