IP Library Granted Patent US 9,180,894
Granted Patent B2
US 9,180,894 · App. 13/882,924 · Granted Nov 10, 2015

Floor structure of railcar

Inventors: Makoto Taguchi (Akashi, JP); Atsushi Sano (Kakogawa, JP); Toshiyuki Yamada (Kobe, JP); Osamu Muragishi (Kakogawa, JP); Masashi Kawamura (Kobe, JP); Yuji Kamei (Himeji, JP); Shuichi Mizuma (Kakogawa, JP)
Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B61D17/10B61D17/18B61F1/08
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Patent No.
US 9,180,894
App. No.
13/882,924
Granted
Nov 10, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a floor structure of a railcar in which thickness of a heat insulating material can be reduced while having predetermined heat resistance. The floor structure of the railcar includes a underframe having a pair of side sills extending in a railcar longitudinal direction and a cross beam arranged between the side sills and extending in a railcar width direction, a structural floor provided on an upper surface of the underframe, and a first heat insulating material arranged on a lower side of the structural floor via an air layer for the structural floor.

Claims (35)

1. A floor structure of a railcar comprising:

an underframe having a pair of side sills extending in a railcar longitudinal direction and a cross beam arranged between the side sills and extending in a railcar width direction;

a structural floor provided on an upper surface of the underframe;

a first heat insulating material arranged on a lower side of the structural floor via an air layer for the structural floor;

a first metal plate provided on a lower surface of the first heat insulating material, wherein the structural floor, the air layer for the structural floor, the first heat insulating material, and the first metal plate are arranged in order from a structural floor side to a lower side;

a first plate member provided in an upper end part of the cross beam; and

a first port member extending from an upper surface of the first metal plate toward the first plate member and connecting the first metal plate and the first plate member, wherein

the first metal plate extends toward the cross beam on the lower side of the first plate member.

2. The floor structure of the railcar according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a second plate member extending in a substantially vertical direction from a lower surface of the structural floor; and

a second support member provided on the upper surface of the first metal plate, wherein

the first metal plate is formed by fastening at least two metal plates, and

by fastening the second plate member and the second support member, the first metal plate is attached to the structural floor.

3. The floor structure of the railcar according to claim 2 , wherein

the second support member is formed in a substantially L shape having a first fastened portion extending in parallel to the first metal plate and a second fastened portion extending in the vertical direction,

the first fastened portion is fastened together with the at least two first metal plates, and

the second fastened portion is fastened together with the second plate member.

4. The floor structure of the railcar according to claim 1 , further comprising

a second metal plate provided on an upper surface of the first heat insulating material, wherein

the structural floor, the air layer for the structural floor, the second metal plate, the first heat insulating material, and the first metal plate are arranged in order from the structural floor side to the lower side.

5. The floor structure of the railcar according to claim 1 , wherein

at least a part of a side part of the cross beam is covered with a second heat insulating material.

6. The floor structure of the railcar according to claim 5 , wherein

the second heat insulating material is covered with a third metal plate.

7. The floor structure of the railcar according to claim 5 , further comprising

a piping hole extending in the railcar longitudinal direction into which wiring is capable of being placed in the cross beam within a range not corresponding to a part substantially immediately below a floor receiving member which is provided in a substantially center part in the railcar width direction, and

the second heat insulating material is formed such that the piping hole is exposed.

8. The floor structure of the railcar according to claim 1 , wherein

at least a part of a side part of the cross beam is covered with a second heat insulating material via an air layer for the cross beam.

9. The floor structure of the railcar according to claim 2 , further comprising

stiffeners having an L-shape section attached to upper surfaces of the at least two first metal plates, wherein

the stiffeners extend in the railcar longitudinal direction and are provided at intervals in the railcar width direction.

10. The floor structure of the railcar according to claim 2 , further comprising

third support members supporting the structural floor on the lower side of the structural floor and on an upper surface of a second metal plate covering an upper surface of the first heat insulating material, wherein

the third support members are provided at intervals in the railcar longitudinal direction and the railcar width direction.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 18, 2022
From: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: KAWASAKI RAILCAR MANUFACTURING CO.,LTD.
Reel/Frame 060107/0954 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 1, 2013
From: TAGUCHI, MAKOTO; SANO, ATSUSHI; YAMADA, TOSHIYUKI; MURAGISHI, OSAMU; KAWAMURA, MASASHI; KAMEI, YUJI; MIZUMA, SHUICHI
To: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 030331/0718 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2010-249902 · Nov 8, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130213259A1 · Aug 22, 2013