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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2011
Wolfgang Schmidt, Schwalbach / Ts., DE;
Dieter Fastnacht, Bad Oeynhausen, DE;
Alfred Krumpf, Murnau, DE;
Juergen Kupies, Duisburg, DE;
Kasper Schroeder-bodenstein, Duesseldorf, DE;
Maik Scholz, Sangerhausen / Grillenberg, DE;
Wolfgang Schmidt, Schwalbach / Ts., DE;
Dieter Fastnacht, Bad Oeynhausen, DE;
Alfred Krumpf, Murnau, DE;
Juergen Kupies, Duisburg, DE;
Kasper Schroeder-Bodenstein, Duesseldorf, DE;
Maik Scholz, Sangerhausen / Grillenberg, DE;
DB Fernverkehr AG, Framkfurt am Main, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a rail vehicle for driving operation on track systems with ballast permanent way. The invention is to effectively avoid or at least significantly reduce an agglomeration of snow and ice in cavities of the vehicle underfloor. For this purpose it is provided that the rail vehicle in the region of its underfloor comprises at least one flexible membrane which spans hollow spaces which are positioned open towards the track systems or support frame structures of the underfloor of the rail vehicle.