Vehicle frame joint

Details Vehicle frame joint Vehicle frame joint

1995-10-18

1997-06-03

Johnson, Brian L.

Land vehicles

Wheeled

Running gear

280781, 296 29, B62D 2102

Patent

active

056346638

ABSTRACT:
A joint between a side rail and a cross member in a vehicle frame includes a side rail having a generally closed C-shaped cross section defined by a vertically extending side portion, upper and lower horizontally extending flange portions, and vertically extending lip portions. At the location of the joint, the lip portions are flared away from the vertically extending side portion so as to extend horizontally with the associated flange portions. This permits the cross member to extend in overlapping fashion with and lie adjacent to the flange portions of the side rail. Vertically extending rivets or welds can then be used to secure the cross member to the adjacent overlapping flange portions of the side rail. The preferred cross member includes a cross piece and a gusset connected at each end of the cross piece.

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patent: 5149132 (1992-09-01), Ruehl et al.
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