Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Body shell
Patent
1996-02-14
1996-11-19
Mitchell, David M.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Body shell
296182, B62D 2520
Patent
active
055755259
ABSTRACT:
An improved vehicle bed assembly, and process of manufacture, which involves formation of the floor pan (31) by roll forming, with the floor pan (31) having strengthening ribs (34) extending longitudinally throughout the entire length of the floor pan so as to terminate at the front and rear free edges thereof. The rear free edge (36) of the floor pan (31) cooperates with a rear sill member (32, 32') which has rib-end defining projections (47, 99) formed thereon and cooperating with the ends of the ribs (34) on the floor pan (31) for closing off the ribs and creating a transition to a flat horizontal surface defined on the rear sill member. The rib ends of the rear sill member preferably have guide portions (49, 102) which nest into and are fixedly secured, as by spot welding, to the rearward ends of the ribs defined on the floor pan.
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Jurica Joseph J.
Turner Joseph
Walworth, Jr. Tom M.
Weilemann Donald E.
Mitchell David M.
Pullman Industries, Inc.
Robinson Kia M.
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