ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,388, issued on April 14, was assigned to Bombardier Transportation GmbH (Berlin).
"Wheel arrangement for a rail vehicle" was invented by Guido Bieker (Kirchhundem, Germany) and Reinhard Pieper (Kirchhundem, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wheel arrangement for a rail vehicle, such as a light rail vehicle, can include a wheel unit and an axle unit. The axle unit can be connected to a running gear structure of the rail vehicle. The axle unit can rotatably support the wheel unit. The axle unit can have a wheel bearing unit that forms a bearing for the wheel unit and defines a wheel axis of rotation of the wheel unit during ope...