Positioning and/or holding a plurality of line sections of electric lines along a drive way of a vehicle
AssigneeBombardier Transportation GmbH
InventorsKonrad Woronowicz, Michael Baade, Kris Siedmiogrodzki
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Abstract
A shaped block for positioning and/or holding a plurality of line sections of one or more electric lines along the track of a vehicle includes a plurality of recesses and/or projections. Edges of the recesses and/or the projections each delimit a space for the line sections into which one of the line sections can be introduced, so that said line section extends through the space in a longitudinal direction of the space. The longitudinal directions of the spaces delimited by the edges of the recesses and/or by the projections extend essentially mutually parallel in a common plane.
Claims11
An arrangement comprising:
- at least one shaped block for positioning and/or holding a plurality of line sections of one or more electric lines along a drive way of a vehicle, wherein the shaped block comprises a plurality of recesses and/or projections, wherein edges of the recesses and/or the projections each delimit a space for the line sections into which one of the line sections can be introduced, so that said line section extends through the space in a longitudinal direction of the space, and wherein the longitudinal directions of the spaces delimited by the edges of the recesses and/or by the projections extend essentially mutually parallel in a common plane, and
- the line sections which extend through the spaces,
- wherein at least part of the line sections are formed by a continuous electric line so that first line sections extending through the spaces in a transverse direction relative to the drive way of the vehicle are mutually connected via second line sections of the electric line extending along the drive way of the vehicle, and
- wherein the second line sections extend alternately at opposing sides of the shaped block, so that the electric line follows a meandering path.
A method for positioning and/or holding a plurality of line sections of one or more electric lines along a track of a vehicle, wherein
- at least one shaped block having a plurality of recesses and/or projections is provided, wherein edges of the recesses and/or the projections each delimit a space for the line sections into which one of the line sections is introduced, so that said line section extends through the space in a longitudinal direction of the space, and wherein the longitudinal directions of the spaces delimited by the edges of the recesses and/or by the projections extend essentially mutually parallel in a common plane, and
- at least one electric line is introduced into the spaces such that first line sections of the electric line extend through the spaces in the longitudinal direction of the spaces,
- wherein the line or lines are introduced into the spaces such that at least part of the line sections are formed by a continuous electric line so that the first line sections extending through the spaces in a transverse direction relative to a drive way of the vehicle are mutually connected via other second line sections of the electric line extending along the drive way of the vehicle, and
- wherein the second line sections extend alternately at opposing sides of the shaped block, so that the electric line follows a meandering path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.