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US 2015/0090152 A1Published application
Railcar bodyshell and railcar including same
AssigneeKawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsToshiyuki Hirashima, Heishou Ko
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Abstract
The present invention includes: an outside plate; first frames each including a first head portion; and second frames each including a second head portion and arranged perpendicular to the first frames. At each of portions where the first frames and the second frames intersect with each other, the second head portion is arranged on the first head portion so as to overlap the first head portion.
Claims8
A railcar bodyshell comprising:
- an outside plate;
- first frames arranged at an inner surface of the outside plate and each including
- a plate-shaped head portion having a surface spaced apart from and substantially parallel to the outside plate,
- a pair of first leg portions extending from the first head portion in a direction substantially parallel to the first head portion, and
- first flanges respectively, continuously formed from the first leg portions and extending substantially parallel to the first head portion;
- and
- second frames arranged perpendicular to the first frames and each including
- a plate-shaped head portion having a surface spaced apart from and substantially parallel to the outside plate, and
- opening portions respectively formed at the second head portion and respectively located above the first flanges, wherein:
- at each of portions where the first frames and the second frames intersect with each other, the second head portion overlaps the first head portion;
- and
- the first flanges of the first frames and the outside plate are joined directly to each other at the opening portions of the second frames.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.