Abstract: In order to increase the robustness and reliability of the vehicle, reduce the time taken to manufacture it, to enable certain stages of such manufacture to be performed by robots, and to be able easily to adapt the appearance of the vehicle on demand, the body is of hybrid structure comprising an aluminum or aluminum alloy “frame assembly”, an aluminum or aluminum alloy “roof assembly”, and two “fitted-out face assemblies” of composite material each fixed both to the frame assembly and to the roof assembly. The invention is particularly suitable for manufacturing cars for trains.

Abstract: A carriage body for a vehicle is described. It is possible to perform a displacement of a frame element (8) with respect to the outlook through windows (5) from each seat (14) in a train coach. Thus, the frame elements (8) are fastened to the cover plates (3, 4) of the coach above and below the window (5) via grooves (11) in which there are provided connecting means (13) sliding in the grooves (11). Hereby the frame elements (8) may be displaced longitudinally relative to the coach.

Abstract: A vehicle cell with side walls that consist of a plurality of wall segments 2 that are joined together laterally in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle has door openings to make possible an advantageous construction concept that employs simple means, wherein the side wall segments 2 that are adjacent to one another laterally have, in the vicinity of their facing vertical lateral edges 2.1, door partial cutouts 4 which, when the segments are combined with one another, form a full-width door.

Abstract: A vehicle construction includes a body with a base, a roof, two longitudinal walls joining the base and the roof and at least four wheels connected to the base, which base, roof and longitudinal walls comprise sandwich panels which are jointed to one another at their longitudinal edges. The thickness of the sandwich panel forming the base is of the same order of magnitude as the thickness of the roof or sandwich panel forming a longitudinal wall and the sandwich panels of base, roof and longitudinal walls form a bending- and torsion-resistant tube.

Abstract: A carriage body of a railroad car has an undercarriage, a floor slab, side wall parts, and a roof, the floor slab having a width which together with a thickness of the side wall parts which face one another defining a functional size of a width of the carriage body, the undercarriage having a width which is less than the functional size of the width of the carriage body, the side wall parts being connected in a force-transmitting fashion to the undercarriage.

Abstract: A coach body of a rail vehicle has horizontal and vertical walls, the horizontal walls serving to form both a floor and a ceiling, while the vertical walls forming side walls, the vertical walls having cutouts for at least one window and one boarding door, the horizontal and vertical walls being formed by modules of fiber-reinforced plastic divided sectionally crosswise to a longitudinal axis of the coach body, each two of these hand-modules which are complimentary to one another and are joined in a force-transmitting way at the horizontal walls which meet in a middle of the vehicle forming one longitudinal section of the coach body, and a length of the coach body being formed accordingly by a force-transmitting connection of a number of the longitudinal sections at abutting points extending all the way around in transverse direction of the vehicle.

Abstract: In order to provide a car-body structure which has few different kinds of structural members, a small number of structural members, a small occurrence of strain and which is high in dimensional accuracy, and, consequently, in assembling accuracy, each of the car-body blocks is formed of a one-piece structure consisting of an outside plate and a reinforcing plate, each of which is made of a metallic material. The reinforcing plate is composed of panels divided into a plurality of sections; and, each of the panels has a plurality of beads in the form of a long and narrow projection formed by plastic working of a metal plate and extending in the longitudinal direction of the block. A bar-ring in the form of a long hole with a rib extending in the direction of the block is formed between the beads through plastic working. Further, at least one post-shaped protrusion extending in the direction intersecting at a right angle with the bead is provided in each of panels of the reinforcing plate.

Abstract: A method of producing a rail-bound rail vehicle for passenger transport, includes providing at least one trough-like superstructure with a floor and adjoining side walls formed in a framework construction from side-wall posts, lower longitudinal members and upper longitudinal flanges or chords. The upper longitudinal flanges are supported against one another by connecting members. The side walls have windows and access areas with doors. The side-wall posts are disposed in a zigzag manner and are rigidly connected to the lower longitudinal members and the upper longitudinal flanges, and serve as supporting elements for the windows and side paneling elements fastened thereto. The superstructure is assembled from shaped pieces and bar parts which have been cut to length.

Abstract: A method of producing a rail-bound rail vehicle for passenger transport, includes providing at least one trough-like superstructure with a floor and adjoining side walls formed in a framework construction from side-wall posts, lower longitudinal members and upper longitudinal flanges or chords. The upper longitudinal flanges are supported against one another by connecting members. The side walls have windows and access areas with doors. The side-wall posts are disposed in a zigzag manner and are rigidly connected to the lower longitudinal members and the upper longitudinal flanges, and serve as supporting elements for the windows and side paneling elements fastened thereto. The superstructure is assembled from shaped pieces and bar parts which have been cut to length.

