Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
105396000 | CAR FRAMING AND STRUCTURE | 84 |
20100024679 | LOCOMOTIVE CAR BODY FLEXIBLE JOINT - The present invention provides a joint for transferring load from the underframe of a locomotive to the cant rail of its car body. The joint includes a base connected to the underframe of the locomotive with a body portion attached thereto. This body portion carries a generally diagonally situated member connected to the cant rail of the car body of the locomotive, such that the load from the underframe is transferred to the base of the joint, through the body portion of the joint, to the diagonally situated member and to the cant rail during bending of the underframe of the locomotive. In another aspect of the present invention, a joint is provided which is generally flexible to accommodate bending of the car body and underframe of the locomotive relative to their respective stiffnesses. | 02-04-2010 |
20110203481 | Laser Welding Method, Laser-Welded Joint, Outside Sheathing Panel, and Body Structure for Rolling Stock - A body structure for rolling stock is disclosed. The body structure may include an outside sheathing of a side construction, and a plurality of reinforcement members joined to said outside sheathing interiorly of said outside sheathing. Each of said plurality of reinforcement members may include a U-shaped part which is substantially U-shaped in cross-section and two fitting flange parts extending continuously from end edges of the U-shaped part in opposite directions. The fitting flange parts may be joined to said outside sheathing by laser welding, and the U-shaped part of at least one of said plurality of reinforcement members may be smaller in width than the U-shaped part of another of said plurality of reinforcement members provided on another part of said outside sheathing. | 08-25-2011 |
20120042805 | RAILCAR BODYSHELL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - To adequately maintain recyclability of a railcar bodyshell while improving the appearance, manufacturing accuracy, and producibility of the railcar bodyshell. A railcar bodyshell includes: a metal side outside plate | 02-23-2012 |
20120067247 | RAILCAR BODYSHELL REINFORCING METHOD AND RAILCAR BODYSHELL - A method for reinforcing a railcar bodyshell according to the present invention includes the steps of: in a bodyshell including a metal frame and a metal plate joined to the frame and formed such that a cross section orthogonal to a railcar longitudinal direction has a wave shape, disposing a fiber sheet on at least a part of the plate; and forming a fiber reinforced resin member by bonding the fiber sheet to the part of the plate by an impregnated adhesive resin. | 03-22-2012 |
20120125225 | BODYSHELL STRUCTURE OF RAILCAR - A bodyshell of a railcar includes side outside plates and end bodyshells. The side outside plates are respectively provided at both end portions of an underframe in a vehicle width direction. The end bodyshell includes end outside plates and corner posts. The end outside plates are respectively provided at front and rear end portions of the underframe. The corner posts are respectively provided at four corners of the underframe and are joined to the end outside plates and the side outside plates. Moreover, the corner post includes a side plate joining portion. The side plate joining portion overlaps a front end portion of the side outside plates from an outer side in the vehicle width direction and is joined to the side outside plate. | 05-24-2012 |
20120145034 | LONGITUDINALLY REINFORCED RAILWAY VEHICLE - A longitudinally reinforced railway vehicle includes a body, longitudinal girders, cross-girders, and reinforced carriage ends. Reinforcement tubes which are guided within recesses of the cross-girders are arranged in the longitudinal direction between the reinforced carriage ends. | 06-14-2012 |
20130036937 | REINFORCED LONGITUDINAL BEAM FOR A RAILWAY VEHICLE - A reinforced longitudinal beam for railway vehicles includes a first partial beam and a second partial beam. The first partial beam is connected to a second assembly of the railway vehicle and the second partial beam is connected to a first assembly of the railway vehicle. Particular surfaces are provided on the first partial beam for forming a welded connection to the second partial beam, and particular surfaces are provided on the second partial beam for forming a welded connection to the first partial beam, wherein one of the partial beams comprises an end facing. | 02-14-2013 |
20130042787 | VIBRATION DAMPING SHAPED ALUMINUM EXTRUSION - The present invention provides a vibration damping shaped aluminum extrusion having a weight reduction effect and a high damping effect. The present invention relates to a vibration damping shaped aluminum extrusion | 02-21-2013 |
20130319281 | CARRIAGE BODY FOR A RAILROAD VEHICLE WITH A COUPLING FIXING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAID CARRIAGE BODY - A carriage body for a railroad vehicle, said carriage body having the following: a base, two lateral walls, each of which is connected to the base, at least two longitudinal supports, each of which lies in the transitional region of the base to the lateral wall on opposing sides of the carriage body and which extend in the longitudinal direction of the carriage body, and a coupling fixing device for fixing a coupling via which the carriage body can be connected to a carriage body of another carriage. The fixing device is arranged below the base, and a lower face of the fixing device is connected directly to the longitudinal supports via a connection. | 12-05-2013 |
20140290529 | ASSEMBLY METHOD FOR A WINDOW OF A RAIL VEHICLE, AND RAIL VEHICLE - A rail vehicle having a wall or door with an opening arranged therein and a window pane arranged in the opening. The rail vehicle has a clamping frame which is inserted into the opening, which is mounted ahead of the window pane, and which has a region of overlap with the window pane on the plane of the wall or door. Also disclosed is a method for assembling a window pane in an opening of a wall or door of a rail vehicle, wherein the window pane and a clamping frame are inserted into the opening, the clamping frame is mounted ahead of the window pane and has a region of overlap with the window pane on the plane of the wall or door. | 10-02-2014 |
20140305335 | ASSEMBLY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THE FASTENING OF ELEMENTS - An assembly device is proposed which permits easy assembly. The assembly device includes at least one hollow profile with at least one longitudinal slot in a longitudinal direction of the hollow profile, and at least one connecting element for insertion into the hollow profile. The connecting element has at least two fastening elements and a carrier for receiving the fastening elements, wherein the fastening elements can be fixed to the carrier. | 10-16-2014 |
