Switch arrangement for a track-borne vehicle
AssigneeMax Boegl Stiftung & Co. KG
InventorsStefan Porten, Stefan Boegl, Bert Zamzow
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Abstract
A switch arrangement for a track-borne vehicle has at least two articulatedly interconnected switch segments mounted so as to be movable with respect to a base surface. At least one switch segment has a drive. At least two switch segments are interconnected by means of an articulation, which has at least two degrees of rotational freedom. The articulation also or alternatively can have at least one degree of translational freedom, which is optionally formed with at least one additional degree of rotational freedom.
Claims19
A switch arrangement for a vehicle movable along a track that is anchored to a base surface, the switch arrangement comprising:
- a first switch segment that includes a drive;
- a second switch segment disposed spaced apart from the first switch segment so that both switch segments are movable along the track with respect to the base surface;
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- an articulation, which connects the first switch segment to the second switch segment and has a first degree of rotational freedom about a first rotational axis, wherein the articulation has a second degree of rotational freedom about a second rotational axis that is non-parallel to the first rotational axis;
- wherein the articulation has one degree of translational freedom that includes one additional degree of rotational freedom about the first rotational axis.
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