Patent ID: 8469384

Claim:
A disconnectable articulated connection between two successive road modules of a road train formed of a plurality of successive motorized road modules and comprising a leading road module ( 1 ) and a trailing road module ( 2 ) each having at a front thereof a directional assembly, wherein the directional assembly comprises: a disconnectable connection and orientation assembly ( 4 ) comprising a hitching device ( 6 ) and a rapid connection and disconnection means, the hitching device ( 6 ) is supported by the trailing module ( 2 ), below a front portion and pivotably mounted relative to a chassis thereof and fixed in orientation relative to the leading road module ( 1 ), the connection and disconnection elements are each formed of two complementary portions, one placed at a rear of each of the road modules and the other placed at an extremity of the hitching device constituting the disconnectable portion of the articulated connection; and the hitching device is fixed in its directional orientation relative to the leading road module ( 1 ), and independent of the drive axle of the trailing road module ( 2 ) or of its directional assembly; the disconnnectable connection has: a means for rolling and pitching displacement, and an angular block means.