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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 13, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Alain Landrot, Le Creusot, FR;
Assignee:
Alstom France SA, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61F 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B61F 3/00 ;
Abstract
A bogie designed to be secured so that it rests on wheels and including at least two wheel axles, at least one side member extending from the axles to an at least approximately central part of the length of the bogie, and axle boxes in which the axles are mounted so that they can rotae. The side member includes at least one interchangeable elastic leaf constituting parametrizable primary suspension, made of composite material based on fibers embedded in a resin, and a region of each end of the side member is housed in a side-member sleeve resting on a respective axle box via at least one insert element.