Side Wall for a Rail Vehicle

Abstract

A side wall for a rail vehicle of differential structure, configured for fastening the lower end to a base frame and the upper end to a roof, includes a grid structure of bows and frames, and paneling of said grid structure, wherein the paneling is produced in one piece and has a vertical first section and a second section arranged at the upper end of the side wall and angled or bent with respect to the first section, and a cover plate which is oriented substantially perpendicularly in the installed position of the side wall and connected to the paneling at the upper end of the second section, and a plurality of ribs distributed along the longitudinal extent of the side wall and welded in within the intermediate space between the upper section of the paneling and the cover plate.

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         8 . A side wall for a rail vehicle in differential construction, structured for fastening at a lower end thereof to an underframe and at an upper end thereof to a roof, the side wall comprising:
 a grid-form network of crossrails and frames;   a cladding of said grid-form network, the cladding being formed in a single piece and comprising a vertical first section and a second section which is arranged at the upper end of the side wall and is angled or bent relative to the first section;   a cover plate which is oriented substantially vertically in the installed position of the side wall and connected to the cladding at the upper end of the second section; and   a plurality of ribs which are distributed along a longitudinal extent of the side wall and welded into an intermediate space between the upper section of the cladding and the cover plate.   
     
     
         9 . The side wall for a rail vehicle as claimed in  claim 8 , further comprising:
 a closing plate which is aligned substantially parallel to the first section of the cladding and which extends between two adjacent frames and between an uppermost crossrail and a crossrail below, said closing plate being welded to these structural elements.   
     
     
         10 . The side wall for a rail vehicle as claimed in  claim 9 , wherein at least one frame of the two adjacent frames is formed as a door pillar. 
     
     
         11 . The side wall for a rail vehicle as claimed in  claim 8 , wherein the plurality of ribs are formed as flat plates with an edge bend at one side of a perimeter thereof. 
     
     
         12 . The side wall for a rail vehicle as claimed in  claim 9 , wherein the plurality of ribs are formed as flat plates with an edge bend at one side of a perimeter thereof. 
     
     
         13 . The side wall for a rail vehicle as claimed in  claim 10 , wherein the plurality of ribs are formed as flat plates with an edge bend at one side of a perimeter thereof. 
     
     
         14 . The side wall for a rail vehicle as claimed in  claim 8 , wherein the cover plate has an L-form cross section; and wherein one limb of two limbs of the cover plate extends away from the cladding. 
     
     
         15 . The side wall for a rail vehicle as claimed in  claim 8 , further comprising:
 at least one reinforcing plate arranged between an uppermost crossrail and an upper section of the cladding, the at least one reinforcing plate being welded to these structural elements.   
     
     
         16 . A rail vehicle comprising the side wall as claimed in  claim 8 .