US20040129169A1 - Rail vehicle, in particular lightweight motor car - Google Patents

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US20040129169A1
US20040129169A1 US10/717,658 US71765803A US2004129169A1 US 20040129169 A1 US20040129169 A1 US 20040129169A1 US 71765803 A US71765803 A US 71765803A US 2004129169 A1 US2004129169 A1 US 2004129169A1
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Hans Bolinth
Udo Bremekamp
Michael Kammler
Walter Lindermuth
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
    • B61D—BODY DETAILS OR KINDS OF RAILWAY VEHICLES
    • B61D15/00—Other railway vehicles, e.g. scaffold cars; Adaptations of vehicles for use on railways
    • B61D15/06—Buffer cars; Arrangements or construction of railway vehicles for protecting them in case of collisions
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
    • B61C—LOCOMOTIVES; MOTOR RAILCARS
    • B61C17/00—Arrangement or disposition of parts; Details or accessories not otherwise provided for; Use of control gear and control systems
    • B61C17/04—Arrangement or disposition of driving cabins, footplates or engine rooms; Ventilation thereof
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
    • B61D—BODY DETAILS OR KINDS OF RAILWAY VEHICLES
    • B61D17/00—Construction details of vehicle bodies
    • B61D17/04—Construction details of vehicle bodies with bodies of metal; with composite, e.g. metal and wood body structures
    • B61D17/06—End walls

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  • the invention generally relates to a rail vehicle.
  • a lightweight motor car with a vehicle head which contains a driver's cab, and a car body with a passenger compartment.
  • An embodiment of the invention is based on an object of designing a rail vehicle in such a way that the previously mentioned requirements relating to a collision can be fulfilled even when a vehicle head, which is manufactured in particular from plastic or even from metal, is used. Further, at the same time a high degree of flexibility may be achieved in terms of the design of the vehicle.
  • An object may be achieved according to an embodiment of the invention by virtue of the fact that the vehicle head is embodied as a self-supporting unit and shock absorbing elements which operate in a telescopic fashion and which absorb the energy which occurs during a collision are arranged underneath this vehicle head.
  • Advantages which can be achieved by an embodiment of the invention can include obtaining a short deformation travel accompanied by a uniform force profile and a controllable force profile over the travel. This can be done, for example, by using shock absorbing elements which operate in a telescopic fashion, wherein it is possible to integrate a reversible step and a nonreversible step.
  • the vehicle which is equipped with the shock absorbing elements which operate in a telescopic fashion has a high degree of stability with respect to side forces because these shock absorbing elements can be subjected to higher stresses in the lateral direction than known box-shaped crushable elements within a vehicle structure.
  • An integrated, premounted and pretested vehicle head can also advantageously be used.
  • the vehicle head can be of a flexible design.
  • shock absorbing elements which operate in a telescopic fashion and take up relatively little space.
  • the drawing shows the head part of a rail vehicle in a side view.
  • the rail vehicle has a vehicle head 3 a which contains a driver's cab, and a car body 2 .
  • the car body is configured in particular for conveying passengers and has, as is customary, an underframe, side walls and a roof.
  • the vehicle head 3 a which is associated with the supporting structure of the car body, is embodied as a self-supporting unit.
  • the vehicle head 3 a is equipped, as a mechanically premounted and electrically pretested assembly, with corresponding components, for example driver's seat 3 c , driver's console.
  • the vehicle head 3 a can have a driver outer door 3 b.
  • Shock absorbing elements 1 a , 1 b which engage one in the other in a telescopic fashion and which are connected to the car body 2 approximately at the level of the underframe or buffer, are arranged underneath this vehicle head 3 a . It is recommended to cover the shock absorbing elements 1 a , 1 b using a front panel 4 .
  • the shock absorbing elements may have a reversible step 1 a and/or a nonreversible step 1 b .
  • the reversible step 1 a of the hydraulically operated shock absorbing element is configured in such a way that the energy occurring during the collision at up to 8 km/h which is described at the beginning is absorbed solely by way of this step 1 a .
  • no permanent deformations of the vehicle head 3 a occur.
  • the nonreversible second step 1 b of the shock absorbing element is stressed. Although a permanent deformation of the vehicle head 3 a occurs here, a sufficiently large survival space for the driver remains.
  • a collision with other rail vehicles therefore acts directly on the shock absorbing elements 1 a , 1 b , and the vehicle head 3 a is involved only to a slight degree.
  • either the impact surface of the shock absorbing elements 1 a , 1 b can be increased in the upward direction or a mechanical connection for force to be applied by the head structure to the shock absorbing elements 1 a , 1 b can be provided between the structure of the vehicle head 3 a and the shock absorbing elements 1 a , 1 b.

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  • Body Structure For Vehicles (AREA)
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DE10254440A DE10254440A1 (de) 2002-11-21 2002-11-21 Schienenfahrzeug, insbesondere Leichttriebwagen
DE10254440.9 2002-11-21

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EP (1) EP1422118B1 (de)
AT (1) ATE388067T1 (de)
CA (1) CA2449904A1 (de)
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US413423A (en) * 1889-10-22 Oak buffer
US2012260A (en) * 1931-06-13 1935-08-27 Michelin & Cie Rail vehicle
US3847426A (en) * 1971-09-17 1974-11-12 F Mcgettigan Frangible buffer apparatus for vehicles
US3934912A (en) * 1973-07-23 1976-01-27 Nissan Motor Company Limited Vehicle energy-absorbing system with adjustable absorption capacity
US5810427A (en) * 1996-03-18 1998-09-22 Hartmann; Albrecht Motor vehicle
US6158356A (en) * 1997-02-10 2000-12-12 Gec Alsthom Transport Sa Energy absorber device having a parallelepiped shape for absorbing impacts to a vehicle
US6619491B2 (en) * 1999-03-12 2003-09-16 Thomas S. Payne Collision attenuator
US6561105B2 (en) * 2000-12-18 2003-05-13 Alstom Rail vehicle having a driver's cab provided with an energy-absorbing structure adapted to cope with a collision above the frame of the vehicle

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JP2007302081A (ja) * 2006-05-10 2007-11-22 Hitachi Ltd 輸送機器におけるエネルギー吸収構造
US20070283843A1 (en) * 2006-05-10 2007-12-13 Takeshi Kawasaki Transportation machine with energy absorbing structure
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ES2299659T3 (es) 2008-06-01
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