Railway rolling stock – Trains – Vestibule connections
Patent
1982-06-09
1985-09-10
Scherbel, David A.
Railway rolling stock
Trains
Vestibule connections
105 15, 105 18, 296 1S, B60D 500
Patent
active
045399123
ABSTRACT:
An arrangement for bridging adjacent cars in high speed railway vehicles posed of an inflatable chamber bellows section which extends entirely or partially about the outer structure of the cars wherein the stiffness of the bellows section may be automatically adjusted to respective requirements of high speed travel and travel through curves in such a manner that the internal pressure in the chambers of the bellows section which is produced by inflating the section is controlled in a stepless manner or in individual steps by a control system supplied with fluid pressure through the compressed air system of the vehicle or from a compressor.
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patent: 2188632 (1940-01-01), Ragsdale
patent: 4102548 (1978-07-01), Kangas
patent: 4452163 (1984-06-01), Ayeva
Washington Post--9/2/1975--p. D9--picture and caption titled "Windbag".
Hassel Helmut
Stark Reimund
Foster Glenn B.
Messerschmidt-Boelkow-Blohm Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftun
Scherbel David A.
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