Rail vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12330694-B2
Application number	US-202017762812-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 29, 2020
Priority date	Sep 29, 2020
Publication date	Jun 17, 2025
Grant date	Jun 17, 2025

Abstract

A rail vehicle includes a roof structure, a side structure, a gable end structure, and an underframe. The underframe is configured from a hollow shaped member that includes a first upper side face plate arranged at a central portion in a widthwise direction of the underframe, a first lower side face plate arranged at the central portion, a second upper side face plate arranged at an end portion and positioned below the first upper side face plate, a second lower side face plate arranged at the end portion and positioned below the first lower side face plate, a third upper side face plate that connects the first upper side face plate and the second upper side face plate to each other, and a third lower side face plate that connects the first lower side face plate and the second lower side face plate to each other.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A rail vehicle, comprising:
a roof structure that configures an upper face;
a side structure that configures a side face;
a gable end structure that configures an end face in a longitudinal direction;
an underframe that configures a lower face, wherein
the underframe is configured from a hollow shaped member formed from two face plates and a rib that connects the face plates to each other,
the hollow member that configures the underframe includes a first upper side face plate arranged at a central portion in a widthwise direction of the underframe, a first lower side face plate arranged at the central portion in the widthwise direction of the underframe, a second upper side face plate arranged at an end portion in the widthwise direction of the underframe and positioned below the first upper side face plate, a second lower side face plate arranged at the end portion in the widthwise direction of the underframe and positioned below the first lower side face plate, a third upper side face plate that connects the first upper side face plate and the second upper side face plate to each other, and a third lower side face plate that connects the first lower side face plate and the second lower side face plate to each other, and
a space is provided below the first lower side face plate, and a closing plate that connects adjacent end portions of a pair of the second lower side face plates to each other is arranged in the space;
a floor board supported so as to extend along a substantially horizontal plane by a floor board support provided on the first upper side face plate and the second upper side face plate and/or by a floor board holder provided on the inner side of the side structure above the first upper side face plate, the second upper side face plate, and the third upper side face plate;
an air conditioner arranged below the first lower side face plate, the second lower side face plate, and the third lower side face plate;
a supply air space and a return air space configured from spaces surrounded by the second upper side face plate, the third upper side face plate, the floor board, the floor board support, and a face on the vehicle inner side of the side structure and extending in a longitudinal direction of the underframe, wherein
an opening provided in and extending in an upward and downward direction through the hollow shaped member that configures the end portion in the widthwise direction of the underframe is positioned above the air conditioner, and
supply air to be carried from the air conditioner to an inside of the vehicle through the opening passes through an inside of the supply air space and return air to be carried from the inside of the vehicle to the air conditioner passes through an inside of the return air space; and
an exhaust air duct arranged in an inside of a space surrounded by the first lower side face plate, the third lower side face plate, and the closing plate and extending in the longitudinal direction of the underframe.

2. The rail vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the supply air space is arranged rather near to the end portion in the widthwise direction of the underframe than the return air space,
gaps are formed in the floor board above the supply air space and the return air space,
the gap in the floor board above the supply air space is provided in a proximity of the vehicle inner side of the side structure, and
the gap in the floor board above the return air space is provided below a plurality of seats arranged in the inside of the vehicle.

3. The rail vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
thermal insulation coating material is applied to upper faces of the second upper side face plate and the third upper side face plate.

4. The rail vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein
the floor board and the floor board support are configured from a material having a thermal insulation property.

5. The rail vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a supply air duct arranged in the inside of the supply air space and extending in the longitudinal direction of the underframe; and
a return air duct arranged in the inside of the return air space and extending in the longitudinal direction of the underframe, wherein
supply air to be carried from the air conditioner to the inside of the vehicle passes through an inside of the supply air duct and return air to be carried from the inside of the vehicle to the air conditioner passes through an inside of the return air duct.

6. The rail vehicle according to claim 5 , wherein
the supply air duct is arranged rather near to the end portion in the widthwise direction of the underframe than the return air duct,
gaps are formed in the floor board above the supply air duct and the return air duct,
one of the gaps in the floor board above the supply air duct is provided in a proximity of the vehicle inner side of the side structure, and
another one of the gaps in the floor board above the return air duct is provided below a plurality of seats arranged in the inside of the vehicle.

7. The rail vehicle according to claim 6 , further comprising:
an exhaust air duct arranged in an inside of a space surrounded by the first lower side face plate, the third lower side face plate, and the closing plate and extending in the longitudinal direction of the underframe.

Assignees

• Hitachi Ltd

Inventors

• Nakamura Hideyuki
• Iwasaki Mitsuo
• Miyanaga Takashi
• YOSHIMURA Kimiyasu
• Nagarekawa Hiromitsu
• Kinoshita Shinji

Classifications

• B61F1/14

  Attaching or supporting vehicle body-structure · CPC title

• B61D17/10

  Floors · CPC title

• B61F1/12

  Cross bearers · CPC title

• Y02T30/00

  Transportation of goods or passengers via railways, e.g. energy recovery or reducing air resistance · CPC title

• B61D33/0057

  characterised by their mounting in vehicles (B61D33/0028 and B61D33/0092 take precedence) · CPC title