| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
|---|
| 213075000 |
COUPLINGS
| 75 |
| 213007000 |
CUSHIONED
| 47 |
| 213100300 |
COMBINED COUPLER AND ELECTRIC CONNECTOR | 4 |
| 20100038334 | Device carrier for actuating an electric coupling and a control element - A coupling head with a device carrier for the automatic coupling of couplable vehicles is disclosed, wherein the device carrier comprises a plurality of the components necessary for realizing the automatic coupling and/or decoupling. In order to enable assembly/disassembly of these components on the coupling head which is as simple as possible, the device carrier is disconnectably mounted on the coupling head such that at least one of the components will be activated or deactivated during the coupling and/or decoupling. Also disclosed is a method for assembling a coupling head with a device carrier which comprises a plurality of components necessary for realizing the automatic coupling and/or decoupling. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100044333 | CONTACTLESS DATA COMMUNICATIONS COUPLING - The exemplary embodiments of the present invention provide a high-speed contactless data coupling that is adaptable to use with mechanical rail car couplers. The exemplary embodiments utilize a primarily magnetic field coupling to communicate either baseband data or RF signals through a pair of signal coupling units that do not need to contact either other, which can be easily housed in two heads attached to each of two mechanical rail car couplers. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100326942 | CONNECTOR AND CONNECTION BLOCK IN A TRAIN COUPLER ARRANGED FOR CONNECTION OF A RAIL VEHICLES - A connector by which data signals are conducted between data communication networks separately installed in coupled rail vehicles, includes a contact holder arranged to be seated in a train coupler connection block; a metal contact housing arranged for insertion in a forward end of the contact holder, and a metal contact member seated in the contact housing, the contact member extending through the contact housing to a conductor termination seated in a rear end of the contact holder. A connection block in a train coupler, wherein a multiplicity of connectors are arranged in the front of the connection block and adapted for mating with connectors of a corresponding connection block for electrically connecting rail vehicles that are interconnected by the train coupler, and wherein at least some of the connectors are effective for conducting signals at 100 MHz frequency range via electromagnetically shielded contacts, is also described. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20220140585 | SENSOR-MONITORED PLUG-IN INTERFACE IN A FEEDTHROUGH HOUSING - A feedthrough housing, used in the railway sector, is provided wherein the feedthrough housing has at least one plug-in interface, which has plug connector modules, wherein the plug-in interface additionally has at least two sensors, a first sensor and a second sensor, wherein the feedthrough housing has a sensor box, which has at least two sensors, a third sensor and a fourth sensor. In the method for integrated monitoring of a plurality of plug-in interfaces of the railcars of a train: a) first data from a plurality of sensors are generated by each of the plug-in interfaces, b) wherein the first data generated at each plug-in interface are transmitted to a sensor box connected for data transfer to the plug-in interface, c) wherein second data are generated by the sensors of the sensor box, d) wherein the first and the second data are transmitted together from the sensor box via a switch infrastructure to a central evaluation unit and/or to a central monitoring station, and e) wherein a digital twin of the train comprising a plurality of railcars is calculated from the first and second data by the central evaluation unit and/or by the central monitoring station. | 05-05-2022 |
| 213220000 |
CAR-END BUMPERS OR BUFFERS | 4 |
| 20150008208 | COMPACT BUFFER HAVING OVERLOAD PROTECTION - A compact buffer having overload protection, comprising a buffer connected to a coupling, a mount ( | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150069003 | Buffer - A buffer comprising a first, elongate buffer element that is moveably received within the interior of a second, elongate, hollow buffer element such that the first and second buffer elements overlap over part of their length, such that the buffer elements define a hollow interior of the buffer and such that at an end of the buffer at least the second buffer element is exposed for engagement with a respective, further member, the first and second buffer elements being moveable between a first, extended or intermediate configuration of the buffer and a second, compressed configuration, compression of the buffer more energetically than a threshold energy level causing the first buffer element to energise a non-recoverable energy absorbing member, forming part of the buffer or capsule, to cause deformation of one or more plastically deformable parts of the buffer, characterised in that the non-recoverable energy absorbing member lies between the ends of the buffer at least in the region energised by the first buffer element. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20160023672 | Ride-up protection means - A device for preventing rail vehicles from riding up includes an energy absorbing element extended in longitudinal direction, having a hollow inside, a fastening side for fastening to one of the rail vehicles and an impact side facing away from the fastening side. A flange fastened to the impact side of the energy absorbing element has an impingement surface facing away from the fastening side. The flange protrudes in at least one vertical direction beyond a contour delimited by the energy absorbing element on the impact side, forming a holding web protruding beyond the energy absorbing element. The device provides effective ride-up protection for identically and differently equipped rail vehicles by equipping a free end of the holding web with at least one vertical stop extending up from the impingement surface, and providing a device for moving the vertical stop upon an impact loading in longitudinal direction. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20100326944 | Articulated coupling between a first car and a second car of a vehicle, especially a railway vehicle - The invention relates to an articulated coupling between a first car ( | 12-30-2010 |
| 213074000 |
RADIALLY MOVABLE | 2 |
| 20160090110 | COUPLER SYSTEM AND RAILCAR - A coupler system includes: a coupler main body attached to a longitudinal direction end of a carbody of a railcar so as to be rotatable in a yaw direction; a curvature information acquiring portion configured to acquire curvature information of a track, the railcar being located on the track; a control portion configured to determine a target rotation angle of the coupler main body in accordance with the acquired curvature information and output a rotation signal regarding the determined target rotation angle; and a rotation angle changing portion configured to rotate the coupler main body to the target rotation angle based on the output rotation signal. When the railcar is stopped or when the railcar is traveling at a coupling speed, the control portion outputs the rotation signal to start rotating the coupler main body. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160121911 | BALANCING APPARATUS FOR A TRANSITION COUPLER - A balancing apparatus for a transition coupler is arranged on the upper end face of the transition coupler ( | 05-05-2016 |
| 213001000 |
MISCELLANEOUS | 1 |
| 20090065462 | Shock absorber - The invention relates to a shock absorber ( | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090065462 | Shock absorber - The invention relates to a shock absorber ( | 03-12-2009 |
