Method for manufacturing a driving cabin of a railway vehicle, more particularly for a tramway

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10328952-B2
Application number	US-201615057282-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 1, 2016
Priority date	Mar 3, 2015
Publication date	Jun 25, 2019
Grant date	Jun 25, 2019

Abstract

The manufacturing method includes a step for manufacturing a structural frame, defining an area intended to house driving equipment, said structural frame including two side walls on either side each having at least one side opening, a step for assembling two side windows, each covering a respective one of the side openings, and, prior to said assembly step, a step for producing two side window supports, each assembled with a respective one of the side walls, each side window being attached on a respective one of the side supports during the assembly step.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for a driving cabin of a railway vehicle, including:
a step for manufacturing a structural frame, defining an area designed to house driving equipment, said structural frame including two side walls on either side each having at least one side opening,
a step for assembling two side windows, each covering a respective one of the side openings,
wherein:
the manufacturing method includes, prior to said assembly step, a step for producing two side window supports, each assembled with a respective one of the side walls, each side window being attached on a respective one of the side supports during the assembly step,
the step for manufacturing the structural frame is done by molding using a primary mold,
the step for producing the side supports is done by co-molding with the structural frame, adding side mold extensions on the primary mold, and
wherein the manufacturing method includes a step for choosing mold extensions from among a plurality of mold extensions with different dimensions, based on the desired dimensions for the side supports.

2. The manufacturing method according to claim 1 , wherein the assembly step includes gluing each window on a respective one of the side window supports.

3. The manufacturing method according to claim 1 , wherein the railway vehicle is a tramway.

4. The manufacturing method according to claim 1 , including a step for trimming the driving cabin, during which the structural frame provided with the side supports is covered by a fairing, having a predetermined maximum dimension in a transverse direction in which the side walls are spaced apart from one another, the dimensions of the side supports in said transverse direction being chosen as a function of said maximum dimension of the fairing.

Assignees

• Alstom Transp Tech

Inventors

• Labasque Damien
• Metayer Bernard
• Leber Yohan
• Latry Patrick

Classifications

• B61D25/00

  Window arrangements peculiar to rail vehicles (vehicle window arrangements in general B60J; cleaning vehicle windows B60S; heating arrangements specially adapted for transparent or reflecting areas H05B3/84) · CPC title

• B61D17/06

  End walls · CPC title

• B61C17/04 Primary

  Arrangement or disposition of driving cabins, footplates or engine rooms; Ventilation thereof (driving cabins and accessories B61D) · CPC title

• B61D13/00 Primary

  Tramway vehicles · CPC title