Monorail vehicle with interior shells arrangement

US10717449B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Bombardier Transportation GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Peter Edward Timan · Sydenham, CA
• Hans Peter Trotsch · Pittsburgh, US
• Martin Z. Bazant · Blatten, CH
• Daniel Martinez-Anon-Perez · Etxebarri, ES
• Alexander Bauer · Rosenheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 22, 2017
• Grant date: Jul 21, 2020
• Expiry date: Aug 18, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T10/72
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A monorail vehicle includes a chassis supporting a vehicle body that includes a passenger floor, a first side wall, and a second side wall and first and second propulsion systems. Each propulsion system includes an electric motor and a drive wheel coupled to a rotor of the electric motor. Each electric motor and the drive wheel coupled to the rotor of the electric motor are positioned on both sides of an imaginary plane extension of the passenger floor. First and second shells cover portions of the first and second propulsion system. The first shell is positioned proximate to the first side wall and defines a first space between the second side wall. The second shell is positioned proximate to the second side wall and defines a second space between the first side wall.