An articulated rail coupler comprises a base member, a female connecting member, a male connecting member, a bearing race, a first bearing seated within the bearing race and defining a vertical axis of rotation, and a second or a coupler bearing configured and sized to be received within a truck bogie bearing bowl. The male connecting member is allowed to rotate relative to the female connecting member about the vertical axis of rotation in a range of about ninety degrees, when the male connecting member and the female connecting member are coupled therebetween by the first bearing.

The invention relates to the field of metallurgy, in particular to the methods for heat treatment of railway rolling stock parts, specifically railway rolling stock unit center plate. The center plate strengthening device contains a power coil and a sprayer, the power coil being implemented as turnable against the center plate central axis and containing a tube with spray cooling openings. The method for railway rolling stock unit center plate strengthening is performed by progressive induction hardening with simultaneous liquid cooling while rotating the center plate strengthening device 360 around the central axis where the center plate treated surfaces undergo induction heating, spray cooling immediately after the heating, and low-temperature volume tempering with a dwelling period.

Provided are a straddle type monorail vehicle in which a center pin provided in a vehicle body can be mechanically fastened to a center pin holding portion provided in a bogie via a cushioning rubber with a small number of work steps, and an assembly method thereof. The center pin has a hollow shape in which both ends are opened, and includes a large cylindrical portion on a bolster beam side and a small cylindrical portion that is connected to the large cylindrical portion and that is coaxial with the large cylindrical portion, the center pin holding portion is elastically supported by a bogie frame forming a frame body of the bogie, and has a hollow portion into which the small cylindrical portion of the center pin is inserted. A fixing metal fitting has a cylindrical rod shape inserted through the center pin that includes first and second threaded portions.

Provided are a straddle type monorail vehicle in which a center pin provided in a vehicle body can be mechanically fastened to a center pin holding portion provided in a bogie via a cushioning rubber with a small number of work steps, and an assembly method thereof. The center pin has a hollow shape in which both ends are opened, and includes a large cylindrical portion on a bolster beam side and a small cylindrical portion that is connected to the large cylindrical portion and that is coaxial with the large cylindrical portion, the center pin holding portion is elastically supported by a bogie frame forming a frame body of the bogie, and has a hollow portion into which the small cylindrical portion of the center pin is inserted. A fixing metal fitting has a cylindrical rod shape inserted through the center pin that includes first and second threaded portions.

A weight shifting mechanism for a bogie frame is provided. The weight shifting mechanism may include an axle support pivotally coupled to the idler axle, a pusher link pivotally coupled to the axle support and forming a first fulcrum with the bogie frame, a support member pivotally coupled to the pusher link and the axle support, and an actuator mounted on the support member and actuatably coupled to the axle support via a live lever and a connector link. The live lever may form a second fulcrum with the support member and may be pivotally coupled to the connector link. The connector link may be pivotally coupled to the axle support. The actuator may selectively pivot the live lever about the second fulcrum to pivot the axle support about the idler axle and move the bogie frame relative to the idler axle.

A weight shifting mechanism for a bogie frame is provided. The weight shifting mechanism may include an axle support pivotally coupled to the idler axle, a pusher link pivotally coupled to the axle support and forming a first fulcrum with the bogie frame, a support member pivotally coupled to the pusher link and the axle support, and an actuator mounted on the support member and actuatably coupled to the axle support via a live lever and a connector link. The live lever may form a second fulcrum with the support member and may be pivotally coupled to the connector link. The connector link may be pivotally coupled to the axle support. The actuator may selectively pivot the live lever about the second fulcrum to pivot the axle support about the idler axle and move the bogie frame relative to the idler axle.

A secondary suspension system for a railcar comprises a chassis, a primary spring, a levelling actuator, a first hydraulic circuit and a secondary spring. The levelling actuator is adapted to be connected to the carbody. A piston shoulder, located at the lower portion of the piston and below an opening in the chassis, reaches farther than the opening so as to be capable of catching the chassis. The secondary spring is at least partially positioned underneath the piston shoulder. The piston is operative to adopt a high position inside the body under a pressure of a hydraulic fluid injected in a lower chamber below a piston head. This makes the piston shoulder abut against the chassis, thereby compressing the primary spring between the body and the chassis without compressing the secondary suspension.

A secondary suspension system for a railcar comprises a chassis, a primary spring, a levelling actuator, a first hydraulic circuit and a secondary spring. The levelling actuator is adapted to be connected to the carbody. A piston shoulder, located at the lower portion of the piston and below an opening in the chassis, reaches farther than the opening so as to be capable of catching the chassis. The secondary spring is at least partially positioned underneath the piston shoulder. The piston is operative to adopt a high position inside the body under a pressure of a hydraulic fluid injected in a lower chamber below a piston head. This makes the piston shoulder abut against the chassis, thereby compressing the primary spring between the body and the chassis without compressing the secondary suspension.

A railway vehicle stopper includes a first rigid member, a second rigid member, a rubber elastic body, a third rigid member, an abutting member, and a communication passage. The second rigid member is arranged opposed to the truck frame or the vehicle body with an interval. The rubber elastic body elastically couples the supporting portion of the first rigid member to the second rigid member. The third rigid member is mounted inside the supporting portion of the first rigid member to form an air chamber with the second rigid member. The abutting member is coupled to at least one of mutually opposed surfaces of the second rigid member and the third rigid member. The communication passage is provided on one or both of the first rigid member and the third rigid member to communicate the air chamber with an outside.

Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a chassis component of a railway vehicle, and a railway vehicle. The chassis component includes: two spaced lower boundary beams; and two spaced sleeper beams, provided between the two lower boundary beams along a length direction of the lower boundary beams. At least one of the sleeper beams includes: a web structure; a center pin, connected with a bogie of a railway vehicle; and a mounting frame, connected with the web structure, the center pin being provided on the mounting frame, the mounting frame including a plurality of vertical plates, and the plurality of vertical plates being spaced along an outer wall surface of the center pin. The technical solution of some embodiments of the present disclosure can solve the problem in the related art of insufficient connecting strength of a center pin and a web structure of a sleeper beam.