Vehicle frame structure

US7510234B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Nissan Technical Center North America, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Ken Ameloot · Roseville, US
• Rajesh Kumar Mishra · Needham, US
• Basavapatna Naganarayana · Farmington Hills, US
• Erik Anderson · Marysville, US
• Daniel Moll · Purfleet, GB

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 9, 2006
• Grant date: Mar 31, 2009
• Expiry date: Mar 10, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B62D25/04
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle frame structure includes an outer pillar panel, an inner pillar panel and a bulkhead. The outer pillar panel includes an outer upper end, an outer lower end and an outer bulkhead attachment section located between the outer lower end and the outer upper end and at or above a mid-point of the outer pillar panel. The inner pillar panel includes an inner upper end, an inner lower end and an inner bulkhead attachment section located between the inner lower end and inner upper end and at or above a mid-point of the inner pillar panel. The bulkhead is fixedly coupled to the outer and inner bulkhead attachment sections.