Land vehicles – Wheeled – Running gear
Patent
1998-03-06
1999-09-07
Oberleitner, Robert J.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Running gear
280796, 296205, 403402, B62D 2112
Patent
active
059475196
ABSTRACT:
An aluminum extruded node for interconnecting a longitudinal frame rail and a lateral frame member of a vehicle frame. The extruded node having a pair of longitudinal side walls received within an interior volume defined by the longitudinal frame rail and a pair of transverse side walls received within an interior volume defined by the lateral frame member. Interior wall portions extend between each of the pairs of longitudinal and transverse side walls to define closed cells for increasing the stiffness and structural integrity of the node. The longitudinal frame rail is peripherally welded around an end thereof to the node. The lateral frame member is peripherally welded around an end thereof to the node.
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Aloe Alan S.
Hagedorn William H.
Johnson James J.
Kiley Matthew P.
Redden Keith
Aluminum Company of America
Chrysler Corporation
Coughlin William J.
Jasmin L.
Oberleitner Robert J.
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