20150059613 | DUAL-STRUCTURE STORAGE BOX OF RAILCAR AND RAILCAR INCLUDING SAME - A dual-structure storage box is used in a railcar and stores device units. The dual-structure storage box includes a device receiver case and a storage case. The device receiver case is fixed to a floor of the railcar, and the device units are attached to the device receiver case. The storage case is configured separately from the device receiver case, covers the device receiver case from an outer side of the device receiver case, and stores the device units. | 03-05-2015 |
20150090151 | PANELING FOR THE INSIDE OF A SIDE WALL OF A RAIL VEHICLE - A paneling element for lining the inside of a side wall of a rail vehicle has a plate-shaped base body and an angled strip element which extends substantially parallel to an end side of the base body and which is embodied in one piece with the base body. The base body and the strip element form a receptacle in which a connecting element can be accommodated. The paneling element can be connected to the inside of the side wall by way of the connecting element. As a result, the paneling element can be easily and cost-effectively attached in a secure fashion to the inside of the side wall of the rail vehicle. | 04-02-2015 |
20150090152 | RAILCAR BODYSHELL AND RAILCAR INCLUDING SAME - The present invention includes: an outside plate; first frames each including a first head portion; and second frames each including a second head portion and arranged perpendicular to the first frames. At each of portions where the first frames and the second frames intersect with each other, the second head portion is arranged on the first head portion so as to overlap the first head portion. | 04-02-2015 |
20150307114 | CURVED PLATE FOR RAILCAR BODYSHELL, FRONT CAR BODYSHELL, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CURVED PLATE FOR RAILCAR BODYSHELL - A curved plate for a railcar bodyshell includes: a plate main body including an outer surface facing an outside of a railcar and an inner surface facing an inside of the railcar and the plate main body having a curved shape; and reinforcing ribs projecting from the inner surface of the plate main body toward the inside of the railcar. At least two of the plurality of the reinforcing ribs include machining reference surfaces formed on a same plane as reference surfaces used when machining an outer surface of the plate main body. At least one of the plurality of the reinforcing rib includes a mounting reference surface perpendicular to one of a rail direction, a sleeper direction, and a vertical direction as a reference surface used when mounting the curved plate to the railcar. | 10-29-2015 |
20150353103 | MOUNTING A RAIL VEHICLE COMPONENT ON A BODY ROOF OF A RAIL VEHICLE BODY - A rail vehicle body has a body roof and a rail vehicle component is mounted on the body roof. A form-fitting portion of a mounting element is positively retained in a receptacle positioned on the body roof creating a form fit at the mounting point or each of the mounting points. A passage portion connected to the respective form-fitting portion is led to the outside out of an opening of the respective receptacle. A mounting portion of the respective mounting element located outside the receptacle forms a connection point for the rail vehicle component. The form-fitting portion is separated from the base of the respective associated receptacle by an elastic separating body. | 12-10-2015 |
20160001789 | RAILCAR BODYSHELL - A railcar bodyshell includes: a plurality of modules into which at least one of a floor portion, side portion, and roof portion of the bodyshell is divided in a car longitudinal direction; and an elongated member extending in the car longitudinal direction, the plurality of modules being attached to the elongated member. The elongated member includes a groove portion for fixing the plurality of modules to the elongated member the groove portion extending in the car longitudinal direction. | 01-07-2016 |
20180022365 | Wall Arrangement For A Vehicle | 01-25-2018 |
20190144011 | Chassis Component of Railway Vehicle, and Railway Vehicle | 05-16-2019 |
20220135091 | BIDIRECTIONAL WINDAGE RESISTANCE BRAKE APPARATUS - A bidirectional windage resistance brake apparatus including a base, a first cylinder, a second cylinder, a first windage resistance plate and a second windage resistance plate, a tail of the first windage resistance plate is hinged with the base; the first windage resistance plate includes a first supporting rod, one end of which is hinged to a middle portion of the first windage resistance plate, and another end is connected with the first cylinder; a tail of the second windage resistance plate is hinged with the base; the second windage resistance plate includes a second supporting rod, one end of which is hinged to a middle portion of the second windage resistance plate, and another end is connected with the second cylinder. The brake apparatus is high in brake efficiency and reliability. | 05-05-2022 |
105397000 | Passenger | 19 |
20100077935 | METHOD FOR WELD-JOINING ATTACHMENT TO OUTER PANEL OF RAILWAY VEHICLE AND CAR BODY SIDE STRUCTURE PRODUCED BY THE SAME - A weld-joining structure between an outer panel and an attachment is achieved, which is advantageous in terms of appearance, workability, and cost. To weld-join the outer panel and the attachments including, such as frame members and opening frames and opening frame members, which is a reinforcement or an interior or exterior member for use in the outer panel, the outer panel and the attachment placed on the outer panel are weld-joined by laser welding at overlapping portions of the outer panel and the attachment. The laser welding is performed along a polishing mark formed in one direction on an externally exposed-side surface of the outer panel and the attachment. | 04-01-2010 |
20100089283 | BODY FRAME STRUCTURE OF RAILWAY VEHICLE - To join vertically and horizontally arranged frame members to the interior face of an outer panel, the horizontal frame members are disposed on the outer panel so as to take precedence over the vertical frame members and are weld-joined to the outer panel. The vertical frame members are placed on the horizontal frame members from the interior side and are weld-joined to the horizontal frame members. The vertical frame member includes a standard-width frame member and a wide-width frame member having a width greater than the width of the standard-width frame member. The vertical frame members are joined to and in contact with the outer panel at a reduced number points, so that the appearance of the outer panel is maintained in a good condition. With this configuration, a low cost vertical and horizontal frame structure is achieved, which has sufficiently high joint strength that provides the required strength of the outer panel. | 04-15-2010 |
20100132589 | BODY FRAME STRUCTURE OF RAILWAY VEHICLE - A body frame structure having practically sufficient strength is provided. The body frame structure has a simple structure that can be obtained by simple joining operation. Vertically and horizontally arranged first and second frame members are weld-joined to an outer panel with an end portion of the second frame member facing a side surface of the first frame member. The first frame member is placed in a straddling manner on the outer panel and the end portion of the second frame member weld-joined to the outer panel and is weld-joined to both the second frame member and the outer panel. In this manner, even when the vertically and horizontally arranged first and second frame members are laser-welded to the outer panel, the joint strength can be improved without using a joint plate. | 06-03-2010 |
