US 12,005,938 B2
Catching device for a shunt coupling
Sebastian Bleth, Munich (DE); Jörg Melde, Olching (DE); and Jörg Pforr, Moosach (DE)
Assigned to Siemens Mobility GmbH, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 18/263,747
Filed by Siemens Mobility GmbH, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Dec. 14, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/085691
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 1, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/161690, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 4, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 200 863.1 (DE), filed on Feb. 1, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0034369 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. B61G 7/14 (2006.01); B61J 99/00 (2006.01)
CPC B61J 99/00 (2013.01) [B61G 7/14 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A catching device for a shunting coupling, the catching device comprising:
a catching body with an end stop, a right-hand-side lateral stop, and a left-hand-side lateral stop, with said end stop and said lateral stops together forming a holding body having an inner region delimited on three sides and having an open side;
the open side being dimensioned to allow a predefined shunting coupling to be moved into the inner region through the open side;
a lock configured for selectively locking the open side; and
at least one stop element, being at least one of an elastic stop element or an elastically mounted stop element, disposed on one of said end stop or said lateral stops, said at least one stop element comprising an elastic buffer element which has a modulus of elasticity of greater than 0.05 Gpa and less than 10 Gpa.