Coupling for industrial applications, and rail vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11920641-B2
Application number	US-202118028342-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 17, 2021
Priority date	Sep 25, 2020
Publication date	Mar 5, 2024
Grant date	Mar 5, 2024

Abstract

A coupling includes a claw part and an intermediate piece. The intermediate piece includes 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. The damping elements are surrounded by the end region radially at an outside in a circumferential direction. The buffer part includes a part which is different from the damping elements and is produced from a material of a brittleness which is greater than a brittleness of the tube piece.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

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.

2. The coupling of claim 1 , wherein the claw part includes axially protruding claws received in the end region of the tube piece and being surrounded, at least over a part of an axial extent of the claws, by the end region radially at the outside in the circumferential direction.

3. The coupling of claim 1 , wherein the claw part includes axially protruding claws received in the end region of the tube piece and surrounded by the end region radially at the outside in the circumferential direction over an entire axial extent of the claws.

4. The coupling of claim 1 , wherein the part of the buffer part is produced from gray cast iron.

5. The coupling of claim 1 , wherein the buffer part has a C-shaped profile in a longitudinal section.

6. The coupling of claim 1 , wherein the buffer part and the claw part are arranged at the end region of the tube piece, said tube piece having another end region, and further comprising a further claw part, said further claw part and a further buffer part of the intermediate piece being arranged at the other end region of the tube piece.

7. The coupling of claim 1 , wherein the buffer part is connected to the tube piece via an adhesive-bonding connection.

8. The coupling of claim 1 , wherein the buffer part and the claw part form a coupling joint.

9. The coupling of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the elastic damping elements of the buffer part is produced by additive manufacturing.

10. The coupling of claim 1 , wherein the elastic damping elements are configured for insertion into the buffer part and removal from the buffer part individually so as to be changeable in a targeted manner according to wear.

11. The coupling of claim 1 , further comprising an encircling collar formed as an axial stop on the buffer part and produced from an electrically insulating material for interrupting a creepage current flow between the claw part and the buffer part.

12. The coupling of claim 1 , further comprising a cover arranged on the buffer part and produced from an electrically insulating material for interrupting a creepage current flow between a shaft received in the claw part and the buffer part.

13. An industrial application, comprising:
a drive unit;
an output unit; and
a coupling configured to connect the drive unit and the output unit in a torque-transmitting manner, said coupling designed as set forth in claim 1 .

14. A bogie for a rail vehicle, said bogie comprising:
a traction motor;
a wheel; and
a coupling configured to connect the traction motor and the wheel in a torque-transmitting manner to one another, said coupling designed as set forth in claim 1 .

Assignees

• Flender Gmbh

Inventors

• Kleinewegen Stefan
• Te Uhle Michael

Classifications

• F16D3/68 Primary

  the elements being made of rubber or similar material · CPC title

• B61F3/00

  Types of bogies (B61F5/00 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F16D3/64

  comprising elastic elements arranged between substantially-radial walls of both coupling parts · CPC title

• Y10S464/90

  Electrically insulative member · CPC title

• Y10S464/902

  Particular material · CPC title