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Vehicle body frame structure

US6932405B2 · kind B2 · utility

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8Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateApr 23, 2004
Grant dateAug 23, 2005
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Expiry dateApr 23, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB62D29/008
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle body structure of the present invention includes a side-frame disposed to extend along one direction, a side sill disposed to extend in the one direction alongside the side-frame on the outside thereof, a cross member disposed to extend in a direction in which the cross member intersects with the side-frame and which is joined to a side portion of the side-frame to form a vehicle body together with the side-frame, and a gusset provided between the side-frame and the side sill on a longitudinal extension of the cross member, which extends in a smaller cross section than that of the cross member from a joint portion where the cross member is joined to the side-frame until the gusset comes into abutment with the side sill while passing through the side-frame and which is formed as an integral part of the cross member.

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