Railcar bogie

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9802627
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14759627

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A railcar bogie includes: a cross-beam supporting a carbody; pair of axles at both cross-beam sides in car longitudinal direction and extending in car-width direction; bearings at both car-width direction sides of each axle and rotatably supporting axles; axle-boxes accommodating respective bearings; plate-springs supporting both car-width direction end-portions of the cross-beam and extending in car longitudinal direction, both car longitudinal direction end-portions of each plate-springs supported by axle-boxes; pressing members at both car-width direction end-portions of the cross-beam placed on respective car longitudinal direction middle-portions of plate-springs, lower surface of a portion of each pressing member having a convex downward circular-arc shape in side-view, the portion pressing the plate-spring, a middle-portion upper surface of each plate-spring having convex downward circular-arc shape in side-view, the middle-portion pressed by the pressing member, and a lower surface curvature of the pressing member larger than the upper surface curvature of the middle plate-spring portion.

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KAWASAKI RAILCAR MANUFACTURING CO LTD1-18 WADAYAMA-DORI 2-CHOME HYOGO-KU KOBE-SHI HYOGO 652-0884

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Ando, Shintaro Kobe, JP 7 26
Nakao, Shunichi Kobe, JP 28 238
Nishimura, Takehiro Kobe, JP 65 355
Okumura, Yasufumi Kobe, JP 13 89

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