Unibeam trailer chassis
AssigneePanderra Enterprises Inc.
InventorRoberto R. Garcia
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Abstract
A unibeam chassis with at least two longitudinal unibeam members and two lateral unibeam members each of which members being joined the one to the other by a single contiguous uniflange, wherein each of the two longitudinal unibeams comprises a longitudinal web, a longitudinal flange, and the uniflange, each of the two lateral unibeams comprises a lateral web, a lateral flange, and the uniflange, and the single contiguous uniflange is fastened in a perpendicular orientation to each of the longitudinal and lateral webs, and the longitudinal and lateral flanges are fastened in a perpendicular orientation to each of the longitudinal and lateral webs.
Claims8
A flexible lightweight unibeam maximum weight container chassis capable of carrying loads of about 40,000 pounds to about 99,000 pounds, said maximum weight container chassis having a gross weight of about 3,500 pounds to about 13,000 pounds, and said maximum weight container chassis comprising:
- at least two longitudinal unibeam members and at least two lateral unibeam members each of which members being joined the one to the other by a single contiguous uniflange, wherein
- said at least two longitudinal unibeam members each comprising a longitudinal web, a longitudinal flange, and the uniflange,
- said at least two lateral unibeam members each comprising a lateral web, a lateral flange, and the uniflange, and
- the single contiguous uniflange being fastened in a perpendicular orientation to each of the longitudinal and lateral webs, and
- the longitudinal and lateral flanges being fastened in a perpendicular orientation to each of the longitudinal and lateral webs respectively;
- and
- said maximum weight container chassis further comprising a neck member, a mid-section member, and a rear member wherein each member comprises said uniflange, said longitudinal webs and said lateral webs,
- said maximum weight container chassis rear member further comprising
- a lateral axle web fastened to the uniflange, one of the longitudinal webs, and to each of two supporting lateral axle flanges, wherein each of the two supporting lateral axle flanges is fastened in turn to the longitudinal flanges and the longitudinal webs;
- and,
- a plurality of axle spring hangers for mounting axle springs to hold a plurality of axles.
A flexible lightweight unibeam chassis capable of carrying loads of about 40,000 pounds to about 99,000 pounds, said chassis having a gross weight of about 3,500 pounds to about 13,000 pounds, and said chassis comprising:
- at least two longitudinal unibeam members and at least two lateral unibeam members each of which members being joined the one to the other by a single contiguous uniflange, wherein
- said at least two longitudinal unibeam members each comprising a longitudinal web, a longitudinal flange, and the uniflange,
- said at least two lateral unibeam members each comprising a lateral web, a lateral flange, and the uniflange, and
- the single contiguous uniflange being fastened in a perpendicular orientation to each of the longitudinal and lateral webs, and
- the longitudinal and lateral flanges being fastened in a perpendicular orientation to each of the longitudinal and lateral webs respectively;
- and
- said chassis further comprising a neck member, a mid-section member, and a rear member wherein each member comprises said uniflange, said longitudinal webs and said lateral webs,
- said chassis rear member further comprising
- a lateral axle web fastened to the uniflange, one of the longitudinal webs, and to each of two supporting lateral axle flanges, wherein each of the two supporting lateral axle flanges is fastened in turn to the longitudinal flanges and the longitudinal webs;
- and,
- a plurality of axle spring hangers for mounting axle springs to hold a plurality of axles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.