Abstract: The invention relates to a rail vehicle for driving operation on track systems with ballast permanent way. The invention is to effectively avoid or at least significantly reduce an agglomeration of snow and ice in cavities of the vehicle underfloor. For this purpose it is provided that the rail vehicle in the region of its underfloor comprises at least one flexible membrane which spans hollow spaces which are positioned open towards the track systems or support frame structures of the underfloor of the rail vehicle.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 19, 2011
Date of Patent:
February 11, 2014
Assignees:
DB Fernverkehr AG, Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
Inventors:
Wolfgang Schmidt, Dieter Fastnacht, Alfred Krumpf, Juergen Kupies, Kasper Schroeder-Bodenstein, Maik Scholz
Abstract: The invention relates to a rail vehicle for driving operation on track systems with ballast permanent way. The invention is to effectively avoid or at least significantly reduce an agglomeration of snow and ice in cavities of the vehicle underfloor.
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 19, 2011
Publication date:
November 1, 2012
Applicants:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, DB Fernverkehr AG
Inventors:
Wolfgang Schmidt, Dieter Fastnacht, Alfred Krumpf, Juergen Kupies, Kasper Schroeder-Bodenstein, Maik Scholz