Patent ID: 9027485
Filing Date: 2015-05-12
Classification: B61D,B61F

Abstract:
1. An obstacle deflector provided at a front portion of an underframe of a carbody of a railcar, the obstacle deflector comprising: an obstacle deflecting plate configured to protect the carbody from an obstacle on a railway track when the railcar is traveling; and a supporting device wherein: the obstacle deflecting plate includes a main plate portion provided to receive the obstacle by a surface thereof and having a curved shape that is convex toward a front side in a traveling direction in plan view and a sub plate portion projecting toward a rear side from the main plate portion; the sub plate portion is continuously provided along the main plate portion so as to extend from a convex, curved front end portion of the main plate portion toward a pair of left and right side portions of the main plate portion, the left and right side portions being located at the rear side in the traveling direction; the supporting device is configured to couple the side portions of the obstacle deflecting plate to the underframe; and the sub plate portion includes gradually increasing regions at portions projecting from the side portions, and projecting amounts of the gradually increasing regions gradually increase as the gradually increasing regions extend from the front end portion to the supporting device.