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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2013
Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Kobe-shi, Hyogo, JP;
Yoshi Sato, Kobe, JP;
Masahiro Hamada, Kobe, JP;
Junichi Sakamoto, Kobe, JP;
Koichi Murata, Kobe, JP;
KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Kobe, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a three-axle truck for a railcar having three wheelsets in a truck frame of the one truck, in which in each of the wheelsets, axle boxes are supported by the truck frame through axle springs, the truck frame has a structure for supporting a carbody whose weight is variable, and making variations in axle loads on the respective wheelsets be maintained at a preset value or less in spite of change of the carbody weight, and in this structure, spring constants of the both-end axle springs in the respective wheelsets located at both ends of three axles are set to be larger than a spring constant of the middle axle spring of the wheelset located in the middle.