Patent ID: 6474488
Filing Date: 2002-11-05
Classification: B61G

Abstract:
An electrical contact coupling for rail vehicles with a coupling head for claw couplings with a protective arm, rotatable claw and fall bar, the coupling comprising:a supporting unit and an elastic support securing said supporting unit to the coupling head underneath the coupling head; a contact carrier secured to the coupling head and guided so as to be displaceable longitudinally in a longitudinal direction of a central buffer coupling, said contact carrier having contacts for electrical connections provided on the contact carrier and displaceable from a rear, uncoupled position into a forward position ready for coupling, said contact carrier being arranged underneath and on said supporting unit; a swivelable protective flap covering the contact carrier in a rear position and being freed in the forward position as the protective flap is swivelled; actuating cylinders arranged within said supporting unit for the longitudinal displacement of the contact carrier; an air line coupling with an orifice, said air line coupling being arranged on the supporting unit in the coupling plane.