20100186622 | KIT FOR A BODY- SHELL STRUCTURE - An embodiment of the present invention discloses a kit for a body-shell structure of a rail vehicle, including a carrier structure with at least two upper belts and a plurality of roof cross members for the roof region of the space frame, at least two lower belts and a plurality of bottom cross members for a bottom region of the body, a plurality of columns running perpendicular and a plurality of window belts for side regions of the body. An embodiment of the present invention further includes at least one head module, wherein the shell structure has a modular design. The upper belts and the lower belts are connected via knots to adjoining cross members, perpendicular columns and/or window belts, wherein the upper belts and the lower belts have a uniform profile cross-section and the knots are at least partially of uniform design. | 07-29-2010 |
20110030576 | Modular wet room for rail vehicles - A modular wet room for rail vehicles is provided. The wet room includes floor elements, wall elements and ceiling elements composed of core composite material and connected among each other using connection profiles. Supply and discharge lines run along reinforcement profiles integrated into the panels. Further, a panel and a corner profile are provided. | 02-10-2011 |
20130152820 | BODYSHELL STRUCTURE OF RAILCAR - The present invention is a bodyshell structure of a railcar, the bodyshell structure including a plurality of side window opening portions formed on a side bodyshell along a railcar longitudinal direction, and the side window opening portions include a plurality of large window opening portions arranged on a railcar-longitudinal-direction center portion of the side bodyshell and a plurality of small window opening portions arranged on both railcar-longitudinal-direction sides of the large window opening portions and each having a smaller opening area than the large window opening portion. | 06-20-2013 |
20130220169 | UNDERFRAME STRUCTURE OF RAILCAR - An underframe structure of a railcar capable of reducing a deformation amount of a cross beam supporting an underfloor equipment upon underfloor fire. The underframe structure of the railcar includes an underframe having a pair of side sills extending in a railcar longitudinal direction and a cross beam arranged between the side sills and extending in a railcar width direction, a structural floor provided on an upper surface of the underframe, and an underfloor equipment suspended down in a center part in the railcar width direction of the cross beam. The underframe structure includes a passenger cabin floor provided on an upper side of the structural floor, the passenger cabin floor forming a lower surface of a passenger cabin S, and floor receiving members supporting the passenger cabin floor and extending in the railcar longitudinal direction between the structural floor and the passenger cabin floor. | 08-29-2013 |
20130319282 | INTERIOR EQUIPMENT INSTALLATION STRUCTURE FOR RAILCAR - In the interior equipment installation structure for a railcar according to the present invention, a first installation member is mounted to a roof body shell along the car longitudinal direction or the car width direction. Second installation members are attached to the first installation member using mechanical fastening tools such as bolts with the positions of the second installation members adjusted in the up-down direction of the car. The second installation members are used for installing lighting appliances such as fluorescent lights, each has a size corresponding to each of the lighting appliances, and are continuously installed. There are portions in which plate members are overlapped with each other between respective adjacent ones of the second installation members, and hand strap receivers are installed in these portions. | 12-05-2013 |
20140130705 | DOOR UNIT FOR RAIL VEHICLES - A door unit for rail vehicles includes one or two sliding doors, means for supporting and guiding each sliding door between a closed position and an open position, and means for controlling the movement of each door between a closed position and an open position. The supporting, guiding and controlling means are carried on a support unit which defines an independent module with the doors, assembled prior to being mounted on the vehicle structure. The support unit includes at least one frame connectable to the vehicle structure and supporting each door, and the respective guiding and controlling means. The frame includes an upper cross-member, a lower cross-member and two uprights connecting these cross-members between them, in such a way to form a perimeter frame that defines a doorway, and which surrounds the four sides of the door or doors, when they are in the closed position. | 05-15-2014 |
20150135987 | RAILCAR AND DOOR POCKET POST - A railcar includes a side sliding door and entrance peripheral-member surrounding the side entrance. The entrance peripheral-member includes a door pocket post in which outer and inner portions are inwardly of the outer portion in car-width direction coupled to each other. The side sliding door peripheral portion is pressed against an edge portion, extending along the side entrance of the entrance peripheral-member via a rubber seal at the side entrance closed state. In the side entrance open state, the side sliding door is pulled into a door pocket space facing the door pocket post inner portion. A portion projecting inwardly in car-width direction beyond the inner portion and including a tip end contacting the rubber seal provided at at least part of region constituted by portions of upper and lower edges of the side entrance peripheral-member and lateral edge at the edge portion door pocket post side of the entrance peripheral-member. | 05-21-2015 |
20150144024 | RAIL VEHICLE COMPRISING A TROUGH-SHAPED INNER FLOOR - A rail vehicle for passenger transport. The rail vehicle has at least one carriage with a trough-shaped inner floor section. | 05-28-2015 |
20150314794 | SOUND ABSORBING PANEL - Provided is a sound absorbing panel that can satisfy the heat resistance properties and melting/dripping resistance properties required inside of a railway vehicle. A pier sound absorbing panel includes five sheets of first through fifth glass cloths that are stacked on an aluminum base plate. The edge section of the fifth glass cloth is affixed to the rear surface of the base plate using an adhesive, and the first through fourth glass cloths are fastened using staples. In other words, the first glass cloth and the base plate are fixed using an adhesive, and this adhesive is prevented from melting by the five sheets of the first through fifth glass cloths. The adhesive that fixes the edge section of the fifth glass cloth at the other surface of the base plate is prevented from melting by the five sheets of the first through fifth glass cloths and the base plate. | 11-05-2015 |
