Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Sumitomo Electric Industries, Limited

Makoto Tamaki

Yoshi Sato

Yukitaka Taga

Junichi Shirakawa

Kazuo Isomura

Koichi Murata

Shunichi Nakao

Takayuki Sawa

Hirokazu Haraguchi

A carbody support device of a railway vehicle, including support mechanisms installed between a front bogie and a carbody and between a rear bogie and the carbody in a traveling direction, and supporting the carbody against the respective bogies. The support mechanisms regulate both the front bogie and the rear bogie inclining in the same vehicle width direction with respect to the carbody when the railway vehicle travels through a curve, while the support mechanisms permit the front bogie and the rear bogie inclining in different vehicle width directions.

Carbody support device and railway vehicle

A railcar bogie includes: a bolster located under a carbody of a railcar; an air spring including an air spring main body in which air is stored, the air spring being arranged between the carbody and the bolster; a coil spring arranged between the air spring and the bolster and configured to separate the air spring from the bolster by restoring force thereof in a state where a height of the carbody is maintained at a certain height regardless of the air spring; and a limiting member configured to limit the amount of displacement of the coil spring to limit the amount of separation between the air spring and the bolster.

Railcar bogie

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Kobe, Japan

Makoto Tamaki