IP Library Granted Patent US 9,676,398
Granted Patent B2
US 9,676,398 · App. 14/916,434 · Granted Jun 13, 2017

Side entrance and railcar including same

Inventors: Toshiyuki Hirashima (Kobe, JP); Shirou Honma (Kobe, JP)
Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B61D19/02B61D1/00B61D23/00
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Patent No.
US 9,676,398
App. No.
14/916,434
Granted
Jun 13, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A side entrance includes a step, a door frame, a door leaf, and a door pocket. A vertical frame included in the door frame and located close to a bogie includes: an upper vertical frame portion located above a floor surface; and a lower vertical frame portion located under the floor surface. The lower vertical frame portion is located closer to an inner side of the door frame than the upper vertical frame portion. A width of an upper step portion of the step in a car longitudinal direction is larger than a width of a lower step portion of the step in the car longitudinal direction.

Claims (29)

1. A side entrance of a railcar, the side entrance being provided near a bogie,

the side entrance comprising:

a step extending downward from a floor surface of a car interior;

a door frame including a lower end, the lower end reaching a lower step portion of the step;

a door leaf having a single unitary body with a shape corresponding to a shape of the door frame and configured to slide in a car longitudinal direction; and

a door pocket located at the bogie side with respect to the door frame and configured to accommodate the door leaf,

a vertical frame being included in the door frame and located close to the bogie, the vertical frame including

an upper vertical frame portion located above the floor surface and

a lower vertical frame portion located under the floor surface,

the lower vertical frame portion being located closer to an inner side of the door frame than the upper vertical frame portion,

a width of an upper step portion of the step in the car longitudinal direction is larger than a width of a lower step portion of the step in the car longitudinal direction.

2. The side entrance according to claim 1 , wherein a vertical frame included in the door frame and located far from the bogie is formed linearly.

3. The side entrance according to claim 1 , wherein:

the vertical frame included in the door frame and located close to the bogie further includes a middle vertical frame portion located between the upper vertical frame portion and the lower vertical frame portion; and

the middle vertical frame portion is inclined at a predetermined angle relative to a horizontal plane and connects the upper vertical frame portion with the lower vertical frame portion.

4. The side entrance according to claim 3 , wherein:

an upper end of the middle vertical frame portion is the same in height as the floor surface in a height direction; and

a lower end of the middle vertical frame portion is located between a lower surface of an underframe of the carbody and an axle of the bogie in the height direction.

5. A railcar comprising a side entrance provided near a bogie,

the side entrance comprising:

a step extending downward from a floor surface of a car interior;

a door frame including a lower end, the lower end reaching a lower step portion of the step;

a door leaf having a single unitary body with a shape corresponding to a shape of the door frame and configured to slide in a car longitudinal direction; and

a door pocket located at the bogie side with respect to the door frame and configured to accommodate the door leaf,

a vertical frame being included in the door frame and located close to the bogie, the vertical frame including

an upper vertical frame portion located above the floor surface and

a lower vertical frame portion located under the floor surface,

the lower vertical frame portion being located closer to an inner side of the door frame than the upper vertical frame portion,

a width of an upper step portion of the step in the car longitudinal direction is larger than a width of a lower step portion of the step in the car longitudinal 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 Mar 3, 2016
From: HIRASHIMA, TOSHIYUKI; HONMA, SHIROU
To: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 037886/0377 →
Continuity (1)
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