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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7066530 | Filler panel apparatus and method for reinforcing a vehicle body A filler panel for inserting within a vehicle body section that has a plurality of slats positioned substantially parallel with respect to one another, and each slat has a slat connector mechanism. The apparatus further has a molded encasing exhibiting a shape suita... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7036870 | Modular bus body assembly A bus body is constructed from a combination of standard body modules selected from a plurality of standard types of modules. The standard body modules generally fit in more than one location longitudinally along the vehicle chassis. ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7022939 | Through weld for aluminum or aluminum alloy base metals by using high-density energy beams This invention provides a new through weld method to carry out welding of a base metal made of aluminum or that of aluminum alloy using high energy beams wherein a shield gas ambience (an inert gas ambience) to cover a welding site in a submerged-scar is formed, eve... | 04/04/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6722286 | Structure and railway car In a railway car, extruded frame members of an aluminum base alloy containing Si of 0.4-0.9 wt % and Mg of 0.4-1.2 wt % are welded according to a friction stir welding method. In a structure, an aluminum base alloy plate containing Si of 0.4-0.9 wt % and Mg of 0.4-1... | 04/20/2004 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6302031 | Sidewall for a railway car A railway car with a pair of improved sidewalls is provided. For some applications, the railway car may include a steel railway car underframe with an aluminum body mounted thereon. The car body preferably includes a pair of sidewalls and a pair of end wa... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6273004 | Motor-vehicle carrying railcar with improved sidewall structure A sidewall structure for a motor-vehicle carrying railway car wherein at least one upper deck is supported principally by longitudinal beams that are themselves supported by end structures, without the need for large, heavy vertical posts to support the d... | 08/14/2001 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6070369 | Person transport vehicle In a person transport vehicle, a roof structure is fixed on longitudinal sidewalls (1). In order to achieve a simple but highly functional structure, a longitudinal beam (3) for the roof is fixed to the area of the top side edges of each longitudinal side... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6065261 | Construction using extruded sections and composite panels In a construction featuring sections of light metal and light-weight composite panels joined to the sections the composite panels feature a plastic core with light weight metal outer sheets bonded to both sides. The outer sheets partially overlap a light ... | 05/23/2000 |
| 5857414 | Composite box structure for a railway car 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 ... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5799583 | Rail vehicle with oscillation damping side wall construction A rail vehicle includes a self-supporting car body having a floor and a roof as well as side walls with windows and an entrance region. The side walls are each formed by a framework connected to the floor in a flexurally rigid manner and the side walls ha... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5784970 | Carriage body frame A carriage body frame with a passenger compartment having longitudinal load-bearing sections of aluminum and light-weight composite panels between the load-bearing sections is such that the composite panels feature a plastic core with aluminum outer sheet... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5749302 | Rail-borne motor coach 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 ... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5690035 | Vibration-damping material, its manufacturing method, and structural section for transport vehicle A truss type extruded aluminum section (1) is formed of a pair of planar plates (2)(3) and ribs (4)(5)(6), wherein hollow portions (7)(8)(9) are formed within the section (1) by the ribs (4)(5)(6) and the planar plates (2)(3). Vibration-damping resin is p... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5685230 | Rail vehicle 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 t... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5685229 | Railway car body structures and method of making them 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, ea... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5613726 | Livestock trailer including improved trailer slat unit An extruded, one-piece metal slat unit for attachment to a frame member of a trailer. The slat unit includes an elongated body portion having at least one leg member connected to and longitudinally extending along the interior surface of the body portion ... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5577449 | Bulkhead assembly for a monocoque locomotive 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... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5509714 | Frameless container for carrying cargo having overlapped sidewalls and a unitary bottom scuff panel A frameless container of a predetermined length includes a floor having floor supports, a roof, a pair of opposing sidewalls and a pair of opposing end walls. One end wall includes an access door. The sidewalls are respectively connected to the floor supp... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5488770 | Method of producing a vehicle body 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... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5458066 | Vehicle body and assembling method for the same 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 directi... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5433151 | Railway car body structures and methods of making them using welded honeycomb panels connected in an edge to edge relation 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 ... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5431111 | Railborne vehicle 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 ... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5388529 | Rail vehicle body made of stainless steel 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 t... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5383406 | Body structure for railway vehicles 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... | 01/24/1995 |
| 5333554 | Vehicle and method of producing the same 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... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5303658 | Construction of structural body A body structure for railroad cars and enclosed-type overhead bridges, which have a small number of components that are easy to manufacture and assemble, and which can secure a necessary strength with a reduced weight, is divided into an appropriate numbe... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5285730 | Body structure for railway vehicle A side body structure for vehicles is formed of a plurality of sections. Each of the sections has a reinforcement formed as an integrally continuous construction. The reinforcement has a plurality of through holes which reduce the total weight of the rein... | 02/15/1994 |
| 5267515 | Vehicle body construction having longitudinally elongated extruded panels and continuous welds joining the panels 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... | 12/07/1993 |
