US2357043A - Body and chassis underframe - Google Patents

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US2357043A
US2357043A US265456A US26545639A US2357043A US 2357043 A US2357043 A US 2357043A US 265456 A US265456 A US 265456A US 26545639 A US26545639 A US 26545639A US 2357043 A US2357043 A US 2357043A
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Joseph Ledwinka
John W Kelly
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ThyssenKrupp Budd 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
    • B62D25/20—Floors or bottom sub-units
    • B62D25/2009—Floors or bottom sub-units in connection with other superstructure subunits
    • B62D25/2036—Floors or bottom sub-units in connection with other superstructure subunits the subunits being side panels, sills or pillars
    • 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
    • B62D25/02—Side panels
    • B62D25/025—Side sills thereof

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  • the invention relates to a vehicle body and particularly to a combined body and chassis construction. More specifically the invention refers to a construction in which the underframe is coordinated with the body superstructure to provide box section side sills which may extend from end to end of the combined structure.
  • This application is a division of application Serial No. 75,375, filed April 20, 1936, on which Patent 2,188,267, Combined body and chassis underframe was issued on January 23, 1940, to the same applicants.
  • a further object of the invention is to provide a construction which permits the use of light gauge stock and to so arrange the joints enterng into the structure as to facilitate their attachment by spot welding.
  • Fig. 1 represents in side elevation a sedan type of combined body and chassis structure in'accordance with the invention.
  • Fig. 2 is an enlarged detailed sectional view through the threshold substantially on the line indicated by the line 2--2 of Fig. 1.
  • Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view on an enlarged scale taken substantially on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1 and looking in the direction of the arrows.
  • Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view through a cross member taken substantially on the line 44 of Fig. 2.
  • Figs. 5 and 6 are sections corresponding to Figs. 2 and 3 showing a modified fcrm of the invention.
  • Figs. 7 and 8 are sectional views corresponding to Figs. 2 and 3 showing a further modification of the invention.
  • the sheetmetal body floor panel constitutes a main element of the combined under'frame structure and may extend from the extreme rear of the combined structure to the extreme front and from side to side of the structure.
  • This floor panel is designated generally by the numeral 29 in Figs. 2, 3 and 4. At the front it may be cut away in the central region to accommodate the motor and at each side of this central opening it may be suitably reinforced by a marginal reinforce extending around theopening.
  • the floor panel may end at the front in the region of the cowl and suitable separate forward extensions for supporting the motor and the front wheel suspension may be provided, such extensions being secured to the reinforced box section side sills of the underframe rearwardly thereof by a telescoping or other suitable joint.
  • the present invention is concerned more particularly with utilization of this floor panel to form box section elements of the combined body and chassis frame, and the sheet metal body side panel indicated generally by the numeral 33 and extending from extreme front to extreme rear of the structure cooperates with the floor panel in forming these box section structures.
  • the combined structure may be built up with the minimum number of parts and the marginal portions of the parts entering into the structure are so shaped as to facilitate their joinder by spot welding.
  • the floor plate designated generally by numeral 29 is formed with a deep vertical web 30 which in turn is formed with a horizontally extending bottom flange 3
  • the body side panel 33 is joined at the bottom to the flange 32 and at the top the threshold portion 34 terminates in an upwardly extending flange 35 which is joined to the top of the floor plate 29 by a longitudinally extending bridging strip closing the box and designated 36, this bridging strip being formed with an upwardly extending flange 31 overlapping and spot welded to the flange 35 of the outer body panel, its inner margin overlapping the top of the floor plate 29 and being spot welded thereto.
  • the flange 31 seats in an offset provided in the outer panel and is spot welded thereto in the offset.
  • the outer panel 33 is offset slightly between the top bridging plate 36 and the bottom outwardly extending flange 3
  • the floor panel which itself forms a cross connection between the side sills is further reinforced by transverse members of channel section, as indicated at 38 and 39 which are preferably formed of upwardly facing channel members secured to the floor panel to form a strong box section transverse reinforce between the sills.
