Unit storage device and railway vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10377394-B2
Application number	US-201415325007-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 11, 2014
Priority date	Jul 11, 2014
Publication date	Aug 13, 2019
Grant date	Aug 13, 2019

Abstract

An enclosure (10) has an inner space in which a rectangular parallelepiped shaped device unit (6) is storable, and has a side surface with an opening (20) for insertion of the device unit (6). A mounting frame (11) is a flat plate facing the opening (20) and disposed in the enclosure (10) on the opposite side of the enclosure (10) with respect in the opening (20). A guide unit includes a slide rail (12) extending from the mounting frame to the opening, and guides the device unit (6) between the opening (20) and the mounting frame (11) in a state in which the guide unit holds the device unit (6) in the Y-axis direction.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A unit storage device, comprising:
an enclosure having a space in which a device unit is storable and having a first wall with an insertion opening for insertion of the device unit and a second wall on a side opposite the first wall;
a mounting frame that is a flat plate facing the insertion opening and disposed in the enclosure on an opposite side of the enclosure with respect to the insertion opening and spaced from the second wall; and
a guide unit comprising a slide rail extending from the mounting frame to the insertion opening and configured to guide the device unit between the insertion opening and the mounting frame in a state in which the guide unit holds the device unit in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the slide rail,
wherein the mounting frame is fixed to the enclosure and supports a first end portion of the slide rail.

2. The unit storage device according to claim 1 , wherein
the mounting frame comprises an insertion port for insertion of the first end portion of the slide rail,
the mounting frame supports the first end portion of the slide rail in a state in which the first end portion thereof is inserted in the insertion port and the slide rail is spaced from a bottom surface of the enclosure, and
the slide rail supports a bottom surface of the device unit.

3. The unit storage device according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a support to support a second end portion of the slide rail, the second end portion not being inserted in the insertion port.

4. The unit storage device according to claim 3 , wherein
the support is a folded portion that is an edge portion of the insertion opening of the enclosure, the edge portion being folded toward the opposite side of the enclosure to form the folded portion.

5. The unit storage device according to claim 3 , wherein
the support allows a mounting position of the slide rail to be adjusted in the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the slide rail, and
the mounting frame comprises a plurality of the insertion ports in the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the slide rail.

6. The unit storage device according to claim 1 , wherein
the guide unit comprises a pair of the slide rails configured to hold the device unit therebetween in the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the pair of the slide rails.

7. The unit storage device according to claim 1 , wherein
the guide unit comprises the slide rail having opposite ends configured to hold the device unit therebetween in the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the slide rail.

8. A railway car comprising the unit storage device according to claim 1 .

9. The unit storage device according to claim 1 , wherein the device unit is rectangular parallelepiped shaped.

10. The unit storage device according to claim 1 , where the enclosure includes a rear opening in the second wall.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Electric Corp

Inventors

• Ikemoto Minoru

Classifications

• Y02T30/18

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• B65D90/12

  Supports · CPC title

• B61F99/00 Primary

  Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass · CPC title

• B61F1/08

  Details · CPC title

• B61C17/06

  Power storing devices · CPC title