Patent · US Expired

Hood device for coupling cars

US4762071A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 25, 1986
Grant dateAug 9, 1988
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Expiry dateNov 25, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB62D47/025
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed is a car coupling hood device including a pair of hoods provided between a pair of car bodies to be coupled together, each of the hoods having one end secured to an adjacent car body, and an intermediate frame for coupling the other ends of the hoods together. The hood device incorporates a plate member coupled to the intermediate frame and provided in either the ceiling portion or the bottom portion of the hood device, or in both portions, and regulating means for preventing the movement of the plate member by the engagement therewith when both the car bodies are displaced relative to each other in the lateral direction thereof by more than a predetermined value.

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