Assembly device for a side wall cladding element of a rail vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9908537-B2
Application number	US-201414780621-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 28, 2014
Priority date	Mar 28, 2013
Publication date	Mar 6, 2018
Grant date	Mar 6, 2018

Abstract

A rail vehicle includes a side wall cladding element having at least one hook for hooking the side wall cladding element into a guide for securing purposes. The guide is connected in turn to a framework of the rail vehicle.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A rail vehicle, comprising:
a rail vehicle framework;
a guide connected to said framework;
at least one side wall cladding element; and
at least one hook disposed on said at least one side wall cladding element for fastening said at least one side wall cladding element by hooking said at least one side wall cladding element into said guide;
said guide being constructed as a rail for free positioning of said at least one side wall cladding element along said guide.

2. The rail vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one hook has a nose spaced apart from said at least one side wall cladding element to hook-in said guide between said nose and said at least one side wall cladding element.

3. The rail vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one hook is disposed at a lower end of said at least one side wall cladding element.

4. The rail vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one hook is open toward the bottom.

5. The rail vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one side wall cladding element has first sections of a hook and loop fastener to be attached to second sections of said hook and loop fastener connected to said framework, for fastening of said at least one side wall cladding element.

6. The rail vehicle according to claim 1 , which further comprises an interior with a floor, said floor being curved upward in a vicinity of said at least one side wall cladding element and said floor having an edge at which said guide) is disposed in a vicinity of said side wall cladding element for hooking-in said at least one hook.

7. The rail vehicle according to claim 6 , wherein said floor has a seal in a vicinity of said at least one side wall cladding element, said seal being disposed between said floor and said at least one side wall cladding element and being prestressed sealingly against said side wall cladding element.

8. The rail vehicle according to claim 1 , which further comprises:
a first holder connected to said framework;
said at least one side wall cladding element having a first profiled rail for free positioning of said first holder along said first profiled rail; and
said first holder being configured in a complementary manner with respect to said first profiled rail, for fastening of said first holder to said at least one side wall cladding element.

9. The rail vehicle according to claim 8 , wherein said first profiled rail is disposed at an upper end of said at least one side wall cladding element.

Assignees

• Siemens Ag

Inventors

• Kehl Tobias

Classifications

• B61D17/18 Primary

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• B61D1/00

  Carriages for ordinary railway passenger traffic (mine cars B61D11/00; tramcars B61D13/00) · 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