US20240083473A1 - Mounting interface and buffer system for a rail vehicle - Google Patents

Mounting interface and buffer system for a rail vehicle Download PDF

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US20240083473A1
US20240083473A1 US18/263,748 US202118263748A US2024083473A1 US 20240083473 A1 US20240083473 A1 US 20240083473A1 US 202118263748 A US202118263748 A US 202118263748A US 2024083473 A1 US2024083473 A1 US 2024083473A1
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Stephan Drexler
Marcus Körner
Hannes Peer
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  • the invention relates to a mounting interface for attaching supporting components on a buffer of a rail vehicle, in particular steps, footplates, handles and/or platforms, preferably in the front-end region.
  • the invention comprises a buffer system, e.g. an impact installation consisting of a crash element and a buffer, having such a mounting interface, e.g. a variable supplementary flange for further attachment parts, or for fastening a step to a crash element, in particular having a tear-off function.
  • the respective interfaces for assembling the front-end assembly usually are on the front plate of the undercarriage of the rail vehicle.
  • forward-protruding bracket constructions have to date been fastened to the front plate, these however having the disadvantage that they require or occupy a large amount of space.
  • fastenings of these items have to be of such dimensions that the latter are not plastically deformed and elastically deformed only to a minor extent during use.
  • the fastenings Depending on the required width or depth of the footplate, the fastenings have to be of a correspondingly massive size in order to ensure minor elastic deformation.
  • a massive and protruding fastening leads to an increase in weight and potentially to an increase in the complexity of assembling owing to poor accessibility, which is disadvantageous.
  • crash elements also referred to as “deformation elements” or “irreversible energy-absorption elements”.
  • this conversion takes place by an irreversible deformation of the crash elements, which crumple axially, for example.
  • a mounting interface according to the invention for attaching supporting components to a buffer of a rail vehicle comprises a mounting body having a component-fastening region and an attachment region differing therefrom.
  • the mounting body of the mounting interface which fundamentally per se represents also the mounting interface, thus comprises two different regions, one of which serving for fastening the supporting components, and the other one serving for attaching the mounting interface to the buffer.
  • supporting components herein means components which are attached according to the intended use to an end of a rail vehicle and can support a load, in particular steps, footplates, handles, platforms or mountings.
  • the component-fastening region for this purpose is equipped with fastening elements and/or bores for attaching the respective supporting components for the rail vehicle.
  • Fastening elements here are preferably bolts or screws which are already fixedly attached to the mounting body. Bores are preferably already provided with a thread so that a component can be simply screwed to the mounting body without inevitably having to use a nut (whereby such a nut can of course be used additionally for securing).
  • other fastening elements are also possible, for example rivet nuts or weld nuts.
  • the attachment region is shaped such that said attachment region at at least one fastening point, in particular at least two fastening points, can be fastened to the front side of a buffer flange with screws, preferably buffer screws (typically commercially available screws).
  • said attachment region has the same shape as the buffer flange and at the corresponding locations has bores like the buffer flange, so that said attachment region conjointly with the buffer flange can be fastened by means of the buffer screws.
  • the attachment region can optionally have a recess in the center such that said attachment region can encompass a buffer housing (i.e. a buffer sleeve or a buffer plunger) on the buffer flange. It is preferred that the attachment region comprises only part of the area of the buffer flange and has the aforementioned recess where the buffer housing is situated at or on the buffer flange.
  • a buffer housing i.e. a buffer sleeve or a buffer plunger
  • a buffer flange is the plate by way of which a buffer is attached according to the intended use to a rail vehicle, or a crash element.
  • the fastening of the buffer flange to the front plate of a rail vehicle, or to a crash element, is performed by screw-fitting the components by means of so-called “buffer screws”.
  • buffer screws are well known; commercially available screws are typically used, which serve for securely connecting a buffer to a rail vehicle (or to a crash element).
  • end flange buffers and center flange buffers.
  • End flanges are attached to the end of a buffer sleeve, and center flanges are pushed onto a buffer housing, in particular the buffer sleeve of the latter, and attached in particular in the region of the center of the latter.
  • the existing interface between the crash element or front plate and the buffer can be utilized so as to generate further interfaces for additional attachment parts, or else the buffer may be extended in length toward the front.
  • a buffer system according to the invention comprises a buffer, preferably a center flange buffer, with a buffer flange, and a mounting interface according to the invention which is attached to this buffer flange with screws, preferably with buffer screws.
