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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7392750 | Internal ceiling cladding for a large vehicle for passenger transport in particular a rail vehicle An internal ceiling cladding for a large vehicle for passenger transport, in particular, a rail vehicle, includes a cladding element, arranged in the vicinity of a door drive and arched elements adjacent thereto. The cladding element is provided as base module and i... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7243471 | Friction stir welding method, and hollow shape member for friction stir welding Face plates 11 and 12 of a hollow shape member 10 are abutted against face plates 21 and 22 of a hollow shape member 20. Grooves 18 formed to said face plates 11 and 12 at the abutted region receive proj... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7228805 | Temperature controlled railway car A composite box structure mounted on and attached to a railway car underframe to form a temperature controlled railway car. The composite box structure defined in part by an exterior metal surface, interior side stakes and at least one layer of fiber reinforced mate... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7216926 | Vehicle cab A cab for a vehicle, such as an all terrain vehicle, a tractor, or small construction vehicle, is constructed of twin-sheet plastic panels that can be easily assembled, preferably with snap-together interlocking features. One of the panels can be a door panel having... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7213521 | Method for welding overlapping metal sheets and corresponding railway car body A first (5) of the sheets has, near the zone (6) of overlap, stiffening parts (74) designed to resist the bending of the sheet along the zone of overlap. At least one region of the first sheet (5) is made to project, cantilever fashion, i... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7213860 | Composite cargo door/ramp A cargo enclosure including a floor having a plurality of edges including a first edge, a second edge and a third edge. At least two sidewalls, including a first sidewall and a second sidewall, the first sidewall connected to the first edge of the floor, the second ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7210655 | Reconfigurable interior sidewall A reconfigurable interior sidewall system includes one or more simply curved sidewall panels, each curved around the fuselage but longitudinally linear and providing a consistent mating surface for monuments. Panel openings are provided in each panel so that inner w... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7188399 | Method of fitting flush glazing In the disclosed method of fitting a fixed flush glazed window of a high-speed rail vehicle, a first edge of the window is first placed from the exterior of the vehicle in a groove situated on a horizontal portion of the window frame, after which the window is tilte... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7182291 | Integrated aircraft structural floor A number of integrated floor structures made of lightweight composite materials for use in an aircraft are disclosed. Generally, each of such floors includes a top-layer skin, a bottom-layer skin disposed below the top-layer skin and a first structural core disposed... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7118069 | Integrated window belt system for aircraft cabins A system and a method is provided for fitting an aircraft cabin with modular sidewall panels, window reveals, and foam insulation blocks in an integrated manner. The system comprises a sidewall panel which may have one or more openings therethrough to receive a wind... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7089869 | Method of manufacture of structural body and structural body A flange 52b is provided on a plate by bending the plate, the flange being substantially orthogonal to the plate, and a recessed portion, where the flange is missing, is provided between two flanges. A flange 62c is provided by bending an... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7021704 | Vehicle roof module This roof module is designed for installation on a vehicle body in which an opening of approximately the same dimensions as the roof has been made and it is composed of the original roof panel (1), with its end finish, a complete conventional interior trim ( | 04/04/2006 |
| 6983984 | Roof bow A roof bow for a vehicle, comprising a vertical face, a curved top flange extending in a first direction, and a straight bottom flange extending in the first direction. Preferably, the roof bow is monolithic with a plurality of apertures in the vertical face that pr... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6951357 | Lightweight composite tailgate A tailgate assembly for a motor vehicle includes an outer panel, an integrally formed inner structural panel, and at least one reinforcing panel. The inner structural panel is coupled to the outer panel and includes a support surface facing the outer panel. The inne... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6949282 | Contoured crushable composite structural members and methods for making the same The present invention provides contoured crushable composite structural members and methods for making the same. The contoured structural members comprise composite materials sandwiching a support or stabilizing structure. The contoured structure can be provided by ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6941875 | Temperature controlled railway car A composite box structure assembled on and securely attached to a railway car underframe to form a temperature controlled railway car or on insulated boxcar. The composite box structure defined in part by an exterior metal surface, interior side stakes and at least ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6936332 | Extruded frame member for use in friction stir welding The friction stir welding technique disclosed avoids occurrence of a dent in adjoining region extending to a level beneath the joined surfaces. At end portions of the frame members to be joined, thickened parts, which project toward the rotary body joining tool, are... