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US 10,071,754 B2Granted
Railcar with buffer
AssigneeKawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHiroyuki Hirata, Ryosuke Ashida
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Abstract
A railcar according to the present disclosure includes a buffer installed in an end portion of each of coupled cars, and urging each other in a car longitudinal direction, the buffer having a stem movable in the car longitudinal direction and a spring urging the stem, an underframe internally enclosing part of the buffer and including an opening on a top plate of the underframe, and a compression mechanism forcibly compressing the spring to move the stem, part of the compression mechanism being freely brought into and out of the opening.
Claims6
A railcar comprising:
- a buffer installed in an end portion of each of coupled cars, and urging each other in a car longitudinal direction, the buffer having a stem movable in the car longitudinal direction and a spring urging the stem;
- an underframe internally enclosing part of the buffer and including an opening on a top plate of the underframe;
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- a compression mechanism forcibly compressing the spring to move the stem, part of the compression mechanism being freely brought into and out of the opening.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.