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Granted Patent B2
US 11,932,287 · App. 16/981,353 · Granted Mar 19, 2024

Control device for railway vehicle

Inventor: Atsuki Watai (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
B61C17/12B61C17/00H05K5/0221H05K5/0226H05K5/03
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Patent No.
US 11,932,287
App. No.
16/981,353
Granted
Mar 19, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A control device for a railway vehicle includes a housing and a cover covering an opening. The housing is provided with a pair of first members. The cover is provided with a second member having a plate shape. The contact of an edge of a hole portion of the second member with the vertically lower bottoms of edges of notch portions of the pair of first members causes the second member to be supported by the first members so as to be rotatable about a rotational axis. The contact of edges of the hole portion with the pair of first members restricts displacement of the second member.

Claims (44)

1. A control device for a railway vehicle, comprising:

a housing provided with an opening;

a cover to cover the opening;

a pair of first members to be attached to the housing; and

a second member having a plate shape, the second member being detachably attached to the pair of first members, wherein

each of the pair of first members has a notch portion,

the pair of first members includes a first metal plate having bent end portions and a central portion disposed between the end portions,

the central portion of the first metal plate is attached to the housing so as to attach the pair of first members to the housing,

the second member has a hole portion including a through hole penetrating both of main surfaces of the second member or including a pair of notches extending from respective side surfaces of the second member in mutually approaching directions,

contact of an edge of the hole portion with vertically lower bottoms of edges of the notch portions causes the second member to be supported by the pair of first members so as to be rotatable about a rotational axis,

contact of edges of the hole portion with the pair of first members restricts displacement of the second member, and

the second member is attached to the cover and rotates integrally with the cover, to cause opening or closing of the opening.

2. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the opening is provided to a surface of the housing orthogonal to a horizontal direction,

the central portion of the first metal plate has a main surface orthogonal to the horizontal direction,

the central portion of the first metal plate is attached to a surface of the housing provided with the opening, and

the end portions of the first metal plate have main surfaces facing each other in the horizontal direction.

3. The control device according to claim 2 , wherein

the hole portion includes a first hole segment and a second hole segment, the first hole segment penetrating both of the main surfaces of the second member, the second hole segment penetrating both of the main surfaces of the second member and communicating with the first hole segment, the second hole segment having a width larger than a width of the first hole segment in a direction of alignment of the pair of first members, and

contact of an edge of the first hole segment with the lower bottoms of the edges of the notch portions causes the second member to be supported by the pair of first members so as to be rotatable about the rotational axis.

4. The control device according to claim 2 , wherein the second member includes a second metal plate having bent end portions, the end portions facing each other in a direction of alignment of the pair of first members.

5. The control device according to claim 2 , wherein each of the pair of first members comprises a protrusion, the protrusion being disposed above and apart from the second member in a vertical direction while the opening is closed by the cover.

6. The control device according to claim 2 , wherein the second member is integrated with the cover.

7. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the opening is provided to a surface of the housing orthogonal to a horizontal direction,

the central portion of the first metal plate has a main surface orthogonal to a vertical direction,

the central portion of the first metal plate is attached to a vertically upper surface of the housing, and

the end portions of the first metal plate have main surfaces facing each other in the horizontal direction.

8. The control device according to claim 7 , wherein

the hole portion includes a first hole segment and a second hole segment, the first hole segment penetrating both of the main surfaces of the second member, the second hole segment penetrating both of the main surfaces of the second member and communicating with the first hole segment, the second hole segment having a width larger than a width of the first hole segment in a direction of alignment of the pair of first members, and

contact of an edge of the first hole segment with the lower bottoms of the edges of the notch portions causes the second member to be supported by the pair of first members so as to be rotatable about the rotational axis.

9. The control device according to claim 7 , wherein the second member includes a second metal plate having bent end portions, the end portions facing each other in a direction of alignment of the pair of first members.

10. The control device according to claim 7 , wherein each of the pair of first members comprises a protrusion, the protrusion being disposed above and apart from the second member in a vertical direction while the opening is closed by the cover.

11. The control device according to claim 7 , wherein the second member is integrated with the cover.

12. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the hole portion includes a first hole segment and a second hole segment, the first hole segment penetrating both of the main surfaces of the second member, the second hole segment penetrating both of the main surfaces of the second member and communicating with the first hole segment, the second hole segment having a width larger than a width of the first hole segment in a direction of alignment of the pair of first members, and

contact of an edge of the first hole segment with the lower bottoms of the edges of the notch portions causes the second member to be supported by the pair of first members so as to be rotatable about the rotational axis.

13. The control device according to claim 12 , wherein the second member includes a second metal plate having bent end portions, the end portions facing each other in a direction of alignment of the pair of first members.

14. The control device according to claim 12 , wherein each of the pair of first members comprises a protrusion, the protrusion being disposed above and apart from the second member in a vertical direction while the opening is closed by the cover.

15. The control device according to claim 12 , wherein the second member is integrated with the cover.

16. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the second member includes a second metal plate having bent end portions, the end portions facing each other in a direction of alignment of the pair of first members.

17. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the pair of first members comprises a protrusion, the protrusion being disposed above and apart from the second member in a vertical direction while the opening is closed by the cover.

18. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the second member is integrated with the cover.

19. The control device according to claim 1 , further comprising a device for controlling the railway vehicle, the device being accommodated inside the housing.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 16, 2020
From: WATAI, ATSUKI
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 053784/0770 →
Continuity (1)
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