Height-adjustable step platform for a rail vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10099708-B2
Application number	US-201515300383-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 19, 2015
Priority date	Apr 1, 2014
Publication date	Oct 16, 2018
Grant date	Oct 16, 2018

Abstract

A passenger rail vehicle includes at least one linearly movable step platform which is disposed in a boarding region of the rail vehicle and is used to bridge a gap in the horizontal direction between the boarding region of the rail vehicle and a station platform. The step platform includes a front section which forms part of a step surface of the step platform. The front section is mounted about a horizontal axis so that it can pivot on the step platform to form a ramp between a remaining step surface of the step platform and the station platform.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A rail vehicle for passenger transport, the rail vehicle comprising:
a boarding region of the rail vehicle;
at least one step platform being linearly displaceable and being disposed in said boarding region of the rail vehicle;
said at least one step platform serving to bridge a gap in a horizontal direction between said boarding region of the rail vehicle and a station platform;
said at least one step platform including a step surface, a remaining step surface and a front section forming part of said step surface;
said at least one step platform having a step-shaped recess formed in a vicinity of said front section for receiving said front section; and
said front section being rotatably mounted in said step-shaped recess and being pivotably mounted on said at least one step platform about a horizontal axis to form a ramp between said remaining step surface and the station platform.

2. The rail vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein said step platform is displaceable in a horizontal direction.

3. The rail vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein said horizontal axis, about which said front section is rotatably mounted, runs parallel to a longitudinal axis of the rail vehicle.

4. The rail vehicle according to claim 1 , which further comprises a drive for adjusting an angle of inclination of said front section.

5. The rail vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein said front section has an upper surface being pivotable to a vertical height of the station platform.

Assignees

• Siemens Ag

Inventors

• Krueger Axel

Classifications

• B61D23/02 Primary

  Folding steps for railway vehicles {, e.g. hand or mechanically actuated} · CPC title

• B61D23/025 Primary

  electrically or fluid actuated · CPC title