GB2143000A - Modular panel assembly for vehicle bodies - Google Patents

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GB2143000A
GB2143000A GB08408228A GB8408228A GB2143000A GB 2143000 A GB2143000 A GB 2143000A GB 08408228 A GB08408228 A GB 08408228A GB 8408228 A GB8408228 A GB 8408228A GB 2143000 A GB2143000 A GB 2143000A
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
    • E04F13/00—Coverings or linings, e.g. for walls or ceilings
    • E04F13/07—Coverings or linings, e.g. for walls or ceilings composed of covering or lining elements; Sub-structures therefor; Fastening means therefor
    • E04F13/08—Coverings or linings, e.g. for walls or ceilings composed of covering or lining elements; Sub-structures therefor; Fastening means therefor composed of a plurality of similar covering or lining elements
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
    • B62D—MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS
    • B62D25/00—Superstructure or monocoque structure sub-units; Parts or details thereof not otherwise provided for
    • B62D25/20—Floors or bottom sub-units
    • B62D25/2063—Floor elements for repairs
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
    • B62D—MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS
    • B62D33/00—Superstructures for load-carrying vehicles
    • B62D33/04—Enclosed load compartments ; Frameworks for movable panels, tarpaulins or side curtains
    • B62D33/046—Enclosed load compartments ; Frameworks for movable panels, tarpaulins or side curtains built up with flat self-supporting panels; Fixed connections between panels
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16B—DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
    • F16B5/00—Joining sheets or plates, e.g. panels, to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them
    • F16B5/02—Joining sheets or plates, e.g. panels, to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them by means of fastening members using screw-thread

Abstract

A modular panel assembly, especially for a vehicle wall or floor, comprises panel members (18A, 18B) preferably of plywood inner, metal sheet outer, laminate, which adjoin at half-lapped edge regions (40, 42) of the panel members formed by uniformly tapered rebates oppositely handed at opposite ends of each member, thus facilitating removal and replacement of any panel of the assembly. Securing bolts (22) fix the half-lapped edge regions of the adjacent panels together. In the case of a vehicle floor assembly, the half-lapped joins between panel members are aligned with floor bearers and the fixing bolts also serve to fix the panel members to the bearers. <IMAGE>

