US 11,987,305 B2
Bogie axle assembly for a vehicle
Lorenzo Serrao, Torbole (IT); Giulio Ornella, Arco (IT); and Nick Jeroen Josef Muylle, Ghent (BE)
Assigned to DANA ITALIA S.R.L., Arco (IT)
Appl. No. 16/967,701
Filed by Dana Italia S.R.L., Arco (IT)
PCT Filed Jan. 31, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/052424
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 5, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/154716, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 15, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 18425004 (EP), filed on Feb. 6, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0031846 A1, Feb. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. B60G 5/04 (2006.01); B62D 55/112 (2006.01); B62D 61/10 (2006.01); B62D 55/065 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 61/10 (2013.01) [B62D 55/112 (2013.01); B60G 2300/32 (2013.01); B62D 55/0655 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bogie axle assembly for a vehicle, the bogie axle assembly comprising:
a rigid link arm;
a first joint disposed on the link arm for pivotally coupling the link arm to a vehicle frame;
a second joint disposed on the link arm, at a distance from the first joint;
a bogie pivotally coupled to the link arm via the second joint;
a ground engaging structure comprising one or more wheels rotatably mounted on the bogie;
a first swivel control device for dampening or for actively controlling a swivelling movement of the link arm with respect to a first swivel axis defined by the first joint; and
a second swivel control device for dampening or for actively controlling a swivelling movement of the bogie relative to the link arm.