LOCOMOTIVE BODY Russian patent published in 2007 - IPC B61D17/00 B61F1/06 

FIELD: railway transport.

SUBSTANCE: proposed locomotive body contains cabin 2, longitudinal side walls, 3, 4 and rear end face wall 6, roof 7 and carrying frame 1 consisting of longitudinal sides connected by upper sheet flooring, buffer bars with bracing boxes and intermediate beams. Central unit in form of box-section rectangle is found in middle part of frame between two cross beams. Corners and middles of sides of rectangle are connected with cross beams by insert beams. Middle of over-bogie beams are connected with buffer bars by variable-section longitudinal beams, increasing in section in direction to places of connection with bracing boxes. Cabin is provided with reinforced front belt 38 in place lower than window aperture and with built-in antishock device 39. Locomotive body can be furnished with additional cross wall forming vestibule, and module0channel mounted on upper sheet flooring of frame and used for mounting communication lines and providing central passage inside body.

EFFECT: increased strength of carrying frame and body as a whose in longitudinal direction.

2 cl, 2 dwg