Joints and connections – Articulated members – Pivoted
Reexamination Certificate
2005-10-13
2011-10-11
Ferguson, Michael P (Department: 3679)
Joints and connections
Articulated members
Pivoted
C403S135000, C403S076000, C213S0750GT
Reexamination Certificate
active
08033748
ABSTRACT:
An arrangement for the articulated connection of wagons of a multiple-element vehicle with the aid of joint having spherical bearing faces, wherein comprising a radial pivoting bearing having an inner ring with a convexly curved spherical bearing face and an outer ring with a concavely curved spherical bearing face, the radial pivoting bearing being installed with a vertical bearing axis Z and the inner ring and the outer ring each being held by one connecting construction, the bearing of asymmetric configuration, the inner ring and the outer ring being arranged offset with respect to one another in the direction of the bearing axis Z, and, that in relation to a center point (M) of the inner ring, the bearing faces are larger in the direction of a negative Z axis extending downwards from the center point along the bearing axis, than the bearing faces in the direction of a positive Z axis extending upwards from the center point along the bearing axis.
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Ferguson Michael P
Lucas & Mercanti LLP
Schaeffler KG
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