Abstract: An energy-absorbing device for the end of rail vehicles is provided. In order in particular to reduce the cost of adaptation and matching between vehicle manufacturers and suppliers of the energy-absorbing device and the couplings (3) and the design and/or quality risks, the energy-absorbing device exhibits a base frame (1) which carries all the proposed elements for energy absorption in the end area and which is fastened as a compact preassembled module to the sub-frame (9) entirely in the defined interface area.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 30, 2002
Date of Patent:
February 3, 2004
Assignee:
Voith Turbo Scharfenberg GmbH & Co. KG
Inventors:
Andreas Heinisch, Eckart J{haeck over (a)}de, Frank Reineck