GB643074A - Improvements in or relating to the mounting of automobile bodies - Google Patents

Abstract

643,074. Mounting vehicle bodies on underframes; resilient mountings. BROWN TRACTORS, Ltd., D. Feb. 6,1945, No. 3033. [Classes 108(i), 108(ii) and 108(iii)] A vehicle body is built on to and is integral with a sub frame comprising longitudinals 100 spaced apart by crossbeams 101 and integral with a mudguard element 107 having wings 108 and side panels for door openings 109, 110. In addition, front wing elements 111 may be attached to the sub frame but preferably the front wings with or without the radiator shall constitute detachable units, likewise the bonnet including the top and sides consists of detachable units. Additional arches 112. 113 may be provided on the sub frame and sheet metal flooring 114, 115, 116 are secured to the longitudinals 100 and cross arches 101, 112, 113. The edges of the panels may be flanged and riveted or bolted together to add to the stiffness of the sub frame and the flanges or arches 112, 113 are arranged to coincide with the front and rear ends of the runners 117 for the front seats. The sub frame is resiliently supported at 102 ... 105 to the main or chassis frame, which may be of the kind described in Specification 643,071, [Group XXXI], and the resilient supports comprise a rubber strip 117, Fig. 3, between the sub frame and chassis and strips 118 above and below, the whole being secured by two bolts 119 centralized by rubber spigots or bushes 120. In a modification, Fig. 4, rubber bushes 121 are bonded to cups 123 and a central spigot to which the sub frame is connected by bolts 122.