  • the buffer system preferably additionally comprises a crash element which is attached to the buffer flange by means of buffer screws.
  • the mounting interface here is preferably attached on the front side of the buffer flange (the other side of the crash element).
  • the buffer system can also be known as “energy-absorption system”, in particular if it comprises a crash element, since it often has damping properties and always converts at least part of the kinetic energy into deformation and heat.
  • a rail vehicle according to the invention comprises a buffer system according to the invention.
  • the rail vehicle is preferably a locomotive, in particular a switching locomotive or a road locomotive for passenger transportation or goods transportation, or a car.
  • the invention has the particular advantage that an interface for fastening components, or attachment parts, which reach far forward in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, or are to be positioned there, to a rail vehicle is made possible. Moreover, a certain degree of variability is provided by a corresponding design of the fastening elements, such that a conversion capability of the rail vehicle is provided.
  • the complexity in adjusting and thus the complexity in assembling can be further reduced as a result of a more favorable tolerance chain by virtue of a reduced number of components with tolerances within the tolerance chain.
  • the attachment region has the same shape as a predetermined buffer flange or at least part of this buffer flange, and can be fastened conjointly with the buffer flange by means of predetermined buffer screws.
  • This has the advantage that simple assembling and disassembling is possible (e.g. for a replacement with another mounting interface).
  • a releasable fastening of the mounting interface e.g. by means of the buffer screws, is very advantageous.
  • the attachment region has a recess so that the attachment region can encompass a buffer housing (i.e. buffer sleeve or buffer plunger) of a predetermined buffer.
  • a buffer housing i.e. buffer sleeve or buffer plunger
  • the attachment region here preferably corresponds to only part of the area of a buffer flange of a predetermined buffer, and comprises at least one bore, in particular at least two bores for the (buffer) screws.
  • Said attachment region preferably has a recess where a buffer housing is situated at or on the buffer flange.
  • the attachment region is angled, preferably orthogonally, relative to the component-fastening region. This serves for attaching a footplate, e.g. a horizontal standing surface, e.g. of a platform.
  • a fastening element is a bolt or a screw, and in the component-fastening region is fixedly attached to the mounting body.
  • a fastening element is a bore in the component-fastening region, which is in particular provided with a thread.
  • preference is also given to rivet nuts or weld nuts.
  • One preferred embodiment of the mounting interface in the component-fastening region comprises fastening elements or bores conceived for attaching further attachment parts.
  • These further attachment parts are preferably a step, a footplate, a handle or a platform, in particular a coupler handle, a switchman's footplate, a switchman's platform, a maintenance platform, a railing and/or a handlebar.
  • the mounting body is shaped such that said mounting body between the component-fastening region and the attachment region has at least one (structural) weakening of the mounting body.
  • This weakening is designed such that the component-fastening region separates from the attachment region when a predetermined force acts on the weakening.
  • the weakening is preferably a predetermined breaking point, in particular in the form of a perforation or a shear-off element.
  • the mounting interface enables a user to attach additional attachment parts in a variable, space-saving manner but nevertheless with sufficient strength in the front-end region.
  • a preferred embodiment of the buffer system comprises a crash element which is attached to the buffer flange by means of buffer screws.
  • the mounting interface here is attached to the buffer flange on the other side of the crash element (i.e. on the buffer plate side).
  • the buffer is a center flange buffer.
  • the attachment region of the mounting interface is the same shape as the buffer flange (at least the contour, or potentially with the exception of a recess in the internal region), and at the corresponding locations has bores like the buffer flange.
  • the mounting interface is preferably fastened to the buffer flange by means of the buffer screws.
  • the mounting interface is attached to the buffer plate side of the buffer flange and the attachment region of the mounting interface has a recess such that a buffer housing (i.e. buffer sleeve or buffer plunger) is at least partially encompassed.
  • the attachment region preferably corresponds to only part of the area of the buffer flange and the mounting interface is fastened to the buffer flange with at least one buffer screw, preferably with at least two buffer screws.
  • FIG. 1 shows a buffer system according to the prior art, comprising a buffer and a crash element
  • FIG. 2 shows an attachment of supporting components in the region of a buffer of a rail vehicle according to the prior art
  • FIG. 3 shows FIG. 2 viewed at a different angle
  • FIG. 4 shows an exemplary embodiment of a buffer system according to the invention having a preferred mounting interface
  • FIG. 5 shows the front of a rail vehicle, in which a footplate is attached by means of a preferred mounting interface
  • FIG. 6 shows FIG. 5 viewed at a different angle.
