Abstract:
Disclosed is a combined cable trough and walkway (1) comprising a trough (200a) and a lid, the trough (200a) comprising two trough units (200) arranged to be coupled together end to end to form the trough (200a).
Abstract:
A direct current (DC) traction power electric arc suppressing device is provided. The device comprises a parallel resistor-capacitor (RC) circuit electrically connected between a main traction power rail and an associated power rail incline end section with a narrow insulating joint installed between the main traction power rail and the associated power rail end section incline.
Abstract:
A bond pin assembly for connecting a connection cable with a rail, comprising: a bond pin that is inserted into a through hole in the rail, said bond pin having a transition portion and a screw portion, a diameter of one end of the transition portion being larger than a diameter of the other end of the transition portion, the end of the transition portion having a smaller diameter being connected with the screw portion; a conductive sleeve that is provided between the bond pin and a wall of the through hole of the rail, and a nut that is screwed on the screw portion to fasten an end of the connection cable between the nut and a side wall of the rail. By inserting the conductive sleeve with the shape corresponding to those of the through hole and the bond pin between the through hole and the bond pin and further taking fastening measure, the structural intensity of the bond bin assembly can be increased effectively.
Abstract:
A traffic system includes: a vehicle having a power-receiving section on an outer surface thereof; and a ground facility having a power-supply section for supplying the power-receiving section with power by coming in contact with the power-receiving section. The power-supply section has a spring for applying a biasing force to a power-supply shoe in the power-supply section toward the power-receiving section. The power-receiving section has a flat surface that extends along the outer surface of the vehicle, and tapered surfaces that are connected to the flat surface in the forward and backward moving directions of the vehicle and guide the power-supply shoe to the flat surface against the biasing force to bring the power-supply shoe into contact with the flat surface when the vehicle moves backward and forward.
Abstract:
Magnetic means and apparatus for implementing rail bonds and rail feeds. A rail bond embodiment comprises an electrical conductor. Mechanically and electrically coupled to each end of the electrical conductor is a magnet that comprises a magnetic material that is plated with an electrically conductive material. In an alternative embodiment, the magnet comprises a magnetic material that is disposed between two pieces of steel or other metal. In operation, the two magnets are attached to two rail sections, across a joint separating the rails, via the attractive magnetic force between each magnet and its associated rail. In this way, the electrical circuit comprising the rails is maintained.
Abstract:
Magnetic means and apparatus for implementing rail bonds and rail feeds. A rail bond embodiment comprises an electrical conductor. Mechanically and electrically coupled to each end of the electrical conductor is a magnet that comprises a magnetic material that is plated with an electrically conductive material. In an alternative embodiment, the magnet comprises a magnetic material that is disposed between two pieces of steel or other metal. In operation, the two magnets are attached to two rail sections, across a joint separating the rails, via the attractive magnetic force between each magnet and its associated rail. In this way, the electrical circuit comprising the rails is maintained.
Abstract:
A clamp comprising a first end including a base and a hooked portion and a second end moveably connected to the base of the first end. The second end includes a clamped portion and a wire jaw maintaining a wire. The wire jaw is shaped so as to be placed in the second end. The wire jaw including a base and arms extending from the base. The arms defining an opening including teeth, the teeth effective to grip and provide high contact pressure on a rail. A spring is disposed on the base of the first end and is effective to bias the second end toward the hooked portion of the first end.
Abstract:
A rail clip for securing a strip heater to a rail that resists removal when subjected to intense vibration, such as when rail cars are passing overhead. The rail clip is configured with a U-shaped rail flange receiving area wherein the opposite sides of this receiving area are configured with at least one tooth each for securing the rail therebetween. For greater securement, multiple teeth on each side of this U-shaped receiving area would be employed and with at least one tooth on each side thereof being in alignment with the other. Furthermore, the teeth on at least one side of this receiving area would include multiple teeth, both pointed and elongated.
Abstract:
Hydroelastic joint comprising an elastically deformable element (6) shaped so as to define, between two armatures (1, 2), a volume containing a damping liquid and comprising at least two chambers (10, 11) opposite one another along a predefined damping direction. The joint comprises a connection circuit that connects the chambers, and flow control means (26, 27) that can be switched to a first asymmetrical state in which the flow resistance of the connection circuit is lower in a first direction from a first of the chambers to a second of the chambers than in a second direction from the second chamber to the first chamber, and a second asymmetrical condition in which the flow resistance of the connection circuit is lower in the second direction than in the first direction.
Abstract:
An overhead electrification plant for railway lines, or similar, comprises at least one electric wire (9), the so-called contact wire, to power an engine, extending in a predetermined position along the railway line, and being held up by a plurality of suspension elements (3) arranged at predetermined intervals. The suspension elements (3) are at least partially composed of complex metal structures (4, 6, 7, 8) in the form of a polygon, and supported by fixed lateral standards (1) so as to project therefrom. In at least some sections of the track (B), the suspensions have equal and constant geometries, i.e. the suspension elements (3) are similar in the geometrical sense, whereas the only variable is the different overall transverse extension of the suspension elements (3) in the different points of the railway track (B).