Car body for railway rolling stock and method of fabricating the car body
US4993329A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 6, 1989 |
| Grant date | Feb 19, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 6, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB61D17/045
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A car body of a railway rolling stock wherein the entire car body is divided into a plurality of blocks or modules which are subsequently combined and connected. The individual blocks or modules include a roof construction forming a roof of the car body, side constructions forming respective side walls of the car body, end constructions adapted to be disposed at respective longitudinal ends of the car body to form an end thereof, and an underframe for forming a lower surface of the body. The roof construction, the side constructions and at least one of the side constructions, an underframe are connected through connecting members in which a connected end is extended toward the roof construction, the side constructions or the side constructions and the underframe to be connected, with the entirety being integrally formed by extruded shaped alloy members and arranged to extend in a longitudinal direction of the car body.
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