Trailer frame
AssigneeNorco Industries, Inc.
InventorBernard F. Garceau
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Abstract
A trailer frame including an axle section having two spaced longitudinal frame members connected by at least one cross member, the longitudinal frame members each having a first end and a second end; a rear section attachable to the axle section; and a dimple assemble joining the axle section to the rear section, the dimple assembly including a dimple pattern formed on each frame member of the axle assembly, the dimple pattern on the axle assembly defining a first dimple axis, and a dimple pattern formed on one end of the rear section and nestable within the dimple pattern formed on the axle section, the dimple pattern on the rear section defining a second dimple axis offset relative to the first dimple axis to create a camber between the axle section and the rear section when the first dimple is nested within the second dimple pattern.
Claims17
A trailer frame comprising:
- an axle section having at least one frame member having a first end and a second end;
- a rearward section having at least one frame member having a first end and a second end, wherein the rearward section is attachable to the axle section;
- and a dimple assembly joining the axle section to the rearward section, the dimple assembly including a dimple pattern formed on the at least one frame member of the axle assembly, the first dimple pattern on the axle assembly defining a first dimple axis, and a second dimple pattern formed on one end of the at least one frame member of the rearward section and nestable within the first dimple pattern formed on the axle section, the second dimple pattern on the rearward section defining a second dimple axis offset relative to the first dimple axis to create a camber between the axle section and the rearward section when the first dimple pattern is nested within the second dimple pattern;
- wherein each of the frame members of the axle section and the rearward section carrying the respective first and second dimple patterns include an upstanding sidewall and wherein the sidewall of the axle section and the sidewall of the rearward section overlap at a joint, wherein the dimple pattern on the axle section is formed on the sidewall of the rearward section and the dimple pattern on the rearward section is formed on the sidewall of the rearward section;
- wherein the first dimple pattern of the axle section and the second dimple pattern of the rearward section each include plural dimples and wherein the dimples are located near an outer extremity of the joint.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.