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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2021
Applicant:
Aktiebolaget Skf, Gothenburg, SE;
Inventors:
Victor Martinez, Madrid, ES;
Elena Pinto, Alcorcón-Madrid, ES;
Assignee:
Aktiebolaget SKF, Gothenburg, SE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61K 9/08 (2006.01); B61L 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B61K 9/08 (2013.01); B61L 15/0072 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for monitoring a wheel-rail contact force, the system providing a measuring unit for measuring a vertical acceleration of a wheel being connected to a bogie. The wheel is configured to run on a rail. The system includes a calculation unit for simulating a wheel-rail interaction using the measured vertical acceleration and for calculating a wheel-rail contact force based on the simulated wheel-rail interaction. Also, a method for the same.