US 10,308,262 B2Granted

Bearing bracket, assembly containing such a bearing bracket and system containing such an assembly

AssigneeDellner Couplers AB

InventorsAnders Westman, Fredrik Hedh, Thilo Koch

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Abstract

An assembly has a bearing bracket and a coupler or connection rod. The bearing bracket has an adapter to which the rod can be connected. A joint allows the adapter to swivel relative to the bracket, and the rod is attached to the adapter. The rod has a surface that extends in a plane at an angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the rod. The rod surface is held spaced apart from a surface of the bearing bracket by an elastic element. The surface of the rod contacts the surface of the bearing bracket, if a pushing force of a predetermined strength is applied to the rod. A group of parts of the bearing bracket are connected to the bracket such that the parts are set free to move relative to the bracket, if a pushing force of a predetermined strength is applied to the rod.

Claims17

Dependent claims

An assembly with a bearing bracket and a rod, the bearing bracket comprising:

an adapter that is adapted such that the rod can be connected to it,
a bracket, wherein the bracket is one of a bracket for forming part of a car and a bracket configured for connection to a car of a multi-car vehicle,
a joint arranged in such manner that it allows the adapter to swivel relative to the bracket about at least one swivel axis, whereby the rod is attached to the adapter or is formed as one piece with the adapter and wherein the rod has at least one surface that extends in a plane that is at an angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the rod and
wherein the at least one surface of the rod is:
held spaced apart from a surface of the bearing bracket by an elastic element arranged between a first element and a second element of elements in the line of flow of force for transmitting forces acting along the longitudinal axis of the rod to the bracket that by its resilience keeps the first element spaced apart from the second element and whereby the surface of the rod comes into contact with the surface of the bearing bracket when a pushing force of a first predetermined strength is applied to the rod that overcomes at least a part of the resilience of the elastic element;
and
wherein a group of parts of the bearing bracket, including at least the adapter and the joint, are connected to the bracket by at least one connection element adapted to shear off responsive to a pushing force of a second predetermined strength in such a manner that the group of parts is set free to move longitudinally relative to the bracket when the pushing force of the second predetermined strength is applied to the rod;
wherein the rod is one of a coupler rod and a connection rod.

5 more elements

A bearing bracket for connecting a rod to a car, comprising:

an adapter that is adapted such that the rod can be connected to it,
a bracket forming part of a car or being a bracket suitable for being connected to a car of a multi-car vehicle,
a joint arranged in such manner it allows the adapter to swivel relative to the bracket about at least one swivel axis,
wherein the joint connects the adapter to a joint receiving part in such a manner that the adapter is set free to move relative to at least some parts of the joint receiving part in at least one direction when a pushing force of a first predetermined strength is applied to the adapter that points into this at least one direction, and
wherein the joint receiving part is connected to the bracket by at least one connection element adapted to shear off responsive to a pushing force of a second predetermined strength in such a manner that the joint receiving part is set free to move longitudinally relative to the bracket when the pushing force of the second predetermined strength greater than the first predetermined strength is applied to the joint receiving part;
and
wherein the rod is one of a coupler rod and a connection rod.

4 more elements

An assembly, comprising:

a bearing bracket for connecting one of a coupler rod and a connection rod to a car, comprising
an adapter that is adapted such that the rod can be connected to it,
a bracket, the bracket either (a) forming part of a car or (b) being suitable for being connected to a car of a multi-car vehicle,
a joint arranged to allow the adapter to swivel relative to the bracket about at least one swivel axis,
wherein the joint connects the adapter to a joint receiving part in such a manner that the adapter is set free to move relative to at least some parts of the joint receiving part in at least one direction when a pushing force of a first predetermined strength is applied to the adapter that points into this at least one direction, and
wherein the joint receiving part is connected to the bracket by at least one connection element adapted to shear off responsive to a pushing force of a second predetermined strength in such a manner that the joint receiving part is set free to move longitudinally relative to the bracket when the pushing force of the second predetermined strength greater than the first predetermined strength is applied to the joint receiving part;
and
the rod attached to the adapter;
wherein the rod is one of a coupler rod and a connection rod.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/107,813Filed 16 Dec 2014
Priority: EP 1300600623 Dec 2013
Published: US 2016/0318528 A13 Nov 2016
Granted: 4 Jun 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

B61G 1/18
Couplings comprising interengaging parts of different shape or form and having links, bars, pins, shackles, or hooks as coupling means: having…
B61G 9/24
Details; Accessories: linkages between draw-bar and framework
B61G 11/16
Buffers: absorbing shocks by permanent deformation of buffer element
B61G
Couplings