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Vehicle bed and cross rail attachment

A beam and frame technology, applied in the field of improved base plate and beam structure devices, can solve problems such as damage to the strength and integrity of joints

Inactive Publication Date: 2009-04-22
NOBLE ADVANCED TECH +2
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The spot welds associated with adjacent floor panels, which attempt to straddle the seam defined by the adjacent edge flanges, are thus widely spaced and this compromises the strength and integrity of the joint

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[0025]FIG. 1 is a partial view of a portion of a vehicle frame assembly 10 , such as for a pick-up truck. The frame assembly 10 includes a large, generally horizontally extending floor or frame 11 for supporting loads thereon. The floor or frame 11 is supported in a conventional manner on a plurality of generally parallel and laterally spaced beams or frame beams 12 extending transversely beneath the floor, only schematically illustrated in FIG. Two such beams. The frame assembly includes right and left inner side walls, 13 and 14, respectively, which are fixedly interconnected to the base plate 11 near opposite longitudinally extending sides thereof and project generally perpendicularly upwardly from the base plate 11. out. The inner side walls 13 - 14 are in turn fixedly joined at their front edges to a front wall or panel 15 secured to and projecting generally perpendicularly upwardly from the front edge of the bottom panel 11 . The rear edge 16 of the floor 11 is typica...

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A bed arrangement (10) for a vehicle includes a horizontally-large floor member (11) defined by a thin metal sheet having a plurality of raised stiffening ribs (25) extending lengthwise thereof. The floor member has a cantilevered edge (31) flange extending along a lengthwise side edge thereof, which edge flange protrudes downwardly below a bottom surface of the floor member. A hat -shaped cross rail (12) is disposed transversely under said floor member, and has a pair of top flanges (43) which supportingly engages the bottom surface of the floor member. The cross rail, where it crosses the edge flange, has a depression (46) formed therein to provide clearance for the edge flange. The top flanges having flange sections (47) which are deformed downwardly to define the profile of the depression while maintaining the continuity of the top flanges as they extend lengthwise of the cross rail.

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technical field [0001] This invention relates to frame structures for vehicles, particularly pick-up trucks, and more particularly to an improved floor and cross member structure arrangement. Background technique [0002] A pick-up truck frame assembly typically includes a horizontal large floor, longitudinally extending side edges joined to vertical inner side walls, and a transverse front edge joined to a vertical front wall. The horizontal large floor is usually made from multiple blocks or panels, including a main or center floor panel that extends the full length of the frame and has a width that is generally slightly less than the width between wheel well openings. The floor also includes side floor panels extending laterally between the center floor panel and the adjacent inner side walls. The side floor panels typically have a wheel well opening formed therein, and the wheel well housing closes the opening and is secured to the side floor panels and adjacent vertica...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): B62D33/02B62D25/20B62D27/02
CPCB62D27/02B62D33/02B62D25/2054B62D65/02B62D25/20
Inventor 弗兰克·G·麦克纳尔蒂爱德华·J·恩格勒
Owner NOBLE ADVANCED TECH