日本车辆连接装置综述

Survey about the Car Coupling Device in Japan

日本自１８９８年开始采用自动车钩以来，已有近百年的历史，日本车辆连接装置走出了一条借鉴美国经验和自主开发并举的道路。本文综述日本客、货车车钩缓冲装置的发展过程；着重介绍各型车钩缓冲装置的结构及技术参数，并提出了我国高速动车组车辆连接装置的发展模式。

It has been nearly a century since the automatic couplers were adopted in Japan in 1898.The Japanese car coupling devices both use the American experiences for reference and develop independently.In this paper,the development course of couplers and draft gears of passenger and freight cars in Japan is surveyed The structures and technical parameters of various types of couplers and draft gears are described emphatically And the development mode of the car coupling devices on high speed train units in our country is put forward.