Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Structural detail
Patent
1995-03-03
1997-08-26
Kramer, Dean
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Structural detail
296183, 296197, 296901, B62D 3300
Patent
active
056604270
ABSTRACT:
A hybrid vehicle assembly, and more particularly, a hybrid truck assembly including a hybrid passenger cab shell and a hybrid truck box are disclosed. The hybrid passenger cab shell includes a first plurality panels which are assembled together to form an inner cab shell and a second plurality of panels which are assembled together to form an outer cab shell. Generally, at least one of the first or second pluralities of panels are formed from a plastic material such as a sheet molded compound (SMC). Similarly, the truck box portion of the vehicle is formed from a plurality of inner panels which are formed from a plastic material such as SMC and are assembled together along overlapping edge portions. Thereafter, a plurality of outer panels are attached to the respective inner panels.
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Freeman Richard B.
Ritchie Jack J.
Kramer Dean
The Budd Company
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