  • are welded not merely to the single sheet of the floor panel but are extended underneath the inwardly extending double thickness of metal formed by the joinder between the bridging strip 36 and the floor plate 29 and spot welded to this double thickness extension from the innerside of the box section sills.
  • the side walls of the cross member 38 are laterally flanged at their ends as indicated at 22 and 23, see Figs.
  • the cross member 39 forms in similar manner a box section cross member with the floor plate 29 and is secured to the box section side sill extending through. this region in substantially the same manner as in the form shown in Figs. 2 and 4.
  • the floor plate 40 is extended straight out to the body side panel 42 except for a slight upward offset in the region of the side sills and is flanged upwardly at its margin at 4
  • the outer panel 42 in this case forms the outer wall of the box section sill in the same manner as in the iormshown in Figs.
  • the'inner wall of the box section and at least part of the bottom wall of the box section are in this case formed by a separate sill element 45 of outwardly facing' channel section, the top wall of the channel overlapping the floor plate 40 in the offset and being secured thereto by spot welding while the bottom wall of the channel is flanged downwardly at 46 and secured through this flange to the lower margin of the body side panel 42 in the same marmer as that indicated in Figs. 2 and 3.
  • the cross members 41 and 48 are again secured to the floor plate and to the box section side sills in substantially the same manner as that shown in the earlier figures.
  • cross members 55 and 56 shown respectively in Figs. 7 and 8 are secured to the side sills again in substantially the manner shown in Figs. 2 to 6. However, where the lateral flanges from the side walls as I! overlap the double thickness of th metal of the flange II and the floor plate 50, they'are downwardlyoiiset as at 58.
  • the floor plate combines with the outer side wall panel just as it does in the form shown in Figs. 2' and 3 to form elements of the box section underframe structure. It will be noted that in all embodiments a third member cooperates with the floor plate and the side panel to form the complete box section framework.
  • an.underframe unit comprising longitudinal side sill members interconnected by transverse sill members, said side sill members being of outwardly facing channel form and at least one transverse sill member being of upwardly facing channel form, body sidewall structures having their lower marginal portions fastened to the upper'and lower margins of said side sill members as to form closed box sectional side sills, a body floor panel structure having its margins fastened to said side sill structures and being furthermore fastened along transverse lines to the upstanding walls of said channel formed transverse sill member as to form -a closed box sectional cross brace therewith.
  • a pair of transversely spaced longitudinal sheet metal side sill members extending over substantially the entire length of the structure including a threshand a wheel housing region; each of said sill members having an upstanding arm, a horizontal 49 may be made 01'.
  • a pair of body sheet metal side wall panels provided with threshold and wheel housing portions the lower margins of which overlap and are connected throughout their lengths to said flanges; a sheet metal floor panel extending longitudinally at least through the threshold and wheel housing regions and transversely from side wall panel to side wall panel; an upwardly directed flange along each longitudinal margin of said floor panel; said floor panel resting on and being secured to said horizontal arms along the upper margins of said sill members and overlapping and being secured to the interior of said side wall panels by means of its marginal flanges; said sill members, said side wall panels and said floor panel constituting together a combined body and a chassis frame structure having closed box sectional. side sills extending over the entire length of the body and their assembly being facilitated by the fact that said flanges connecting the sill members and the floor panel to the side wall panels extend out

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DEB3879A DE976324C (de) 1936-04-20 1937-02-17 Fahrgestell- und Wagenkastenunterrahmen fuer Kraftfahrzeuge
GB11254/37A GB479716A (en) 1936-04-20 1937-04-20 Improvements in or relating to vehicle structures
US265456A US2357043A (en) 1936-04-20 1939-04-01 Body and chassis underframe
US519422A US2405260A (en) 1936-04-20 1944-01-24 Combined body and chassis structure

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US75374A US2268291A (en) 1936-04-20 1936-04-20 Vehicle construction
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