GB539619A - Chassis frame or body underframe for vehicles - Google Patents

Abstract

539,619. Vehicle bodies ; underframes. BUDD MANUFACTURING CO., E. G. Dec. 12, 1939, No. 32028. Convention date, Dec. 12, 1938. [Classes 108 (i) and 108 (ii)] [Also in Group XXXI] A vehicle frame comprises a main central portion I between the axles which is of round or elliptical form as shown. End portions 2, 3 projecting from the main portion may be secured at their inner ends as shown, to a cross-brace member 4, or they may extend right across the main portion as shown in broken lines in Fig. 1, or they may stop at the outer edges of the main portion without extending into the inner space thereof. Each of the frame members may be of angle, U-, round-, or box-section. The vehicle body 16, Fig. 3, and the floor 17 may be secured as shown to flanges on the frame members. The main frame portion 57 Fig. 20, may be bent downwards at the front at 58 and upwards at the rear at 59 to accommodate the propeller shaft 60 and the front and rear extensions 62, 63 may be bent upwards at their outer ends and secured at their inner ends to transverse members 61, or the front member may be bent downwards as indicated in broken lines at 64. A trough-like floor 28 Fig. 8 may be provided with an outer flange 29 forming with an angle member 30, the main elliptical frame member. As shown in Fig. 21, this floor may be provided with transverse frame members 65-68 to which are secured front and rear frame extensions 69, 70 and seats. The main elliptical portion 71, Fig. 22 may consist of two opposed channel members 74, 75 bent upwards and downwards on the centre line of the vehicle to allow the propeller shaft (not shown) to pass through.