Gap bridging system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12043294-B2
Application number	US-201816612233-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 7, 2018
Priority date	May 11, 2017
Publication date	Jul 23, 2024
Grant date	Jul 23, 2024

Abstract

A gap bridging system for a rail vehicle, for bridging the gap between the floor of a passenger compartment and a station platform, includes a component support and a step plate which is mounted with respect to the component carrier by a slide mounting such that it can slide, the slide mounting includes a rolling bearing linear guide and two sliding bearing linear guides.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A gap bridging system of a rail vehicle for bridging a gap between a passenger compartment floor and a platform, comprising:
a component carrier; and
a step plate which is mounted with respect to the component carrier by a slide mounting such that said step plate is slidable within the rail vehicle;
wherein the slide mounting includes a rolling bearing linear guide and two sliding bearing linear guides;
wherein the rolling bearing linear guide comprises a fixed bearing, which transmits forces between the step plate and the component carrier in each spatial direction oriented at right angles to the movement direction of the step plate; and
wherein the sliding bearing linear guides comprise floating bearings.

2. The gap bridging system for a rail vehicle as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the sliding bearing linear guides are arranged on outer ends of the step plate in a direction of movement of the step plate and the rolling bearing linear guide is arranged centrally between the sliding bearing linear guides.

Assignees

• Siemens Mobility Austria Gmbh

Inventors

• Kronabeter Martin
• Eder Florian

Classifications

• B61D23/00 Primary

  Construction of steps for railway vehicles (ladders in general E06C) · CPC title

• B61D23/025 Primary

  electrically or fluid actuated · CPC title