Patent ID: 8534475

Claim:
A device for vertically supporting a coupling rod pivotably articulated vertically to a car body underframe of a rail-borne vehicle, the device comprising: a support and a mount coupled to the support, wherein the support is configured to move relative to and in a direction of the mount when a critical external force acting on said support in a vertical direction is exceeded; a spring mechanism having at least one spring element coupled to the support and the mount by means of a force-transmitting mechanism, wherein the at least one spring element is elastically deformed by the support moving relative to the mount, and wherein the force-transmitting mechanism converts a spring force resulting from an elastic deformation of the at least one spring element into a supporting force opposite to a force acting on the support; and at least one shears mechanism of the force-transmitting mechanism consisting of shears, wherein the shears include two arms of equal length which are movable relative to each other about a common horizontal axis running through centers of the two arms, wherein each of the two arms are connected on one side to the mount by means of a fixed bearing and on an other side to the support by means of a floating bearing, and wherein the at least one spring element is configured as a pressure spring and engages at a first arm of the two arms of equal length on the one side and the second arm of the two arms of equal length on the other side.