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SPECIFICATION Modular panel assembly for vehicle bodies Field of the invention This invention relates to a modular panel assembly for vehicle bodies, especially for the walls and/or floor of a goods vehicle.
Background to the invention If vehicle body side panels have been damaged in the past, the damage has had to be repaired by patching or an analogous technique or, if this has not proved possible, the entire side panel has had to be replaced.
Object ofthe invention It is an object of this invention to provide a modular panel assembly which will allow a damaged part of a vehicle wall readily to be removed and replaced. By utilising the invention for flooring panels, a similar advantage can be gained, in that a damaged region of the floor can be removed and replaced without disturbing the remainder of the floor.
The invention According to one aspect of the invention, a modular panel assembly comprises - a planar rectilinear sheet panel member - opposed parallel edge regions thereof having oppositely handed rebates to allow half-lapping of adjacent panel edges - such rebated panel edges having a tapering cross section, the angle of taper in all instances being the same -joining means extending through apertures in the half-lapping tapering edges to secure adjoining half-lapping panel members together.
Preferably the panel members are secured along their other two parallel edges to elongate support members.
When the panel members fit together to make up a vehicle side wall panel, the elongate support members are conveniently the cant rail and the main side member of the body.
When the panel members fit together to make up a vehicle body floor, the elongate support members are conveniently the two main side members of the vehicle body.
In both cases, the half-lapping joins extend transversely between the elongate support members.
The rectilinear sheet panel member may be a thin sheet of material having edge elements of thicker cross section secured thereto to form the said other opposed parallel edges thereof. Alternatively, it may be made of two thin sheets with honeycomb strengthening therebetween or any other form of intermediate strengthening such as foamed plastics material which may also act as an insulating material.
Preferably, however, a laminated sheet panel member is employed, made up of a sheet of plywood and relatively thinner sheets of metal, such as aluminium, bonded to opposite faces thereof.
Such a laminated structure is particularly preferred for floor panel members.
It will thus be appreciated that a vehicle body can be built up of panel members of thickness and strength suited to intended vehicle usage, and the vehicle can be adapted for a different usage by replacing the original panel members with panel members of a different construction.
Conventionally, flooring panels have been butt jointed with abutting edges resting as far as possible equally on transverse bearers. Thus, only a half width of a bearer can serve as a bearing member for a floor panel.
According to another aspect of the invention, a vehicle body floor is made up of floor panel members each having opposed edges which half-lap with corresponding edges of adjacent panel members overthetransverse bearers. Furthermore, bysecuring the half-lapped panel members to the bearer by bolts or rivets or the like which must be entered through the overlapping regions of both panels, so the adjoining panels are not only held in position on the bearers but are also tied together and form a much stronger composite floor than a conventional floor made up of analogous panels.
Preferably, the bearer combines with the two joined panel members to form an I-beam section.
At the junction between each tapering edge and the main portion of a panel member, there may conveniently be provided an undercut into which a suitable sealant, e.g. a mastic, can be introduced before the panels are fitted together.
The tapering edge sections of the panel members allows for ease of entry and removal of one panel from the next.
Preferably, each pair of half-lapped panel members are secured by means of bolts, preferably with countersink heads and with square shank portions beneath the heads which fit into a corresponding square portion of the aperture through the panel members (thus to prevent bolt rotation even if a driver slot is cut in the exposed face of the head). In the case of floor panel members, the nuts are preferably held captive in the bearer.
Especially in the case of panel members for the sides of a vehicle, the fixings securing the panel members together preferably have TIR Group 1 approval.
Further, in the case of floor panel members, the upper facing surface thereof is preferably in the form of treadplate.
Brief description of drawings Figure 1 is an exterior side view of a vehicle body; Figure 2 is a cross section through the modular side wall; Figure 3 shows a bolted join in enlargement; Figure 4 is a similar but simplified cross section to that of Figure 2 through a modular vehicle floor; and Figure 5 shows a modification of the modularfloor structure of Figure 3.
Description of embodiments Figure 1 shows the side of the goods carrying section of a vehicle body, comprising main side member 10 at the bottom, cant rail 12 at the top, and corner pillars 14, 16 at the front and back defining a frame within which the modular panel members 18A, 18B etc. ofthis invention are assembled to make up the side wall.
The modular panel members 18A, 18B etc. abut in half-lapped relationship at joins indicated at 20 in Figure 1. The half-lapped end regions are bolted together, as indicated at 22.
The corner pillars 14, 16 are formed with edge regions which match the edge regions of the panel members 18A, 18B etc. so as to half-lap with the end panel members at joins 24, and whereat the end panel members are bolted to the corner pillars as indicated at 26.
The main side member 10 and cant rail 12 constitute support members between which the corner pillars 14,16 and panel members 18A, 18B etc. are assembled. The panel members 18A, 18B etc. are also secured by bolts to these support members 10, 12, as indicated at 28. The members 10, 12 comprise or include angle sections providing flanges 30 between which the corner pillars and panel members are fitted and flanges 34 to which said pillars and panel members are bolted. Some bolts at the top and bottom, as at 38, serve both to secure together half-lapped regions of the panel members (or panel members and corner pillars) and to secure the panel members and corner pillars to the main side member and cant rail.
Figure 1 shows the exterior face of the vehicle side wall, whereat the bolt heads are exposed. As will be clear from the description hereinafter, panel members 18A, 18B are individually removable and replaceable by undoing nuts exposed on the inside of the vehicle and exchanging the panel from the vehicle interior. Panel members cannot be removed from outside the vehicle.
Figure 2 is a cross section through part of the panel member assembly, in a plane parallel to the length of the top and bottom support members.
Figure shows a bolted join in a plane parallel to that of Figure 2.
Each panel member 18A, 18B etc. has a rebated end edge 40,42 with tapering cross section, in all instances of the same angle of taper, the rebates 40, 42 being oppositely handed at opposite ends of each member so that adjacent members can abut in half-lapped relationship as shown. The tapering edge sections 40,42 of the members allow for ease of entry and removal of one panel from the next.
Securing bolts 22 (see Figure 3) have countersink heads 44 and square section shank portions 46 below the heads, said shank portions fitting into corresponding square portions of aligned apertures 48,50 in the half-lapped edge sections 40,42 of the panel members so that the bolt cannot be rotated from the vehicle exterior, even if a driver slot is cut in the exposed face of said head. Nuts 52 on the vehicle interior enable the assembly to be tightened up.
Undercuts 54, shown exaggerated in size, are provided to enable sealant such as a mastic to be incorporated when the panel members are assembled.
As shown, each panel member 18A, 18B etc. is a laminated structure of plywood 56 with aluminium sheet facings 58, but various other wood, metal, plastics and composite constructions are possible.
The rebated edge regions 40,42 of the members are formed on extruded aluminium edge elements 59 integrally bonded to the laminated main structure 56,58.
The corner pillars 14, 16 are preferably of matching but more substantial construction with rebated edge sections matching those of the panel members 18A, 18B etc. The corner pillars thus mate with the end panel members in identical manner to the mating panel members shown in Figure 2.
An especially important aspect of the invention concerns the extension of the modular panel assembly to the vehicle body floor, as illustrated in Figure 4. In this case the panel members 60A, 60B etc.
extend between the main support members (not shown) on opposite sides of the vehicle, and rest on transverse bearers 62 which extend between said support members.
The modular floor assembly will be clear, in general, without detailed description. It is similar to the previously described side wall assembly except that the securing bolts 64 extending through the half-iapped regions 66, 68 of the floor panel members also serve to fix said half-lapped regions in position above and on the bearers 62.
In the preferred modification shown in Figure 5, the nuts 70 screwed on to the bolts 64 are held captive in a channel 72 formed in the top limb of a specially structured transverse bearer 74.
The combination of transverse bearers 74 and metal edge elements 76 of the panel members form an I-beam arrangement providing a floor construction of increased strength.
In the case of a floor structure, the floor panel members 60A, 60B preferably have an upper surface formed by treadplate 78.
It will be appreciated that the arrangements above described are by way of example only and may be modified in various ways within the scope of the invention hereinbefore defined.
Where the end use of the assembly dictates that bolts and nuts should not protrude such as in Figure 3 at 52, proprietory devices may be utilised in lieu, which provide the same fixing but so as not to protrude. Preferably such fixings meet TIR Group I standards.
In Figure 4, the bolts 64 are shown screwed into nuts below the upper flanges of the bearers 62.
These nuts may be captive to the bearers and/or may be obviated by tapping the holes in the bearer flanges.

