Trailer chassis assembly
AssigneeFutura IP Limited
InventorGlen Reid
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Abstract
An improved trailer chassis assembly primarily constructed from extruded components including an extruded chassis rail component, a cross member component and a connector component. The component has a wall surface defining an interior channel and an opening in the wall surface extending through the wall surface to the interior channel. The connector component has a first region adapted to engage with the interior space of the chassis rail component, and a second region adapted to engage with the cross member component. The interior space of the chassis rail component is adapted to capture movement of the first region of the connector component in vertical and horizontal planes, and yields movement in the axial plane.
Claims21
A trailer chassis assembly comprising:
- an extruded chassis rail component comprising a wall surface defining an interior channel space and an opening in the wall surface extending through the wall surface to the interior channel space;
- a cross member component;
- and
- a connector component comprising:
- a unitary section of extrusion formed as a one-piece, monolithic structure, comprising:
- a first region adapted to engage with the interior channel space of the extruded chassis rail component, and
- a second region adapted to engage with the cross member component,
- wherein the interior channel space of the extruded chassis rail component and first region of the connector component are adapted to capture movement of the first region of the connector component in vertical and horizontal planes, and yields movement in an axial plane.
A trailer chassis assembly comprising:
- an extruded chassis rail component, comprising:
- a wall surface defining an interior channel space, the wall surface comprising:
- an opening extending through the wall surface to the interior channel space;
- a rear vertical wall;
- a top lateral wall;
- a bottom lateral wall;
- a first wall section extending vertically from the top lateral wall;
- and
- the bottom wall extending vertically from the bottom lateral wall,
- wherein the first wall section and the second wall section define the opening to the interior channel space;
- a cross member component;
- and
- a connector component, comprising:
- a unitary section of extrusion, comprising:
- a first region adapted to engage with the interior channel space of the extruded chassis rail component;
- and
- a second region adapted to engage with the cross member component;
- wherein the interior channel space of the chassis rail component and first region of the connector component are adapted to capture movement of the first region of the connector component in vertical and horizontal planes, and yields movement in the axial plane.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.