Patent ID: 6092473
Filing Date: 2000-07-25
Classification: B61D,B62D,Y02T

Abstract:
A modular structure for forming a railway vehicle carriage body, comprising:a shell,a plurality of laterally space apart frame profiles forming bearing surfaces for the shell;at least one border profile located on a border of said shell and connected to an end of at least one of said frame profiles to form a T-shaped structure, a half of an aperture being provided at a juncture of the border profile and said at least one frame profile, said half of said aperture being configured to join another half of said aperture on another of said modular structure and to receive connecting means extending through said aperture,a frame foot connected at the juncture of the border profile and said at least one frame profile for positive locking between the border profile and the at least one frame profile, said frame foot being configured for positive locking with another of said frame foot on said another modular structure at said aperture.