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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 05, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alfred Lohmann, Siegen, DE;
Guido Bieker, Kirchhundem, DE;
Wolfram Schwab, Berlin, DE;
Eva Rother, Siegen, DE;
Christian Bohme, Berlin, DE;
Assignee:
ABB Henschel Aktiengesellschaft, Mannheim, DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
105-3 ; 105-41 ; 188 83 ;
Abstract
A device for connecting rail vehicles formed of a plurality of interconnected first and second car parts having a rotary joint with a swiveling crown, includes a rotary-restraint device provided in the joint region between each two car parts. The rotary-restraint device includes two sliding bodies disposed at the periphery of the swiveling crown of the rotary joint. The sliding bodies interact with one another in a frictionally engaged manner and are each fastened to one of the two car parts connected in the rotary joint.