Vehicle coupling for producing a mechanical connection between a first and second vehicle

US8382146B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• JOST-WERKE GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Dirk Schmidt · Königstein, DE
• José Manuel Algüera Gallego · Aschaffenburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 22, 2009
• Grant date: Feb 26, 2013
• Expiry date: Jun 11, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B62D53/0885
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle coupling for producing a mechanical connection between a first and a second vehicle including a coupling body (1) in which at least one structural area (2) of the coupling body (1) is made of a metallic foam (3).