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6935680 | Vehicle sleeper panel design Plastic-metal hybrid materials are included in the construction of highway tractor sleeper sides and back panel assemblies. Sleeper panels are traditionally constructed of two elements, the panel assemblies and the interior trim. A molded panel becomes both the inte... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6931907 | Curved building panel with stress-reducing apertures A longitudinally curved building panel, such as a wall or ceiling panel, comprising upstanding lateral side flanges having a plurality of stress-reduction apertures and a mounting bracket for suspending a pair of adjacent building panels. ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6910428 | Undercar assembly for a railcar An undercar assembly for a railroad car. The undercar assembly has a structural member extending longitudinally between the longitudinal sides of the railroad car, where this structural member includes a pair of longitudinally extending beam elements transversely sp... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6904848 | Roof assembly and airflow management system for a temperature controlled railway car A roof assembly mounted on a composite box structure with an air plenum assembly attached to and extending from an interior surface of the roof assembly. The composite box structure includes a pair of end wall assemblies, a pair of side wall assemblies, a floor asse... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6886474 | Railway car A front end portion 100 is disposed on the front end of a car body. The floor thereof consists of extruded hollow members 210 that constitute a shock absorber 200. The shock absorber 200 is divided into an upper shock absorber 200 ... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6871903 | Structural element and body structure including the same A side structure included in a railroad car is provided with an window opening, and door openings formed on the longitudinally opposite sides of the window opening, respectively. The side structure excluding parts corresponding to the window opening and the door ope... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6761840 | Fiberglass railcar roof A fiberglass railcar roof that includes a fiberglass surface with a central portion and a peripheral portion adapted to be joined to the upper edge region of a railcar. In some embodiments, the roof includes plural elongate fiberglass ribs extending transverse to th... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6695389 | Structural frame of a vehicle superstructure A framework of a vehicle superstructure, in particular for rail or road bound vehicles for passenger transport, having a side-wall structure containing an inner side facing the interior of the vehicle superstructure and an outer side facing outwards and l... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6647897 | Railway vehicle with self-supporting car body The invention relates to a railway vehicle with a self-supporting car body having a floor and a roof as well as side walls which present windows and access areas. The side walls are each made of a frame which is rigidly connected to the floor and presents... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6616217 | Vehicle pillar system A vehicle frame system structure having one or more wholly or substantially vertical pillars, and one or more wholly or substantially horizontal inter-connected struts, wherein the bottom section of at least one of the vertical pillars is separable from t... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6550397 | Car body A car body, in which a hollow shape stock composed of two face plates and ribs joining the face plates together is used to form a side body, and stresses are reduced while minimizing an increase in mass. A car body, comprising a hollow shape stock compose... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6490980 | Mass transit vehicle system A mass transit vehicle system for improving the efficiency and flexibility in developing scalable mass transit systems. The mass transit vehicle system includes a drive unit for providing locomotive force for the system and includes steerable front wheels... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6446562 | Car body The present invention aims to manufacture a car body with ease. A hollow material 10 comprises the lower portion of a side structure 201 of the car body. A face plate 11 of the hollow material 10 at the external side of the car has a lower end which projects f... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6394000 | Car body A car body, in which a hollow shape stock composed of two face plates and ribs joining the face plates together is used to form a side body, and stresses are reduced while minimizing an increase in mass. A car body, comprising a hollow shape stock compose... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6327981 | Carriage body 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... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6321660 | Vehicle cell 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... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6237989 | Vehicle construction 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 anot... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6234084 | Wagon body 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 car... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6227125 | Coach body of railway vehicle 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... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6224144 | Car body with body framework On a car body with a car body framework 1, for ease of assembly and effective utilization of space, in the vicinity of the side wall structure of each body framework field 7, a partial side wall element 8 is inserted that projects into the space between t... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6196136 | Car and side structure for car and method of manufacturing the same 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 ... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6134787 | Method of producing a rail-bound rail vehicle for passenger transport 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 a... | 10/24/2000 |
| 5918548 | Rail vehicle 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 a... | 07/06/1999 |
