Title:
AUTOMATED BELLOWS FOR VEHICLE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3408187
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automated bellows for vehicle having an bellows seat equipped with an arm for coupling and disengagement and furnished with an opening to admit the arm coming into and going out, wherein the opening is blocked except at the time of coupling and disengagement so as to prevent intrusion of rainwater, snow, etc., from the opening.
SOLUTION: A bellows seat 2 of one of the vehicles to be coupled together 1 is equipped internally with an arm 3 and an arm driving mechanism to advance the arm 3 toward the other vehicle or retreat it into the bellows seat. The bellows seat is furnished with openings 10 and 10a to admit the arm 3 coming in and going out. The arm 3 is engaged with an open side metal frame of the bellows installed on the other vehicle so that automatic coupling and disengagement are conducted. The opening 10 and 10-a are equipped with air bags 21 and 22 opposing formed by splitting in two to the left and right. The air bags 21 and 22 are inflated by supplying the air, followed by blocking of the openings 10 and 10a, and are shrunk by evacuating them followed by opening of the openings 10 and 10a.
Inventors:
Hirohiko Kakinuma
Akihiro Goto
Yuji Izumihara
Hiromichi Nishi
Atsushi Omuro
Isao Ishii
Mikio Hatano
Yutaka Yokoi
Akio Suzuki
Akihiro Goto
Yuji Izumihara
Hiromichi Nishi
Atsushi Omuro
Isao Ishii
Mikio Hatano
Yutaka Yokoi
Akio Suzuki
Application Number:
JP6992599A
Publication Date:
May 19, 2003
Filing Date:
March 16, 1999
Export Citation:
Assignee:
北海道旅客鉄道株式会社
株式会社日立製作所
株式会社成田製作所
横浜ゴムエムビーエイチ株式会社
株式会社日立製作所
株式会社成田製作所
横浜ゴムエムビーエイチ株式会社
International Classes:
B60R21/16; B61D17/20; F16J15/46; (IPC1-7): B61D17/20; F16J15/46
Domestic Patent References:
| JP4159172A | ||||
| JP7172307A | ||||
| JP9221025A |
Other References:
【文献】登録実用新案3008814(JP,U)
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Yoshimichi Hasegawa