Railway vehicle and head vehicle barrier-removing device thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9889864-B2
Application number	US-201515325533-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 5, 2015
Priority date	Dec 15, 2014
Publication date	Feb 13, 2018
Grant date	Feb 13, 2018

Abstract

A railway vehicle and a head car cowcatcher thereof are provided. The head car cowcatcher includes a flow guiding plate; a front-end frame mounted at a front end of an inner side surface of the flow guiding plate; and longitudinal sills mounted at two sides of the inner side surface of the flow guiding plate. Two ends of the front-end frame are respectively connected to the longitudinal sills located at the two sides. The rigidity of a connecting part of the longitudinal sills and the front-end frame is smaller than the rigidities of any parts of the longitudinal sills and the front-end frame. When obstructions are cleared or a train collision occurs, the connecting part of the front-end frame and each of the longitudinal sills would be largely deformed if the impact force the cowcatcher bears is beyond the maximum load the cowcatcher can bear.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A head car cowcatcher of a rail vehicle, comprising:
a flow guiding plate;
a front-end frame mounted at a front end of an inner side surface of the flow guiding plate; and
longitudinal sills mounted to the inner side surface and located at two sides of the flow guiding plate respectively;
wherein
two ends of the front-end frame are connected to the longitudinal sills located at the two sides, respectively, and a rigidity of a connecting part of each of the longitudinal sills and the front-end frame is smaller than a rigidity of any parts of the longitudinal sills and the front-end frame, wherein the front-end frame and the longitudinal sills are formed by assembly welding of plates, and a thickness of the plates for the connecting part is smaller than a thickness of the plates for any parts of the longitudinal sills and the front-end frame.

2. The head car cowcatcher according to claim 1 , wherein a transverse size of the plates for the connecting part is smaller than a transverse size of the plates for any parts of the longitudinal sills and the front-end frame.

3. The head car cowcatcher according to claim 2 , wherein the flow guiding plate is arranged in a V shape, and the front-end frame is in a sector shape and is welded to a top surface of the flow guiding plate.

4. The head car cowcatcher according to claim 1 , wherein the connecting part of each longitudinal sill and the front-end frame is made of a material with a rigidity smaller than rigidities of materials of the longitudinal sills and the front-end frame.

5. The head car cowcatcher according to claim 4 , wherein the flow guiding plate is arranged in a V shape, and the front-end frame is in a sector shape and is welded to a top surface of the flow guiding plate.

6. The head car cowcatcher according to claim 1 , wherein a through hole is opened in a front end of each of the longitudinal sills to allow the front end of each of the longitudinal sills to be connected to the front-end frame to form the connecting part.

7. The head car cowcatcher according to claim 6 , wherein the flow guiding plate is arranged in a V shape, and the front-end frame is in a sector shape and is welded to a top surface of the flow guiding plate.

8. The head car cowcatcher according to claim 1 , wherein the flow guiding plate is arranged in a V shape, and the front-end frame is in a sector shape and is welded to a top surface of the flow guiding plate.

9. The head car cowcatcher according to claim 8 , wherein an obstruction removing plate is connected to a front end of the flow guiding plate, and obstruction removing rubbers are connected to two sides of the flow guiding plate respectively.

10. The head car cowcatcher according to claim 8 , wherein a cross beam is connected to rear ends of the longitudinal sills, and the cross beam is provided with a first connecting hole for the connection to a body of a head car.

11. The head car cowcatcher according to claim 10 , wherein a connection hanger bracket is provided at a top surface of each of the longitudinal sills, and the connection hanger bracket is provided with a second connecting hole for connection to an underframe of the head car.

12. A rail vehicle, comprising the head car cowcatcher according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Crrc Qingdao Sifang Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yu Yangyang
• Ma Guanglei
• Tian Aiqin
• Zhao Shizhong
• Ding Sansan
• Chen Wenbin
• Che Quanwei

Classifications

• B61D15/06

  Buffer cars; Arrangements or construction of railway vehicles for protecting them in case of collisions (buffers B61G11/00) · CPC title

• B61F19/06 Primary

  Nets, catchers, or the like for catching obstacles or removing them from the track (mailbag catchers B61K1/02) · CPC title

• B61F19/04

  Bumpers or like collision guards · CPC title