Motor vehicle body

Details Motor vehicle body Motor vehicle body

1997-07-14

1999-08-10

Pape, Joseph D.

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Bodies

Structural detail

296203, 296185, B62D 2500

Patent

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059347457

ABSTRACT:
A motor vehicle body which includes a left-hand outer body panel, a left-hand inner body panel, a right-hand inner body panel, and a right-hand outer body panel. The four body panels are capable of being easily secured together at the longitudinal midline of the motor vehicle body. In another aspect, a motor vehicle body includes a plurality of interconnectable body panels including a body panel having a generally-vertical side and a horizontal appendage extending from the vertical side. The horizontal appendage is tapered circumferentially from its proximal end to its distal end. In another aspects a motor vehicle body has a plurality of interconnectable body panels including a body panel having an integral door frame member and an integral front fender liner having an integral inner splash shield. Alternatively, or in addition thereto, the motor vehicle body may have a body panel having an integral roof frame member and an integral front fender liner having an integral inner splash shield. In another aspect, a motor vehicle body includes four complementary body panels being capable of being secured together providing a roof frame, a floor, a front, a back, and two sides of a motor vehicle, the body panels forming a plenum therebetween.

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