20150336592 | Rear-ventilated awning for roof units of rail vehicles - A rail vehicle includes a roof and a first shading plate disposed at a distance from the roof. The first shading plate has first openings for the passage of air. | 11-26-2015 |
20160031455 | ASSEMBLY DEVICE FOR A SIDE WALL CLADDING ELEMENT OF A RAIL VEHICLE - A rail vehicle includes a side wall cladding element having at least one hook for hooking the side wall cladding element into a guide for securing purposes. The guide is connected in turn to a framework of the rail vehicle. | 02-04-2016 |
20160082982 | ASSEMBLY DEVICE FOR A SIDE WALL CLADDING ELEMENT OF A RAIL VEHICLE - A rail vehicle includes a side wall cladding element and a first profile rail fastened to the side wall cladding element. The first profile rail is provided for freely positioning and securing a first holder constructed to complement the first profile rail. The first holder in turn is connected to a framework or body shell of the rail vehicle. | 03-24-2016 |
20160090108 | Construction Kit For Producing A Rail Vehicle With Flexible Door And Window Divider - A construction kit for a rail vehicle contains at least one bodyshell for a body of the rail vehicle, at least one door for the rail vehicle and at least one first window for the rail vehicle. The bodyshell has a first door field for fitting the door, which door field is delimited by two adjacent door columns of the bodyshell. The construction kit further contains a frame to be fitted into the first door field, which can be detachably connected to the bodyshell and which has at least one window bar, which, in conjunction with the door columns, delimits a first window field for fitting the first window in the fitted state of the frame in the first door field. | 03-31-2016 |
20160107658 | CARRYING STRUCTURE OF A RAIL VEHICLE - A carrying structure of a rail vehicle upon which a carriage body is supported by coupling elements, where at least one coupling element is connected to the carrying structure via a positive and/or non-positive connection, and where at least a part of the carrying structure below or above the connection or at least one surface upwardly delimiting the coupling element is configured as a supporting element such that the coupling element can be attached at any desired location on the rail vehicle with little effort. | 04-21-2016 |
20170237240 | VEHICLE | 08-17-2017 |
105401000 | Metal sheathing | 1 |
20150321676 | CARRIAGE BODY FOR A RAIL VEHICLE - A carriage or vehicle body for a rail vehicle includes a side wall in which uniform window cutouts for the insertion of windowpanes are provided along the carriage body. A toilet compartment adjoins one longitudinal portion of the side wall. At least one of the window cutouts is provided in the longitudinal portion of the side wall and a sheet metal panel which is inserted into the cutout has an exhaust air opening for the toilet compartment. | 11-12-2015 |
105404000 | Freight | 22 |
20080295727 | Railcar Support Beam System and Method - A railcar system includes a railcar bed and a beam structure positioned on the railcar bed. The beam structure comprises a plurality of support beams spaced apart vertically and positioned on the railcar bed such that a longitudinal axis of each support beam is generally parallel to a longitudinal axis of the railcar bed. Each support beam comprises a first side and a second side opposite the first side. The beam structure includes a first set of support sheets each coupled to the first side of at least one respective support beam and a second set of support sheets each coupled to the second side of at least one respective support beam. | 12-04-2008 |
20080302266 | Temperature Controlled Railway Car Support Post - A railcar system includes a plurality of railcar walls and a plurality of railcar support posts each coupled to at least one of the plurality of walls. Each of the plurality of support posts comprises a web portion comprising a non-metallic material and a plurality of flange portions coupled to the web portion, the flange portions comprising a metallic material. | 12-11-2008 |
20090126600 | Insulated cargo container and methods for manufacturing same using vacuum insulated panels and foam insulated liners - An insulated cargo container is composed of an underframe, a floor, a first side wall, a second side wall, a roof, and at least one door being connected together to form an enclosure. At least one insulating liner is mounted to the interior surfaces and exterior surfaces of the enclosure in an amount sufficient to achieve a UA rating of less than about 300 for the cargo container. | 05-21-2009 |
20100024680 | Shortened container well - A joint connecting a container corner support assembly to a body bolster and a connecting assembly portion of an end of a container well unit in connection with shortening a container well of a railroad freight car intended for carrying an intermodal freight container. A connector member is welded into position, between a transverse gusset plate of a container corner support assembly and a closure plate of a connecting assembly, to transmit forces between the gusset plate and the connecting assembly associated with a body bolster in an end of the container well unit. | 02-04-2010 |
20110226153 | Railcar with lengthened container well - A railroad freight car with a lengthened container well, including an extended and reinforced well car unit side sill, and a method for lengthening a container well of a railroad freight car intended for carrying an intermodal cargo container. A side sill extension member is welded into position, between a body bolster at each end of the container well unit and a nearest container support assembly, and a container-well bottom assembly is lengthened at each end of the container well. A longitudinally-extending doubler plate may be welded to the longitudinally central portion of the side sill, to ensure sufficient rail clearance at mid-length of the car. | 09-22-2011 |
20140116290 | FITTINGS FOR AUTORACK RAILROAD CAR - An autorack rail road car has an underframe having a main deck, and a rack mounted to the underframe. The rack supports one or more decks above the main deck, and also supports, or defines, an enclosure that protects the automobiles carried as lading. One way to prolong the life of the rack is to delay corrosion. Corrosion may start in locations that are difficult to clean, or that have not been cleaned prior to painting. Autorack upper decks may use longitudinally extending stringers. A stringer of closed section may be less prone to facilitating early corrosion, and may be less prone to drip rust-filled water on automobiles carried as lading. In some embodiments the stringer may be placed at a slope discontinuity in the lading deck, and may overlap that slope discontinuity. | 05-01-2014 |
20140130706 | FITTING FOR AUTORACK RAILROAD CAR HOUSING - An autorack railroad car has a housing surmounting an underframe. The underframe defines a first or main deck. The housing, or “rack” defines at least one additional deck spaced upwardly from the main deck. The housing has end doors. The end doors may be folding end doors, such as a tri-fold hinged door. When closed, the door may be secured by latches at top and bottom. The car may have a dynamic response member, such as a damper, or stop, mounted between one or more panels of the door and the adjacent end of the deck. The dynamic response member may function either to provide damping to the door in vibration, or may function to define a vibration nodal point intermediate the main deck and the roof, or both. | 05-15-2014 |
