Patent ID: 8382143

Claim:
A motorized leading road vehicle, for transporting passengers, capable of traveling and operating alone, either independently motorized or connected to an energy network, which is connectable and articulated to at least another following road vehicle that is one of identical or of the same type to form a road train ( 7 ) of at least the leading and the following road vehicles, each of the leading and the following vehicles comprising a front directional assembly ( 20 ), a forward facing surface ( 3 ) and a rear facing surface ( 4 ), the leading road vehicle comprises: splittable front connection and orientation elements ( 16 ) that comprise first coupling and uncoupling elements ( 16 a ), the splittable front connection and orientation elements ( 16 ) always being located within a perimeter of a vehicle's ground footprint and being pivotably mounted below a chassis at a front of the respective road vehicle on a median longitudinal axis of the respective road vehicle and near the front directional assembly ( 20 ); rear hitching devices ( 17 ) which comprise second coupling and uncoupling elements ( 17 a ) that are complementary to the first coupling and uncoupling elements ( 16 a ) on the splittable front connection and orientation elements ( 16 ); the leading road vehicle being articulatable to the following road vehicle to form a road train ( 7 ) of at least the leading and the following road vehicles, an intermediate space ( 14 ), existing between the road train ( 7 ) of at least the leading and the following road vehicles, constitutes an intercommunicating gangway ( 15 ) for passengers to circulate from one adjacent road vehicle to another adjacent road vehicle of the road train ( 7 ); the first coupling and uncoupling elements ( 16 a ) for the splittable front connection and orientation elements ( 16 ) on the following road vehicle ( 6 ) are connected to the second coupling and uncoupling elements ( 17 a ) for the rear hitching devices ( 17 ) on the leading road vehicle ( 5 ); the splittable front connecting and orientation elements ( 16 ) on the following road vehicle ( 6 ) and the rear hitching devices ( 17 ) of the leading road vehicle ( 5 ) connected by the respective first and second coupling and uncoupling elements ( 16 a , 17 a ) constitute a splittable articulated and disconnectable connection of a mechanical, non-driven, which imposes a constant space between the leading ( 5 ) and the following road vehicles ( 6 ), the constant space, which allows the passengers to pass longitudinally from one adjacent road vehicle to another adjacent road vehicle ( 5 , 6 ) of the road train ( 7 ), being a minimal distance to facilitate the passage of travelers transversely between the road train ( 7 ) thus articulated to access an interior of the one or the other of the leading and the following road vehicles; and a directional guide system for controlling the course of the following vehicle ( 6 ) from the leading vehicle ( 5 ).