PURPOSE: To provide a female connection member with the necessary minimum number of components brought into friction with each other by providing a cavity fitted to one end of a center base part and defined by a back wall portion, and a pair of side wall portions having an inner surface with a specified contour and an opening, and a hole portion having a male connection member.
CONSTITUTION: This female connection member 10 is fixed to an inside of a center base part 12 by a rear stop member 13 and a forward traction member 15. A cavity 14 is defined by an inner surface 16 having a second specified contour of a back wall portion 18 and inner surfaces 22, 24 having a third specified contour of a pair of side wall portions 26, 28. A spherical member 46 is arranged inside a hole portion 44 pierced through a first end portion 38 of a male connection member 40, and shaft members 48, 50 opposite to its axial direction are supported by side wall portions 26, 28. A bearing ring assembly 56 is fixed to the first end portion 38 of the male connection member 40 in a removable manner. A female connection member with the necessary minimum number of components which must be movable relative to each other can be obtained.
| JPH04244473 | COUPLING DEVICE FOR LOCOMOTIVE |
MAIKERU JII HOORIZUKOO
DEIBUITSUDO DABURIYU DOOWATEI
| US5065679A | 1991-11-19 |