Patent ID: 7958831
Filing Date: 2011-06-14
Classification: B61D

Abstract:
1. A lateral face of a rail vehicle body comprising: a framework including an assembly of a plurality of adjacent panels, each of the plurality of adjacent panels including ribs; and an outer skin adhesively-bonded to the framework and extending over at least two adjacent panels to extend over an entire length of the lateral face; the assembly of panels and the outer skin together forming a laminated assembly, the ribs arranged for ensuring vertical rigidity and horizontal rigidity of the lateral face, the ribs including horizontal and vertical ribs, horizontal and vertical ribs of two adjacent panels forming at least one opening for a window, the two adjacent panels having a connection located away from a zone of concentrated stress corresponding to corners of the at least one opening, at least one of the panels including two recesses forming two half-windows, the ribs including a core, the core being a lateral pillar of at least one window and common to the two half-windows, one of the half-windows being part of the at least one window, at least one rib diagonally extending from the core to an upper edge of the at least one panel and at least one further rib diagonally extending from the core to a lower edge of the at least one panel, the at least one rib and at least one further rib forming at least one X-shaped reinforcement structure including the core.