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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2014
Applicant:
Gebr. Bode Gmbh & Co. Kg., Kassel, DE;
Inventor:
Uwe Knothe, Friedland, DE;
Assignee:
Gebr. Bode GmbH & Co. KG., , DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 3/02 (2013.01); B60Y 2400/301 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention relates to a sliding step for a public transit vehicle, which sliding step comprises a tread plate that can be horizontally extended or retracted by means of a drive, with two lateral arms and a tread surface arranged between the lateral arms, whereby the tread plate is provided with at least two rollers associated with the lateral arms, which rollers run on a track attached to the vehicle. At least one of the lateral arms in the area of the rollers is provided with an offset section arranged between the two rollers and comprising a strain gauge element for detecting deformations.