US 5,343,812 A · Train of articulated vehicles

Abstract

A train of articulated vehicles which can be disassembled and assembled readily and to which an articulation mechanism of any conventional structure can be applied universally. A plurality of receiving side vehicle bodies each having one or a pair of receiving side articulating portions and a plurality of received side vehicle bodies each having one or a pair of received side articulating portions are disposed alternately. An articulating truck is disposed at each of the first and last ends of the train and also between each adjacent ones of the receiving and received side vehicle bodies. At the position of each articulating truck, a received side articulating portion of the received side vehicle body is received on a receiving side articulating portion of the receiving side vehicle body which is in turn mounted on the articulating truck. Thus, each received side vehicle body is received on and connected to a pair of receiving side vehicle bodies, and consequently, the train can be separated into three groups by lifting and disassembling only a necessary one of the received side vehicle bodies.

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Dependent claims

A train of articulated vehicles, comprising:

a plurality of receiving side vehicle bodies each having at least one receiving side articulating portion;
at least one received side vehicle body having two received side articulating portions, said at least one received side vehicle body and said receiving side vehicle bodies being disposed alternately such that the two received side articulating portions are connected to the receiving side articulating portions of two different ones of the plurality of receiving side vehicle bodies, the receiving side vehicle bodies having articulating portions that are only receiving side articulating portions, and the at least one received side vehicle body having articulating portions that are only received side articulating portions;
and
a plurality of articulating trucks supporting each receiving side articulating portion such that the at least one received side vehicle body is only supported by two receiving side articulating portions.

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A train of articulated vehicles, comprising:

at least one receiving side vehicle body having two receiving side articulating portions;
a plurality of received side vehicle bodies each having at least one received side articulating portion, a supported one of said plurality of received side vehicle bodies having two received side articulating portions, said at least one receiving side vehicle body and said received side vehicle bodies being disposed alternately such that the two receiving side articulating portions are connected to the received side articulating portions of two different ones of the plurality of received side vehicle bodies, the at least one receiving side vehicle body having articulating portions that are only receiving side articulating portions, and the received side vehicle bodies having articulating portions that are only received side articulating portions;
an additional vehicle body having at least one receiving side articulating portion connected to one of said received side articulating portions of said supported one of the plurality of received side vehicle bodies;
and
a plurality of articulating trucks supporting each receiving side articulating portion such that said supported one of the plurality of received side vehicle bodies is only supported by two receiving side articulating portions.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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Abstract

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