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US 6,938,553 B2Granted
Battery box for railway vehicle
AssigneeKawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHisataka Tamaki, Naohiro Hiraoka
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Abstract
A receiving connector 6A and upper and lower guide sockets 7 are mounted on an attachment 9, and the attachment 9 is mounted on a casing 3A by way of a bolt member 16 so that positioning of the attachment 9 is adjustable. Guide rails 5A guide wheels 4 of the movable tray 1 having a connector 6B. Upper and lower guide pins 8 are respectively inserted into the upper and lower guide sockets 7 to be guided. Thereby, the attachment 9 is moved and connectors 6A and 6B are smoothly connected to each other while being aligned.
Claims5
A battery box for a railway vehicle comprising:
- a casing mounted on a car body of the railway vehicle;
- a lid member configured to open and close an opening of the casing;
- a movable tray equipped with a battery and stored within the battery box, the movable tray being capable of being pulled out through the opening;
- a connector provided on the movable tray;
- a battery wire configured to electrically connect the connector to the battery;
- a receiving connector provided on the casing, the connector being separably connected to the receiving connector;
- a wire provided within the casing and configured to electrically connect the receiving connector to a wire provided in the car body and located outside the casing;
- a guide means configured to guide the movable tray to cause the connector to be connected to the receiving connector;
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- an aligning means provided on the movable tray and the casing and configured to align the connector and the receiving connector when the movable tray is stored in the casing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.