Bogie For A Railway Vehicle
A bogie for a railway vehicle has at least two track guide units, in particular at least two wheels sets. A traction motor is arranged in the region of one of the track guide units, hereinafter called the first track guide unit. The traction motor drives the first track guide unit. A power converter supplies power to the traction motor driving the first track guide unit. The power converter is arranged in a region of a different track guide unit, which is not driven, i.e., the second track guide unit.
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15 . A bogie for a rail-borne vehicle, the bogie comprising:
at least two track-guiding units including a first track-guiding unit, being a driven track-guiding unit, and a second track-guiding unit, being a non-driven track-guiding unit;
a traction motor for driving said first track-guiding unit disposed at said first track-guiding unit;
a current convertor for supplying current to said traction motor, said current converter being disposed at said second track-guiding unit.
16 . The bogie according to claim 15 , wherein said track-guiding units are wheel sets.
17 . The bogie according to claim 15 , wherein an axis of rotation of the bogie divides the bogie, viewed in a longitudinal direction thereof, into a front section and a rear section, and wherein said traction motor and said current convertor are arranged in mutually different said sections.
18 . The bogie according to claim 15 , wherein said track-guiding units are precisely two track-guiding units consisting of said first, driven track-guiding unit and said second, non-driven track-guiding unit.
19 . The bogie according to claim 15 , wherein each of said track-guiding units comprises an axle and two wheels, and said traction motor is configured to drive said axle of said first track-guiding unit.
20 . The bogie according to claim 15 , which comprises two axles, including a first axle equipped with a block brake and a second axle equipped with a wheel disc brake.
21 . The bogie according to claim 15 , which comprises two axles each equipped with a respective block brake.
22 . The bogie according to claim 15 , wherein the bogie comprises two axles and both axles are equipped with a wheel disc brake.
23 . The bogie according to claim 15 , which comprises a bogie frame and axles of said track-guiding units supporting said bogie frame, wherein said frame is supported on said axles to form an externally-mounted bogie.
24 . The bogie according to claim 15 , which comprises a bogie frame and axles of said track-guiding units supporting said bogie frame, wherein said frame is supported on said axles to form an internally-mounted bogie.
25 . A rail-borne vehicle, comprising at least one bogie, the at least one bogie having:
at least two track-guiding units including a first track-guiding unit, being a driven track-guiding unit, and a second track-guiding unit, being a non-driven track-guiding unit;
a traction motor for driving said first track-guiding unit disposed at said first track-guiding unit;
a current convertor for supplying current to said traction motor, said current converter being disposed at said second track-guiding unit.
26 . The rail-borne vehicle according to claim 25 , wherein the rail-born vehicle is an individual railcar train having two or more individual railcars.
27 . The rail-borne vehicle according to claim 26 , wherein each of said individual railcars is equipped with at least one of said bogies.
28 . The rail-borne vehicle according to claim 25 , wherein the rail-borne vehicle is an articulated train in which at least two railcar bodies are supported on one common said bogie and said bogie is a bogie according to claim 15 .
29 . The rail-borne vehicle according to claim 28 , wherein said articulated train are equipped with a plurality of bogies each being a bogie according to claim 15 .