IP Library Granted Patent US 10,011,286
Granted Patent B2
US 10,011,286 · App. 14/979,824 · Granted Jul 3, 2018

Front door for railcar

Inventors: Hiroyuki Hirata (Kobe, JP); Hitoshi Nagahara (Kobe, JP); Naotake Honda (Kobe, JP); Toshiyuki Hirashima (Kobe, JP)
Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B61D19/02
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Patent No.
US 10,011,286
App. No.
14/979,824
Granted
Jul 3, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a front door to be provided on an end panel of an end portion of a railcar. The front door includes a hinge provided at a first vertical side portion on the front door, the hinge supporting the front door rotatably toward the car interior side, a lock mechanism provided at a second vertical side portion on the front door, the lock mechanism locking the front door, and an emergency support mechanism that holds the front door on the end panel upon collision of an object with the front door in a locked state.

Claims (9)

1. A front door provided on an end panel of a railcar, the front door comprising:

a hinge supporting the front door rotatably toward a car interior side; the hinge being provided at a first vertical side portion on the front door,

a lock mechanism provided at a second vertical side portion on the front door opposite to the first vertical side portion, and locking the front door;

a door extension portion extending from the first vertical side portion in a car width direction, and including an opening portion along an up and down direction; and

a stopper fixed on a car body side, and extending in the up and down direction in response to the door extension portion,

wherein the stopper includes a protruding portion extending in a car longitudinal direction and extending through the opening portion of the door extension portion.

2. The front door according to claim 1 , wherein the lock mechanism includes an arm member rotated about a rotation shaft provided in the front door and engaged with a receiving member on the car body side, and a leading end of the arm member to be engaged with the receiving member is formed in a substantially L-shape.

3. The front door according to claim 1 , further comprising a cut-away portion formed on a side surface of the second vertical side portion on the front door at a position in response to the lock mechanism.

4. The front door according to claim 1 , wherein the door extension portion is provided from a substantially lower part to a substantially center part of the front door in the up and down 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 21, 2016
From: HIRATA, HIROYUKI; NAGAHARA, HITOSHI; HONDA, NAOTAKE; HIRASHIMA, TOSHIYUKI
To: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 038048/0508 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170183018A1 · Jun 29, 2017