Patent ID: 9242656
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: B61D,B61F,Y02T

Claim Text:
1. A rolling stock having a car body formed by joining a cab end structure having a streamlined shape and an end structure respectively to opposite ends of an underframe, side structures, and a roof structure, wherein the cab end structure includes: a pair of corner posts having lower half portions joined respectively to a pair of corner post reinforcement member, which stand upright on opposite end portions of an end beam of the underframe, and upper half portions inclined toward rear of the car body; an upper reinforcement beam extending in a car-body width direction, the upper reinforcement beam being joined to and laid between upper end portions of the pair of corner posts; a pair of end posts having lower half portions joined respectively to a pair of end post reinforcement members, which stand upright on inner sides of the corner posts on the end beam, and upper half portions inclined toward the rear of the car body, extending from the inclined upper ends toward the rear of the car body in a horizontal direction, and having rear end portions being joined to the upper reinforcement beam; front face reinforcement members coupling each corner post reinforcement member and the adjacent end post reinforcement member to each other, and the end post reinforcement members to each other, in the car-body width direction; and a pair of coupling members respectively coupling upper portions of the pair of end posts and a front end portion of the roof structure, and the upper reinforcement beam has such a strength that the car body can be lifted up from above.