Vehicle body contour-based derailment detection method for rail vehicle

    公开(公告)号:US11835422B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-05

    申请号:US17044269

    申请日:2019-12-05

    CPC classification number: G01M17/08 B61L15/0081 G01S17/931 B61F9/005

    Abstract: A vehicle body contour-based derailment detection method for a rail vehicle, including: measuring distances between measuring points and rails through a range finder mounted on an underframe of a vehicle body, and calculating a transverse displacement of the current vehicle body in a vehicle body coordinate system; measuring an inclination angle of the current vehicle body in the vehicle body coordinate system through an inclination sensor on the vehicle body; with reference to a size of the vehicle body and distribution positions of the measuring points, as well as the transverse displacement of the current vehicle body in the vehicle body coordinate system and the inclination angle of the vehicle body in the vehicle body coordinate system, obtaining a dynamic outer contour of the vehicle body in the vehicle body coordinate system and converting it into a dynamic outer contour in the rail coordinate system.

    Rail transport system
    3.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11639187B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-02

    申请号:US16335333

    申请日:2017-02-28

    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a rail transport system. The rail transport system includes: a rail, the rail includes a steering portion and a travelling portion, the travelling portion is connected to the steering portion, and a first recess is constructed on the travelling portion to form an escape passage; and a rail vehicle, where the rail vehicle includes bogies and a vehicle body, the bogie movably straddles the rail, the bogie fits in with an inner bottom surface of the escape passage of the travelling portion and the steering portion, and the bogie travels by using the travelling portion and is steered by using the steering portion, and the vehicle body is connected to the bogie and pulled by the bogie to travel along the rail. The rail transport system according to this embodiment of the present disclosure has advantages such as facilitation of evacuation of passengers in an emergency, low costs, small occupied space, small rail weight bearing, and high stability.

    Bogie, rail vehicle having same, and rail transport system

    公开(公告)号:US11155278B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-26

    申请号:US16334790

    申请日:2017-02-28

    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a bogie, a rail vehicle having same, and a rail transport system. The bogie includes: a bogie frame, where the bogie frame has a straddle recess straddling a rail; a first running wheel and a second running wheel, where the first running wheel and the second running wheel are pivotably mounted onto the bogie frame respectively and are coaxially spaced apart; a third running wheel and a fourth running wheel, where the third running wheel and the fourth running wheel are pivotably mounted onto the bogie frame respectively and are coaxially spaced apart; a driving device, where the driving device is located between the first running wheel and the second running wheel, and the first running wheel and the second running wheel are driven by the driving device; and/or the driving device is located between the third running wheel and the fourth running wheel, and the third running wheel and the fourth running wheel are driven by the driving device. The bogie according to this embodiment of the present disclosure facilitates optimization of the structure of an escape passage, and has advantages such as high space utilization, high stability, and strong weight bearing capability.

    Rail vehicle having guide device
    6.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10994753B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-04

    申请号:US16080242

    申请日:2017-02-27

    Abstract: The rail vehicle has a guide device configured to guide traveling of a bogie on a traveling track by rolling guide wheels in a state of bringing the guide wheels into contact with guide rails installed on both sides of the traveling track in a vehicle width direction perpendicular to a traveling direction, wherein: the guide device has an arm and the guide wheels, the arm having a central portion fixed to a stationary member, extending to both sides in the vehicle width direction, and having both end portions elastically deformable in a direction in which the guide rails extend, the guide wheels being mounted on the arm at the both end portions of the arm in the vehicle width direction; and a center of each of the guide wheels is displaced from a center line of the arm, the center line extending in the vehicle width direction.

    Process for Detecting a Derailment of a Rail Vehicle

    公开(公告)号:US20200231189A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-23

    申请号:US16616166

    申请日:2018-05-23

    Abstract: A process for detecting a derailment of a rail vehicle having two or more rail vehicle parts and one or more articulations through which adjacent rail vehicle parts are rotatably connected with one another includes determining an angle of rotation between adjacent rail vehicle parts, and/or a quantity derived from the angle of rotation. The process further includes comparing the angle of rotation or the derived quantity with at least one reference value or threshold, or with at least one reference value range or threshold range. A test criterion indicating whether or not there is a derailment is defined based on the at least one reference value or threshold, and/or an expected relationship of multiple angles of rotation, and/or an expected relationship of the multiple quantities derived from the angles of rotation, relative to one another. The method further includes determining whether or not the test criterion is met.

    Projected magnetic fastening system

    公开(公告)号:US10676113B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-09

    申请号:US15664973

    申请日:2017-07-31

    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a railcar comprises an interior wall and guard strips magnetically coupled to the interior wall. Each of the guard strips comprises a cushioning material for absorbing impact. The guard strips are configured to prevent an object loaded in the railcar from contacting the interior wall. The railcar further comprises protected magnetic fastening systems coupling each of the guard strips to the interior wall. Each of the protected magnetic fastening systems comprises a magnet and a rod comprising a first end and a second end. The first end is coupled to the magnet, and the second end extends through the guard strip. The protected magnetic fastening system may further comprise a cup washer coupled to the second end of the rod and secured with a fastener. The cup washer partially surrounds the fastener to restrict objects larger than the cup washer from contacting the fastener.

    RAIL TRANSPORT SYSTEM
    9.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190270462A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-05

    申请号:US16334718

    申请日:2017-02-28

    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a rail vehicle. The rail vehicle includes: a plurality of bogies, where the bogie has a straddle recess suitable for straddling a rail; and a vehicle body, where the vehicle body is connected to the plurality of bogies and pulled by the plurality of bogies to travel along the rail, and the vehicle body includes a plurality of compartments hinged sequentially along a length direction of the rail; the plurality of compartments forms at least one compartment group, the compartment group includes three compartments hinged sequentially, and the bottom of each of only compartments that are located at two ends of the compartment group and that are of the three compartments is connected to the bogie; and in the length direction of the rail, a surface that is of a compartment at at least one end of the vehicle body and that faces away from an adjacent compartment is provided with an escape door that can be opened and closed. The rail vehicle according to this embodiment of the present disclosure facilitates optimization of the structure of an escape passage, reduction in occupied space and the weight borne by the rail, and improvement in stability, and is flexible in steering and low in costs.

    RAIL VEHICLE HAVING GUIDE DEVICE
    10.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190047596A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-14

    申请号:US16080242

    申请日:2017-02-27

    Abstract: The rail vehicle has a guide device configured to guide traveling of a bogie on a traveling track by rolling guide wheels in a state of bringing the guide wheels into contact with guide rails installed on both sides of the traveling track in a vehicle width direction perpendicular to a traveling direction, wherein: the guide device has an arm and the guide wheels, the arm having a central portion fixed to a stationary member, extending to both sides in the vehicle width direction, and having both end portions elastically deformable in a direction in which the guide rails extend, the guide wheels being mounted on the arm at the both end portions of the arm in the vehicle width direction; and a center of each of the guide wheels is displaced from a center line of the arm, the center line extending in the vehicle width direction.

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