Abstract:
A vehicle body, in particular a rail vehicle body, includes at least one body shell profile and at least one interior fitting connected to the body shell profile. The interior fitting is held on the body shell profile by at least one fastening element which is slipped or pushed onto the body shell profile using a clip section and clamped there.

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     Field of the Invention 
     The invention relates to a vehicle body, in particular a rail vehicle body, having at least one body shell profile and at least one interior fitting connected to the body shell profile. 
     In the case of rail vehicle bodies, bores in the body shell profiles of the body shell of the rail vehicle bodies are customarily required nowadays in order to fasten interior fittings. By means of these bores, fastening elements are screwed onto the vehicle body shell, to which in turn the interior fittings are furthermore fastened. The mounting of interior fittings by screwing the fastening elements to the vehicle body shell is relatively time-consuming. 
     The problem addressed by the invention is that of specifying a vehicle body, in particular a rail vehicle body, which can be produced particularly quickly and easily. 
     BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     This problem is solved according to the invention by a vehicle body, in particular a rail vehicle body, having at least one body shell profile and at least one interior fitting connected to the body shell profile. Advantageous embodiments of the body according to the invention are specified in dependent claims. 
     According to this it is provided according to the invention that the interior fitting is held on the body shell profile by at least one fastening element which is slipped onto the body shell profile using a clip section and clamped there. 
     A substantial advantage of the body according to the invention should be seen in that it allows fastening elements to be mounted on body shell profiles simply by sliding on and clamping. Unlike bodies known in the prior art, it is not necessary for the fastening elements to be screwed to the body shell profiles. 
     A further substantial advantage of the body according to the invention is that it can be produced in a tolerance-insensitive manner, as no bores have to be provided in the body shell profiles for fastening the fastening elements which would define a subsequent positioning of the fastening elements. Through the sliding-on and clamping of the fastening elements provided according to the invention, it is possible to adjust the positioning of the fastening elements on the body shell profile to any previously occurring production tolerances, in that the positioning of the fastening elements is subsequently modified when sliding on. 
     In order to allow a particularly quick and easy fastening of the fastening element, it is regarded as advantageous for the body shell profile to have a periphery and for the periphery to be enclosed in a clamping manner by the clip section. 
     According to a particularly preferred embodiment of the body, it is provided that a first internal clip surface of the clip section rests on the body shell profile in planar fashion and the opposite second internal clip surface of the clip section rests on the body shell profile in punctiform or linear fashion, in particular forming a bearing edge. 
     With a view to the mounting of the interior fitting, it is regarded as advantageous for the internal clip surface of the clip section which rests on the body shell profile in planar fashion to be located on the side of the body shell profile facing the interior fitting and for the opposite internal clip surface of the clip section which rests on the body shell profile in punctiform or linear fashion to be located on the side of the body shell profile facing away from the interior fitting. 
     A first clip end of the clip section preferably rests on the side of the body shell profile facing the interior fitting and a second clip end of the clip section on the side of the body shell profile facing away from the interior fitting, wherein the second clip end is bent away from the body shell profile. 
     The body shell profile preferably has a planar plate section adjoining the periphery and a bent section which is separated from the periphery by the planar plate section and is bent away from the plane of the planar plate section. 
     The first clip end of the clip section is preferably likewise bent and rests on the bent section of the body shell profile, preferably in planar fashion. 
     The fastening element preferably has a bearing plate on which the interior fitting of the body rests. 
     The interior fitting preferably forms a covering part of the body or a component of a covering part of this kind. 
     The bearing plate and the clip section are preferably connected to one another by a spacer element. The spacer element is particularly preferably rotationally symmetrical, in order to guarantee a fixed connection. The spacer element particularly preferably extends perpendicularly to the carrier element and perpendicularly to the bearing plate. 
     In order to simplify mounting of the interior fitting to the fastening element, it is regarded as advantageous for the interior fitting of the body to be clamped between the bearing plate of the fastening element and a clamping plate. 
     There is preferably a thread in the bearing plate and/or in the spacer element, into which a screw is screwed. The screw may, for example, screw the clamping plate and the bearing plate and/or the clamping plate and the spacer element to one another. 
     The fastening element is particularly preferably held on the body shell profile solely by the clamping force of the clip section. 
     The invention moreover relates to a method of producing a body, in particular a rail vehicle body, in which at least one body shell profile and at least one interior fitting are connected to one another. 
     According to the invention, a method of this kind is preferably provided in that a clip section of at least one fastening element is slipped onto the body shell profile and clamped there and the interior fitting is fastened to the fastening element. 
     In relation to the advantages of the method according to the invention, reference is made to the above observations in relation to the body according to the invention, as the advantages of the body according to the invention substantially correspond to those of the method according to the invention. 
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING 
     The invention is explained in greater detail below with the help of exemplary embodiments; in these, by way of example, 
    
    
     
         FIG. 1  shows an exemplary embodiment of a rail vehicle body according to the invention in which an interior fitting is held on a body shell profile with the help of a fastening element, 
         FIG. 2  shows the fastening element and the body shell profile according to  FIG. 1  in cross section and 
         FIG. 3  shows the fastening element and also the body shell profile according to  FIG. 1  in a further three-dimensional view. 
     
