US 12,403,941 B2
Assembly for increasing the load-bearing capacity of a structural component of a rail vehicle
Martin Zäch, Raubling (DE)
Assigned to Siemens Mobility GmbH, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 17/794,706
Filed by Siemens Mobility GmbH, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Nov. 25, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/083431
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 22, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/151544, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 5, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 200 884.1 (DE), filed on Jan. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0054558 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. B61F 1/06 (2006.01); B61D 17/00 (2006.01); B61D 17/04 (2006.01); B61F 1/10 (2006.01); B61F 1/14 (2006.01)
CPC B61F 1/06 (2013.01) [B61D 17/00 (2013.01); B61D 17/04 (2013.01); B61F 1/10 (2013.01); B61F 1/14 (2013.01); B61D 17/043 (2013.01)] 2 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An assembly for increasing a load-bearing capacity of a locomotive body, the assembly comprising:
a first connector point and a second connector point at the locomotive body, the first and second connector points being formed by a combination of coupling hooks and buffers of an associated locomotive and wherein a tensile force acting at said first connector point or a compressive force acting at said first connector point is transmitted to said second connector point;
a first load path extending between said first connector point and said second connector point being configured for a transmission of the compressive force;
a second load path extending between said first connector point and said second connector point being configured for a transmission of the tensile force;
said first and second load paths acting parallel to one another, but being functionally separate from one another;
said first and second load paths having mutually different compressive rigidities, thus achieving a division of the transmission of the tensile force and the transmission of the compressive force by way of the different compressive rigidities;
said first load path having a compression-rigid configuration, with said first load path being formed by a frame of the locomotive body and the frame being an integrated constituent part of the locomotive body; and
said second load path being formed by cables forming tensile elements substantially without compressive rigidity.