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Granted Patent B2
US 12,203,511 · App. 17/416,937 · Granted Jan 21, 2025

Coupling device

Inventors: Armin Huber (Schoenberg, DE); Martin Ebenhofer (Reut, DE); Wolfgang Orthofer, Jr. (Muehldorf a. Inn, DE); Peter Seitz (Pommelsbrunn, DE); Freerk Jacobus Oude Kotte (Stein, DE)
Assignees: Süddeutsche Gelenkscheibenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG;; Siemens Mobility GmbH
F16D3/62B61F5/50F16D3/72
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Patent No.
US 12,203,511
App. No.
17/416,937
Granted
Jan 21, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A coupling device for a vehicle drive is provided, in particular of a rail vehicle drive, comprising at least one first coupling, which has at least one first thread-reinforced joint device, wherein the first thread-reinforced joint device has at least one thread pack, which is embedded into at least one elastic body; the at least one first coupling device has at least one supporting device, which is connected to the first thread-reinforced joint device; the at least one supporting device supports the first thread-reinforced joint device in the radial direction.

Claims (30)

1. A coupling device for a vehicle drive, comprising:

at least one first coupling, which has at least one first thread-reinforced joint device, wherein the first thread-reinforced joint device has at least one thread packet, which is embedded into at least one elastic body,

wherein the at least one first coupling has at least one supporting device, which is connected to the first thread-reinforced joint device, wherein the at least one supporting device supports the first thread-reinforced joint device in a radial direction, wherein the at least one supporting device is supported in an overhung manner, wherein the at least one supporting device has several supporting elements which extend in a radial direction and are connected to the thread-reinforced joint device, and wherein the at least one supporting device has at least one portion, which connects the supporting elements to one another and at least one selected from the group consisting of (i) extends radially outside the first or second thread-reinforced joint device and (ii) extends radially inside the first or second thread-reinforced joint device.

2. The coupling device according to claim 1 , wherein the coupling device further has:

at least one second coupling, which has at least one second thread-reinforced joint device, wherein the second thread-reinforced joint device has at least one thread packet, which is embedded into at least one elastic body, and

at least one intermediate piece, which connects the first coupling and the second coupling to one another.

3. The coupling device according to claim 2 , wherein the at least one second coupling has at least one supporting device, which is connected to the second thread-reinforced joint device, wherein the at least one supporting device supports the second thread-reinforced joint device in a radial direction.

4. The coupling device according to claim 2 , wherein the at least one supporting device supports the at least one thread packet of the first thread-reinforced joint device or of the second thread-reinforced joint device in a radial direction.

5. The coupling device according to claim 2 , wherein the at least one intermediate piece is supported in an overhung manner.

6. The coupling device according to claim 2 , wherein at least one selected from the group consisting of (i) the first coupling is connected to a first flange, which has a hub-shaped portion, and (ii) the second coupling is connected to a second flange, which is formed with a connecting portion to take up several connecting elements.

7. The coupling device according to claim 6 , wherein the at least one intermediate piece comprises arms; and wherein the first flange and the second flange each have several first and second flange arms, which are connected via the first and the second thread-reinforced joint device to the arms of the at least one intermediate piece, wherein supporting elements are arranged in a circumferential direction between the flange arms of the first flange and the arms of the intermediate piece or the flange arms of the second flange and the arms of the at least one intermediate piece.

8. The coupling device according to claim 7 , wherein at least one selected from the group consisting of (i) a thread-reinforced coupling element connects a flange arm of the first flange, an arm of the at least one intermediate piece and a supporting element to one another, and (ii) wherein a thread-reinforced coupling element connects a flange arm of the second flange, an arm of the at least one intermediate piece and a supporting element to one another.

9. The coupling device according to claim 2 , wherein at least one selected from the group consisting of the first thread-reinforced joint device and the second thread-reinforced joint device are composed of several thread-reinforced coupling elements, which each have at least one elastic body and at least one thread packet.

10. The coupling device according to claim 9 , wherein each of the several thread-reinforced coupling elements, comprises:

at least two bushes, wherein the at least one thread packet loops around the at least two of the bushes, and

at least one deflection element, wherein the at least one thread packet rests on the at least one deflection element.

11. The coupling device according to claim 10 , wherein the at least one deflection element is arranged between the at least two bushes.

12. The coupling device according to claim 10 , wherein the at least one deflection element is positioned such that the at least one thread packet extends in the area between the bushes with at least one kink or a curvature.

13. The coupling device according to claim 10 , wherein each of the several thread-reinforced coupling elements has several thread packets, wherein associated with each thread packet is at least one deflection element.

14. The coupling device according to claim 13 , wherein the deflection elements are connected to one another.

15. The coupling device according to claim 10 , wherein the at least one thread packet forms two strands in the area between at least two bushes, wherein at least one strand of the at least one thread packet rests on the at least one deflection element.

16. The coupling device according to claim 15 , wherein associated with the at least one thread packet are at least two deflection elements, wherein one strand of the at least one thread packet rests on one of the deflection elements.

17. A bogie for a rail vehicle, comprising:

at least one wheelset, which has an axle,

at least one motor, and

at least one coupling device according to claim 1 , wherein the coupling device couples the motor to the axle.

18. The bogie according to claim 17 , wherein at least one selected from the group consisting of the motor and the at least one coupling device is arranged coaxially with the axle.

19. The bogie according to claim 17 , wherein at least one selected from the group consisting of (i) a first flange of the coupling device connected non-rotatably to the axle and (ii) a second flange of the coupling device is connected via a connecting portion to a motor output shaft of the motor.

20. A rail vehicle comprising at least one bogie according claim 17 .

21. A rail vehicle comprising at least one coupling device according to claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 8, 2021
From: SEITZ, PETER; OUDE KOTTE, FREERK JACOBUS
To: SIEMENS MOBILITY GMBH
Reel/Frame 056791/0619 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 8, 2021
From: HUBER, ARMIN; EBENHOFER, MARTIN; ORTHOFER, WOLFGANG, JR.
To: SÜDDEUTSCHE GELENKSCHEIBENFABRIK GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 056791/0818 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2018 010 053.8 · Dec 19, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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