US 12,434,745 B2
Articulation device for an articulated vehicle, corresponding vehicle and adjustment method
Christophe Hoyon, Courçon D'Aunis (FR)
Assigned to ALSTOM Holdings, Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine (FR)
Appl. No. 17/754,057
Filed by ALSTOM HOLDINGS, Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine (FR)
PCT Filed Sep. 21, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/076295
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 22, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/058431, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 1, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 1910463 (FR), filed on Sep. 23, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0340181 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. B61G 5/02 (2006.01); B61D 3/10 (2006.01)
CPC B61G 5/02 (2013.01) [B61D 3/10 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An articulation device for an articulated vehicle comprising:
a first shackle adapted to be attached to a first car of the articulated vehicle,
a second shackle adapted to be attached to a second car of the articulated vehicle, and
an articulation joint comprising a first articulation member comprising a single first section, the articulation joint comprising a second articulation member comprising a single second section,
the first section defining a first longitudinal axis, the second section defining a second longitudinal axis, the first section and the second section being rotatable relative to each other about a first transverse axis extending transversely to the first longitudinal axis and the second longitudinal axis the first shackle being connected to the first articulation member and the second shackle being connected to the second articulation member;
wherein the second articulation member comprises a single connecting member through which the second section is connected to the second shackle, the connecting member being adapted to adjust the position of the second section relative to the second shackle along the second longitudinal axis and along a second transverse axis extending perpendicularly to the second longitudinal axis and the first transverse axis.