Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Variable capacity of body
Patent
1987-11-19
1989-12-19
Marmor, Charles A.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Variable capacity of body
296196, 296197, B62D 6302
Patent
active
048878596
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
The instant invention relates to a motor vehicle.
In all known types of motor vehicles the disadvantage exists that the size of the passenger space is determined by the design and cannot be changed. In practice however, the requirements for the size of the passenger space are constantly changing. A family car should be sized so as to accommodate a growing family. On the other hand, a family car is extensively used in city traffic without all of the family members riding in it. These varying requirements with respect to the size of the passenger space have led to the disadvantage that many families equip themselves with two passenger cars of different sizes, and this involves considerable additional cost and additional effect upon the environment.
It is the object of the instant invention to overcome these disadvantages and to propose a motor vehicle which makes available changeable carrying capacities for varying demands so that the need of acquiring and maintaining two motor vehicles is eliminated.
This objectives is achieved through the invention by a forward section of the motor vehicle containing the driving mechanism, a removable middle section (module) and a removable rear wall which can be alternately attached to the middle section or to the forward section.
The middle section is preferably supported on its own pair of wheels.
The rear wall can be subdivided into a rear apron and a hinged rear door.
The middle section and the rear wall are preferably capable of being attached to the forward section by screw connection means of identical configuration.
A three-point screw connection distributed over the vehicle width can be provided on the lower edges of the three motor vehicle sections to be brought into contact with each other and a two-point connection constituted by a pair of screws for each two-point connection can be provided on the upper edges to be brought into contact with each other.
It is useful to provide two longitudinally extending connecting rods (stabilizers) between the upper and the lower screw connection means, said connecting rods engaging by their two ends through easy-to-open connecting means into the upper ends of the shock abaorbing leg of the rear pair of wheels of the forward section and of the shock absorbing legs of the pair of wheels of the middle section.
The forward section is preferably widened so as to accommodate three seating spaces next to each other.
An embodiment of the invention is explained below in greater detail through the drawings in which
FIG. 1 is a side view of a passenger car consisting of three parts, with three components shown in an exploded view;
FIG. 2 is a cross-section along the cutting line II--II in FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is an enlarged detail from FIG. 1 and
FIG. 4 is another enlarged detail from FIG. 1.
It can be seen from the schematic representation of FIG. 1 that the passenger car consists of a forward section 1 containing a driving mechanism 1, a removable middle section 2 which increases the passenger space and a removable rear wall 3, 4 which can be attached either to the middle section 2 or to the forward section 1.
The forward section is equipped with two pairs of wheels 5,5 and 6,6 whereas the middle section 2 has a pair of running wheels 7,7.
The rear wall is preferably made in two sections and consists of a lifting hinged rear door 3 and a rear apron 4.
The representation according to FIG. 2 shows the type and arrangement of the detachable connecting means by which the middle section 2 can be connected to the forward section 1 and can again be separated from it. The forward section 1 is provided with a cross piece 13 with three perforations 14, 14, 14 into which connecting screws (not shown in the drawing) can be inserted. The forward lower edge of the middle section 2 is formed accordingly, so that two cross sections 13, 13 can be connected to each other by means of three screws.
Each of two contact plates 8, 8, attached to the upper edge, is provided with two pin screws or screw bolts 9, 10 capable of being introduced into correspondingl
REFERENCES:
patent: 2678231 (1954-11-01), Barenyi
patent: 4342146 (1982-08-01), Hanson
Marmor Charles A.
Tyson Karin
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