US 11,920,641 B2
Coupling for industrial applications, and rail vehicle
Stefan Kleinewegen, Bocholt (DE); and Michael Te Uhle, Rhede (DE)
Assigned to Flender GmbH, Bocholt (DE)
Appl. No. 18/028,342
Filed by Flender GmbH, Bocholt (DE)
PCT Filed Sep. 17, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/075586
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 24, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/063691, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 31, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 20198260 (EP), filed on Sep. 25, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0304538 A1, Sep. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. F16D 3/68 (2006.01); B61F 3/00 (2006.01); F16D 3/64 (2006.01)
CPC F16D 3/68 (2013.01) [B61F 3/00 (2013.01); F16D 3/64 (2013.01); Y10S 464/90 (2013.01); Y10S 464/902 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A coupling, comprising:
a claw part; and
an intermediate piece including a tube piece produced from aluminum or from an aluminum alloy, and a buffer part received in an end region of the tube piece and including elastic damping elements for receiving the claw part, said damping elements being surrounded by the end region radially at an outside in a circumferential direction, wherein a part of the buffer part which is different from the damping elements is produced from a material having a brittleness which is greater than a brittleness of the tube piece.