Body tie-down
AssigneeOshkosh Corporation
InventorsMatthew Mortenson, Varun Kandasamy, Kirby Sorensen, Clinton Weckwerth, Zachary L. Klein, Jerrod Kappers, Nicholas Malm, Jerry Shirley
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Abstract
A body tie-down for a chassis includes a mounting plate, a spring assembly, and a rigid member. The mounting plate is configured to fixedly couple with a body frame member with one or more fasteners, each of the fasteners including a bolt and a collar that are swaged together. The rigid member is configured to couple with the mounting plate through the spring assembly to provide a semi-resilient joint between the rigid member and the mounting plate, the rigid member configured to fixedly couple with a frame.
Claims20
A body tie-down for a chassis, the body tie-down comprising:
- a mounting plate configured to fixedly couple with a body frame member;
- a spring assembly comprising a compression spring and an intermediate fastener;
- a rigid member configured to couple with the mounting plate through the spring assembly to provide a joint between the rigid member and the mounting plate, the rigid member configured to fixedly couple with a frame of the chassis;
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- a retainer plate configured to selectively couple and decouple the mounting plate with the rigid member.
A vehicle, comprising:
- a body;
- a chassis configured to couple with the body;
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- a plurality of body couplers, wherein a first one of the plurality of body couplers comprises:
- a mounting plate configured to fixedly couple with the body;
- a spring assembly comprising a compression spring and an intermediate fastener;
- a rigid member configured to couple with the mounting plate through the spring assembly to provide a joint between the rigid member and the mounting plate, the rigid member configured to fixedly couple with the chassis;
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- a retainer plate configured to selectively couple and decouple the mounting plate with the rigid member.
A chassis assembly for a refuse vehicle, the chassis assembly comprising:
- a frame member;
- a body;
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- a coupler configured to secure the frame member with the body, the coupler comprising:
- a mounting plate configured to fixedly couple with the body;
- a spring assembly comprising a compression spring and an intermediate fastener;
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- a rigid member configured to couple with the mounting plate through the spring assembly to provide a joint between the rigid member and the mounting plate, the rigid member configured to fixedly couple with the frame member;
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- a retainer plate configured to selectively couple and decouple the mounting plate with the rigid member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.