EP0785122A1 - Agencement avec suspension primaire et secondaire pour améliorer le confort de conduite - Google Patents

Agencement avec suspension primaire et secondaire pour améliorer le confort de conduite Download PDF

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EP0785122A1
EP0785122A1 EP96120139A EP96120139A EP0785122A1 EP 0785122 A1 EP0785122 A1 EP 0785122A1 EP 96120139 A EP96120139 A EP 96120139A EP 96120139 A EP96120139 A EP 96120139A EP 0785122 A1 EP0785122 A1 EP 0785122A1
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61RAILWAYS
    • B61FRAIL VEHICLE SUSPENSIONS, e.g. UNDERFRAMES, BOGIES OR ARRANGEMENTS OF WHEEL AXLES; RAIL VEHICLES FOR USE ON TRACKS OF DIFFERENT WIDTH; PREVENTING DERAILING OF RAIL VEHICLES; WHEEL GUARDS, OBSTRUCTION REMOVERS OR THE LIKE FOR RAIL VEHICLES
    • B61F5/00Constructional details of bogies; Connections between bogies and vehicle underframes; Arrangements or devices for adjusting or allowing self-adjustment of wheel axles or bogies when rounding curves
    • B61F5/26Mounting or securing axle-boxes in vehicle or bogie underframes
    • B61F5/30Axle-boxes mounted for movement under spring control in vehicle or bogie underframes
    • B61F5/307Axle-boxes mounted for movement under spring control in vehicle or bogie underframes incorporating fluid springs
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61RAILWAYS
    • B61FRAIL VEHICLE SUSPENSIONS, e.g. UNDERFRAMES, BOGIES OR ARRANGEMENTS OF WHEEL AXLES; RAIL VEHICLES FOR USE ON TRACKS OF DIFFERENT WIDTH; PREVENTING DERAILING OF RAIL VEHICLES; WHEEL GUARDS, OBSTRUCTION REMOVERS OR THE LIKE FOR RAIL VEHICLES
    • B61F5/00Constructional details of bogies; Connections between bogies and vehicle underframes; Arrangements or devices for adjusting or allowing self-adjustment of wheel axles or bogies when rounding curves
    • B61F5/02Arrangements permitting limited transverse relative movements between vehicle underframe or bolster and bogie; Connections between underframes and bogies
    • B61F5/14Side bearings
    • B61F5/148Side bearings between bolsterless bogies and underframes

