Patent · US Expired

Rail vehicle having articulated connection between vehicle bodies for prohibiting telescoping in case of accidents

US5377597A · kind A · utility

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8References

5Claims

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Assignee

MAN GHH Schienenverkehrstechnik GmbH · DE

Inventors

Wolfgang-Dieter Richter · Stockdorf, DE
Wolfgang David · Aachen, DE
Engelbert Weeger · Nürnberg, DE
Bernhard Hartmann · Birkenfeld, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 26, 1993
Grant date	Jan 3, 1995
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 26, 2013

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB61D3/10
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Rail vehicle with at least two car bodies wherein at or near their connecting point a truck is provided which carries both car bodies, wherein furthermore an intermediate link is arranged between the car bodies, and one car body is rotatably mounted at the intermediate link about a lateral axis, and the other car body is rotatably mounted at the intermediate link about a vertical axis.

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