This application belongs to the field of railway coupler and draft gears, and in particular to a draft gear, a coupler and draft gear and a railway train.
The coupler and draft gear is used for traction and coupling between railway trains; in order to reduce longitudinal impact during traction and connection of the trains, the coupler and draft gear includes a draft gear and a coupler device which is connected to the body of a railway train through the draft gear.
Referring to
The distance between one end surface of the buffer assembly 1′ away from the train body 4′ and the rotation center of the rotation assembly 3′ is defined as the length L of the buffer assembly 1′, and the distance from the rotation center to the front end face of train body 41′ is A. Thus, the draft gear in the prior art occupies a space with a length of L+A at the train bottom. Due to the increasing functions of the railway train, more and more space of the train bottom is occupied, and the space of the train bottom occupied by the draft gear needs to be reduced under the condition that the length of the coupler remains unchanged.
The present application provides a draft gear, which can reduce the mounting space of the draft gear. In order to realize the above objection, the technical solutions of the present application are as follow.
A draft gear, comprising:
a buffer assembly;
a connection assembly, the connection assembly comprising:
a connection body, the connection body has:
a first connection part, the first connection part is mutually and horizontally rotatably connected with the buffer assembly, and the first connection part and the buffer assembly have a first rotation center;
a second connection part, the second connection part has a connection surface, the second connection part is connected with a train body through the connection surface, and the first rotation center is located on a rear side of the connection surface;
a bearing assembly, the bearing assembly is in mutual contact with the buffer assembly, the bearing assembly is mutually and horizontally rotatably connected with the connection assembly, the bearing assembly and the connection assembly have a second rotation center, the second rotation center is located on a front side of the connection surface; and
a self-adaption assembly, the bearing assembly is connected with the buffer assembly by the self-adaption assembly.
In some embodiments, the self-adaption assembly comprises:
first fitting pieces, the first fitting pieces are connected with the buffer assembly; and
second fitting pieces, the second fitting pieces are connected with the bearing assembly, the second fitting pieces are fitted with the first fitting pieces, and a fitting surface is a circular arc surface.
In some embodiments, a circle center of the circular arc surface is arranged in a central axis of the buffer assembly.
In some embodiments, the draft gear further comprises an overload protection assembly; the buffer assembly is connected with the first connection part through the overload protection assembly.
In some embodiments, the overload protection assembly comprises:
a protection piece, the protection piece is connected with the buffer assembly; and
a shear-off bolt, the protection piece is connected with the first connection part through the shear-off bolt.
In some embodiments, the bearing assembly comprises:
a bearing body;
a second rotation piece, the bearing body is relatively and horizontally rotatably connected with the connection assembly through the second rotation piece;
vertical bearing pieces, the vertical bearing pieces are connected with the bearing body and located on two sides of the buffer assembly, and the vertical bearing pieces are in contact with the buffer assembly; and
a horizontal bearing piece, the horizontal bearing piece is located below the buffer assembly, the horizontal bearing piece is abutted against the buffer assembly, the horizontal bearing piece is relatively movably connected with the vertical bearing pieces.
In some embodiments, the bearing assembly further comprises an elastic bearing piece; the elastic bearing piece is connected below the horizontal bearing piece and connected with the bearing body.
In some embodiments, the draft gear further comprises a centering assembly, the centering assembly is connected with the bearing body, and the centering assembly acts on the second rotation piece.
Another aspect of the present application provides a coupler and draft gear comprising the above-mentioned draft gear.
Another aspect of the present application provides a railway train comprising the above-mentioned coupler and draft gear.
Compared with the prior art, the present application has the following beneficial effects:
when the draft gear provided by the present application is mounted for utilization, the distance from one end of the buffer assembly to a connection surface is smaller than the total length of the buffer assembly, and under the condition that the length of the buffer assembly remains unchanged, the draft gear occupies smaller space at the train bottom when being mounted, so that the mounting space of the draft gear is reduced and the mounting compactness is improved.
1′ buffer assembly; 2′ connection assembly; 3′ rotation assembly; 4′ train body; 41′ front end face of train body; 5′ connection piece; 1 buffer assembly; 11 first buffer piece; 12 second buffer piece; 2 connection assembly; 21 connection body; 211 first connection part; 212 second connection part; 213 connection hole; 214 connection surface; 22 first rotation piece; 23 first rotation center; 3 bearing assembly; 31 bearing body; 32 vertical bearing piece; 33 horizontal bearing piece; 34 elastic bearing piece; 35 second rotation piece; 36 second rotation center; 4 self-adaption assembly; 41 first fitting piece; 411 fitting surface; 412 circle center; 42 second fitting piece; 5 centering assembly; 6 overload protection assembly; 61 protection piece; 62 shear-off bolt; 7 train body; 71 front end face of train body.
The following is a detailed description for the technical solutions of the present application in combination with specific implementations. However, it should be understood that, without further recitation, elements, structures and features in one implementation may be beneficially incorporated into other implementations.
In the description of the present application, it is to be understood that terms “first”, “second” are merely used for descriptive purpose and should not be interpreted to indicate or imply the relative importance or implicitly indicate the number of technical features indicated. Thus, the features defined by “first” and “second” may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the features.