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  • the invention relates to an arrangement with primary and secondary suspension to improve driving comfort for passengers and loads in vehicles, especially rail vehicles, and to protect against impacts when driving over abrupt or short-wave altitude errors and bumps in the road.
  • the proposed arrangement on the one hand keeps impulsive loads with high accelerations, such as occur when driving over stepped obstacles, away from loads and passengers and on the other hand mitigates the inevitable repercussions of the wheel on the roadway caused by such obstacles. Both goals are achieved if the mass of the wheel and the components connected to the wheel are as small as possible and if the wheel can deflect upwards as easily as possible when driving over an obstacle, i.e. with the lowest possible or as constant as possible spring force of a soft suspension on the road is pressed.
  • the upward transmission of the impact force coming from the spring is reduced if the soft spring supports its reaction force at the other, upper end of the spring against the largest possible inert mass.
  • the inertia has the effect that forces acting for a short time are absorbed without appreciable acceleration of the mass and thus almost without their movement.
  • Intermediate masses of this type which are supported in a soft or low-frequency manner, act as barrier masses in the case of a double connection of spring-mass elements, or in conjunction with the spring as barrier mass circuit.
  • the invention has for its object to provide an arrangement with which to achieve good driving comfort, low stress on the road and the lowest possible reduction in vehicle construction between empty and loaded condition.
  • the object is achieved by the features of claim 1.
  • the arrangement ensures that rapid vertical movements of the wheel, such as occur when driving over uneven road surfaces, can take place against the soft primary suspension. Because of the soft suspension, the repercussions on the intermediate mass above are minimal. Since the spring forces of a soft suspension hardly increase during compression and the slight increase in force only lasts during the short compression and rebound process, the intermediate mass is hardly set in motion.
  • the intermediate mass works in conjunction with the soft one Primary suspension as a barrier mass or barrier mass circuit for fast, high-frequency movements. In order to avoid undesired lowering of the vehicle body compared to the rail between empty and loaded vehicle, a level control is necessary. This ensures that the distance between the vehicle body and the rail remains the same for all loading conditions.
  • the level control can be carried out mechanically, electrically, hydraulically, pneumatically or as a combination of these principles.
  • the blocking mass circuit described is particularly effective when it is used in cascade in a double arrangement in succession, ie when both the primary and the secondary spring stage of the blocking mass are each equipped with a level control.
  • the advances which can be achieved with the invention consist in particular in the fact that the blocking mass in the blocking mass circuit intercepts the rapid impulsive movements introduced by the rail into the wheel and, if at all, passes them on to the secondary suspension as a greatly slowed and delayed movement. Since the soft secondary suspension separates the vehicle body from the intervening blocking mass in the same way as the vehicle body, only a fraction of the disturbance emanating from the rail arrives in the main part of the vehicle as a comfort-reducing acceleration. Another advantage is that the blocking mass circuit with soft primary suspension largely decouples the blocking mass from the wheel mass. This greatly reduces the effects of the wheel on the rail when rolling over bumps, which leads to lower dynamic wheel / rail forces. Because of the lower stress on the wheel / rail contact, this results in longer durability of the wheels and rails and, with a high degree of probability, also a lower air and structure-borne noise level.
  • FIG. 1 shows an arrangement with a blocking mass 2 between wheel 1 and vehicle body 3 as a blocking mass circuit in the diagram.
  • the locking mass 2 is cushioned to the wheel 1 by a primary spring 4 and to the vehicle body 3 by a secondary spring 5.
  • a primary spring regulation 7 ensures that when the load changes in the vehicle body 3 the blocking mass 2 is set to a constant height relative to wheel 1.
  • a secondary spring regulation 8 of the secondary suspension 5 sets the vehicle body 3 to a constant distance from the blocking mass 2.
  • the vehicle body 2 shows the same arrangement of the wheel 1, the locking mass 2, the vehicle body 3, the primary spring 4 and the secondary spring 5.
  • the primary spring regulation 7 is in turn arranged between the wheel 1 and the locking mass 2.
  • the secondary spring regulation 8 is connected between the vehicle body 3 and wheel 1. This ensures that failures or incorrect settings of the primary suspension 4 or the primary spring regulation 7 do not affect the height of the vehicle body 3 relative to the wheel 1.
  • FIG. 3 shows a blocking mass circuit with an effect similar to that in FIG. 2.
  • Wheel 1, primary suspension 4, locking mass 2, secondary suspension 5 and vehicle body 3 are connected in series.
  • the secondary spring regulation 8 is connected between the vehicle body 3 and the blocking mass 2, the primary regulation 7, however, is connected between the vehicle body 3 and the wheel 1. This ensures that failures or incorrect settings of the secondary suspension 5 or the secondary spring regulation 8 do not affect the height of the vehicle body 3 relative to the wheel 1.
  • a blocking mass circuit is shown schematically, which keeps the height of the vehicle body 3 relative to the wheel 1 constant in the event of failures or incorrect settings of the primary spring regulation 7 or the secondary suspension 5 including the secondary spring regulation 8.
  • the primary spring regulation 7 is controlled via the primary adjustment 9.
  • the relative height of the locking mass 2 with respect to the wheel 1 and, on the other hand, the relative height of the vehicle body 3 with respect to the locking mass 2 are tapped.
  • a change in each of the two heights causes the primary spring regulation 7 to compensate for the change in height via the primary suspension 4.
  • both the height of the vehicle body 3 relative to the locking mass 2 and the height of the locking mass 2 relative to the wheel 1 are switched to the secondary spring control.
  • a change in each of the two heights causes the secondary spring regulation 8 to compensate for the change in height via the secondary suspension 5.
  • FIG. 5 and 6 show blocking mass circuits in which only the primary adjustment 9 (FIG. 5) or the secondary adjustment 10 (FIG. 6) are used. These arrangements can be advantageous in certain cases.
  • Fig. 7 shows an arrangement in which only the secondary suspension 5 is adjustable in height.
  • the secondary spring control 8 is connected between the vehicle body 3 and wheel 1. It ensures that neither the deflections of the secondary suspension 5 nor the primary suspension 4 affect the relative height of the vehicle body 3 with respect to the wheel 1.
  • Fig. 8 shows a similar arrangement. Only the primary suspension 4 can be adjusted in height. In this case, the primary spring adjustment 7 picks up the relative height between the vehicle body 3 and wheel 1 and ensures that deflections are compensated for when the load changes.

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EP3620344A1 (fr) * 2018-09-10 2020-03-11 ALSTOM Transport Technologies Véhicule ferroviaire comprenant un organe de réglage d'un système de suspension secondaire
EP3620343A1 (fr) * 2018-09-10 2020-03-11 ALSTOM Transport Technologies Véhicule ferroviaire comprenant un organe de réglage d'un système de suspension secondaire
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