Abstract: A preferred membrane system is for connecting railway vehicles or the like. Each of the vehicles has longitudinal walls extending along a direction of movement of the vehicle and ends extending substantially transverse to the longitudinal walls. The system comprises an elastically deformable membrane having a tubular form for substantial alignment with the longitudinal walls between the ends of the vehicles being adjacent to one another. The membrane has opposite ends for being respectively connected to the ends of the vehicles being adjacent to one another. The membrane includes a plurality of corrugations with each of the corrugations extending around the tubular form. Elements for connecting the vehicle provide a predetermined distance between the ends thereof. The membrane and the corrugations thereof are partially compressed when the opposite ends are disposed from each other by the predetermined distance.

Abstract: A device designed to ensure running continuity between two successive railroad or road vehicles in spite of vertical movements, the lateral sway and the torsion between the floors of said vehicles, characterized in that it includes:(a) at each end, a deformable joint (10) which ensures tightness against dust, noise and weather,(b) a self-supporting element (6), which is deformable under torsional stresses, comprised of an elastomer compound (17) reinforced by at least one pair of metal or textile cord plies (16a) and (16b) and resting on two elastic supporting members (7), which are deformable under shear stress, and(c) angle base (9) mounted onto the floors of vehicles, fitted to said continuous elastic supporting members (7).