Invention Application
- Patent Title: COUPLER SYSTEM AND RAILCAR
- Patent Title (中): 耦合系统和RAILCAR
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Application No.: US14892076Application Date: 2014-05-20
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Publication No.: US20160090110A1Publication Date: 2016-03-31
- Inventor: Toru UEDA , Hisataka TAMAKI , Kouichi TSUNODA , Hiroki KUSAKABE , Yoshiyuki ANDOU , Yoshikazu OGURA , Naoki WADA
- Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Kobe-shi, Hyogo
- Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kobe-shi, Hyogo
- Priority: JP2013-107839 20130522
- International Application: PCT/JP2014/002649 WO 20140520
- Main IPC: B61G5/02
- IPC: B61G5/02 ; B61F3/00

Abstract:
A coupler system includes: a coupler main body attached to a longitudinal direction end of a carbody of a railcar so as to be rotatable in a yaw direction; a curvature information acquiring portion configured to acquire curvature information of a track, the railcar being located on the track; a control portion configured to determine a target rotation angle of the coupler main body in accordance with the acquired curvature information and output a rotation signal regarding the determined target rotation angle; and a rotation angle changing portion configured to rotate the coupler main body to the target rotation angle based on the output rotation signal. When the railcar is stopped or when the railcar is traveling at a coupling speed, the control portion outputs the rotation signal to start rotating the coupler main body.
Public/Granted literature
- US09637146B2 Coupler system and railcar Public/Granted day:2017-05-02
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