Hybrid locomotive
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorMasahiko KANDA
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Abstract
A power conversion unit is unitized by accommodating an inverter, converter, and control equipment etc in a box-shaped enclosure having six faces. A storage battery unit is unitized by accommodating a storage battery and storage battery control equipment etc in a box-shaped enclosure having six faces. The driving control equipment of a driver's cab is accommodated in a box-shaped enclosure having six faces. A power generation unit is unitized by accommodating an engine, main generator and radiator etc in a box-shaped enclosure having six faces. The power conversion unit, storage battery unit, driver's cab and power generation unit are mounted on a car body under-frame.
Claims5
A hybrid locomotive comprising:
- a driver's cab from which the hybrid locomotive is controlled;
- a traction converter unit wherein power conversion device is accommodated in an enclosure;
- a power generation unit wherein power generation device and cooling equipment that cools said power generation device are accommodated in an enclosure;
- a storage battery unit wherein storage battery device is accommodated in an enclosure;
- and
- a car body under-frame that carries said driver's cab, said power conversion device, said power generation unit and said storage battery unit;
- wherein said car body under-frame has:
- a car body under-frame-side fixing unit whereby said driver's cab, said power conversion device, said power generation unit and said storage battery unit are connected and fixed;
- and
- a car body-side fixing unit whereby said driver's cab, said power conversion device, said power generation unit and said storage battery unit are connected and fixed with said car body under-frame.
A method of manufacturing a hybrid locomotive comprising:
- (1) a unitization step of manufacturing
- (a) a driver's cab from which a vehicle as a whole is controlled;
- (b) a traction converter unit wherein a converter and an inverter that perform power conversion, and control equipment for controlling said converter and said inverter are accommodated in an enclosure;
- (c) a power generation unit wherein an engine and a generator for generating electricity and a radiator for cooling said engine and said generator are accommodated in said enclosure;
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- (d) a storage battery unit wherein a plurality of storage batteries are accommodated in an enclosure;
- and
- (2) an assembly step of
- (e) mounting said driver's cab, said power conversion device, said power generation unit and said storage battery unit that are manufactured by said unitization step on a car body under-frame;
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- (f) connecting a fixing unit of said driver's cab, said power conversion device, said power generation unit and said storage battery unit with a fixing unit of said car body under-frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.