Adapter coupler for adapting couplings of different design

An adapter coupler for adapting couplings of different design, wherein the adapter coupler comprises:

• a first connecting mechanism for the releasable connecting of the adapter coupler to a first coupler;
• a second connecting mechanism for the releasable connecting of the adapter coupler to a second coupler;
• and
• a coupler housing to connect the first connecting mechanism to the second connecting mechanism, wherein the coupler housing is formed from fiber composite material, in particular carbon fiber composite material, wherein the coupler housing has a sturdy fiber architecture resistant to the stress loads it experiences;
• wherein to introduce tractive and compressive forces into the coupler housing, the first connecting mechanism and/or second connecting mechanism is designed as an insert and accommodated in the coupler housing and fixedly connected to said coupler housing;
• wherein the first connecting mechanism has a coupling lock for the releasable connecting of the adapter coupler to the coupler head of a central buffer coupling, and wherein the second connecting mechanism has a coupling yoke insertable into the drawhook of a screw-type coupling or AAR coupling for the releasable connecting of the adapter coupler to the coupler head of a screw-type coupling or AAR coupling;
• wherein the coupler housing exhibits a conical or funnel-shaped profile at a tapered end, on a horizontal plane, along a longitudinal axis and is configured with a recess extending the longitudinal axis of the adapter coupler, and
• wherein a coupling yoke configured as an insert is received in said recess configured at the tapered end of the coupler housing and connected to said coupler housing.

An adapter coupler for adapting couplings of different design, wherein the adapter coupler comprises:

• a first connecting mechanism for the releasable connecting of the adapter coupler to a first coupler;
• a second connecting mechanism for the releasable connecting of the adapter coupler to a second coupler;
• and
• a coupler housing to connect the first connecting mechanism to the second connecting mechanism,
• wherein the coupler housing is formed from fiber composite material, in particular carbon fiber composite material, wherein the coupler housing has a sturdy fiber architecture resistant to the stress loads it experiences;
• wherein to introduce tractive and compressive forces into the coupler housing, the first connecting mechanism and/or second connecting mechanism is designed as an insert and accommodated in the coupler housing and fixedly connected to said coupler housing;
• wherein the first connecting mechanism has a coupling lock for the releasable connecting of the adapter coupler to the coupler head of a central buffer coupling, and wherein the second connecting mechanism has a coupling yoke insertable into the drawhook of a screw-type coupling or AAR coupling for the releasable connecting of the adapter coupler to the coupler head of a screw-type coupling or AAR coupling;
• wherein the coupling yoke configured as an insert comprises two substantially parallel limb sections fixedly connected in alignment with the coupler housing, and wherein a drawhook pin is further provided which connects the two limb sections of the coupling yoke configured as an insert together, preferably at their free end sections, and is designed to transmit tractive or compressive forces from the drawhook of a screw-type Coupling or AAR coupling to the coupling yoke configured as an insert;
• wherein the drawhook pin is configured separately from the coupling yoke configured as an insert and accommodated in axial alignment in drill holes provided in the two limb sections of the coupling yoke configured as an insert;
• wherein the coupling yoke configured as an insert comprises two sleeve-shaped elements axially aligned with the drill holes configured in the two limb sections of the coupling yoke configured as an insert, and which are received in a horizontal drill hole configured in the coupler housing, wherein the draw-hook pin runs through the two sleeve-shaped elements of the coupling yoke and through the horizontal drill hole provided in the coupler housing.

An adapter coupler for adapting couplings of different design, wherein the adapter coupler comprises:

• a first connecting mechanism for the releasable connecting of the adapter coupler to a first coupler;
• a second connecting mechanism for the releasable connecting of the adapter coupler to a second coupler;
• and
• a coupler housing to connect the first connecting mechanism to the second connecting mechanism,
• wherein the coupler housing is formed from fiber composite material, in particular carbon fiber composite material, wherein the coupler housing has a sturdy fiber architecture resistant to the stress loads it experiences;
• wherein to introduce tractive and compressive forces into the coupler housing, the first connecting mechanism and/or second connecting mechanism is designed as an insert and accommodated in the coupler housing and fixedly connected to said coupler housing;
• wherein the first connecting mechanism has a coupling lock for the releasable connecting of the adapter coupler to the coupler head of a central buffer coupling, and wherein the second connecting mechanism has a coupling yoke insertable into the drawhook of a screw-type coupling or AAR coupling for the releasable connecting of the adapter coupler to the coupler head of a screw-type coupling or AAR coupling;
• wherein the coupling lock comprises a core piece with attached coupling grommet pivotable relative the coupler housing by means of a vertically-extending main pin, and wherein an upper and/or lower end section of the main pin is/are respectively mounted in a sleeve-shaped element configured as an insert, wherein the sleeve-shaped elements configured as an insert are set in a drill hole provided in the coupler housing and extend in a longitudinal direction of the main pin and are fixedly connected to said coupler housing.