Prefabricated bus housing
AssigneeRelco, Inc.
InventorHoushang Ferdows
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Abstract
In a vehicle housing with a chassis and ground-engaging wheels suspended therefrom, the improvement of an elongated housing including modular front and rear sections, a top or roof section, and side sections on opposite sides of the housing, each section having inner and outer substantially rigid plastic skin members in closely spaced parallel relation to one another and a lightweight filler material between the skin members, beam members at spaced intervals to one another along the side sections, flanges interconnected along the adjoining peripheral edges of the sections, and a floor section rigidly mounted on top of the chassis with connecting members for rigidly attaching the front rear as well as side sections to outer peripheral edges of the floor section.
Claims11
In a prefabricated vehicle provided with a chassis and ground-engaging wheels mounted on said chassis, the improvement comprising:
- an elongated housing including modular front and rear sections, a modular roof section, and modular side sections on opposite sides of said housing, each said section having inner and outer substantially rigid plastic skin members in closely spaced parallel relation to one another and a light-weight filler material between said skin members, beam members projecting inwardly at spaced intervals to one another along said side sections, said side sections having peripheral edges in adjoining relation to one another, flanges being disposed along said adjoining peripheral edges of said sections, and means interconnecting said flanges together, said beam members being of generally channel-shaped configuration with an open end of each said beam member in abutting relation to an inner surface of said outer skin member, and securing means for securing each said beam member to an inner surface of said outer skin member;
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- a floor section rigidly mounted on said chassis, and attaching means for rigidly attaching said front and rear sections as well as said side sections to outer peripheral edges of said floor section.
In a prefabricated vehicle provided with a chassis and ground-engaging wheels mounted on said chassis, the improvement comprising:
- an elongated housing including modular front and rear sections, a modular roof section, and modular side sections on opposite sides of said housing, each said section having inner and outer rigid plastic skin members in closely spaced parallel relation to one another and a lightweight filler material between said skin members, and means interconnecting said modular sections together, said inner and outer skin members comprised of multiple plies of fiberglass material, and beam members being of generally channel-shaped configuration with an open end of each said beam member in abutting relation to an inner surface of said outer skin member along inner surfaces of said outer skin members;
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- said roof section having longitudinally extending air ducts along opposite sides thereof, and an air conditioning unit positioned in an elongated shallow cavity formed in said roof section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.