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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 06, 1995
Martin Teichmann, Graz, AT;
Hugo Rackl, Graz, AT;
Gerhard Neurohr, Nestelbach, AT;
Herbert Haas, Graz, AT;
Hans Hodl, Graz, AT;
Andreas Haigermoser, Graz, AT;
SGP Verkenrstechnik Gessellschaft m.b.H., Vienna, AT;
Abstract
A traction vehicle, in particular railway traction vehicle, comprising a bogey chassis mounted on wheel axles, a vehicle chassis spring-mounted on the bogey chassis and at least one motor-transmission unit mounted underneath the vehicle chassis and within the bogey chassis close to the wheel axle driven by the motor-transmission unit. The motor-transmission unit is suspended from the bogey chassis by a pendulum suspension close to the set of wheels in the bogey chassis. The motor-transmission unit is also suspended in the vehicle by a pendulum suspension. The motor transmission unit is provided with a pair of connecting rods in which either or both are connected to the bogey chassis or the vehicle chassis. The connecting rods are arranged with one rod parallel to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle and the other rod being either parallel to or angularly related to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle.