US 12,434,778 B2
Device for supporting cables for articulated vehicles
Michele Benedetti, Casalecchio di Reno (IT); and Vittorio Mardegan, San Giovanni in Croce (IT)
Assigned to P.E.I. PROTEZIONI ELABORAZIONI INDUSTRIALI S.R.L., Calderara di Reno (IT)
Filed by P.E.I. PROTEZIONI ELABORAZIONI INDUSTRIALI S.R.L., Calderara di Reno (IT)
Filed on Aug. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/878,381.
Claims priority of application No. 102021000020978 (IT), filed on Aug. 3, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0043722 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. B62D 47/02 (2006.01); B60D 1/62 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 47/025 (2013.01) [B60D 1/62 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for supporting cables for an articulated vehicle and configured for installation above a connecting compartment between two adjacent units articulated to each other of the articulated vehicle, said device being provided for supporting cables above, or inside, the connecting compartment between said two adjacent units,
said device comprising:
at least one flexible connecting element fixed to corresponding ends of said two adjacent units and formed by a series of plates connected to each other by interposing a plurality of deformable laminar elements, configured to allow elastic deformation of said at least one flexible connecting element;
a series of cable-holder elements joined to respective ones of the plates of said at least one flexible connecting element and each defining at least one receiving seat provided for housing at least one cable.