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1. A modular panel assembly comprising a plurality of planar rectilinear sheet panel members each having opposed parallel edges, the said edges having oppositely handed rebates to allow halflapping of the edges of adjacent panel members, the rebated panel edges having uniformly tapering cross-sections, and joining means extending through apertures in the half-lapped tapering panel edges for securing adjacent panel members together.
2. An assembly according to claim 1, wherein the panel members each comprise sheet material having edge elements of thicker cross-section secured thereto to form the other opposed parallel edges thereof.
3. An assembly according to claim 1, wherein the panel members each comprise two sheets of material having intermediate strengthening therebetween, such as honeycomb strengthening or a foamed plastics material.
4. An assembly according to claim 1, wherein the panel members each comprise a laminated sheet of plywood and relatively thinner metal sheets, as of aluminium, bonded to opposite faces thereof.
5. An assembly according to claim 4, wherein the rebated panel edges are formed by metal edge elements bonded to the laminated sheet.
6. An assembly according to any of claims 1 to 5, wherein the joining means is such as not to protrude above the plane of the surface of adjoining panel members, at least at one face of the latter.
7. An assembly according to any of claims 1 to 6, wherein the joining means is such as to be nonreleasable from at least one side of the assembly.
8. An assembly according to any of claims 1 to 7, wherein each panel member has respective grooves adjacent the junctions between its main position and its tapering edge portions, for receiving a sealant.
9. A vehicle wall or floor assembly comprising a modular panel assembly according to any of claims 1 to 8.
10. An assembly according to claim 9 wherein its panel members are secured along their other parallel edges to elongate support members, and the half-lapped joins between panel members extend transversely between said support members.
11. An assembly according to claim 10, being a vehicle wall assembly, wherein said support members are the cant rail and the main side member of the vehicle body, and the panels extend from corner pillar two corner pillar.
12. An assembly according to claim 10, being a vehicle floor assembly, wherein said support members are the two main side members of the vehicle body.
13. An assembly according to claim 12, wherein the half-lapped joins between panel members are aligned with floor bearers extending transversely between the main side members.
14. An assembly according to claim 13, wherein the joining means also serves to fix the panel members to the floor bearers.
15. An assembly according to claim 14, wherein the bearer combines with the half-lapped edge portions of two adjoining panel members to form an I-beam section.
16. An assembly according to any of claims 1 to 15, wherein the joining means comprises bolts with square shank portions beneath the heads which fit into square portions of the apertures through the panel members.
17. An assembly according to claim 16, wherein the bolts have countersunk heads.
18. An assembly according to claim l6orclaim 17, being a vehicle floor assembly, wherein the bolts either screw into nuts held captive by the bearers or tap into holes in the bearer flanges.
19. A modular panel assembly, especially for a vehicle wall or floor, substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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