Abstract: An insulated composite railway boxcar having a composite box structure mounted on a railway car underframe is provided. The composite box structure includes side walls, end walls and a floor molded as an integral unit with fiber reinforced plastic interior and exterior surfaces. The composite box structure includes a first fiber reinforced composite unit and a second fiber reinforced composite unit. The first fiber reinforce composite unit provides the end walls, side walls and floor for the railway boxcar. The second fiber reinforce unit may be permanently attached to the side walls and end walls to provide a roof for the boxcar. The railway car underframe has a center sill, side sills and end sills with a generally rectangular configuration and coplanar surfaces for adhesively bonding the composite box structure with the railway car underframe. Mechanical fasteners are also provided to couple the composite box structure with the railway car underframe.

Abstract: A composite box structure having a core encapsulated in multiple layers of fiber reinforced plastic is provided. The core may be formed from various materials which provide improved resistance to heat transfer between the interior and the exterior of the composite box structure. The composite box structure includes a pair of end walls, a pair of side walls, a floor and a roof with fiber reinforced plastic interior and exterior surfaces. An opening is formed in each side wall to allow access to the interior of the composite box structure. A flexible hinge or joint is integrally molded between each end wall and the respective side walls and between each end wall and the floor. The composite box structure may be mounted on a railway car underframe to provide an insulated composite railway boxcar.

Abstract: A rail-borne motor coach for conveying passengers has at least one coach body, the side walls of which have windows and entry regions with doors. The coach body is constructed as a trough with a low-floor coach-body floor and raised coach heads. The side walls are a framework of side-wall pillars, lower longitudinal girders and upper longitudinal flanges. The upper longitudinal flanges are braced against one another by transverse connecting members.

Abstract: A railway car body structure is provided which includes an underframe, first and second side structural units and a roof structural unit. Each of the first and second side structural units and the roof structural unit include at least one plate member, each plate members being formed by joining two surface materials, a core material and binding materials through metal-to-metal brazing. The first side structural units is joined to the roof structural unit by a first extruded element, while the second side structural unit is joined to the roof structural unit by a second extruded element. With this construction an extremely strong, yet light, railway car body structure is achieved.

Abstract: A rail vehicle includes a body with side walls having a frame including supporting beams for absorbing vertical forces and longitudinal beams extending horizontally. Panelling is disposed on the inner side and the outer side of the frame and attached to the longitudinal beams. Additionally, windows are disposed in the side walls and framed by the supporting and the longitudinal beams. The supporting beams extend obliquely to the longitudinal beams and engage in the respective recesses of the longitudinal beams.

Abstract: A method for producing vehicle structures such as railway coach bodies includes winding layers and integral annular frame elements of like material. The resulting body is free of metal can include additional longitudinal stiffening elements inserted between the annular frame elements. Windows covered by protective foils are installed in an insulating layer between the wound layers during the winding process. At the conclusion of the winding process, the portions of the inner and outer wound layers covering the windows are removed and the window openings are finished by inserting a reinforcing frame on the outer wound layer and an angle frame on the inner wound layer.

Abstract: A rolling stock fitting structure has laminated panels, each formed by sandwiching a core member between a pair of face plates, and channel members are placed between the face plates around the periphery of the panels and possibly in the interior thereof to provide structural strength. The laminated panels, which may be shaped to conform to a particular design, are joined and welded together to form a rolling stock body. The channels are provided with holding members for holding equipment, so that the load of the equipment on the holding member can be distributed through the channel member to the laminated panel, thereby securing the equipment reliably.

Abstract: A locomotive assembly having a longitudinally extending platform and attached sidewalls with a frontal nosepiece extending about a front portion of the platform. The locomotive having a connection device for connecting components to hollow supports in the sidewalls without deforming the sidewalls, a bulkhead with an attached portion for preassembly components thereon before insertion between the sidewalls, a window assembly sealingly disposed in an opening within the sidewall and attached to the sidewall to allow limited relative movement without disrupting the seal, an enclosed headlight assembly flush mounted in the nosepiece with air circulation to prevent overheating within the assembly and an integral collision assembly for transferring collision forces to the platform.

Abstract: A body of a vehicle which is easy to assemble without the necessity of a spacious location and is effective in mass production and an assembling method for the body of a vehicle. The body comprises a plurality of sectors coupled in circumferential directions to each other to make up a plurality of sections each having a substantially tubular hollow configuration, the sections being coupled in a longitudinal direction to make up the body of the vehicle. In manufacture, the sectors are produced first and then coupled in circumferential directions to form the plurality of sections. Finally, the sections are coupled in a longitudinal direction to make up the body of the vehicle.

