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Electro-pneumatic braking control unit for a railway or tramway vehicle

US7357463B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 15, 2004
Grant dateApr 15, 2008
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Expiry dateApr 10, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S303/10
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An electro-pneumatic braking control unit for a railway or tramway vehicle including a multi-layer structure with a plurality of superimposed plates, and in particular, an upper plate carrying and/or integrating a plurality of pneumatic, electro-pneumatic or electric components and having a plurality of connecting through holes and associated coupling channels arranged in its lower face, and a lower plate which has through holes for connection with corresponding apertures and/or coupling channels of the upper plate as well as associated coupling channels arranged in its upper face. The multi-layer structure may further include an intermediate plate having a plurality of connection passages in positions predetermined in dependence on the circuit to be formed.

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