Transfer device for a rail vehicle, sensor apparatus, bogie, rail vehicle and method for operating a transfer device

Abstract

A transfer device for a rail vehicle including a car body including an electronics device, and a bogie, the transfer device comprising: a coupling unit arrangeable at the bogie and including a plurality of sensor interfaces, wherein each of the sensor interfaces is electrically connectable with a respective sensor configured to capture an operating variable of the bogie, and including an additional interface connectable with the electronics device, wherein the coupling unit is configured to transfer operating variables of the sensors received through the sensor interfaces, and wherein a transfer of the operating variables is performed through the additional interface to the electronics device using a multiplexing method.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A transfer device for a rail vehicle including a car body including an electronics device, and a bogie, the transfer device comprising:
 a coupling unit arrangeable at the bogie and including a plurality of sensor interfaces, wherein each of the sensor interfaces is electrically connectable with a respective sensor configured to capture an operating variable of the bogie, and including an additional interface connectable with the electronics device,   wherein the coupling unit is configured to transfer operating variables of the sensors received through the sensor interfaces, and wherein a transfer of the operating variables is performed through the additional interface to the electronics device using a multiplexing method.   
     
     
         2 . The transfer device according to  claim 1 , wherein the additional interface is configured hardwired or wireless. 
     
     
         3 . The transfer device according to  claim 1 , wherein the coupling unit includes a storage device configured to store the operating variables. 
     
     
         4 . The transfer device according to  claim 1 , wherein the coupling device includes an energy interface connectable with an energy storage device to store electrical energy. 
     
     
         5 . The transfer device according to  claim 1 , wherein the coupling unit includes an electronic bogie identification of the bogie and is configured to transfer a bogie identification through the additional interface. 
     
     
         6 . The transfer device according to  claim 1 , wherein the coupling unit is configured to reliably receive device variables from the electronic device through the additional interface to compare the received operating variables with the received device variables in order to obtain a comparison result and in order to determine bogie information using the comparison result. 
     
     
         7 . The transfer device according to  claim 1 , wherein the coupling device is configured to determine operating data from the operating variables and transfer the operating data through the additional interface. 
     
     
         8 . A sensor device for a rail vehicle, the sensor device comprising:
 the transfer device according to  claim 1  and the plurality of the sensors configured to capture the operating variables,   wherein the plurality of the sensors is electrically coupled with the coupling unit through the plurality of the sensor interfaces.   
     
     
         9 . A bogie for a rail vehicle, the bogie comprising: the sensor device according to  claim 8 . 
     
     
         10 . A rail vehicle, comprising: a car body including the electronic device and the bogie according to  claim 9 . 
     
     
         11 . A method for operating the transfer device of the rail vehicle according to  claim 10 , the method comprising:
 receiving the operating variables through the plurality of sensor interfaces; and   transferring the operating variables of the sensors received through the plurality of sensor interfaces to the electronics device through the additional interface using a multiplexing method.