Abstract: A railway car body structure running at a high speed and a production method thereof. To reduce vibration and noise and to prevent influences of outdoor pressure variations on passengers in the case of a high-speed railway car, the weight of the car body structure must be reduced and its pressure resistance must be improved. Each of the side units, roof unit and end unit and floor plates of an underframe of the car body structure includes plate members obtained by joining two surface materials, a core material and binding materials through metal-to-metal bonding. The sheet thickness of the surface material on an outdoor side is greater than a sheet thickness of the surface material on an indoor side. The plate members are constructed as a block, and a plurality of blocks are joined so as to form the side units, roof unit or the floor plates of the underframe.

Abstract: A railborne vehicle, in particular a passenger car, includes an underframe with a trough-like bottom. A car body is disposed on the underframe and has end surfaces, truck regions each being spaced apart from a respective one of the end surfaces, a middle region disposed between the truck regions, end regions each tapering from a respective one of the truck regions to a respective one of the end surfaces, a roof, and a cross section with polygonal long sides and a width being increased from the end surfaces to the truck regions and being narrowed at the middle region. A truck is disposed in each respective one of the truck regions.

Abstract: A rail vehicle body is made of stainless steel, wherein: the length members of the chassis and the roof battens are made of stainless steel, are constituted by section members that are continuous along the entire length of the body, and are visible; and the covering of the side faces comprises sheets of stainless steel that are smooth and thin relative to the thickness of said section members, the sheets being fixed by continuous leak-proof welding to the edges of the length members and to the roof battens so that the area of said metal sheets is as small as possible. The elements of the strength-providing structure are assembled together by weld fillets, and likewise the metal sheets are assembled to said strength-providing structure by weld fillets.

Abstract: Body structure (1) for railway vehicles comprising a load bearing body-work defining the platform (2), the body sides (3) and the roof (4) of the body, constituted by an annular series of hollow structural panels (11, 12, 13), substantially continuous and having a length substantially corresponding to that of the body. Each structural panel (11, 12, 13) is formed by an inner wall (14) and by an outer wall (15) connected therebetween by intermediate baffles (17) having a substantially corrugated disposition with parallel generating lines (16). The longitudinal edges of each structural panel (11, 12, 13) are rigidly connected to the corresponding longitudinal edges of the adjacent panels by continuous welding.

Abstract: A method for the manufacture of integral coach bodies includes the steps of winding an inner covering layer on a body-shaped winding core and attaching a plurality of U-shaped channel segments to outer surfaces of ceiling and floor walls and attaching a plurality of insulation segments in corner regions of the body. A stiffening framework is attached to the outer surfaces of side walls of the body, insulation plates are attached in some rectangular openings in the stiffening framework and blank covers are positioned in other ones of the openings for subsequently installing windows and doors. The attached elements form a step-tree surface upon which is wound an outer covering layer. The coach body thus manufactured is removed from the winding core, the blank covers are cut out for the door and window openings, apertures are formed in the inner covering layer for the feed and removal of air and openings are formed for mounting illumination devices in the ceiling wall.

Abstract: A vehicle such as a railroad car is constructed by connecting together side and roof blocks, each equipped with interior components, in a manner to improve the outer appearance of the connections between the side and roof blocks. Longitudinal beams of the side blocks are in contact with the under surfaces of gutters formed by the outer plate of the roof block. The side and roof blocks, equipped with the interior components, are connected together at the gutter portions by a welding which can be conducted solely from an exterior side of the vehicle. In the interior of the vehicle, the longitudinal beams and joints secured to the side blocks are connected to lateral beams of the roof block by rivets. Thereafter, a third interior plate is provided between interior plates of the side and roof blocks. Since the connections are formed at the gutter portions, the connecting operations can easily be conducted outside the vehicle and in a manner to assure a good from an exterior of appearance.

Abstract: The coach body construction comprises an upper structure having extruded profiles, which are connected detachably to one another by corner connectors and are made of an aluminum alloy, and a lower structure. The lower structure is composed of longitudinal and transverse supports which are made of an extruded aluminum alloy and are detachably connected to one another and to the upper structure by corner connectors. In interaction with the upper structure, it is of inherently sturdy construction. The corner connectors are, in particular, screw-on corner connectors.

