Patent ID: 8881657
Filing Date: 2014-11-11
Classification: B61F,B62D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for locking a guiding system of a vehicle guided by at least one rail, which comprises the steps of: connecting a first and a second cylinder with, respectively, a first and a second guiding device belonging to the guiding system of a steering axle of the vehicle, the cylinders having at least one first and second configuration state placing their respective guiding devices in a first and a second guiding state respectively, the first guiding state permitting the steering axle to be directed and the second guiding state permitting the respective guiding devices to freely follow the direction of the axle; providing a power supply to the cylinders via a supply device for switching configuration states of each of the cylinders; coupling the supply device to at least one rotary member, a rotation of the rotary member being mechanically linked to a movement of the vehicle; and a switching of the power supply of the cylinders causing the configuration state of the cylinders to be switched according to a change in direction of rotation of the rotary member, the change being transmitted by the coupling.