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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2015
Applicant:
Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Hyogo, JP;
Inventors:
Hiroyuki Hirata, Kobe, JP;
Ryosuke Ashida, Kobe, JP;
Assignee:
KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Hyogo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61G 11/04 (2006.01); B61G 11/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B61G 11/04 (2013.01); B61G 11/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
A railcar according to the present disclosure includes a buffer installed in an end portion of each of coupled cars, and urging each other in a car longitudinal direction, the buffer having a stem movable in the car longitudinal direction and a spring urging the stem, an underframe internally enclosing part of the buffer and including an opening on a top plate of the underframe, and a compression mechanism forcibly compressing the spring to move the stem, part of the compression mechanism being freely brought into and out of the opening.