Abstract: A vehicle body, such as, for example, a railway passenger vehicle body, which includes an external body sheeting formed of opposite sides and a roof and having an internal floor extending between the sides. The sides, above the level of the internal floor, and the roof each include a number of extruded metal plates forming the external body sheeting and integral ribs, extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, are provided on inner faces of the extruded metal plates. The extruded metal plates are welded together at weld lines extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method of fixing an inside panel of a car, and its fixing structure. In a structure for fixing an inside panel by employing an interior decoration material to form a passenger room of a car, the present invention relates to a method and a structure for fixing an inside panel of a car, particularly suitable for a railway car. An inside frame which is press-formed is fixed to frames of a car, and an inside panel is fixed to the inside frame through fasteners. Since the inside panel is fixed to the press-formed inside frame, surface uneveness does not occur on the inside panel even if any unevenness exists on the frames of the car. A cushion material is attached to the inside frame at the joint portion of two inside panels along the joint portion. The inside panel has a decoration sheet bonded to its surface, and this decoration sheet is bent back at the edge portions of the inside panel. Therefore, the appearance of the joint portion can be improved.

Abstract: A railway car body structure has a panel assembly forming at least part of a side, the roof, an end or the floorplate. Each panel has inner and outer spaced metal sheets and a cellular metal core bonded to the sheets and maintaining them spaced apart. To join the panels, a metal connecting member is joined to at least one of the inner and outer sheets by continuous metal-to-metal bonding and has a projection for use in welding the panel to the neighboring panel. The projection extends in the lateral direction of the panel and is of material thicker than the general sheet thickness of the sheets. A frame member of the body structure may be welded to the panels at the joint.

Abstract: A car body for high speed railway rolling stock and a method of fabricating the same wherein, in order to prevent a variation of external pressures produced when the rolling stock travels at high speeds from being propagated into the interior of the car body, the car body is of an air-type construction. The car body has a reduced weight and is capable of withstanding a variation of the external pressures by the provision of a construction in which the underframe of the car body includes a curved surface having at least one radius of curvature extending across a width of the car body.

Abstract: A rail vehicle body consisting of a support frame and sandwich parts attached thereto having an outer and an inner cover layer and supporting layer glued in between them, comprises, with a view to cost-effective fabrication and above all reduction of assembly cost, individually made body modules which are designed in integral construction as a sandwich structure with support frame parts inserted in the region of the supporting layer and fastened to the cover layers and being provided at the edges of the support frame parts with fitting connections for assembly of the body modules.

Abstract: A light weight car body for railway rolling stock wherein the shearing rigidity with respect to a vertical load in a portion near a body bolster of the car body is larger than the shearing rigidity of a portion other than the portion near the body bolster whereby the shearing rigidity of the portion other than the portion near the body bolster of the car body has a sufficient bending rigidity.

Abstract: A vehicle superstructure, in particular for railway carriages to transport passengers, features a structural frame formed by side and end walls and roof. This forms an outer structural plane for the carriage superstructure which is covered by an outer skin and roof cover; insulating material is fitted between the structural plane and the outer skin and roof cover. The outer skin panels are on the one hand loosely mounted via spacers hooked into grooves in sections permanently attached to the carriage frame or outer structural plane, on the other hand releasably attached via other spacers to the structural plane or held by holders secured to sections of the carriage frame with interleaving insulation.

Abstract: Two arcuate panel sections having a dampening layer between two honeycomb layers form a module which is mounted in multiple elastomeric isolators located within channel members. Support brackets attached to the interior of the aircraft skin support the channels in the overhead area and along the port and starboard deck edge. The module is thereby spaced apart from the aircraft frame. There is a resulting diminution of acoustic transmission from the aircraft frame to its interior passenger area.

Abstract: A vehicle body able to withstand fluctuating external pressure while providing ample space for the passengers, by having a multiplicity of substantially square, first frames each having reinforced portions on two upper corners thereof, provided by rounding inner surfaces of the two upper corners, and a multiplicity of substantially square, second frames having reinforced portions on two lower corners thereof provided by rounding inner surfaces of the two lower corners. They are arranged alternately over the length of the vehicle body, and are connected together by longitudinal structural members. A shell plate is attached to the substantially square frames at their outer surfaces, to provide a substantially square vehicle body.

Abstract: A vehicle body for railcars having endwalls and sidewalls of hollow metal sections connecting a roof and a floor comprises a floor having a first intermediate floor consisting of two portions extending from the endwalls toward each other, a second lower floor connected to the two extending portions and a third upper floor over the second floor wherein a plurality of triangular-shaped side plates connect the second lower floor and the third upper floor to the two extending portions at the corner of the side plates so as to uniformly distribute longitudinal forces to the floor while preventing the transfer of longitudinal forces to the sidewalls.