20140202354 | FREIGHT CAR WITH LIFTING LOCATION AND METHOD - A railroad freight car has lifting apparatus at the body bolsters of the car. In addition it has lifting interface members mounted to underlie the side sills near the wheel-well cut-outs of the side beams. The lifting interface members stand downwardly proud of adjacent structure and fasteners heads, such that when lifting apparatus, such as a hydraulic lift, is brought to bear it contacts the lifting interface member first, rather than damaging adjacent structure, be it the side sills themselves, lateral cross-members such as cross-bearers and cross-ties, or diagonal struts. It may also tend to prevent consequent damage to the end bulkheads. The lifting interface members may permit the replacement of wheelsets in the field. The lifting members may be sacrificial, such that they may be replaced when worn or damaged. | 07-24-2014 |
20140331892 | RAIL ROAD HOPPER CAR RIDGE FITTINGS - A hopper car discharge section may be wide at the top and narrow at the bottom. Outflow is controlled by movable closure members. The hopper car has a plurality of hoppers of which two hoppers share a common ridge assembly. The ridge assembly forms a common mating and fit up location for the upper margins of the slope sheets of two lengthwise adjacent hoppers. The ridge assembly includes an horizontal center section and two end plates that angle upwardly outboard toward the top chords of the sidewalls. The ridge assembly stands proud of the upper margin of the respective adjacent slope sheets. A gusset is mounted between the adjacent slope sheets below the ridge plate such that the slope sheets and gusset form a reinforcement tube running across the car, the end plates forming the stems of a vertical T-section attached to the sidewall and overlapping the top chord. | 11-13-2014 |
105406100 | Gondola | 8 |
20090031919 | RAILROAD FREIGHT CAR - A railroad freight car may have a body for carrying lading. The body may be a gondola car body. The car body may include a decking or floor structure, and may include longitudinally extending side beams bordering the floor structure. The connection of the side beams to the floor structure may be may without the use of a dedicated side sill. The car body structure may include cross-bearers and side beam stiffeners that are joined together by structural knees. The car body may also include clean out ports to facilitate cleaning of the lading receptacle. | 02-05-2009 |
20090211485 | Bulk Materials Container - A bulk material transport container in the form of a railway wagon | 08-27-2009 |
20100006000 | RAILROAD FREIGHT CAR - A railroad freight car may have a body for carrying lading. The body may be a gondola car body. The car body may include a decking or floor structure, and may include longitudinally extending side beams bordering the floor structure. The connection of the side beams to the floor structure may be may without the use of a dedicated side sill. The car body structure may include cross-bearers and side beam stiffeners that are joined together by structural knees. The car body may also include clean out ports to facilitate cleaning of the lading receptacle. | 01-14-2010 |
20100011987 | RAILROAD GONDOLA CAR STRUCTURE - A gondola car has a body for lading carried on an underframe. The underframe includes a center sill and cross-bearers. The car has deep side beams having top chords, side sills, and side sheets. The lower portion of the car includes tubs that seat between the cross-bearers. The car may have an internal volume of more than 8000 cu. ft. The car may have rotary dump claw sockets. The car has opposed internal and external stiffeners aligned at the longitudinal stations of the cross-bearers. The internal stiffeners may be triangular cantilevers extending upwardly inside the side sheets. The side sheet lies intermediate the stiffeners and their flanges. The top chords may be wider in cross-section than the side sills. The side sills may define torque tubes that co-operate with the sidewall stiffeners and the top chords to resist lateral deflection. The car may include a false deck, or dog-house at one end to accommodate the brake reservoir and brake valve, such that the car is longitudinally asymmetric. | 01-21-2010 |
20100101447 | Gondola Rail Car With Tub Floor - A rail car with a double longitudinal tub floor. The car may comprise a car body supported on a frame, the principal element of the frame being a longitudinal center sill assembly. The frame is in turn supported on a pair of wheel trucks. The car body includes a pair of generally vertical end wall assemblies joined to a pair of generally vertical side assemblies. The box is closed on the bottom by a floor assembly. The floor assembly includes a pair of longitudinal tubs. The longitudinal tubs are divided into tub segments and supported by cross-bearer assemblies. The cross-bearer assemblies are joined to the center sill assembly. The longitudinal tubs are supported primarily by the center sill assembly, both directly by joining each tub's lateral inboard edge to the center sill, and indirectly by joining the tub's chord end edges to the cross-bearer assemblies. Diagonal braces may be attached to the cross bearer assemblies and the side assemblies to help prevent bowing of the sides. | 04-29-2010 |
20100275812 | RAILROAD FREIGHT CAR - A railroad freight car may have a body for carrying lading. The body may be a gondola car body. The car body may include a decking or floor structure, and may include longitudinally extending side beams bordering the floor structure. The connection of the side beams to the floor structure may be may without the use of a dedicated side sill. The car body structure may include cross-bearers and side beam stiffeners that are joined together by structural knees. The car body may also include clean out ports to facilitate cleaning of the lading receptacle. | 11-04-2010 |
20110017095 | RAILROAD FREIGHT CAR - A railroad freight car may have a body for carrying lading. The body may be a gondola car body. The car body may include a decking or floor structure, and may include longitudinally extending side beams bordering the floor structure. The connection of the side beams to the floor structure may be may without the use of a dedicated side sill. The car body structure may include cross-bearers and side beam stiffeners that are joined together by structural knees. The car body may also include clean out ports to facilitate cleaning of the lading receptacle. | 01-27-2011 |
