Patent ID: 9022238
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: B61D

Abstract:
1. A rail vehicle, comprising: a front coupling; and a cover for said front coupling, said cover having a drive and two movable front hatches being displaced between an open end position and a closed end position by means of said drive, a movement of said two movable front hatches being guided in each case, such that a displacement takes place along a circular segment path about a horizontally disposed rotary axis such that said two front hatches form an upper and a lower front hatch; each front hatch of said front hatches having: a respective guide arm having a first end and a second end; a body shell; the movement of said front hatch being guided by means of said guide arm, said first end of said guide arm being coupled in a lateral region of a front space of the rail vehicle such that a central region of said front space remains free to permit a coupling process of said front coupling, and said second end of said guide arm being connected both to said front hatch and said drive; and said drive being a cylinder drive, said cylinder drive having a first side coupled at said body shell and a second side coupled to a respective one of said two movable front hatches.