Patent ID: 6431083
Filing Date: 2002-08-13
Classification: B61D

Abstract:
A rail vehicle with a prefabricated wagon body module that is connected to an underframe, as well as a prefabricated head module made of a fiber composite material, and including at least a front wall and side walls and wherein:a joining region of the underframe (3) that points toward the head module (12) is provided with height tolerance-compensating means (5) to compensate for height tolerances of the combination of the head module and the underframe; a joining region of the wagon body module (2) that points toward the head module (12) is provided with joining edges with longitudinal and lateral tolerance compensating means (joining web 7 and joining web 8), at least in the region of wagon body side walls (9), to compensate for longitudinal and lateral tolerances of the combination of the wagon body module and the head module; the head module (12) has respective joining edges for the head module front wall and for the head module side walls (13,14), which point toward the wagon body module (2) and the underframe (3), that have respective reinforced sections (18, 19) that are integrated into the fiber composite material; the head module front wall and a the head module side walls (13, 14) are connected shear resistant to the underframe (3) by respective fastening means (20) that are tightened against the respective reinforced sections (18) and build up pre-tensioning; and at least the head module side walls (14) are connected shear resistant at least to the wagon body side walls (9) with the aid of fastening means (21) that are tightened against the respective reinforced section (19) and build up pre-tensioning.