Patents by Inventor Alain Rodet
Alain Rodet has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20220153321Abstract: A bogie is capable of being moved from a rest configuration to an active configuration in which the bogie carries at least one vertical load. The bogie includes a chassis, at least one pair of wheels, and a shaft extending along an axle axis for each pair of wheels. Each wheel has a wheel hub extending along a hub axis and an axle box attached to the chassis and receiving the associated hub. Each hub is rotatable relative to the associated axle box. For each hub, the hub axis forms a non-zero camber angle with the axle axis of the associated shaft when the bogie is in the rest configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2021Publication date: May 19, 2022Inventor: Alain Rodet
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Patent number: 10889308Abstract: The railway vehicle bogie, comprising a body and two axles, the body comprising two beams extending in a longitudinal direction, each axle comprising a pair of wheels each provided with a tire and a connecting device extending between said wheels, each axle comprising an axle box extending in a transverse direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and at least partially surrounding the connecting device. The beams of the body are connected to each other by the axles, the axle box of each axle being rigidly fixed to each of said beams.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2018Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: ALSTOM TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGIESInventor: Alain Rodet
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Patent number: 10315670Abstract: The railway vehicle includes two adjacent carriages (6), each including a carriage body (8), the bodies (8) being supported by a common bogie (1) and being articulated with each other with an articulation device (2). The articulation device (2) is received in a space (30) of the bogie (1), the space (30) being delimited along a longitudinal direction by a first abutment surface and by a second abutment surface (34), the articulation device (2) extending facing the first and second abutment surfaces (34) so that, when the railway vehicle moves in a first longitudinal direction, the first abutment surface comes into contact with the articulation device (2), and, when the railway vehicle moves in a second longitudinal direction, the second abutment surface (34) comes into contact with the articulation device (2).Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2016Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: ALSTOM TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGIESInventors: Carlos Sanchez, Alain Rodet, Jose Julio Muyo, Emmanuel Lafoix
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Patent number: 10286931Abstract: A railway vehicle includes two adjacent carriages (6), each including a carriage body (8), each carriage (6) including a lower floor (54) and an upper floor (56), positioned above each other so as to define a lower level (58) and an upper level (60), the bodies (8) being supported by a common bogie (1) and being articulated with each other through an articulation device (2). The carriages (6) are connected to each other through an interconnection passage (62), the passage (62) extending substantially at right angles to the articulation device (2) and including a lower floor connecting the lower floors (54) of both carriages (6) and an upper floor connecting the upper floors (56) of both carriages.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2016Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: ALSTOM TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGIESInventors: Carlos Sanchez, Alain Rodet, Jose Julio Muyo, Emmanuel Lafoix
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Publication number: 20180273058Abstract: The railway vehicle bogie, comprising a body and two axles, the body comprising two beams extending in a longitudinal direction, each axle comprising a pair of wheels each provided with a tire and a connecting device extending between said wheels, each axle comprising an axle box extending in a transverse direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and at least partially surrounding the connecting device. The beams of the body are connected to each other by the axles, the axle box of each axle being rigidly fixed to each of said beams.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicant: ALSTOM TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGIESInventor: Alain RODET
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Patent number: 10065662Abstract: A bogie includes a chassis, including two beams, two crosspieces, two axle structures, each including two journal boxes, and a transverse axle shaft, extending in the transverse direction between two ends each supporting a respective wheel, the wheels defining an inner space between them, defined in the transverse direction between the wheels of a same axle shaft, and defined in the longitudinal direction between the two axle shafts, at least one motor supported by one of the crosspieces of the chassis, arranged in the inner space defined by the wheels, and including a coupling shaft, and at least one reducer. The bogie includes a primary suspension, including flexible mountings arranged between the crosspieces and the beams of the chassis, the reducer is arranged outside the inner space, the coupling shaft of the motor extending from the motor beyond one of the corresponding beams to the reducer.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2015Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: Alstom Transport TechnologiesInventor: Alain Rodet
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Publication number: 20170113706Abstract: A railway vehicle includes two adjacent carriages (6), each including a carriage body (8), each carriage (6) including a lower floor (54) and an upper floor (56), positioned above each other so as to define a lower level (58) and an upper level (60), the bodies (8) being supported by a common bogie (1) and being articulated with each other through an articulation device (2). The carriages (6) are connected to each other through an interconnection passage (62), the passage (62) extending substantially at right angles to the articulation device (2) and including a lower floor connecting the lower floors (54) of both carriages (6) and an upper floor connecting the upper floors (56) of both carriages.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2016Publication date: April 27, 2017Inventors: Carlos SANCHEZ, Alain RODET, Jose Julio MUYO, Emmanuel LAFOIX
