IP Library Granted Patent US 9,566,864
Granted Patent B2
US 9,566,864 · App. 14/361,727 · Granted Feb 14, 2017

Rail vehicle

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Patent No.
US 9,566,864
App. No.
14/361,727
Granted
Feb 14, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A rail vehicle has at least one bogie and an electrical supply device with a fuse protection apparatus, a distributing apparatus, which is arranged in the rail vehicle interior and which is electrically connected to the fuse protection apparatus. A first housing is arranged in the rail vehicle under floor area and includes electrical components that are electrically connected to the distributing apparatus. The bogie, viewed in the direction of travel of the rail vehicle, is arranged between the distributing apparatus and the first housing. In order to provide a generic rail vehicle for which short cable paths are achieved and doubling of cables is avoided in a bogie area, the fuse protection apparatus is arranged in a second housing different from the first housing. The first and second housings, relative to the direction, are arranged on both sides of the bogie.

Claims (14)

1. A rail vehicle being a single unit of a train, comprising:

a power supply apparatus for supplying electrical power to the single unit of the train, said power supply apparatus having a fuse protection device, a distributor device electrically connected to said fuse protection device and disposed in an interior of the rail vehicle;

a first housing disposed at an under floor area of the rail vehicle and containing electrical components that are electrically connected to said distributor device in the interior of the rail vehicle;

at least one bogie disposed, relative to a travel direction of the rail vehicle, between said distributor device and said first housing;

a second housing different from said first housing and containing said fuse protection device;

said first and second housings, relative to the travel direction of the rail vehicle, being disposed on either side of said at least one bogie.

2. The rail vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein said second housing is disposed in the under floor area of the rail vehicle.

3. The rail vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein said distributor device comprises line circuit breakers.

4. The rail vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein said electrical components of said first housing comprise switching equipment.

5. The rail vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein said power supply apparatus is configured to supply an electrical voltage having a value of approximately 110 V.

6. The rail vehicle according to claim 5 , wherein the electrical voltage is a DC voltage.

7. The rail vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein said second housing is arranged in a transition region of the rail vehicle.

8. The rail vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein said second housing is a carriage junction box.

9. The rail vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein said power supply apparatus has a cable unit configured to connect two transition regions of the rail vehicle to one another and from which a line unit to said distributor device branches off at a branch, wherein said fuse protection device is connected directly downstream of said branch.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 16, 2019
From: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
To: SIEMENS MOBILITY GMBH
Reel/Frame 048079/0310 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 3, 2014
From: DI BONAVENTURA, STEFAN; MARKL, JUERGEN
To: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 033017/0082 →