In the description of the present application, it is to be noted that the direction or positional relationships indicated by terms “upper”, “lower”, “horizontal” and the like are based on the positional relationships in the
In the description of the present application, it is to be noted that, unless clearly indicates otherwise, terms “connect”, “connection” shall be generally understood, such as, may be fixed connection, detachable connection or integrated connection, may be directly connected, or indirectly connected through intermediate media, or inner communication of two components. For the person skilled in the art, the specific meanings of the above terms in the present application may be interpreted according to specific circumstance.
The implementations are only description for the preferred embodiments of the present application, not a limitation on the scope of the present application, without departing from the design spirit of the present application, all kinds of transformation and modification made by the person skilled in the art to the technical solution of the present application should fall within the protection scope defined by claims of the present application.
It should be particularly noted that in order to facilitate the description of the technical solution of the present application, during actual mounting and utilization, the side of the draft gear close to the train body is referred to as a rear side (i.e., close to the right sides in
A first implementation of the application provides a draft gear, comprising:
a buffer assembly 1;
a connection assembly 2, the connection assembly 2 comprising:
a connection body 21, the connection body 21 has:
a first connection part 211, the first connection part 211 is mutually and horizontally rotatably connected with the buffer assembly 1, and the first connection part 211 and the buffer assembly 1 have a first rotation center 23;
a second connection part 212, the second connection part 212 has a connection surface 214, the second connection part 212 is connected with a train body 7 through the connection surface 214, and the first rotation center 23 is located on a rear side of the connection surface 214;
a bearing assembly 3, the bearing assembly 3 is in mutual contact with the buffer assembly 1, the bearing assembly 3 is mutually and horizontally rotatably connected with the connection assembly 2, the bearing assembly 3 and the connection assembly 2 have a second rotation center 36, and the second rotation center 36 is located on a front side of the connection surface 214; and
a self-adaption assembly 4, the bearing assembly 3 is connected with the buffer assembly 1 by the self-adaption assembly 4.
Referring to
In the draft gear provided by the first implementation, the bearing assembly 3 and the buffer assembly 1 are in contact with each other, the bearing assembly 3 is in a mutually and horizontally rotatably connected with the connection assembly 2, the bearing assembly 3 and the connection assembly 2 have the second rotation center 36, and the second rotation center 36 is located on the front side of the connection surface 214. Since the first rotation center 23 is arranged on the rear side of the connection surface 214, a space for accommodating the draft gear needs to be formed inside the train body 7, if the second rotation center 23 is also arranged on the rear side of the connection surface 214, the accommodating space formed inside the train body 7 needs to be enlarged, and if the accommodating space formed is over large, the mounting of railway train floors is affected, which is not applicable to the existing train body structure, and, the strength of the train body 7 is also reduced. Therefore, in the draft gear provided by the first implementation, preferably, the second rotation center 36 of the bearing assembly 3 is arranged on the front side of the connection surface 214, solving the above-mentioned problems, and further reducing the accommodating space required inside the train body.
As shown in
Specifically, referring to
The buffer assembly 1 is a key component of the draft gear and provides a buffer effect for the coupler and draft gear of the railway train. Referring to
The connection assembly 2 provides connection and supporting for the buffer assembly 1. Referring to
The bearing assembly 3 provides support for the buffer assembly 1, and when the buffer assembly 1 rotates horizontally relative to the connection assembly 2, the bearing assembly 3 also rotates horizontally relative to the connection assembly 2 at the same time. Specifically, referring to
Since the first rotation center 23 and the second rotation center 36 do not coincide and are not in the same vertical line, and during the rotary motion, the included angle between the central axis of the buffer assembly 1 and the central vertical plane of the train body 7 is inconsistent with the included angle between the central vertical plane of the bearing assembly 3 and the central vertical plane of the train body 7, causing the interference between the buffer assembly 1 and the bearing assembly 3 during the rotary motion, and affecting normal centring of the draft gear. However, in order to avoid affecting the normal centering of the draft gear, it is necessary to increase the gap between the buffer assembly 1 and the bearing assembly 3, which in turn affects the stability and reliability of the coupler coupling. The draft gear provided by the first implementation further comprises the self-adaption assembly 4, the self-adaption assembly 4 is used to adjust the gap between the buffer assembly 1 and the bearing assembly 3, such that the gap between the buffer assembly 1 and the bearing assembly 3 is kept consistent, so that the interference between the buffer assembly 1 and the bearing assembly 3 is avoided during the rotary motion, ensuring the normal centering of the draft gear as well as the stability and reliability of the coupler coupling, and further ensuring the safety of the rail vehicles.
Specifically, referring to
When the railway train turns or bumps, the coupler drives the buffer assembly 1 and the connection assembly 2 undergo relative rotary motion; in order to enable the buffer assembly 1 to automatically return to its initial position, the draft gear provided by the first implementation further comprises the centering assembly 5, the centering assembly 5 is connected with the bearing body 31, and the centering assembly 5 acts on the second rotation piece 35. When the external force that causes the relative rotary motion between the buffer assembly 1 and the connection assembly 2 disappears, the centering assembly 5 acts on the second rotation part 35, and drives the second rotation part 35 to move, thus the buffer assembly 1 is driven to return to its initial location.
Referring to
A second implementation further provides a coupler and draft gear comprising the above-mentioned draft gear.
A third implementation further provides a railway train comprising the above-mentioned coupler and draft gear.
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