Intermodal container including double lap shear joints
AssigneeStoughton Composites, Inc.
InventorsDouglas R. Livingston, Brent G. Schaffer, Randall V. Guest
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Abstract
A vehicle body, such as an intermodal shipping container, including upper and lower rail assemblies at the longitudinal corners of the body. The lower rail assemblies interconnect the side walls of the container with the bottom wall of the container, and the lower rail assemblies each sandwich and are adhesively bonded to the walls they interconnect to form double lap shear joints that secure the walls together without the use of fasteners and that provide double adhesive seals to make the container weathertight.
Claims22
A vehicle body comprising
- a plurality of interconnected walls forming a box-like structure, one of said walls including a lower extent and a skin member having opposite sides and a portion extending past said lower extent of said one wall, and
- a first rail assembly interconnecting said one wall and another of said walls, said first rail assembly including first and second rail sections sandwiching said skin member of said one wall, said first rail section being adhesively bonded to one of said sides of said skin member, and said second rail section being adhesively bonded to the other of said sides of said skin member.
A vehicle body comprising
- a plurality of interconnected walls forming a box-like structure, one of said walls is a side wall including an interior skin member, an exterior skin member and a lower end portion, said skin members being spaced apart and each skin member having opposite sides, and said interior skin member extending lower than said exterior skin member, and another of said walls is a bottom wall, and
- a first rail assembly interconnecting said side wall and said bottom wall, said first rail assembly including first and second rail sections sandwiching said interior skin member of said side wall, said first rail section being adhesively bonded to one of said sides of said interior skin member and one of said sides of said exterior skin member, and said second rail section being adhesively bonded to the other of said sides of said interior skin member.
A lightweight, leakproof intermodal container comprising
- opposite side walls, each of said side walls including a lower extent and a side skin member having inwardly and outwardly facing surfaces and a portion extending past said lower extent of said side walls,
- a bottom wall, and
- a pair of lower rail assemblies for attaching said side walls to said bottom wall, each of said lower rail assemblies including first and second rail sections, said first and second rail sections of each of said lower rail assemblies sandwiching said side skin member of one of said side walls, and said first and second rail sections of each of said lower rail assemblies being adhesively bonded to said inwardly facing surface and said outwardly facing surface, respectively, of said side skin member of one of said side walls.
A lightweight, leakproof intermodal container comprising
- a pair of opposite side walls, each of said side walls including spaced apart interior and exterior skin members,
- a bottom wall, and
- a pair of lower rail assemblies, each of said lower rail assemblies including a first rail section adhesively bonded to each of said interior and exterior skin members of one of said side walls, and a second rail section adhesively bonded to said interior skin member of said one side wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.