Bunk for a vehicle cab
AssigneeVolvo Truck Corporation
InventorsLinus Larsson, Zoran Vasiloski
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Abstract
The bunk comprises a frame attached to the cab, having a front beam, a rear beam, and side beams, each side beam comprising a front segment and a rear segment; and a supporting structure coupled to the frame and extending over the inner surface of the frame. The bunk can change from a normal state, in which the front and rear beams are spaced apart by a nominal distance Dn, the front and rear segments being in a first relative position, to a collapsed state, in which the front and rear beams are spaced apart by a distance D<Dn, and in which the front and rear segments are in a second relative position.
Claims15
A bunk for a cab of a vehicle, comprising:
- a frame having a front beam and a rear beam which extend along a transverse direction, and side beams which extend along a longitudinal direction, the front, rear and side beams being secured to one another, the frame defining an inner surface and further comprising attachments for attaching the frame to the cab;
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- a supporting structure coupled to the frame and extending over the inner surface;
- wherein, in a normal state, the side beams maintain a nominal distance between the front and the rear beams;
- each side beam comprising at least a front segment connected to the front beam and a rear segment connected to the rear beam, wherein the segments extend along the longitudinal direction, are linked to each another and have a length smaller than the nominal distance, the front and rear segments being in a first relative position in the normal state;
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- the bunk being configured to change from the normal state to a collapsed state in a vehicular collision in which the front and rear beams are spaced apart by a distance that is smaller than the nominal distance, and in which the front and rear segments remain linked to each another while being in a second relative position different from the first relative position.
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