Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Tops – Roof structure
Patent
1996-07-03
1998-06-23
Mitchell, David M.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Tops
Roof structure
296190, B60P 332
Patent
active
057694869
ABSTRACT:
A reinforced coach joint for joining a roof of a truck to the sidewalls and/or rearwall of the truck involves clamping inwardly projecting flanges of the components to be joined between elongated reinforcing elements. Preferably the reinforcing elements define respective upwardly and downwardly opening channels that extend substantially around the periphery of the sidewalls, at least in a sleeper compartment area of a truck, and the rearwall of the truck. In a specific form, a lower reinforcing element has major sections with an h-shaped construction with an inner leg that projects upwardly above the elevation of the roof flange. This upwardly projecting reinforcing leg may engage a reinforcing leg of a sidewall reinforcing element positioned above the roof flange to further rigidify the construction.
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Novoa Luis A.
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Freightliner Corporation
Mitchell David M.
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