  • FIG. 1 shows a buffer 10 according to the prior art.
  • the buffer has a buffer flange 11 which serves for fastening the buffer 10 to a front plate of a rail vehicle 4 , or to a crash element 3 as illustrated here.
  • the fastening of the buffer flange 11 is performed by means of buffer screws 12 , of which only a single screw is illustrated here in order to also show the bores which for this purpose are present in the buffer flange 11 and the crash element 3 .
  • the buffer sleeve 13 into which the buffer plunger 14 protrudes is welded to the buffer flange 11 here.
  • An elastic buffer element which is not visible here and can reversibly absorb and dissipate pressures that act on the buffer plate is incorporated between these two elements, whereby said elastic buffer element preferably can also convert some of the energy into heat and thus serves as a shock absorber.
  • the crash element 3 serves for absorbing these forces. Said crash element 3 is deformed in the process and absorbs the crash energy irreversibly.
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 show an attachment of supporting components 2 to a buffer 10 of a rail vehicle 4 according to the prior art.
  • the arrows point toward the regions of the rail vehicle to which the supporting components 2 are fastened.
  • a footplate 2 serves as an example of a supporting component 2 here. However, this could also be a handle or a switchman's platform.
  • the footplate 2 shown here is fastened in the front-end region of the rail vehicle 4 .
  • the footplate 2 is fastened to the driver's cab or front end of the rail vehicle and to the side of the car body of the latter, as is referenced more specifically by the arrows. Owing to the rather large width of the footplate, the fastenings on the driver's cab or front end here are of a comparatively massive dimension so as to ensure a minor elastic deformation.
  • FIG. 4 shows a preferred buffer system 9 having an exemplary embodiment for a mounting interface 1 according to the invention, to which can be attached a footplate 2 as a supporting component 2 .
  • the buffer system 9 comprises a buffer 10 with a buffer flange 11 which is assembled on a crash element 3 as is shown in FIG. 1 , for example.
  • the mounting interface 1 according to the invention comprises on the front side of the buffer flange 11 (i.e. on the side facing the buffer plate 15 ), wherein the components are connected to one another by means of buffer screws 12 .
  • the mounting interface 1 here has a mounting body 1 (and in this example is fundamentally composed of this mounting body).
  • This mounting body 1 has a component-fastening region 1 a which here is angled orthogonally in relation to the attachment region 1 b , so that a footplate 2 (not illustrated here, cf. following figures) can be placed thereon and be fastened with screws 7 in the bores of the component-fastening region 1 a.
  • the attachment region 1 b which here corresponds to part of the face of the buffer flange 11 , specifically the upper region of the latter, and is fastened to the buffer flange 11 with two buffer screws 12 . Since the buffer sleeve 13 is welded to the buffer flange 11 , or in the case of a center flange buffer is guided through the latter, there is a recess in the attachment region 1 b , which recess partially encompasses the buffer sleeve 13 .
  • the component-fastening region 1 a here is equipped with bores (of which only two are provided with a reference sign for reasons of clarity), whereby, instead of the bores 5 , other fastening elements such as, for example, screws could absolutely also be present in the component-fastening region 1 a .
  • the attachment region 1 b here can be attached to the buffer flange 11 with two buffer screws 12 , so that these buffer screws 12 connect the crash element 3 , the buffer flange 11 and the supported mounting interface 1 to the buffer system 9 .
  • a fastening to extra fastening points on the buffer flange would also be possible.
  • FIG. 5 shows the front of a rail vehicle 4 , in which a footplate 2 is attached by means of a preferred mounting interface 1 .
  • the footplate 2 here, by means of screws 7 , is fastened to the mounting interface 1 in bores 5 which are presently obscured by the perspective (cf. FIG. 5 , for example), and the mounting interface 1 is fastened to the buffer 10 of the rail vehicle 4 with two buffer screws 12 .
  • the mounting interface 1 In order to maintain optimal functioning of the crash element 3 , specifically the optimal deformability of the latter in the event of an accident, the mounting interface 1 here has weakenings 6 in the form of a perforation so that the component-fastening region 1 a is torn away from the attachment region 1 b exactly at this location.
  • FIG. 6 shows FIG. 5 when viewed from another angle.
  • the two arrows on the right indicate the fastening points on the buffer, or on the mounting interface 1
  • the arrow on the left indicates an additional fastening possibility on the side of the rail vehicle (as is also used in the prior art).
  • the weakening 6 in the mounting interface 1 is preferred.
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