Device for coupling high-speed railroad cars and method for removing device

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8967404
APP PUB NO 20140144863A1
SERIAL NO

13825153

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A device for coupling tilting railroad cars onto a high-speed railroad train comprises a coupler and a shock absorber held in a shock absorber frame, each joined by a coupling pin via a coupling joint. The frame includes a front inner surface with a front end wall opening and a cylindrical surface extending to a semi-circular concave inner surface. The joint includes a rounded convex surface engaged with a semi-circular concave surface, a circumferential surface of a short cylinder receiving the rear portion of the coupler, and an insertion hole which is provided in a direction perpendicular to the axis of the short cylinder. The frame has a removal hole and an air removal pin of the coupling pin facing each other at a position to rotate at a predetermined angle in a circumferential direction in the assembled state, and at a position coaxial with the coupling pin in the assembled state.

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  • EAST JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY;KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA;NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Fujii, Kazuki Hyogo, JP 23 89
Ishihara, Yoshinori Osaka, JP 7 24
Kitaya, Kazuyoshi Hyogo, JP 1 6
Sagawa, Kazuhiko Osaka, JP 2 6
Yahaba, Teruhiko Tokyo, JP 1 6

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