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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Andreas Brinkmann, Oberhausen, DE;
Thomas Timmermann, Ratingen, DE;
Thaddäus Kasprzyk, Dorsten, DE;
Bernd Wienkopf, Bochum, DE;
Assignee:
Gutehoffnungshutte Radsatz GmbH, Oberhausen, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60B 3/710 ; B60B 3/712 ; B60B 3/500 ; B61D 1/00 ; B61F 1/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60B 3/710 ; B60B 3/712 ; B60B 3/500 ; B61D 1/00 ; B61F 1/100 ;
Abstract
An idler wheel axle for single-axle or double-axle chassis of rail vehicles having individually mounted wheels and U-shaped, dropped-framed vehicles with lateral carrying legs, wherein each wheel is rotatably mounted on the inside of the associated carrying leg, and on an axle stub of the carrying leg via a wheel mounting, and wherein each wheel is torsionally connected on an inside thereof to a shaft that extends outward through orifices within the wheel and the carrying leg.