20150068425 | RAIL ROAD FREIGHT CAR - A drop-center rail road freight car may have a gondola body for carrying lading, which may have end sections and a deep central section therebetween. The body may include a decking or floor structure, and longitudinally extending side beams bordering the floor structure. The car may have U-shaped bending-moment transmitting cross-bearers. The cross-bearers and side beam stiffeners may have inner and outer flange continuity such as to transmit a bending moment. The car may have stub sills. The stub sills may each have an inboard gooseneck that extends downward and inboard. The gooseneck may have a longitudinally extending portion that connects to the endmost cross-bearer of the central portion of the car. The main shear plate may lap the side sills, and may be bent downwardly to mate with the end margins of the side sheet lower portion to form a converging box-like truncated pyramidal structure. | 03-12-2015 |
105407000 | Truss | 3 |
20080282929 | RAILROAD WELL CAR WITH OPEN TRUSS SIDES - A railroad well car includes a pair of spaced trucks, and a railcar body supported on the trucks, the body comprising a pair of spaced end structures, each end structure supported on one truck, and a well structure extending between the end structures. The well structure comprises a pair of top chord members extending between the end structures; a pair of side sills extending between the end structures; a pair of end chords extending between the side sills; four corner container support members, each secured to one end chord and one side sill at four corners of the well structure; a plurality of floor beams extending between the side sills forming at least a portion of a floor for the well structure; and a plurality of side truss members extending between one side sill and one top chord on each side forming an open truss side for the well structure. | 11-20-2008 |
20090120324 | Container car side sills - A railroad freight car that may include multiple units, the body of at least one unit including a container well for carrying intermodal freight containers, the body including a pair of side sills generally of closed box beam configuration with holes and reinforcing rings and with longitudinally extending reinforcing members in the top or bottom, or both, of the beams. The ends of the longitudinally extending reinforcing members are tapered and have their extremities attached to a portion of a side sill web spaced apart from the extreme top or bottom members of the beam. | 05-14-2009 |
20120137925 | RAILROAD WELL CAR WITH OPEN TRUSS SIDES - A railroad well car includes a spaced trucks grouped in pairs, and a railcar body supported on a pair of the trucks, the body comprising a pair of spaced end structures, each end structure supported on one truck, and a well structure extending between the end structures. The well structure comprises a pair of top chord members extending between the end structures; a pair of side sills extending between the end structures; a pair of end chords extending between the side sills; four corner container support members, each secured to one end chord and one side sill; a plurality of floor beams extending between the side sills forming at least a portion of a floor for the well structure; and a plurality of side truss members extending between one side sill and one top chord on each side forming an open truss side for the well structure. | 06-07-2012 |
105409000 | Metal sheathing | 2 |
20110253006 | SIDE WALL AND BOXCAR OF RAILWAY WAGON - The present invention provides a side wall of railway wagon and a boxcar of railway wagon. The side wall of the railway wagon comprises an upper side plate, a lower side plate, an inner side stake and an outer side stake, wherein the said inner side stake is arranged at the inner side of the said upper side plate and the said lower side plate, and the said outer side stake is arranged at the upper part of the said side wall of railway wagon and is arranged at the outer side of the said upper side plate. By applying the side wall in the form of internal stakes, the side wall of railway wagon and the boxcar of railway wagon of the present invention can make full use of the width space between the outer surface of the side plate and the outer surface of the side stake on the basis that the external dimension of the railway wagon is not changed, thereby effectively improving the volume of the railway wagon and the transporting capability of the train. | 10-20-2011 |
20120210907 | Side wall for a rail vehicle - A side wall for a rail vehicle is provided. The side wall includes a plurality of profiles which are arranged vertically one above the other. A sliding seat is formed between two adjacent profiles. A first profile of the adjacent profiles has, on an outer side of the side wall, a welding projection, and a second profile of the adjacent profiles has a welding projection which is dimensioned to reach a predefined overall side wall height. The two adjacent profiles are welded to one another on the outer side of the side wall via a V-seam. | 08-23-2012 |
105413000 | Underframes | 23 |
20080250965 | Rail car collision system - A rail car collision system is disclosed that includes a front face and an underframe having a first anticlimber. The first anticlimber protrudes from and extends across at least a portion of the front face at a first position. At least one second anticlimber extends along at least a portion of the front face at a second position that is vertically different than the first position. | 10-16-2008 |
20080276831 | CAR BODY STRUCTURE - A railway car is provided with superior riding quality by improving the flexural rigidity of the car body structure while suppressing increase of body structure mass. A reinforcing plate is attached to a roof construction on the side facing an inner side of the car body at a longitudinal center portion of a railway car body structure composed of a roof construction, a side construction, an underframe and an end construction. The range in which the reinforcing plate is adhered in the longitudinal direction of the railway car body structure is between two body bolsters, and the range in which the plate is adhered in the horizontal direction of the roof construction is approximately half the length of the roof construction in the horizontal direction. The thickness of the reinforcing plate is increased gradually as the height of the roof construction in the vertical direction increases. | 11-13-2008 |
20090241799 | Tank car stub sill attachment - A head brace and a method for attaching a stub sill to a tank of a railroad tank car by the use of such a head brace. A stub sill includes side plates having ears that extend upward to support the tank near where the head of the tank is attached, and a head brace is welded to the side plates and to the head of the tank in a weld joint that can be continuous along the head brace from the ears of the side plate to the center of the head brace. Doublers may be provided on the sill where the head brace is welded to the side plates. | 10-01-2009 |
20110005425 | Increased Capacity Railcar and Method - A railway car includes a railway car underframe having a first longitudinal side sill and a second longitudinal side sill with at least one sidewall assembly disposed along the first longitudinal side sill of the railway car underframe. The sidewall assembly is formed in part from a side sheet, an interior vertical support post, and an exterior vertical support post. A first end of the interior vertical support post and a first end of the exterior vertical support post are each respectively disposed adjacent to the first longitudinal side sill of the railway car underframe. The exterior vertical support post is coupled to an exterior surface of the side sheet. The interior vertical support post is coupled to an interior surface of the side sheet. | 01-13-2011 |
