Corridor connection of a connection having a bellows between two vehicles connected together by a joint

US7338060B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Hubner GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Robert Koch · Witzenhausen, DE
• Jens Karasek · Kaufungen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 10, 2005
• Grant date: Mar 4, 2008
• Expiry date: Jan 24, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B61D17/20
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention is directed to a corridor connection (1) of a connection having a bellows between two vehicles connected together by a joint (30), e.g., of an articulated bus or a vehicle with a trailer, the corridor connection (1) comprising two overlapping bottom plates (2, 3) that are slidable relative to each other, said joint (30) including a joint carrier part (20) that is disposed on the one vehicle part, the lower bottom plate (2) slidably resting on said joint carrier part (20) and the upper bottom plate (3) resting on said lower bottom plate (2) in the region of said joint carrier part (20).