Carriage body for a rail vehicle and method for producing said carriage body

Abstract

A carriage body for a rail vehicle, in particular for a high-speed train, said carriage body having a base and lateral walls that extend upwards on opposing sides of the base. The base and the lateral walls delimit an interior of the carriage body for transporting persons and/or goods. A longitudinal support for transmitting longitudinal forces is located in each transitional region between the base and the lateral walls, said longitudinal support extending in the longitudinal direction of the carriage body. The carriage body has at least one undercarriage support that extends below the base from the one longitudinal support to the other longitudinal support, said undercarriage support extending partly at a distance to the base so that a space for receiving at least one device for operating the rail vehicle is formed between the undercarriage support and the base.

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         19 . A carriage body for a rail vehicle, comprising a base and lateral walls that extend upwards on opposing sides of the base and wherein the base and the lateral walls delimit an interior of the carriage body for transporting persons, goods, or persons and goods, wherein a longitudinal support for transmitting longitudinal forces is located in each transitional region between the base and the lateral walls, said longitudinal support extending in the longitudinal direction of the carriage body and wherein the carriage body has at least one undercarriage support that extends below the base from the one longitudinal support to the other longitudinal support, wherein the undercarriage support extends partly at a distance to the base so that a space for receiving at least one device for operating the rail vehicle is formed between the undercarriage support and the base, wherein the weight of the device acts on the undercarriage support. 
     
     
         20 . The carriage body as in  claim 19 , wherein the undercarriage support has a cross member extending at a distance to the base, which changes to one of two longitudinal members on each of its opposing ends, wherein the longitudinal members extend from bottom to top to the longitudinal support so that a U-shaped undercarriage support is formed and the space for receiving at least one device is formed between the cross member and the base. 
     
     
         21 . The carriage body as in  claim 19 , wherein a guide is arranged on each longitudinal support by which a movement of an end of the undercarriage support can be guided in the longitudinal direction of the carriage body, and wherein provision is made of a fixing mechanism by which the undercarriage support can be selectively fixed in a plurality of different positions relative to the longitudinal support. 
     
     
         22 . The carriage body as in  claim 19 , wherein a plurality of the undercarriage supports is arranged in different longitudinal positions in the longitudinal direction of the carriage body, each support extending below the base from the one longitudinal support to the other longitudinal support. 
     
     
         23 . The carriage body as in  claim 22 , wherein at least two undercarriage supports adjacent to one another in the longitudinal direction of the carriage body are connected to each other by a plate-shaped connection, wherein the plate-shaped connection extends at a distance to the base. 
     
     
         24 . A rail vehicle with a carriage body as in  claim 19 , wherein at least one device for operating the rail vehicle is arranged in the space between the undercarriage support and the base, which device exerts its entire weight directly or indirectly on the undercarriage support. 
     
     
         25 . The rail vehicle as in  claim 24 , wherein at least one device for operating the rail vehicle exerts its weight, at least partly, directly from above on a plate-shaped connection as in  claim 22 . 
     
     
         26 . A method for producing a carriage body for a rail vehicle, comprising the steps of:
 provision of a base and two longitudinal supports,   connection of the longitudinal supports to the base,   fixing of an undercarriage support to the longitudinal supports so that the undercarriage support extends below the base from the one longitudinal support to the other longitudinal support and a space for receiving at least one device for operating the rail vehicle is formed between the undercarriage support and the base,   provision of two lateral walls, and   connection of the base to the lateral walls so that the lateral walls extend upwards from the base and so that the base and the lateral walls delimit an interior of the carriage body for transporting persons, goods, or persons and goods, wherein one of the longitudinal supports for transmitting forces extends in the longitudinal direction of the carriage body in each transitional region between the base and the lateral walls.   
     
     
         27 . The method as in  claim 26 , wherein the undercarriage support is formed by a cross member extending at a distance to the base, which changes to one of two longitudinal members on each of its opposing ends, wherein the longitudinal members extend from bottom to top to the longitudinal support so that a U-shaped undercarriage support is formed and the space for receiving at least one device is formed between the cross member and the base. 
     
     
         28 . The method as in  claim 26 , wherein a guide is arranged, formed, or arranged and formed on each longitudinal support, ends of the longitudinal support are arranged in, on, or in and on the guide, the undercarriage support is displaced in the longitudinal direction of the carriage body, wherein the ends of the undercarriage support are guided by the guide and wherein the ends of the undercarriage support are fixed in one of several possible positions relative to the longitudinal support. 
     
     
         29 . The method as in  claim 26 , wherein a plurality of the undercarriage supports is arranged in different longitudinal positions in the longitudinal direction of the carriage body such that each support extends below the base from one of the longitudinal supports to the other longitudinal support. 
     
     
         30 . The method as in  claim 29 , wherein at least two undercarriage supports adjacent to one another in the longitudinal direction of the carriage body are connected to one another by a plate-shaped connection such that the plate-shaped connection extends at a distance to the base. 
     
     
         31 . A method for producing a rail vehicle, comprising the production of a carriage body as in  claim 26  and wherein at least one device for operating the rail vehicle is arranged in the space between the undercarriage support and the base such that the device exerts its entire weight directly or indirectly on the undercarriage support. 
     
     
         32 . The method as in  claim 31 , wherein the device for operating the rail vehicle is arranged on the plate-shaped connection as in  claim 31  in such a way that it exerts its weight, at least partly, directly from above on the plate-shaped connection.