20120137926 | Vehicle Having Rolling Compensation - A rail vehicle having a car body, which is supported on a running gear by a spring device, and a rolling compensation device, which is coupled to the running gear and the car body. The rolling compensation device may be arranged kinematically in parallel to the spring device. The rolling compensation device counteracts rolling motions of the car body toward the outside of the curve about a rolling axis during travel in curves. The rolling compensation device, in order to increase the tilting comfort, is designed to impose, in a first frequency range and under a first transverse deflection of the car body, upon the car body, a first rolling angle about the rolling axis, which corresponds to a current curvature of a current section of track being traveled. | 06-07-2012 |
20120272858 | RAIL VEHICLE FOR A DRIVING OPERATION ON TRACK SYSTEMS HAVING A BALLASTED SUPERSTRUCTURE - The invention relates to a rail vehicle for driving operation on track systems with ballast permanent way. The invention is to effectively avoid or at least significantly reduce an agglomeration of snow and ice in cavities of the vehicle underfloor. For this purpose it is provided that the rail vehicle in the region of its underfloor comprises at least one flexible membrane which spans hollow spaces which are positioned open towards the track systems or support frame structures of the underfloor of the rail vehicle | 11-01-2012 |
20130042788 | DEVICE FOR PIVOTING ONE OR MORE NOSE FLAPS OF A TRACK-GUIDED VEHICLE - The invention relates to a device for pivoting one or more nose flaps of a track-guided vehicle, a railway vehicle in particular. It is hereby provided for the device to comprise at least one supporting frame ( | 02-21-2013 |
20130133547 | Device For Pivoting One Or More Front Flaps Of A Track-Guided Vehicle, And Front Flap Module - The invention relates to a device for pivoting one or more front flaps ( | 05-30-2013 |
20130180429 | CARRIAGE BODY FOR A RAIL VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAID CARRIAGE BODY - A carriage body for a rail vehicle, in particular for a high-speed train, said carriage body having a base and lateral walls that extend upwards on opposing sides of the base. The base and the lateral walls delimit an interior of the carriage body for transporting persons and/or goods. A longitudinal support for transmitting longitudinal forces is located in each transitional region between the base and the lateral walls, said longitudinal support extending in the longitudinal direction of the carriage body. The carriage body has at least one undercarriage support that extends below the base from the one longitudinal support to the other longitudinal support, said undercarriage support extending partly at a distance to the base so that a space for receiving at least one device for operating the rail vehicle is formed between the undercarriage support and the base. | 07-18-2013 |
20140083321 | RAILWAY CAR COMPRISING HEAT-RESISTANT FLOOR - A railcar includes a heat-resistant floor, and the heat-resistant floor includes a floor panel, a heat absorbing layer provided under the floor panel and configured to absorb heat, and a supporting plate configured to support the heat absorbing layer from below. The supporting plate includes contacting portions each configured to contact the heat absorbing layer and separated portions each continuously formed from the contacting portion in a railcar width direction, separated downward from the heat absorbing layer, and extending in a railcar longitudinal direction. | 03-27-2014 |
20140150688 | RAILCAR - There is provided a railcar including a under frame, paired side bodyshell parts, and a roof bodyshell part. Strap bar receiving parts hanging downward from the roof bodyshell part are fixed to the roof bodyshell part. An upper horizontal member and a lower horizontal member are provided like bridges between the paired side bodyshell parts. The upper horizontal member and the lower horizontal member are disposed at an interval in a vertical direction and connected by connection pipes. The upper horizontal member is formed by a plurality of reinforcement pipes and the lower horizontal member is formed by a plurality of reinforcement pipes. At least one ends of the plurality of reinforcement pipes are fixed to the strap bar receiving parts. | 06-05-2014 |
20150020709 | ROLLING STOCK - Provided is rolling stock in which a center beam is formed of an upper plate part, a lower plate part, and a pair of side plate parts located on opposite sides of the upper plate part and the lower plate part into a rectangular tube cross-sectional shape. Each of the upper plate part and the lower plate part is formed by placing a plurality of plate members on each other, at least an outermost one of the plate members is formed in a flat plate shape, and a ridge portion projecting to a tube inner side is formed in a center portion, in the width direction, of the plate member located on an inner side such that the ridge portion is continuous in a longitudinal direction of the center beam, and which has an underframe capable of preventing the upper plate part and the lower plate part from buckling. | 01-22-2015 |
20150047530 | RAILCAR - A railcar includes: a pair of side sills extending in a railcar longitudinal direction; end beams respectively located at railcar-longitudinal-direction end portions of the side sills to extend in a railcar width direction; bolster beams located at a railcar-longitudinal-direction inner side of the end beams to extend in the railcar width direction and respectively placed on bogies; center sills each located between the end beam and the bolster beam to extend in a railcar longitudinal direction; a plurality of cross beams located at a railcar-longitudinal-direction inner side of the bolster beams to extend in the railcar width direction; and a corrugated plate fixed to upper surfaces of the cross beams to be displaceable relative to the bolster beams in the railcar longitudinal direction. | 02-19-2015 |
20150096460 | RAILCAR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An end bodyshell of a railcar bodyshell includes: a pair of end posts provided at a width direction middle portion of the end bodyshell; corner posts respectively provided at both width direction end portions of the end bodyshell; an end plate to which upper portions of the end posts and upper portions of the corner posts are coupled; and an end-side end beam to which lower portions of the end posts and lower portions of the corner posts are coupled. The end-side end beam includes: a middle member connecting the end posts in the width direction; and two side members each connecting the end post and the corner post in the width direction. | 04-09-2015 |
