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Alstom Transport Technologies

Sylvie Jeunehomme

Joel Hachet

Jean-Pierre Barjolle

Marwan Dannawi

Jean-Claude Gaiguant

Eric Courcimeaux

Patrick Evennou

Alain Guinot

A swivel coupling for coupling together two vehicles, in particular two rail vehicles. The swivel coupling rests on a shared bogie between the two vehicles and has a rotation function and a shock-absorbing function. Each of these functions is performed by distinct elements of the swivel coupling structure.

Swivel coupling

The present invention relates to a rail or road vehicle including a chassis and a roof, said chassis and said roof both being structural elements, each of which forms a single unit only, the two elements defining a right side plane and a left side plane; wherein at least one structural frame is disposed in each of said side planes, and is secured at its bottom to said chassis and at its top to said roof, and wherein said frames are the only self-supporting face structures of said vehicle.

Rail or road vehicle and a method of assembling it

The invention concerns impact-absorber devices, an impact-absorption method, and a framework and a vehicle including such impact-absorber devices. According to the invention, the impact-absorber device comprises at least one longitudinal member absorbing by deformation the energy generated by an impact in a given direction, which member is made from thin plate, having a generally triangular cross-section in a plane perpendicular to the direction of impact. Applications to rail vehicles, for example.

Impact-absorber devices, impact-absorption method, and framework and

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Salles sur Mer, France

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