The present invention relates to a damper for a rail vehicle, the damper comprising —a cylindrical housing (1) wherein a hollow piston (2) is received axially movable, —a working chamber (5) of variable volume in the housing, —a overflow chamber (4) of variable volume in the piston, the hydraulic overflow chamber (5) being connected to the hydraulic working chamber (5) via a throttle (8) that is in a flow passage between the working chamber (5) and the overflow chamber (4), —a spring chamber (3) of variable volume in the piston, the spring chamber (3) being configured to hold a gas volume for acting as a spring, and the spring chamber being separated from the hydraulic overflow chamber (4) by a separator piston (6) that is axially movable, and the damper further comprising a pressure detector (7) that is configured to detect a pressure in at least one of the spring chamber (3), the working chamber (5) and the overflow chamber (4). The invention also relates to a monitoring system and to a method for monitoring a pressure in a damper.
DAMPER FOR A RAIL VEHICLE, MONITORING SYSTEM FOR A DAMPER AND METHOD FOR MONITORING A DAMPER
2022-06-02
Patent
Electronic Resource
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DAMPER FOR A RAIL VEHICLE, MONITORING SYSTEM FOR A DAMPER AND METHOD FOR MONITORING A DAMPER
European Patent Office | 2022
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