Global Patent Index - EP 0576319 B1

EP 0576319 B1 19960131 - Device for change of direction for a vehicle which is mechanically forced to follow a track

Title (en)

Device for change of direction for a vehicle which is mechanically forced to follow a track

Title (de)

Vorrichtung zur Richtungsänderung für ein Fahrzeug das mechanisch gezwungen wird einer Bahn zu folgen

Title (fr)

Dispositif de changement de direction pour un véhicule assujetti mécaniquement à suivre un trajet

Publication

EP 0576319 B1 19960131 (FR)

Application

EP 93401486 A 19930610

Priority

FR 9207591 A 19920622

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0576319A1] - Device (16) for changing direction for a vehicle (18) mechanically forced to follow a track. - According to the invention, there is provided a vehicle-steering member which, for example, takes the form of a roller (24) movable axially between two vertical positions (N1, N2), so as to be received selectively in guide grooves arranged at different levels, so as to cause a change in direction of the vehicle (18) as a function of the vertical position occupied by the guide rollers (24). - The invention is used particularly in a system for the fixed-track travel of an automatic urban vehicle for the transport of passengers and of the type comprising at least two tangent travel loops. <IMAGE>

IPC 1-7

B61B 13/00; E01B 25/00

IPC 8 full level

B61B 13/00 (2006.01); E01B 25/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B61B 13/00 (2013.01); E01B 25/00 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE ES GB IT NL

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0576319 A1 19931229; EP 0576319 B1 19960131; DE 69301437 D1 19960314; DE 69301437 T2 19960605; ES 2085123 T3 19960516; FR 2692494 A1 19931224; FR 2692494 B1 19940909

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 93401486 A 19930610; DE 69301437 T 19930610; ES 93401486 T 19930610; FR 9207591 A 19920622