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US 12,539,894 B2Granted
Frame structure for vehicle
AssigneeALSTOM Holdings
InventorsStéphane Roll, Bernard Tritz, Joël Samain, Jérémy Keersbulik
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Abstract
A floor structure for a railway vehicle includes a composite panel. The panel includes a lower metal plate, an upper metal plate, and a layer of thermal insulating material arranged between the lower and upper metal plates. The layer of thermal insulating material includes a plate of wood or bark.
Claims8
An assembly comprising:
- a floor structure for a vehicle, wherein the floor structure comprises a composite panel having a substantially rectangular outline;
- and
- two substantially straight bearers extending in the longitudinal direction, each of said two substantially straight bearers being joined to the outer edge of a profile of the metal frame,
- wherein the floor structure comprises:
- a lower metal plate;
- an upper metal plate;
- and
- a layer of thermal insulating material arranged between the lower and upper metal plates, the layer of thermal insulating material comprising a panel of wood or bark;
- and
- a metal frame extending on said substantially rectangular outline, wherein the metal frame is made of aluminum or steel,
- wherein the upper metal plate is aluminum, and the lower metal plate is steel.
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An assembly comprising:
- a floor structure for a vehicle, wherein the floor structure comprises a composite panel having a substantially rectangular outline;
- and
- two substantially straight bearers extending in the longitudinal direction, each of said two substantially straight bearers being joined to the outer edge of a profile of the metal frame,
- wherein the floor structure comprises:
- a lower metal plate;
- an upper metal plate;
- a layer of thermal insulating material arranged between the lower and upper metal plates, the layer of thermal insulating material comprising a panel of wood or bark;
- and
- a metal frame extending on said substantially rectangular outline,
- wherein the upper metal plate is aluminum, and the lower metal plate is steel,
- wherein the composite panel has an elongated shape according to a longitudinal direction, the floor structure further comprising rails assembled to the lower metal plate, each rail extending according to the longitudinal direction and presenting a groove facing away from said metal plate, and
- wherein the metal frame presents two substantially rectangular profiles extending according to the longitudinal direction, each of the profiles comprising an inner edge connected to the composite panel and an outer edge provided with means for connecting the railway vehicle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.