RAIL VEHICLE, TYPE TRAM CAR, MOTOR CAR OF ELECTRIC TRAIN OR ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE, TRAM CAR WITH LOW-LEVEL FLOOR Russian patent published in 2007 - IPC B61D13/00 B61D17/00 

FIELD: rail vehicles.

SUBSTANCE: tram car body 5 has casing 9 in form of prismatic hollow beam and load-bearing platform combined with floor and provided with central pintle from below for connection with running gear. Floor platform is monolithically combined with casing-forming wall guards 12 and 13 with side walls provided with window apertures 28 and door apertures 29, end walls with passage apertures, roof and upper and lower aerodynamic fairings and three-dimensional structure with guard and load-bearing members made in form of envelopes forming hidden framework in form of framing of technological and structural apertures and hidden bands, struts 22 and stays 23 of beams and/or trusses of hidden framework monolithically combined on other side with envelope of casing made from composite material.

EFFECT: reduced usage of materials; enhanced durability of body.

25 cl, 25 dwg