Patent ID: 7913865

Claim:
A supporting device in combination with a rail-borne vehicle which comprises a central buffer coupling having a coupling rod pivotably articulated vertically to a car body underframe by a bearing block, the supporting device vertically supporting the coupling rod of the central buffer coupling, said supporting device comprising: a support operative to be brought into contact with the coupling rod; and a mount connected to the support and fixable to the car body underframe of the vehicle, wherein the mount comprises a connecting element, by which the support is connected to the mount, wherein the connecting element defines a horizontal rotational axis about which the support is configured to rotate relative to the connecting element; wherein at least one shearing element is provided which connects the connecting element to the support, and which is designed to shear off upon the exceeding of a predetermined or definable amount of torque being transmitted from the support to the connecting element via the at least one shearing element in order to allow a rotation of the support about the horizontal rotational axis relative to the connecting element; and wherein a coupling head is arranged on a coupling plane side end of said coupling rod, and wherein when the working load of the central buffer coupling is exceeded, the coupling rod and the coupling head are pushed together toward the rail-borne vehicle and the coupling head strikes against the support of the supporting device.