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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2014
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering, Ltd., Yokohama-Shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yukihide Yanobu, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Kono, Tokyo, JP;
Akihisa Kawauchi, Tokyo, JP;
Kousuke Katahira, Tokyo, JP;
So Tamura, Tokyo, JP;
MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINEERING, LTD., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A traveling bogie includes a steerable wheel, a bogie main body configured to support the steerable wheel, a guide apparatus pivotally supported by the bogie main body and turned by receiving a reaction force from a guide rail, a steering mechanism configured to apply a steering force to the steerable wheel using the reaction force received by the guide apparatus, and an assist mechanism configured to apply an auxiliary steering force for assisting with the steering force from the steering mechanism to the steerable wheel.