20150144025 | Running Gear Frame for a Rail Vehicle - A running gear frame for a rail vehicle, comprising a frame body. The frame body comprises two longitudinal beams and a transverse beam unit providing a structural connection between the longitudinal beams, such that a substantially H-shaped configuration is formed. Each longitudinal beam has a free end section forming a primary suspension interface. Each longitudinal beam has a pivot interface section associated to the free end section and forming a pivot interface for a pivot arm. Each longitudinal beam has an angled section associated to the free end section, the angled section being arranged such that the free end section forms a pillar section. The pivot interface section is integrated into to the angled section and the frame body is formed as a monolithically cast component made of a grey cast iron material. | 05-28-2015 |
20150298712 | RAILCAR - A railcar includes an underframe and an energy absorber provided at the underframe. The underframe includes a first end beam, a second end beam, and a sliding center sill connecting the first end beam and the second end beam with each other. The sliding center sill includes a first beam member connected to the first end beam, a second beam member connected to the second end beam, and a coupling member coupling the first beam member to the second beam member. The first beam member slides relative to the second beam member when the coupling member breaks by application of an impact load higher than a predetermined load. The sliding center sill and the energy absorber are arranged in a region located between the first end beam and the second end beam. | 10-22-2015 |
20150329124 | ROLLING STOCK - Provided is a rolling stock having a car body formed by joining side structures to an underframe, end structures, and a roof structure, the side structures having lower portions inclined toward an inside of the car body, the rolling stock having a structure allowing lower end portions of side posts of the side structures and side beams of the underframe to be securely joined. Side beams | 11-19-2015 |
105414000 | Metallic | 6 |
20120090501 | System and apparatus for multi-modal transportation - A vehicle for multi-modal transportation includes a first frame and a second frame. Each frame includes beams spaced apart from and disposed substantially parallel to the frame's other beam. Each frame also includes a bogie connector that enables the frames to connect to bogies for transportation in a rail mode. The second frame is movable relative to the first frame between a full open position and a full closed position. A portion of the second frame's beams are concentrically nested in a portion of the first frame's beams to enable the second frame to move telescopically relative to the first frame between the full open position and the full closed position. The vehicle also includes an axle and wheels operatively secured to the first frame or the second frame for transportation in a highway mode. | 04-19-2012 |
20130319283 | SUPPORTING DEVICE FOR A RAIL VEHICLE FLOOR - A supporting device for a floor of a rail vehicle includes an elongate floor rail which is composed of a first metallic material and is divided into a plurality of longitudinal portions or sections, so as to form at least one joint. The floor rail is supported on a rail vehicle shell which is composed of a second metallic material. The floor rail is connected in the region of the joint to an intermediate profile which is provided for interconnecting the mutually adjoining longitudinal sections of the floor rail in a flexurally rigid fashion. A sliding fit or seat is formed between the longitudinal portions or sections of the floor rail and the intermediate profile. | 12-05-2013 |
105418000 | Longitudinal sills | 4 |
20100126375 | Center sill for railroad freight car - A center sill for inclusion in a center sill assembly of a railroad freight car. The center sill includes a first main structural member of metal plate bent to a three-sided shape including a bottom cover and a pair of side web portions, and a top cover plate fastened to the side web portions to form a box beam structure. Horizontal filler plates that may be of thicker material are fastened to the bottom cover portion at the ends. Stub sills may be attached to the ends of the center sill to form a center sill assembly for a freight car such as a hopper car. | 05-27-2010 |
20150291185 | SIDE BODYSHELL OF RAILCAR - A side bodyshell of a railcar includes: an outside plate including a window opening; horizontal frames arranged below the window opening and joined to the outside plate; and a vertical frame crossing the horizontal frames in a manner to pass over a pier panel, which is lateral to the window opening. The vertical frame includes: a first flange joined to the outside plate at the pier panel; and a second flange spaced apart from the outside plate below the first flange such that a step is formed between the first flange and the second flange, the second flange being joined to the horizontal frames. | 10-15-2015 |
20150307113 | Car body part - A car body part, in particular a car body part of a rail vehicle, includes an extruded part with at least one fastening portion which is suitable for fastening an item of equipment, and extends in the extrusion direction of the extruded part. The extruded part is locally weakened by mechanical reworking and the fastening portion is flexible as a result of local weakening and forms a flexible fastening portion. An assembly having the car body part and an item of equipment and a method for producing the assembly are also provided. | 10-29-2015 |
20160001794 | SOLEBAR FOR A RAILWAY VEHICLE - The present invention relates to a solebar for a railway vehicle having an elongate body that comprises a first leg and a second leg, wherein the first leg and second are configured to meet at a vertex and have an obtuse angle θ therebetween such that the solebar has an obtuse L-shaped cross-sectional profile. The solebar may be configured to be mounted as an underframe side member in a railway vehicle such that the first leg extends in a downwardly direction towards a floor supporting the railway vehicle and clears a lower sector loading gauge and the second leg inclines upwardly in a direction away from the railway vehicle and clears an upper sector loading gauge. The second leg may be configured to support an upper sidewall of the railway vehicle body such that the upper sidewall clears the upper sector of the loading gauge. The first leg may be configured to support a lower sidewall of the railway vehicle body such that the lower sidewall clears the lower sector of the loading gauge. Due to the configuration of the solebar and mounting arrangement of the upper sidewall and/or lower sidewall on the solebar the volumetric capacity of the hopper wagon body is increased. The present invention also relates to a railway vehicle comprising a first solebar arranged to form a first underframe side member with an obtuse L-shaped cross-sectional profile. The railway vehicle may further comprise a second solebar that is arranged to form a second underframe side member with an obtuse L-shaped cross-sectional profile and extends parallel to the first solebar. | 01-07-2016 |