Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Body shell
Patent
1981-12-24
1984-04-03
Reese, Randolph
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Body shell
296187, 296191, 296205, 296208, 296209, 296 31P, B62D 2904
Patent
active
044404344
ABSTRACT:
A vehicle body is formed of a plurality of straight structural tubular members welded together to form the vehicle frame and a plurality of plastic panels secured to the structural members to provide the exterior surface of the body. Selected plastic panels have channel-forming projections molded on the inner face thereof which straddle the adjacent structural member. These panels are attached to the structural members by securing plastic adaptors to the inner edges of the channels so that the metal structural frame members are completely enclosed in plastic. The adaptors are secured to the panels by means of self-plugging, blind rivets from the inner side of the body. The interior lining of the vehicle is applied to the inner surfaces of the plastic panels.
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Pedder Dennis H.
Reese Randolph
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