IP Library Granted Patent US 9,944,300
Granted Patent B2
US 9,944,300 · App. 14/979,856 · Granted Apr 17, 2018

Railcar with end cap

Inventors: Hiroyuki Hirata (Kobe, JP); Ryosuke Ashida (Kobe, JP)
Assignee: KAWASAKI IUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B61D17/00B60S1/04
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Patent No.
US 9,944,300
App. No.
14/979,856
Granted
Apr 17, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A railcar according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is a railcar with a plastic end cap covering a front surface of a car body in a front car, the railcar including: a wiper shaft configured to attach a wiper blade to an end portion of the wiper shaft and pass through the car body while extending inside and outside the car body; a penetrated portion formed as part of the car body and configured such that the wiper shaft passes through the penetrated portion; and an opening portion formed in the end cap and exposing at least part of the penetrated portion to a car exterior.

Claims (26)

1. A railcar with a plastic end cap covering a front surface of a car body in a front car, the railcar comprising:

a wiper shaft attached a wiper blade to an end portion of the wiper shaft, and passed through the car body while extending inside and outside the car body;

a penetrated portion formed as part of the car body, and wherein the wiper shaft passes through the penetrated portion; and

an opening portion formed in the end cap, and exposing at least part of the penetrated portion to a car exterior,

wherein the end cap further includes a window opening portion such that the end cap surrounds a window of the railcar.

2. The railcar according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a first waterproof member arranged between the penetrated portion and the wiper shaft.

3. The railcar according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a second waterproof member arranged between the penetrated portion and the end cap.

4. The railcar according to claim 1 , wherein the penetrated portion is formed in a convex shape protruding toward the car exterior in response to the opening portion in the end cap.

5. The railcar according to claim 1 , wherein

the opening portion is a cut-away portion formed by cutting part of the window opening portion.

6. The railcar according to claim 1 , wherein

a frontal projected area of the opening portion in the end cap is larger than a frontal projected area of the penetrated portion in a front view of the railcar.

7. A railcar with a plastic end cap covering a front surface of a car body in a front car, the railcar comprising:

a wiper shaft attached a wiper blade to an end portion of the wiper shaft, and passed through the car body while extending inside and outside the car body;

a penetrated portion formed as part of the car body, and wherein the wiper shaft passes through the penetrated portion;

an opening portion formed in the end cap, and exposing at least part of the penetrated portion to a car exterior;

a first waterproof member arranged between the penetrated portion and the wiper shaft; and

a second waterproof member arranged between the penetrated portion and the end cap.

8. The railcar according to claim 7 , wherein the penetrated portion is formed in a convex shape protruding toward the car exterior in response to the opening portion in the end cap.

9. The railcar according to claim 7 , wherein

the end cap further includes a window opening portion, and

the opening portion is a cut-away portion formed by cutting part of the window opening portion.

10. The railcar according to claim 7 , wherein

a frontal projected area of the opening portion in the end cap is larger than a frontal projected area of the penetrated portion in a front view of the railcar.

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; ASHIDA, RYOSUKE
To: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 038049/0218 →
Continuity (1)
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