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Publication number: 20170113705Abstract: The railway vehicle includes two adjacent carriages (6), each including a carriage body (8), the bodies (8) being supported by a common bogie (1) and being articulated with each other with an articulation device (2). The articulation device (2) is received in a space (30) of the bogie (1), the space (30) being delimited along a longitudinal direction by a first abutment surface and by a second abutment surface (34), the articulation device (2) extending facing the first and second abutment surfaces (34) so that, when the railway vehicle moves in a first longitudinal direction, the first abutment surface comes into contact with the articulation device (2), and, when the railway vehicle moves in a second longitudinal direction, the second abutment surface (34) comes into contact with the articulation device (2).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2016Publication date: April 27, 2017Inventors: Carlos SANCHEZ, Alain RODET, Jose Julio MUYO, Emmanuel LAFOIX
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Publication number: 20160167681Abstract: A bogie includes a chassis, including two beams, two crosspieces, two axle structures, each including two journal boxes, and a transverse axle shaft, extending in the transverse direction between two ends each supporting a respective wheel, the wheels defining an inner space between them, defined in the transverse direction between the wheels of a same axle shaft, and defined in the longitudinal direction between the two axle shafts, at least one motor supported by one of the crosspieces of the chassis, arranged in the inner space defined by the wheels, and including a coupling shaft, and at least one reducer. The bogie includes a primary suspension, including flexible mountings arranged between the crosspieces and the beams of the chassis, the reducer is arranged outside the inner space, the coupling shaft of the motor extending from the motor beyond one of the corresponding beams to the reducer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2015Publication date: June 16, 2016Inventor: Alain Rodet
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Patent number: 9096240Abstract: A bogie is provided. The bogie includes two pairs of wheels, the wheels of each pair are connected to each other by an axle structure, this axle structure includes, for each wheel, an axle box. The bogie includes an articulated chassis, each axle structure is supported by the chassis by way of the primary suspension device. The primary suspension device includes, for each wheel, an arm extending substantially longitudinally between a first end that is integrally joined with the axle box associated with this wheel, and a second free end. The arm is articulated between the first and second ends about a pivot connection with the chassis. For each arm, a primary helical spring extends between a first seat provided on the second end of the arm, and a second seat carried by the chassis.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2013Date of Patent: August 4, 2015Assignee: ALSTOM TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGIESInventor: Alain Rodet
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Patent number: 8978563Abstract: A powered bogie for a railway vehicle, including one or more motors mounted on the bogie chassis, the front and rear reducing gears being arranged between, on the one hand, a longitudinal plane midway between the two front wheels and midway between the two rear wheels and, on the other hand, a longitudinal plane passing through the front wheel and the rear wheel situated on the same, first transverse side of the bogie is provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2008Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: ALSTOM Transport SAInventors: Alain Rodet, Jean-Christophe Loiseau, Christophe Eche
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Publication number: 20130333590Abstract: A bogie is provided. The bogie includes two pairs of wheels, the wheels of each pair are connected to each other by an axle structure, this axle structure includes, for each wheel, an axle box. The bogie includes an articulated chassis, each axle structure is supported by the chassis by way of the primary suspension device. The primary suspension device includes, for each wheel, an arm extending substantially longitudinally between a first end that is integrally joined with the axle box associated with this wheel, and a second free end. The arm is articulated between the first and second ends about a pivot connection with the chassis. For each arm, a primary helical spring extends between a first seat provided on the second end of the arm, and a second seat carried by the chassis.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2013Publication date: December 19, 2013Applicant: ALSTOM TRANSPORT SAInventor: Alain Rodet
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Patent number: 8596202Abstract: A bogie (1) for a railway vehicle includes a motor (4) having a casing (6) fastened to two beams (2) of the bogie, the motor shaft (12) being arranged parallel to these beams (2), secondary suspensions (14) and a weight-bearing crosspiece (16) resting on the secondary suspensions (14). The bogie (1) includes a set of end supports (24) and stops (26) arranged on the casing (6) of the motor (4) and on the weight-bearing crosspiece (16).Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2011Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: Alstom Transport SAInventors: Alain Rodet, Jeffrey Rollerson
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Patent number: 8381659Abstract: A railway vehicle including a plurality of bogies is provided. Each bogie includes a chassis, two front wheels and two rear wheels. For each front wheel and each rear wheel, a guidance device is provided for guiding the wheel in rotation and a primary suspension device of the chassis is provided on the guidance device. At least the primary suspension devices associated with the front and rear wheels are arranged on the same first lateral side of the bogie. The primary suspension devices each include two longitudinal connecting rods, each connected by a first connection point to the chassis and by a second connection point to the corresponding guidance device and at least one resilient component inserted between the two connecting rods to define at least the vertical stiffness of the primary suspension device, the two connecting rods being offset longitudinally relative to one another. Each of the bogies also includes a pivot connection device for connecting the bogie to the railway vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2008Date of Patent: February 26, 2013Assignee: Alstom Transport SAInventors: Alain Rodet, Christophe Eche, Yves Longueville, Francis Demarquilly
