Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Structural detail
Patent
1983-02-10
1985-09-24
Reese, Randolph A.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Structural detail
296178, 296 29, 280668, 280710, B62D 2508
Patent
active
045429340
ABSTRACT:
A compact and light front body construction for a motor vehicle, in which a pair of suspension towers are increased in strength. In the construction, each of a pair of wheel aprons is divided into upper and lower wheel-aprons and the lower wheel-apron has a projecting portion such that the suspension tower is formed by the projecting portion and an upper panel attached to an upper face of the projecting portion. Furthermore, the upper wheel-apron has a closed cross section such that the upper panel is secured to an underside of the upper wheel-apron.
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Fujimoto Minoru
Hirata Kazuyuki
Komatsu Nobuhiro
Yamane Makoto
Mazda Motor Corporation
Pedder Dennis H.
Reese Randolph A.
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