Abstract: A vehicle system for local public passenger transportation, in which a number of vehicle components are used to realize a vehicle system according to a building-block system. The vehicle components are so constructed that they can be assembled into vehicles or trains usable only with tracks, selectively with or without tracks, or only without tracks.

Abstract: A stub post is connected between the roof and ceiling of a railway car. A stanchion is fixed to the stub post and slip fitted into a cup secured to the top of an aisle seat. An adapter unit attached to the stub post is provided to receive the top end of the stanchion and permit it to be pivoted in position to drop into the cup member before it is fixed in place to the adapter.

Abstract: A railway carriage body comprises a shell structure formed from a base sub-assembly, a pair of side-and-roof sub-assemblies each of which constitute one side and part of the roof of the body, and a pair of end-wall units. The base and side-and-roof sub-assemblies when assembled together make up a series of transverse rectangular frames interconnected by longitudinal girders to which a sheet metal covering is fixed. Each frame includes a two-part lower transverse element forming part of the base sub-assembly, and a two-part upper transverse frame element the two component parts of which are included in respective ones of the side-and-roof sub-assemblies. The two frame parts making up each upper and lower transverse frame element are so fashioned as to permit them to be adjusted longitudinally of each other during assembly and prior to being rigidly connected together; as a result, the width of the carriage body can be set as required.

Abstract: A welded structural frame for a railway car wall is disclosed as including a pair of aligned U-section vertical members welded to opposite sides of a U-section longitudinal member and a reinforcing insert welded between the sides of the longitudinal member in alignment with the vertical members to provide a frame substantially free of welding distortion. A method of making such a frame is also disclosed as including securing longitudinal and vertical members in a fixture, welding the vertical members to opposite sides of the longitudinal member and then welding a reinforcing insert between the sides of the longitudinal member in alignment with the vertical members.

Abstract: The interior wall construction of a passenger railway car is provided with carpeted decorative panels which are fabricated before assembly with the interior wall construction. The attachment of the panels to the wall is provided by extrusions of rigid and resilient shape which permit the panels to be installed by snap-fit interengagement.

Abstract: An overhead wiring arrangement for a railway car includes an enclosed raceway attached to the main roof. The raceway includes a plurality of wires to be distributed to different locations in the car. Some of the wires are then diverted in different paths to different locations down into the interior of the car. Some of the wires pass through the raceway for connection to a flexible cable leading to a next adjacent car.

Abstract: The invention relates to a ceiling component which is formed by a curved panel and has a support which supports a layer of sound-proofing and heat insulating material. The support is made in one piece and is constituted by a metal sheet whose edges are bent back on itself and then to form a flange projecting from one surface of said panel. The bent edges alone provide the rigidity necessary for the panel without requiring the use of ribs and girders.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a structure for mounting and interconnecting adjacent windows in a railway passenger vehicle. Windows are mounted in resilient sealing gaskets which are held with a locking clamp that is mounted in a wall attached, resilient seal member. Interconnecting the interior adjacent windows is a framing member having an inside, peripheral end that fits within the locking clamp encircling the windows and has an outside periphery held in place by a rigid, plastic, snap-on sealing mask which interconnects the outside edges and holds each securely in place between the adjacent windows.

Abstract: A subway vehicle for service in a tunnel which has a circular cross-section, wherein, a car body having an asymmetrical cross-section with a first longitudinal side having a vertical side wall with the necessary windows and doors in this vertical side wall and having an opposite second longitudinal side which conforms to the configuration of the tunnel for travel therethrough. The car body has an inner wall spaced from the opposite second longitudinal side and the space between this inner wall and the opposite first longitudinal side defines the passenger space. The inner wall does not contain any windows. In addition, the space between the inner wall and the outer second longitudinal side defines a utility compartment space between the opposite second longitudinal side wall and the inner longitudinal wall for accommodating air, heating, and cable channels.

Abstract: A modular railway car comprises components adapted to be built in different lengths to form different lengths of cars without major changes in the overall design. Sideframes includes sections each including one of a plurality of uniformly spaced windows. The floor and roof include uniformly spaced transverse beams, with a predetermined number of the beams corresponding to the section length between the windows.

Abstract: The invention includes vehicle body panels, and vehicles containing such panels. The panels contain reinforcement that enables them when assembled to contribute to the structural strength of the vehicle. The basic volume of each panel is formed from plastics by reaction-injection moulding so that the panels are light in weight and would be inadequate, in the absence of the reinforcement, to withstand the structural loads. In a typical vehicle construction panels are arranged to form arches spanning from one side of the vehicle to the other, a succession of such arches being assembled together down the length of the vehicle.1.