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     For the sake of clarity, the same reference numbers are always used in the figures for identical or comparable components. 
       FIG. 1  shows an exemplary embodiment of a rail vehicle body  10  of which only a section is depicted in  FIG. 1  for the sake of clarity. The body shell of the rail vehicle body  10  comprises a body shell profile  15  onto which a clip section  20  of a fastening element  25  is slipped from below in the depiction according to  FIG. 1 . The clip section  20  of the fastening element  25  comprises or embraces a lower periphery  30  of the body shell profile  15 . 
     A spacer element  35  is in contact with the clip section  20  of the fastening element  25 , which spacer element extends away from the clip section  20  perpendicularly, at least approximately perpendicularly, and therefore perpendicularly, at least approximately perpendicularly, from the body shell profile  15 . The spacer element  35  stands with its end facing away from the clip section  20  in contact with a bearing plate  40  which is arranged at least approximately parallel to the clip section  20  and therefore at least approximately parallel to the body shell profile  15 . 
     On the bearing plate  40  of the fastening element  25  rests an interior fitting  45  of the rail vehicle body  10 . The interior fitting  45  may for example form a covering part or a component of a covering part  50  of the rail vehicle body  10 . 
     It can be seen in  FIG. 1  that the interior fitting  45  is pressed onto the bearing plate  40  by means of a clamping plate  55 , as a result of which a fixing of the interior fitting  45  on the fastening element  25  is achieved. The clamping force required for clamping between the clamping plate  55  and the bearing plate  40  is created by a screw  60 , for example, which is screwed into a thread in the spacer element  35  and/or into a thread in the bearing plate  40 . Instead of a screw connection, a riveting, adhesive or welded connection may be produced as an alternative. 
     It can be seen in  FIG. 1  that the fastening element  25  can be attached to the body shell profile  15  quickly and easily, as mounting only requires the clip section  20  of the fastening element  25  to be slid onto the lower periphery  30  of the body shell profile  15 . The fastening element  25  does not need to be screwed onto the body shell profile  15 , which means that the work involved in mounting the fastening element  25  is reduced to a minimum; moreover, adjustment tolerances can be balanced by adjusting the position of the fastening element  25  on the body shell profile  15  when sliding on. 
       FIG. 2  shows the fastening of the fastening element  25  on the lower periphery  30  of the body shell profile  15  more closely in the detail in cross section. It can be seen that the clip section  20  of the fastening element  25  has two clip ends, namely a first clip end  100  which is located on the side  105  of the body shell profile  15  facing the spacer element  35  and also the bearing plate  40 , and also a second clip end  110  which rests on the side  115  of the body shell profile  15  facing away from the spacer element  35  and also the bearing plate  40 . 
     It can also be seen in  FIG. 2  that the clip section  20  has two internal clip surfaces, namely a first internal clip surface  120  and a second internal clip surface  121 . 
     The first internal clip surface  120  rests on the side  105  of the body shell profile  15  facing the spacer element  35  and is adapted in terms of shape to the shape of the body shell profile  15 . It can therefore be seen that the lower section of the first internal clip surface  120  adjacent to the clip bottom  123  of the clip section  20  is planar or flat and therefore rests in planar fashion on a flat plate section  125  of the body shell profile  15  forming a planar contact. The friction between the first internal clip surface  120  and the flat plate section  125  is therefore maximum. The flat plate section  125  of the body shell profile  15  is preferably directly adjacent to the periphery  30  of the body shell profile  15 . 
     The first clip end  100  of the clip section  20  moreover preferably has a bent end portion  130  which rests in planar fashion on a bent section  135  of the body shell profile  15 . The bent section  135  of the body shell profile  15  is preferably directly adjacent to the flat plate section  125  of the body shell profile  15 . 
     The function of the bent section  135  of the body shell profile  15  and also that of the bent end section  130  of the first clip end  100  is that of increasing the holding force and preventing the clip section  20  from slipping down from the body shell profile  15 . 
     The second internal clip surface  121  rests on the side  115  of the flat plate section  125  facing away from the spacer element  35  only in punctiform or linear fashion, in order to bring to bear a maximum pressing force of the second internal clip surface  121  on the flat plate section  125  through a resilient pretension. The bearing line or bearing edge with which the second internal clip surface  121  rests on the side  115  of the body shell profile  15  is referred to in  FIG. 2  using the reference number  160 . The bearing edge  160  rests along with the first internal clip surface  120  on the flat plate section  125  of the body shell profile  15  and produces a clamping force jointly therewith. 
     In order to create the bearing edge  160  resting on the flat plate section  125 , the second clip end  110  is preferably bent away from the bearing edge  160  and the flat plate section  125 . 
       FIG. 2  moreover shows the screw  60  that allows the clip plate  55  shown in  FIG. 1  to be screwed onto the supporting plate  40 . 
     Moreover, it can be seen in  FIG. 2  that the spacer element  35  may be rotationally symmetrical and preferably oriented both perpendicularly to the clip section  20  and also perpendicularly to the supporting plate  40 . 
       FIG. 3  shows the body shell profile  15  and also the fastening element  25  fastened thereto once again as a three-dimensional view from the side. It can be seen that the clip section  20  encloses the lower edge  30  of the body shell profile  15  and is held by clamping force on the body shell profile  15 . Moreover, the bearing edge  160  can be seen by means of which the second internal clip surface  121  of the clip section  20  rests on the side of the body shell profile  15  facing away from the spacer element  35 . 
     The screw  60  can also be seen which is screwed into a thread in the spacer element  35  and/or into a thread in the bearing plate  40 . 
     Although the invention has been illustrated and described in detail by preferred exemplary embodiments, it is not limited by the examples disclosed and other variations may be derived from these by the person skilled in the art without departing from the scope of protection of the invention.