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US 8,707,872 B2Granted
Railway vehicle
AssigneeNippon Sharyo, Ltd.
InventorsMasaru Kuroda, Koji Nakao, Kentaro Hayashi, Takashi Ishizuka
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AssigneeNippon Sharyo, Ltd.
InventorsMasaru Kuroda, Koji Nakao, Kentaro Hayashi, Takashi Ishizuka
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Provided is a railway vehicle having a configuration which can sufficiently protect the cabin even when large external force is applied to the end structures thereof. The vehicle body of the railway vehicle is formed by joining an underframe 20, side structures 30, end structures 50, and a roof structure 60 together. An upper reinforcement beam 56 in the railroad tie direction is disposed at the upper portion of the end structure. A plurality of post reinforcement members are disposed in the vertical direction so as to stand on an end beam 26 of the underframe. The post reinforcement members and the upper reinforcement beam are respectively connected by an end post in the vertical direction disposed at an intermediate portion in the end structure width direction and corner posts 54 in the vertical direction disposed at both end portions in the end structure width direction. The respective post reinforcement members are inserted from the front side into the end post and the corner posts through openings 53a, 54a disposed on the vehicle body inner sides of the end post and the corner posts, and then the end structure is moved in a horizontal direction so as to be assembled.
A railway vehicle which is configured by joining an underframe, side structures, end structures, and a roof structure, so as to form a vehicle body, wherein an upper reinforcement beam in a railroad tie direction is disposed at an upper portion of the end structure, wherein a plurality of post reinforcement members are disposed in a vertical direction so as to stand on an end beam of the underframe, and wherein the post reinforcement members and the upper reinforcement beam are respectively connected by an end post in the vertical direction disposed at an intermediate portion in an end structure width direction and corner posts in the vertical direction disposed at respective end portions in the end structure width direction, the corner posts extending between and being connected to the upper reinforcement beam and the end beam of the underframe.
A railway vehicle comprising:
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