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US 11,110,960 B2Granted
Cross member and cross member assembly for a vehicle frame
AssigneeMetalsa India Private Limited
InventorsGanesh Gulab Kale, Kaushal Rajiv Gokhale
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Abstract
The present invention provides for cross members and cross member assembly for use in vehicle chassis. The present invention also provides for a process of manufacture of cross member and cross member assembly for use in vehicle chassis. The cross member and cross member assembly facilitates a reduction in the weight of the chassis and the weight of the vehicle, reduction in number of parts, flexibility, modularity, and assembly time of the chassis and the vehicle.
Claims31
An improved cross member, the cross member comprising:
- at least two heat-treated end-regions;
- and at least two side faces disposed perpendicularly to top faces of the cross members for surface to surface fitting of the cross members to inner sides of side rails of a vehicle, wherein the at least two end-regions are heat-treated such that the heat-treated end regions of the cross member are extendable to a predetermined portion of the total length of the cross member such that the strength of the end-regions is adaptable to the required yield strength of the cross members for directly and securely fitting onto the side rails of the vehicle.
An improved cross member assembly, the cross member assembly comprising:
- at least two cross members coupled such that the cross member is disposed in a direction facing corresponding parts of the cross member, wherein the at least two cross members are configured to accommodate joining plates across top flange surfaces and bottom flange surfaces.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.