Pleat or corrugation of a bellows of a connection between two hinge-linked vehicles or vehicle sections e.g., of an articulated bus

US6926344B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Huebner GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Robert Koch · Witzenhausen, DE
• Knud Mosaner · Kassel, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 8, 2003
• Grant date: Aug 9, 2005
• Expiry date: Jul 8, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B61D17/22
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The subject matter of the invention is a pleat or corrugation of a bellows of a connection between two hinge-linked vehicles or vehicle sections e.g., of an articulated bus, the corrugation or pleat in the corner zone of the bellows being comprised, for the purpose of increasing the expansion of the bellows in the corner zone, of a pleat or corrugation insert unit having a plurality of pleats or corrugations, with said pleat or corrugation insert unit (20) tapering in the region of the upper end thereof toward the vertex (11) of the pleat (10) or corrugation where it is connected to said pleat or corrugation.