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US 8,146,948 B2Granted
Structural air tank crossmember
AssigneeInternational Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC
InventorStephen Francis Burns
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Abstract
A motor vehicle frame having parallel frame rails and at least one cross member constructed from a tube. The tube is sealed at its opposite ends by first and second mounting plates to provide a sealed, closed space for the storage of fluids. The mounting plates directly abut the frame rails for attachment of the cross member to the vehicle frame.
Claims3
A motor vehicle frame comprising:
- first and second parallel frame rails having inside faces;
- at least a first cross member disposed between and perpendicular to the first and second frame rails;
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- the first cross member constructed from a tube sealed at its opposite ends by first and second mounting plates, the first and second mounting plates each including a back plate having opposite flat faces, with a first flat face applied over the tube and the second flat face abutting the inside face of first or second parallel frame rail for mounting, each mounting plate further comprising a pair of collar plates, the pair of collar plates being attached to an opposite face of the back plate from the face abutting the first or second frame rail and providing a half collar fitted to the outside of the tube.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.