A bogie for a railway vehicle includes a frame, which has a first side beam and a second side beam extending along a longitudinal axis of the bogie and spaced apart from each other. A secondary suspension system is located on the frame and includes a first suspension assembly, which includes a first air spring and a first auxiliary spring positioned at the first side beam. The first air spring is positioned below and is arranged to be pressurized for supporting the body of the railway vehicle above the frame. The first auxiliary spring is fixed to an upper side of the first side beam underneath and spaced apart from the first air spring. The first suspension assembly further includes a first force-transmission mechanism configured to transmit forces exerted by the body on the first air spring to the frame via the first auxiliary spring.

An air spring includes an outer cylindrical member, an inner cylindrical member combined with the outer cylindrical member, a diaphragm coupling the outer cylindrical member and the inner cylindrical member to each other, the diaphragm providing an internal space between the outer cylindrical member and the inner cylindrical member, a stopper assembly arranged in the internal space as being pivotable over the inner cylindrical member, the stopper assembly allowing suppression of movement of the outer cylindrical member toward the inner cylindrical member more than necessary, a pivoting mechanism pivoting the stopper assembly over the inner cylindrical member, and a space portion provided between the stopper assembly and the inner cylindrical member, the space portion allowing lowering in resistance in pivot of the stopper assembly.

An air spring includes an outer cylindrical member, an inner cylindrical member combined with the outer cylindrical member, a diaphragm coupling the outer cylindrical member and the inner cylindrical member to each other, the diaphragm providing an internal space between the outer cylindrical member and the inner cylindrical member, a stopper assembly arranged in the internal space as being pivotable over the inner cylindrical member, the stopper assembly allowing suppression of movement of the outer cylindrical member toward the inner cylindrical member more than necessary, a pivoting mechanism pivoting the stopper assembly over the inner cylindrical member, and a space portion provided between the stopper assembly and the inner cylindrical member, the space portion allowing lowering in resistance in pivot of the stopper assembly.

Disclosed is a railway vehicle with a car and a bogie. The bogie includes a chassis and a secondary suspension system. The secondary suspension system includes a jack and a power supply device of the jack fluidly connected to the jack by at least one flow limiter. The jack is configured to go from a first so-called passive configuration, in which the supply device is inactive, the jack then being able to passively damp the oscillations between the car and the chassis using the flow limiter, to a second so-called active configuration in which the supply device is configured to supply the jack in order to modify the distance between the car and the chassis or in order to keep the distance constant between the car and the chassis.

Disclosed is a railway vehicle with a car and a bogie. The bogie includes a chassis and a secondary suspension system. The secondary suspension system includes a jack and a power supply device of the jack fluidly connected to the jack by at least one flow limiter. The jack is configured to go from a first so-called passive configuration, in which the supply device is inactive, the jack then being able to passively damp the oscillations between the car and the chassis using the flow limiter, to a second so-called active configuration in which the supply device is configured to supply the jack in order to modify the distance between the car and the chassis or in order to keep the distance constant between the car and the chassis.

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.

An air spring includes: an outer cylindrical member; an inner cylindrical member; a diaphragm which couples the outer and inner cylindrical members and forms an internal space; a stopper assembly disposed in the internal space; and a pivoting mechanism which causes this stopper assembly to pivot on the inner cylindrical member. The stopper assembly has a stopper portion protruding towards the outer cylindrical member, and the outer cylindrical member has as a set four or more protrusion portions provided at a position to face the stopper portion and protruding toward the inner cylindrical member. Each of the protrusion portions belonging to the set is disposed successively and also different in height. Each of the protrusion portions belonging to the set is arranged without having a protrusion portion belonging to the set smallest in height adjacent to a protrusion portion belonging to the set largest in height.

An air spring includes: an outer cylindrical member; an inner cylindrical member; a diaphragm which couples the outer and inner cylindrical members and forms an internal space; a stopper assembly disposed in the internal space; and a pivoting mechanism which causes this stopper assembly to pivot on the inner cylindrical member. The stopper assembly has a stopper portion protruding towards the outer cylindrical member, and the outer cylindrical member has as a set four or more protrusion portions provided at a position to face the stopper portion and protruding toward the inner cylindrical member. Each of the protrusion portions belonging to the set is disposed successively and also different in height. Each of the protrusion portions belonging to the set is arranged without having a protrusion portion belonging to the set smallest in height adjacent to a protrusion portion belonging to the set largest in height.

A high-speed rail train bogie frame includes side sills and cross beams located between the side sills, and each of the side sills is provided with an air spring seat configured to install an air spring; wherein each of the cross beams has a seamless steel tube structure; the frame further includes a passage, and a main air chamber of the air spring and a cavity of the cross beam are in communication with each other through the passage; and an anti-roll bar seat configured to install an anti-roll bar is welded below the side sill, and the anti-roll bar seat is in a circular arc transition with a bottom of the side sill, to form a dovetail structure.

A high-speed rail train bogie frame includes side sills and cross beams located between the side sills, and each of the side sills is provided with an air spring seat configured to install an air spring; wherein each of the cross beams has a seamless steel tube structure; the frame further includes a passage, and a main air chamber of the air spring and a cavity of the cross beam are in communication with each other through the passage; and an anti-roll bar seat configured to install an anti-roll bar is welded below the side sill, and the anti-roll bar seat is in a circular arc transition with a bottom of the side sill, to form a dovetail structure.