Kit for a body- shell structure

Abstract

An embodiment of the present invention discloses a kit for a body-shell structure of a rail vehicle, including a carrier structure with at least two upper belts and a plurality of roof cross members for the roof region of the space frame, at least two lower belts and a plurality of bottom cross members for a bottom region of the body, a plurality of columns running perpendicular and a plurality of window belts for side regions of the body. An embodiment of the present invention further includes at least one head module, wherein the shell structure has a modular design. The upper belts and the lower belts are connected via knots to adjoining cross members, perpendicular columns and/or window belts, wherein the upper belts and the lower belts have a uniform profile cross-section and the knots are at least partially of uniform design.

1 . A kit for a car body-shell structure of a rail vehicle having a beam structure, the kit comprising:
 at least two upper chords;   plurality of roof transverse beams for a roof area of the car body;   at least two lower chords;   a plurality of bottom transverse beams for a bottom area of the car body;   a plurality of pillars which extend vertically;   a plurality of window chords for side areas of the car body; and   at least one front module,   wherein the body-shell structure is of modular design, wherein the at least two upper chords and the at least two lower chords are connected via joints to adjacent at least one of the transverse beams, the vertical pillars and the window chords, wherein the at least two upper chords and the at least two lower chords have a uniform profile cross section, and wherein the joints are at least partially of uniform design.   
   
   
       2 . The kit as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the at least two upper chords and the at least two lower chords are at least partially of uniform length. 
   
   
       3 . The kit as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the vertical pillars and the window chords have a uniform profile cross section. 
   
   
       4 . The kit as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the vertical pillars and the transverse beams have a uniform profile cross section. 
   
   
       5 . The kit as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein, in order to implement various vehicle widths, a plurality of sets of transverse beams which differ in their length are provided. 
   
   
       6 . The kit as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein, in order to implement various vehicle lengths, front modules or rear modules of differing lengths are respectively provided for connection to an end side of the beam structure. 
   
   
       7 . The kit as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the joints provided in the interior of the beam structure are of uniform design in the vicinity of the upper chords and lower chords. 
   
   
       8 . The kit as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the joints are embodied as sheet-metal joints. 
   
   
       9 . The kit as claimed in  claim 8 , wherein the sheet-metal joints are fabricated from a sheet-metal semifinished product which is cut to size by jet-treatment cutting methods or a punching tool, and is subsequently shaped and then joined. 
   
   
       10 . The kit as claimed in  claim 9 , wherein the joint is joined by welding, other thermal joining methods or bonding. 
   
   
       11 . The kit as claimed in  claim 8 , wherein the sheet-metal joint is manufactured by deep-drawing. 
   
   
       12 . The kit as claimed in  claim 11 , wherein the sheet-metal joint is formed from a plurality of parts which are each manufactured by deep-drawing. 
   
   
       13 . The kit as claimed in  claim 9 , wherein the shaping is carried out by way of a chamfering processes. 
   
   
       14 . The kit as claimed in  claim 12 , wherein the parts of the sheet-metal joint which are manufactured by deep-drawing are obtained from a cup-shaped basic shape which is subjected to a subsequent cutting or punching process. 
   
   
       15 . The kit as claimed in  claim 12 , wherein the parts of the sheet-metal joint which are manufactured by deep-drawing are obtained from a trough-shaped basic shape and have reinforcing flanges. 
   
   
       16 . The kit as claimed in  claim 15 , wherein the sheet-metal joint has an enclosed structure. 
   
   
       17 . The kit as claimed in  claim 12 , wherein the two parts which are manufactured by deep-drawing are each constructed in a cross shape. 
   
   
       18 . The kit as claimed in  claim 11 , wherein, after the deep-drawing, a sheet-metal semifinished product is subjected to subsequent chamfering processes. 
   
   
       19 . The kit as claimed in  claim 12 , wherein the two parts which are manufactured by deep-drawing are formed by an outer shell and an inner shell, which are further cut to size after the deep-drawing. 
   
   
       20 . The kit as claimed in  claim 19 , wherein at least two of the sheet-metal joints are connected by their outer shells in such a way that one outer shell which is common to both of them is formed. 
   
   
       21 . The kit as claimed in  claim 19 , wherein one of the outer shell and inner shell is present, separated in such a way that the respective one of the outer and inner shell is at least in two pieces. 
   
   
       22 . The kit as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the beam structure has further chords which extend at any desired angle with respect to the vertical. 
   
   
       23 . The kit as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein at least one of the upper chords and the lower chords are divided into sections of equal length. 
   
   
       24 . The kit as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein the vertical pillars and the window chords have a uniform profile cross section. 
   
   
       25 . The kit as claimed in  claim 24 , wherein the vertical pillars and the transverse beams have a uniform profile cross section.