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Patent number: 8371234Abstract: A bogie for a railway vehicle including a chassis; two front wheels and two rear wheels; and for each front wheel and each rear wheel, a guide for guiding the wheel in rotation and a primary suspension device of the chassis on the guide is provided. At least the primary suspension devices associated with the front and rear wheels arranged on the same first lateral side of the bogie each include two longitudinal connecting rods, each connected to the chassis by a first connection point and to the corresponding guide by a second connection point, and at least one resilient component inserted between the two connecting rods to define at least the vertical stiffness of the primary suspension device, the two connecting rods being offset longitudinally from one another.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2008Date of Patent: February 12, 2013Assignee: Alstom Transport SAInventors: Alain Rodet, Christophe Eche, Yves Longueville
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Patent number: 8365675Abstract: A railway vehicle including two end bogies is provided. Each end bogie includes a chassis; two front wheels and two rear wheels; for each front wheel and each rear wheel, guide for guiding the wheel in rotation and a primary suspension device of the chassis on the guide. At least the primary suspension devices associated with the front and rear wheels arranged on the same first lateral side of the bogie include two longitudinal connecting rods, each connected by a first connection point to the chassis, and by a second connection point to the corresponding guide, at least one resilient component inserted between the two connecting rods to define at least the vertical stiffness of the primary suspension device, the two connecting rods being offset longitudinally relative to one another. Each end bogie includes pivot connector suitable for connecting the end bogie to the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2008Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: Alstom Transport SAInventors: Alain Rodet, Christophe Eche, Yves Longueville, Francis Demarquilly
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Patent number: 8171861Abstract: A bogie includes two pairs of wheels (2), the wheels (2) of one pair being connected to one another by a shaft to form an axle (4), the axles (4) being connected to one another by a chassis (6) having at least two side members (10) resting on axle boxes (14, 14?) of each axle (4). The boxes (14, 14?) are arranged between the wheels (2) of the axle (4), and a motor (24) fixed to the chassis (6) extends between the wheels (2) of the axle (4) and drives the axle (4) in rotation by way of a coupling (42) and a reducing gear (28). One of the axle boxes (14) accommodates the reducing gear (28) of the motor (24).Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2010Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: Alstom Transport SAInventor: Alain Rodet
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Patent number: 8136455Abstract: Disclosed is a device (20) for suspending a first element (16) on a second element (14, 16, 18) of a railway vehicle. Said suspension device (20) comprises two longitudinal rods (26, 28) which are each connected to the first element (16) by means of a first connection point (30, 32) and to the second element (14, 16, 18) by means of a second connection point (34, 36), and at least one elastic member (38) that is positioned between the two rods (26, 28) to define at least the vertical rigidity of the suspension device (20). The two rods (26, 28) are longitudinally offset relative to one another.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2008Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: Alstom Transport SAInventors: Alain Rodet, Christope Eche
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Patent number: 8102075Abstract: A rail vehicle of the type comprising including at least one equipped axle which is provided with a transmission shaft which is movable in terms of rotation and which is fixedly joined in terms of rotation to two wheels, each of which is provided with a tire, the device including an electric current supply source, the source supplying a friction assembly with electric current. The friction assembly is alone and is electrically connected to a cable assembly which electrically connects the tires of the two wheels, the cable assembly including a cable portion which extends inside the transmission shaft between the two wheels.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2008Date of Patent: January 24, 2012Assignee: Alstom Transport SAInventors: Cyril Costes, Alain Rodet, Yves Longueville
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Patent number: 8056482Abstract: A bogie includes two pairs of wheels (2), the wheels (2) of one pair being connected to one another by a shaft to form an axle (4), the axles (4) being connected to one another by two half-chasses (8) each having two side members (10) connected to one another by a cross-member (12). The side members (10) rest on one of said axles (4), the cross-members (10) of the half-chassis (8) being articulated by an articulation device (18) so as to permit rotation of one half-chassis (8) relative to the other about a substantially longitudinal axis (A). Each side member (10) of a half-chassis (8) is connected to a side member (10) of the other half-chassis (8) by a connector (20) mounted in an articulated manner about substantially transverse axes on the side members (10), the connector (20) extending at least partially in a horizontal plane offset in terms of height relative to the horizontal plane passing through the articulation device (18).Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2010Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Assignee: Alstom Transport SAInventor: Alain Rodet