Interior equipment installation structure for railcar

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9238469-B2
Application number	US-201113994432-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 9, 2011
Priority date	Dec 14, 2010
Publication date	Jan 19, 2016
Grant date	Jan 19, 2016

Abstract

In the interior equipment installation structure for a railcar according to the present invention, a first installation member is mounted to a roof body shell along the car longitudinal direction or the car width direction. Second installation members are attached to the first installation member using mechanical fastening tools such as bolts with the positions of the second installation members adjusted in the up-down direction of the car. The second installation members are used for installing lighting appliances such as fluorescent lights, each has a size corresponding to each of the lighting appliances, and are continuously installed. There are portions in which plate members are overlapped with each other between respective adjacent ones of the second installation members, and hand strap receivers are installed in these portions.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An interior equipment installation structure for a railcar comprising:
a first installation member capable of being mounted to a roof body shell of a railcar; the first installation member having one end extending in the horizontal direction and the other end extending in the vertical direction, the other end having through holes extending in an up-down direction; and
at least two adjacent second installation members each including a horizontal portion capable of installing car interior equipment therein and vertical portions provided at respective long side ends of the horizontal portion and attached to the first installation member with first fixing tools passing through the through holes so that the positions of the vertical portions can be adjusted in the up-down direction, wherein
the first installation member has first brackets and a second bracket,
the second bracket is longer in the longitudinal direction than each of the first brackets, and
the first brackets and the second bracket support the vertical portions of the second installation members.

2. The interior equipment installation structure for a railcar according to claim 1 , wherein
the second installation members are fixed to the first installation member with the first fixing tools after the positions of the second installation members in the up-down direction are adjusted.

3. The interior equipment installation structure for a railcar according to claim 1 , wherein
the second installation members are continuously arranged along the longitudinal direction of the second installation members, and
adjacent ones of the second installation members are connected to each other by the first installation member.

4. The interior equipment installation structure for a railcar according to claim 3 , wherein
each of the second installation members has a bent portion, the bent portion being bent outward and extending in the longitudinal direction of the second installation members, at one of short side ends of each of the vertical portions, and an insertion portion extending in the longitudinal direction of the vertical portions at the other short side end thereof,
a space is formed between the bent portion and a corresponding one of the vertical portions, and
the insertion portion formed on one of adjacent ones of the second installation members is inserted into the space formed at the other one of the second installation members and connected thereto.

5. The interior equipment installation structure for a railcar according to claim 4 , further comprising inner members to be attached to the respective short side ends of each of the second installation members, wherein
each of the second installation members has bent insertion portions, the bent insertion portion being bent upward and extending in the longitudinal direction of the second installation members, at one of short side ends of the horizontal portion, and an extending portion extending in the longitudinal direction of the second installation members at the other short side end thereof,
one of the inner members has inner member bent portions, the inner member bent portions being bent upward and extending in the longitudinal direction of the second installation members, at one side thereof,
a gap is formed between each of the inner member bent portions and the extending portion, and
each of the bent insertion portions formed on one of adjacent ones of the second installation members is inserted into the gap formed at the other one of the second installation members and connected thereto.

6. The interior equipment installation structure for a railcar according to claim 3 , further comprising inner members to be attached to the respective short side ends of each of the second installation members, wherein
each of the second installation members has bent insertion portions, the bent insertion portion being bent upward and extending in the longitudinal direction of the second installation members, at one of short side ends of the horizontal portion, and an extending portion extending in the longitudinal direction of the second installation members at the other short side end thereof,
one of the inner members has inner member bent portions, the inner member bent portions being bent upward and extending in the longitudinal direction of the second installation members, at one side thereof,
a gap is formed between each of the inner member bent portions and the extending portion, and
each of the bent insertion portions formed on one of adjacent ones of the second installation members is inserted into the gap formed at the other one of the second installation members and connected thereto.

7. The interior equipment installation structure for a railcar according to claim 6 , wherein each of the inner member bent portions has a distal end being inclined so as to guide the insertion of a corresponding one of the bent insertion portions.

8. The interior equipment installation structure for a railcar according to claim 6 , wherein
the horizontal portion of each of the second installation members corresponds to the length of a lighting appliance and is capable of installing the lighting appliance therein, and
a hand strap receiver can be installed between adjacent ones of the second installation members as well as in an overlapped portion between the inner members and the second installation members.

9. The interior equipment installation structure for a railcar according to claim 1 , wherein the first installation member and the second installation members are press-formed articles manufactured by press-forming metal plate materials.

10. The interior equipment installation structure for a railcar according to claim 9 , wherein each of the second installation members has a plurality of interior equipment installation surfaces, and is capable of installing a plurality of types of car interior equipment therein.

Assignees

• Mitani Yuichirou
• Azuma Takashi
• Kawasaki Heavy Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Mitani Yuichirou
• Azuma Takashi

Classifications

• B60Q3/025

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B61D17/12 Primary

  Roofs (movable or foldable roofs, covers or tarpaulins B61D39/00) · CPC title

• B61D27/00

  Heating, cooling, ventilating, or air-conditioning {(heating, cooling or ventilating devices for vehicles in general B60H1/00; devices for moistening air in vehicles B60H3/02; devices for filtering air in vehicles B60H3/06)} · CPC title

• B61D17/00 Primary

  Construction details of vehicle bodies (for tank wagons B61D5/00; for hopper cars B61D7/00; body details specially adapted for tipping wagons B61D9/06; for mine cars B61D11/00) · CPC title

• B60Q3/43

  General lighting · CPC title