US1838853A - Vehicle body construction - Google Patents

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US1838853A
US1838853A US253815A US25381528A US1838853A US 1838853 A US1838853 A US 1838853A US 253815 A US253815 A US 253815A US 25381528 A US25381528 A US 25381528A US 1838853 A US1838853 A US 1838853A
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Ledwinka Joseph
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ThyssenKrupp Budd Co
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Edward G Budd Manufacturing Co
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    • 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
    • B62D25/04—Door pillars ; windshield pillars

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  • My invention relates to vehicle body wall constructions, and more particularly to the joinder of the adjacent edges of a pair of wall panels, the invention being particularly applicable to the joinder of inner and outer panels in such body wall constructions as that disclosed in my prior copending applications Serial Nos. 159,827 and 159,829 filed on the 8th day of J anuary, 1927 now Patents Nos. 1,808,561 and 1,774,020 respectively, and
  • 'It is a main object of my invention to provide a joinderof the adjacent edges of such panelswhereby the joint is normally entirely hidden from view, and thus presents a very neat appearance to the eye, and wh1ch permits the use of a material, such 'as a coarser grade of metal, for the normally h1dden panel, than for the exposed panel, thereby reducing the total cost of materials enteringinto' the wall structure; and it is a further object of my; invention to provide a j oinder which is strong and durable and positively prevents relative movement between the edges of the joined panels. 7 a
  • Fig. 1 shows in side elevation a body of the sedan type to which I have shown my invention applied.
  • I v 3 Fig. 2 shows in a detail sectional view the joinder of the normally hidden inner and the exposed outer panels of the fixedbody wall constituting the usual BG post between the front and rear door openings-and the joinder ofthe normally exposed door panillustration of my invention, the fixed wall structure comprises inner and outer panels 11 and 10, such as sheet metal stampings extending entirely around the door and window openings, spaced in their bodies and joined in their outer margins at points remote from said openings.
  • the outer panel is formed as a unitary stamping of inwardly presenting channel form, and, is in this case, shown formed on its forward and rearward sides with a double rabbet, receiving the correspondingly rabbeted front and rear door edges.
  • the laterally extending flanges 13 and 14 forming with the adjacent side walls the channel shaped post structure the inner rabbets, are provided, prior to assembly, with the inwardly extending portions shown in dotted lines at 15 and 16.
  • These inwardly extended portions aid in guiding the inner panel portion 11, which may also be a stamping, but because of its normally hidden location behind the upholstery (not shown) may be a cheaper and coarser and less finely finished grade of metal than the outer panel. into position for joinder with the outer panel with its edge portions 17 and 18 seated, respectively, against thelaterally extending flanges 13 and 14 of the outer panel stamping.
  • joinder of the panels is then effected by turning down the inwardly extending portions indicated at 15 and 16 and firmly crimping the edges 17 and 18 between the flanges 13 and 14 and their turned down extensions at 15 and 16.
  • This form of j oinder provides a smooth exterior surface and when the upholstery is in place gives no visible indication of the joinder, since the upholstery and wind break normally cover even the turned down portions at 15 and 16, of :the outer panel.
  • interlocking connection at the joint may comprise, as shown, forming depressions or recesses 19 and 20, adjacent the edges of the inner panel and crimping the extreme edges 21 and 22 of the outer panel down into said recesses.
  • the door is constructed, as in the prior application above referred to, with outer and inner panels 25 and 26, both of which are normally exposed to view and hence correspond, for the purposes of this invention, to the outer panel 10 of the fixed wall structure.
  • These panels are stampings joined in their outer margins by crimping the outer panel 25 over the door overlap flange 27 of the in ner panel and at their inner margins around the window opening they are joined to the adjacent side walls 28 and 29 of the glass run channel stampings which correspond, since they are normally substantially hidden from view, to the inner panel 11 of the fixed wall structure.
  • edges 31 and 32 of the side walls of the glass run are crimped between the turned over edge portions 33 and 34-. of the outer and inner panels and the interlock is effected by having the extreme edge portions 35 and 36 crimped into recesses or depressions 37 and 38 formed in the glass run stampings 28 and 29.
  • the depressions 37 and 38 form shoulders 39 and 40 on the opposite side walls of the stamping 28 and 29, which shoulders abut and are held in abutting relation with corresponding shoulders 41 and 42 on the outer and inner panels, by the crimped over extreme edge portions 35 and 36 of the outer and inner panels.
  • the invention has hereinbefore been shown only in its application to the door openings of a fixed body wall structure and to the window opening for a sliding window of a movable body wall structure or door, but it will be obvious that it is not limited in its application to these precise locations, and to the particular body structures, nor to the type of body set forth in detail.
  • a vehicle body construction a wall panel not normally exposed to view, a sheet metal stamping extending along the margin of a closure opening and normally forming a portion of the body exposed to view, and joined to the panel along their adjacent edges in the margin of said opening by crimping the edge of the stamping over the edge of the panel and means carried by such stamping and panel and rendered effective by such crimping interlocking the stamping with the panel to prevent relative movement of said crimped together edges transverse to the joint.
  • a vehicle body construction a wall panel not normally exposed to view, a sheet metal stamping extending along the margin of a closure opening and normally forming a portion of the body exposed to view, and joined to the panel along their adjacent edges in the margin of said opening by crimping the edge of the stamping over the edge of the panel, and formations on said panel and the crimped over edge of the stamping for interlocking said edges to prevent relative movement thereof transverse to the joint.
  • a vehicle body construction a wall panel not normally exposed to view, a sheet metal stamping extending along the margin of a closure opening and normally forming a portion of the body exposed to view, and joined to the panel along their adjacent edges in the margin of said opening by crimping the edge of the stamping over the edge of the panel, said panel being formed with a shoulder on one side and a depression on the other, the stamping being formed with a shoulder abutting the shoulder of the panel, and the crimped over portion of the stamping interlocking with said depression to lock the shoulders in abutting relation.
  • a vehicle body construction a normally hidden wall panel of pressed metal having a depression formed in one side thereof and a corresponding shoulder on the otherside thereof adjacent its edge, a sheet metal stamping'extending along the margin of said opening and normally forming a por-' tion of the body wall exposed to view and having a shoulder abutting the shoulder on the panel and having its edge in the margin 7 of said opening crimped over the edge of the panel and into said depression to lock said shoulders in abutting relation, and the edges of the panel and stamping against relative movement.
  • a vehicle body construction an inner wall panel formed adjacent its edge with a' depression forming a shoulder on its outer side and an edge flange extending from said shoulder substantially in the plane of the wall and an outer sheet metal stamping having a transversely extending portion forming a closure framing and having its inner portion seated against said shoulder, and

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FR667239D FR667239A (fr) 1928-02-13 1929-01-11 Perfectionnements aux carrosseries de véhicules
GB2930/29A GB305984A (en) 1928-02-13 1929-01-28 Improvements in or relating to vehicle body constructions

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